[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and the alternative is so plausible?

Infinitely more plausible, yes. Backed up by statistical fact, actually, as well as boatloads of (albeit circumstantial) evidence.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Infinitely more plausible, yes. Backed up by statistical fact, actually, as well as boatloads of (albeit circumstantial) evidence.

utter rubbish

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

utter rubbish

It isn't more plausible that a child died in an accident, than that they were snatched by a predatory paedophile who was spotted by absolutely no one in a holiday resort? Accident - vs - abduction statistics alone make it far more plausible. I'm starting to wonder if you understand the concept of plausibility, LT...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It isn't more plausible that a child died in an accident, than that they were snatched by a predatory paedophile who was spotted by absolutely no one in a holiday resort? Accident - vs - abduction statistics alone make it far more plausible. I'm starting to wonder if you understand the concept of plausibility, LT...

yes because a middle class family are classic murderers...

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes because a middle class family are classic murderers...

Nobody said they're murderers. They're saying they concealed an accident they would've been punished for.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes because a middle class family are classic murderers...

I don't think there is any such thing as a "classic murderer" but, regardless, I haven't seen anyone suggest anywhere that they deliberately killed their daughter. Indeed, that really isn't plausible. What is entirely plausible is that they doped her up with over-the-counter meds (probably antihisthamines) because of her trouble sleeping the previous night, and she woke up drowsy and hit her head on the hard floors that are common in Portuguese holiday apartments. It is also likely that they would not want to report the accident as any postmortem would reveal aforementioned over-the-counter med doping.

Something which - by the way - *IS* most common in middle-class families. Horrifyingly enough.