[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That depends on whether or not you believe their version of events of course. There's no evidence of an abductor and the PJ originally concluded that the parents were involved but didn't have enough evidence to charge them. Ultimately, there is not enough evidence to support either theory 100% so i don't know why people get so indignant about the fact that the parents being involved is a strong possibility

After thoroughly reading the case notes which include the repeated interviews of the parents, parents friends and possible witnesses, I just can't see how this could of been Maddie's parents.

The Portuguese investigation was a mess, detectives passed things to the British press that later turned out to be untruths.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

After thoroughly reading the case notes which include the repeated interviews of the parents, parents friends and possible witnesses, I just can't see how this could of been Maddie's parents.

The Portuguese investigation was a mess, detectives passed things to the British press that later turned out to be untruths.

That's your opinion on it though, I've done quite a bit of reading on it myself and plenty of other people I've spoken to about it have done extensive research , like yourself and have the complete opposite opinion to you.

You could very well be right but equally so could they

[Z]

And, you know, regardless of how many hypothetical paedophiles were involved, I can't imagine one/a group walking into an unlocked room with three unprotected children and going "oh, we'll just take the one." That would literally be the jackpot, why would they only take one? It makes absolutely no sense.

[Vicky.]

If someone was watching the apartment as some believe, why would they enter via the unlocked patio doors then open a window to remove the child (leaving no evidence of doing so too) when they had just entered via an unlocked door...they wouldn't have ENTERED through the window as they were watching the place and knew the door was unlocked.

As for the 'second exit' excuse that I know will come..the McCanns claim they could see the apartment from where they were. I am doubtful but lets take them at their word. Someone who had been watching would know this, so why would they open a window that the parents could see?

The party line makes no sense. Also it was the UK police who first suspected the parents..little known and doesn't fit in with the 'bumbling foreign police' line

The only situation I can make work without the parents being involved in some way, is that the child woke up and wandered and was THEN either knocked down or taken by someone opportunistic. But we are told time and time again this could not possibly be the case as a nearly 4 year old who was known to get out of bed on a night (and even run and hide from her parents at times, playing)...who apparently the door was left open FOR incase she needed to get out... could not possibly have got up and walked out of the unlocked door herself

[Z]

Yeah I think they more or less pigeon holed themselves into this farcical "someone took her!!!!" scenario in an implausible way and they're too proud to change their tune... which in itself seems to be very common among families who have lost someone, they cling to what they first think/are told is the truth... but once the facts became clear, this claim of her being taken out of the window or the place being broken into makes zero sense. Obviously I hope that they don't have anything to do with it and haven't been leading the public along a wild goose chase but there are SO many inconsistencies in their story and their unhelpful attitude compounds this image of them being a bit cold and unlikeable which is not what you want to come across as when we're talking about a missing child... JonBenet Ramsey's parents were suspected for years before they were formally cleared of suspicion and even then there are still people who think they did it. This will never go away for them and if Madeleine's dead and they somehow find the bones, there probably won't be evidence left for them to analyse so there's really nothing they can do... and how likely is it they'll recognise a teenager who used to be their toddler? Of course they will never and should never stop looking, but I'm surely not the only one who thinks there's not much point anymore... they won't be getting their baby back, they'll be getting a damaged teenage stranger who won't know them.

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