Netflix Madeleine McCann

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AIBU to think that any coverage of her disappearance is a good thing. I watched two episodes of the Netflix programme and think that if it were to bring her back into the spotlight, then surely it’s worthwhile? I’m on my own in that opinion here in our house.

Lania790, it’s not unusual for killers to move bodies if they fear they will be discovered.

having watched the footage of the dogs' don't think they are reliable at all

i previously had faith in them, but not now

YANBU, it's always a good idea to keep missing children cases in the public eye. Not sure it's wise to continue spending so much money on the search though. A line must be drawn somewhere.

I remember being staggered that all those young children were left alone night after night, with cursory checks outside doors, especially after Madeleine had already awakened with her brother's crying. That standard of parenting alone makes me very, very suspicious.

I just don't understand the whole abduction thing.

Why think she'd been abducted, when she's run away in the complex on previous days. Wouldn't you think she's done the same again?

Why abduct Madeleine, when there's another girl there who is too young to talk and give away who she is? It would be massively riskier to take Madeleine.

Were those road works ever properly searched? Bearing in mind the case of the murdered teenage girl in the uk, whose body was in her stepfather's loft. Police searched the loft twice without finding her. And she must have been much bigger than Madeleine.

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What's said in that you tube video I can't hear it?

Yeah it's good to keep missing children in the spotlight, but we aren't doing that are we. The only missing child we ever hear about is Madeleine.

I thought this documentary came out on the side of the McCann's. I felt the last 2 episodes were the interesting ones as I’d not seen some of that covered elsewhere.

I don’t think I would’ve left my children like that but can understand that if everyone else is doing it, it might feel safe. I’m not sure I’d have been worried about an abductor but I think the obvious danger would be the children waking up and wandering round the apartment or wandering out.

The McCann's apartment was more vulnerable as it could be accessed from front and back. I think some of the group were on the floor above and they left their apartment locked as they could only access it from the front door. I’m sure I read somewhere that some of the group did have baby monitors with them or they took them but the reception was patchy.

I can’t imagine how the parents have been able to keep going. It must be a living hell.

The McCanns didn't hire the car until 25 days after Madeleine disappeared

And Tia Sharp's body was found in the attic more than a week after her death - an attic which had already been searched three times by the police

Which rather suggested that Tia could have been placed elsewhere in the meantime ...

I can't figure out why the dog "evidence" was discounted. I thought they had a success rate of 200/200 prior to working on this case, but their alerts are just set aside. I don't know why.

@Puzzled oh I see, but she must have been somewhere on the premises, poor child, and it was only a small house.

I don’t understand how the other two children weren’t taken into care when they returned to the UK

For 25 days? And with all the media attention on them? I don’t think so

I was shocked when MM disappeared, she's the same age as my eldest and we'd not long moved from a village just up the road from the McCanns so it seemed more close to home than some of these cases. I can't begin to imagine how they feel, and I honestly think if they'd been involved in any way there's no chance they'd have kept the spotlight going all these years. I hope MM is alive somewhere, the pain of not knowing what happened to your child must be unbearable.

As an aside, that summer we holidayed in a centre parcs type place near here. It occurred to me one evening that as DH and sat in the living room part of the lodge, or if we'd sat on the balcony, actually someone could have got into the kids bedroom at the other end of the lodge and we may not have noticed.

That was in the days of 7pm bedtimes though, these days DS1 often goes to bed after me!

Tia wasn’t placed elsewhere, the original search was just a cursory glance through the hatch. She was only found after a comprehensive search.

The McCanns were literally followed and with people the whole time from the discovery. When the hell could they have snuck off to move a body? Some of the suggestions are ridiculous and ill thought out.

makemineapinacolada

David Payne says "Cheer Gerry, we're on holiday"

Gerry replies "'f* o** d'ya think I'm here to enjoy myself?"

it’s not unusual for killers to move bodies if they fear they will be discovered

With the world’s media focused on them? They must have been the most recognisable people in Portugal at that point - how would they have moved the body in a country they weren’t familiar with without anyone seeing them?

Did they really play tennis the next day?

TheClitterati I think the dogs were discounted because the police couldn't make a case to support the dogs' findings. The police chief did say that the dogs' success rate was only relevant in the context of a wider case.

The McCanns were NOT followed around 24/7

They had pre-arranged photo calls and press conferences each day courtesy of Clarence Mitchell and the rest of the time they were pretty much left alone to their own devices. This, of course, does not make them guilty of anything.

I have friends in the media too.

And did they really leave her when she was poorly?

Where does it say they played tennis the day after the little girl disappeared? And did they actually go to bed at 4am that fateful night? Surely not?

Thanks @AnneOfCleanTables that makes sense

@Lania790

I'm pretty sure in the Tia Sharp case, the police had failed to search the loft. Poor child

A few weeks in yes, but in the immediate aftermath they were papped and followed. Everyone knew who they were by then, locals, family and friends helping and consoling them, the media.