OMG. Anybody just seen GMTV? 3 yr old girl abducted on holiday on the Algarve.

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kate said reports just in, cant find anything on bbc.

bloody awful.

OMG
Just seen her parents appealing for her safe return on BBC

jesus that was heart wrenching

Oh that was awful to watch, I don't think I can watch it anymore on the news. The statement sounded as if they are appealing for her return though so maybe they think she is still alive, or that too much to hope for?

I would have thought that one of the other people that was on holiday with them would have issued some sort of statement? or at least have spoken to the media in some way, but the only people who have spoken to them are the friend/family in this country.

guess you never give up hope until it's gone !

i think she is alive

Unless they know otherwise why wouldn't they think she is alive. Although I wonder if these appeals ever help and it puts the parents through so much

Why?NAO

parents nearly always make appeals like that though when a child goes missing. I guess one always clings to the hope that the child is alive until you learn otherwise. tbh I think I would rather know my child was dead than not ever knowing what might have happened to it, like Ben Needham who went missing all those years ago.

It sounds crazy but I feel the same. Not knowing would be to awful to contemplate. You would spend your whole life searching, wondering what god awful things are they going through.

It's very difficult to know what would be more dreadful wannabe. Hope or closure - what's better?

I think also there's some thinking that if the abductyor sees the parents, and what they're putting them through, that there's a chance it might prick their conscience into returning the child. it's harder to stay unemotional/unfeeling about it if you see the distress of the parents, I'm talking an abductor who might be a desperate childless person as opposed to the perverted kind though..

Although i suppose they always cling to the fact that he has never been hurt and is with a family who loves him unlike holly's dad who said he can never get over the fact that he should have been there when she really needed him as dads should

i just think that she is..poor lamb

that was awful to watch. i guess an appeal like that makes everyone in that area rack their brains for anything they might have seen

agree lucy i think seeing the pictures released at home makes it seem more real and if i was out there i would def be involved in the search if i could.

but at this point in time what hope could the public be really. you couldn't still be searching the area, if she's been abducted and is still alive she will be long gone, possibly over the border to god knows where. if it's the loqal area you were searching it would be a body you'd be searching for, and selfish as this sounds, i sure as hell wouldn't want to be the one that discovered that.

Oh NAO I hope you're right.
Are they searching the surrounding area now?

I don't know whether I want to watch the parents' appeal as all this is just upsetting me too much. I couldn't watch any footage of the Beslan siege for the same reason. I feel almost cowardly for effectively sticking my fingers in my ears but I just find it so hard to deal with, particularly since I've become a parent.

wannabe - surely to know is the best thing. Te public can assist in finding out if she has been abducted, abd if she has, who did it so they can never do it again.

i suppose the public appeal is more about getting the attention i guess and the exposure.

This is just awful, those poor parents. My heart goes out to them. I just saw the mum on the news. I cannot even imagine how they must be feeling.

I hope they find her soon.

By the way, it makes me feel a bit sick that anyone can judge them...please can we not do that?

oh yes of course, but often in the aftermath of these things, ie when the initial rush to search has warn off, there really isn't a lot the general public can do, because the area is usually swamped with police/dogs that the public sometimes are more of a hinderence than a help so the best thing to do is to stay back and leave the police to do their job. at this stage of the game, they're not going to find a crying little girl, if she's still alive she will be with someone, and that someone will be making very sure she's not discovered. And if she's not alive, in a fishing village, a body is all too easy to get rid of sadly.

I feel so sorry for that poor child, surely she can't be hiding somewhere or asleep this far on I do think that someone could more easily target a child at those resorts as they are left alone so maybe it was still a fairly opportunistic thing. Could be someone was watching to see the easiest place to go Haven't seen any news reports as yet.

i only caught back end of news report but guessing it was no news just an appeal. Oh dear wbe i hope that's not true. It's just been toolong to find her wandering though i agree