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

[tiredemma]

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

bloody awful.

UtterMadness, it depends on how big the garden is. And my childrens' rooms are at the front of the house, not the back. And yes, we have popped into the neighbours garden to sit on their patio drinking wine. (took baby monitor tho)
We all perceive risk differently. To me that was an acceptable risk - baby did not wake, we had a nice glass of wine with neighbours, everyone was happy)

In this case, the room was reported to be close to the restaurant. We are not talking several streets away, but a number of yards. How is that different to being at the bottom of a big garden?

Or is is not 'measured distance' as such but 'psychological distance' as in room and restaurant not being within same confined boundary like my house and garden are...

hatrick, how do they know?

Police confirm it is an abduction ! too bloody late - she'll be out of the country by now - slow bloody local police

How can she be taken out of the country without a passport? Or am I being too naive?

Illegally - in boot of car - plenty of ways !

If it's planned - on a fake passport too

Oh crumbs, poor little thing

it's different because it's a public place. if my children wake up at home they will know where in the house to look for me, and if they don't find me in the house, they would most likely look out of the window and see me in the garden. but if I went to the pub the children would wake up, not find me in the hotel room, and once they leave the hotel room they wouldn't actually know where to go and look because it's such a big complex. and there are so many distractions for such young children in a public place.

The black splodge in her eye can only go in her favour. It is such a distinguishing feature.

How can a child just disapear? Somebody knows somthing.

Fair point UM, I see what you mean.

I guess yes, my dc would know I was more than likely in the garden, but would Maddy have know where to look? Probably not?

they seem to think that she's still alive though. maybe they have a suspect already, someone known to the family perhaps. it would be very easy to take a child out of the country, especially in an EU country where passports aren't even always checked. and once you were in a country with less stringent laws you could take her anywhere.

Yes, the black splodge - that makes me think the abductor was not someone who was close to the family, knowing about the black splodge may have put him off as she would be easily identifyable.

Please let her be found, please please...

Police bleiev she's still in Portugal

They have a suspect too

do the policce have any evidence do you think?

police have a suspect

Been on several MW holidays and all parents leave kids in room to go and have dinner. Most resorts have a babylistening service carried out by nannies walking round the corridors, most resorts are enclosed so no-one would conceive of anything happening such as this. Can completely understand why they took the "risk" though it doesn't sound like a typcial MW resort.

Sounding more hopeful by the minute

My DH has the tv at the moment what all did they say

UtterMadness - can you stop this now.

This little girl hasn't wandered off, she hasn't been in a fire, she hasn't woken up needing her parents. The parents do not need to be held accountable for those what ifs.

If someone has targetted this little girl, broken into the apartment and taken her, that or those are the only evil people who have done soemthing wrong.

How desperate (and crazed) must you be to abduct someone elses child, and then spend a lifetime in hiding hoping no-one finds out...

I have a feeling this is not going to have an ending - happy or otherwise. So desperately sad.

Just a thought, if the abductor was someone who wanted his/her own child, then why not take one of the babies, one who may have less memories of his/her own parents?
Why Madeleine instead of one of the twins (who would be easier to hide/carry due to being smaller?)