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.

it beggars belief when you hear some of the lengths abductors will go to. After hearing about Marc Dutroux & Wolfgang Priklopil I think the police would need infra red imaging to properly search a suspects house these days.

i wonder where the suspect is. Just read that Madeline is with abductor ? is this correct? Radio just confirmed they have a suspect not in custody bue they feel she is still in portugal and is still alive. I really hope so

they don't KNOW that she is - but they BELIEVE she is.

RanToTheHills, that is true, where there is life there is hope, lets hope they find these evil B*stards and bring little Maddy back.

But the whole word 'organised' makes me shiver. This was planned, so I presume the abductors are less likely to make a mistake. So cold and evil it does not bare thinking about.

but they wouldn't say 'believe' without some sort of evidence. they must have a lead.

They are now saying "kidnapped" - doesn't that usually mean that they've done it for financial gain ??

In a way that would be better I think - if they get what they want they'll let her go etc

exactly. This morning they wouldn't even say she had been abducted. Now they have suspect and believe she is alive and in Portugal, they have to have a good lead i would guess to tell the press that wouldn't they ?

was interested to see what the me website says about childcare int he evenings

"We offer a ?dining out service? (only available for parents using the Millenium and Tapas restaurants) in the crèche on a drop-in basis in the evenings for children aged 4 months to 9 years. For those parents wishing to dine at alternative restaurants in the village, babysitting is available on request at additional charge."

sorry if this has already been posted - haven't read entire thread

mw website, i mean

I am covered in goosebumps reading this.
Its so awful.I just want to hug her and give her to her family.
The link doyouwantfrieswiththat posted earlier had some really horrid comments on it.
Lets hope this thread can stick to updates instead of mean judgements.

it's sky that are saying kidnapped though, and they love a bit of hype.

I would say organized abduction with the name of a suspect sound like it was someone who had a particular motive for abducting this particular child. almost certainly known to the family or with some connection to the family

It would make more sense that she was kidnapped for financial gain since they only took her and left her twin siblings sleeping. Says I grasping at hopeful straws - not that it is really my place to speculate on such an incident.

Yes I thought that - surely if you wanted to take a child to raise as your own you'd take the youngest possible baby - easier to pass of as own and cannot talk etc !

I can't help but feel the abductor must be known to the family in some way - the trouble is there are some seriously unhinged people out there - and we probably all piss someone off every day - maybe this is a revenge act for some little annoyance !

Come on portuguese police - find her - find her quickly !!!

I typed "missing girl" into google news. I was astonished what i found from the last 24 hours accross the world.

maybe they don't want a child to raise as part of a family .

mmmm - I don't want to even start what thinking they want her for really !

Let's just hope it about money - a ransom !

i imagine if someone was abducting children for financial gain it would be a double whammy to land on twins surely? especially twin babies who looking at the little girl will possibly end up blonde too?

I really hope she is found. I wonder if they've checked out the adjacant apartments for clues

Yes but if working alone could he/she have handled two wriggly ones ?

Oh god this is so horrible . I keep picturing it. In the dark. someone creeping in. It so awful.

if they're after a ransom then they must know who the family are and what they're worth surely. you couldn't just abduct any child and demand a ransom, chances are most people wouldn't be in a position to pay.

In reply to spook, I stand by what I said. The NSPCC say 'never' leave a young child alone. That's it plain and simple. So why do it. Like everyone on here I hope she is returned safe, and I'm not blaming the parents, I'm raising a question about looking after young children ( it's 24 hours, not on and off you know). Some have said it 'is a calculated risk', to what, leave small children alone for a considerable length of time, in a foreign country, without any ( as far as i know) back up to check on them. That is not a calculated risk, it's pretty stupid. Thanks to those who have updated the MW info - I wasn't sure.

is anyone else thinking someone who works very closely to the apartments ? or can i even say that on here anymore?

didn't the couple just move into a 600,000 home - sure i read that somewhere yesterday

Depends hpow "organised" it was I guess.

Maybe they know them - maybe the abductors are Brits, maybe know them through them being doctors as someone has suggested much lower down this thread. maybe they have an axe to gring with them.

OR maybe (which I think more likely) they have been looking out for a reasonably well off family - and for whatever reason they decided that they fitted the bill, maybe it was timings .

So - maybe it's personal or maybe it's not.

I just hope the abductors are looking after Maddie, she must be so scared and confused.