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.

in this situation i'd try anything!!

i always remember when a 2 day old baby girl was snatched from our local hospital. she was taken from he cot which she shared with her twin. luckily the police had a tip off and she was found within 7 hours though.

I agree. The police have been known to use the services of psychics, though I don't think they publicise the fact widely. I doubt this is the case in Portugal, though. I do hope that the police are following up on ALL leads, no matter what their source.

God this is just so so sad, i can not stop thinking about Madeleine i just hope & pray she is still alive

It has been so long now, the more time goes on the less hope people have i think.

I always sit & think i hope she is ok, i dread to think what has happened to her, she muct be frightened, upset want her mummy & daddy, brother & sister, this really has tugged at my heart strings & i really am waiting for some good news, at the moment there seems to be no news it's all a bit quiet.

I hope they give her back i really, really do xx

Another one here who cannot sleep at night for worrying about Madeleine ... for her to be safe with her family again.

Went into a beautiful church this afternoon with my DC. The children lit a candle and said a little prayer for Madeleine. There was a piece of paper there where you could write down what you want prayed for, and someone had already written pray for Madeleine and that whoever has her has a change of heart and returns her to her family. Please God. People everywhere are thinking about her.

we went to church yesterday too (i'm not a church goer) and me and both the dc lit a candle too.

My ds,7, got down on his knees and prayed for her. He has never prayed before but this has hit us all really hard.

I feel desperate here, waiting for news, I really do.

India Knight in the Sunday Times.

God knows I've no fan of India Knight but I thought this piece in the Sunday Times was spot on.

My heart goes out to this family it really does. I feel guilty for feeling upset ( I don't know them after all, I feel falsely close the situation because of the immediacy of the internet and news coverage)& yet I can't sleep, check on my sleeping dds several times a night & am hugging them a lot more than normal.DH has banned me from watching more than one news bulletin a day.

And FWIW, although I'm absolutely sure no-one involved in this will be surfing the net at the moment, comments posted on MN appear not infrequently in the press. I just can't understand people ( not on this thread but on others) who are criticising this family now. It's not the time & it's not appropriate anyway. There but for the grace of God and all that...It could have happened to any one of us.

A bit of compassion and restraint called for. This is not a hypothetical debate about a theoretical situation. These are real people going through agony.