Anyone watching Madeleine McCann ten years on?

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They're framing it slightly differently now.. 😧 interesting from the bbc...

This article is very interesting

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/madeleine-mccann-case-theories-parents-kate-gerry-latest-developments-new-leads-evidence-media-a7712196.html

tulips read my post above. Maybe the people staying in the same hotel as us were the only people in the world doing this but it seems a bit of a stretch of the imagination to believe that. We went there every year on holiday and the routine was the same. Early tea for kids, all put to bed and the adults went to dinner later. Big hotel. I don't believe for a minute this hotel was different to any others at that time. Lots of families doing the same thing. I can't say it any more times
Yes it's not normal now, but that is a change in the past 10-20 years and accelerated by the McCann case

I'm sorry Beinggripped off but the Madeleine McCann disappearance was not the first time a child had ever gone missing. The Moors murders happened when I was young. Sidney Cooke and other peadophiles snatching kids when my children were young. Most parents did not leave their children unattended. Some may have trusted a hotel listening service or had dinner in a hotel but these children were left alone in an apartment. One of the party said you didn't like the walk back to check as it was very dark and there was no one around. As I have said they have paid a heavy price.

Before the thread is closed (again!)

May I say that if the parents had not begged for money all over the place, manipulated the media, refused to answer questions, made out that Portuguese Police bad, Uk police good, and so on and so on, people may have a bit more empathy with them now.

But since Amaral has won his case in the equivalent of the Supreme Court, and it's all over now, it is easier to be honest about all this.

Leaving aside the abandonment of children under the age of three in an unlocked apartment, that is nothing apparently, everyone did it.

But it led to something.... But what it was no one knows. And no one will ever know really.

So was the fault at the parents' door or the so called abductor's door?

THAT is the question.

I watched the BBC documentary and to me it seemed like they were trying to show the other side of the investigation so they could appear non biased, however they quickly tried to explain everything negative as having a simple explanation.

I think the most likely answer is, she was abducted. I think the McCanns have survived it, because they were hardworking parents who were used to leaving their children in crèches. They went all the way to Portugal to leave their children in a crèche all day whilst they jogged and played tennis.
They saw them only at breakfast and dinner and then briefly to put them to bed before leaving them all evening.
To me that is ludicrous and selfish parenting, I could never do that, but they were used to it.

It's clear they didn't have a bond and the holiday was all about them.
I would have died of starvation and shock.
In Kate's book she mentions how her friends were worried about her having not eaten since dinner the night before (it was 10am the morning after her disappearance)
She said "ok" and then had some breakfast.

Who on earth could possibly eat when their child has just gone missing??

No matter what the truth, they're definitely guilty of child neglect.
They got too big for their boots and thought it was acceptable because they're doctors.

Oh its amazing how many people know the McCanns

in 10 years time it will be "how dare Sean/Amelia be out in the bar while Maddie is still missing".

I wish this didn't sound as plausible as it does. I'll never ever forget that appalling piece on the Dunblane teenagers.

Anon1987, could you let us know exactly when it would be acceptable to eat something if one's child goes missing?

So was the fault at the parents' door or the so called abductor's door?

THAT is the question.

Hopefully this is an ironic question. Otherwise wtf?

Victim blaming at its worst

The abductor. I'm not sure which bit you are finding complicated.

Well it was responsible parenting, so the abductor is at fault.

I thought we all knew that and agreed on that one.

Tortoisebeep whenever you want.
All I'm saying is when my newborn was ill, I found eating very hard.
If my child went missing the last thing I'd do 4 hours later would be to sit and tuck into toast and jam 🙄

The abductor was at fault.
I was explaining why the McCann were so methodical on camera compared to other parents who's children have gone missing.

My Father collapsed and died in front of me but I still ate something so I could keep going

Portia I'm very sorry to hear that but with all due respect that was your father, it wasn't your child who had been abducted just hours before. Completely different situation.

Ok and when my newborn was very ill I ate like a horse. Which goes to show how much reactions vary. You (presumably) haven't had a child go missing so you don't actually know what you'd do.

I loved my Father as much as my dd thank you

Susan the mccanns were extremely irresponsible parents, how on earth anyone could think any differently is beyond me??

However no matter what, it is not their fault someone was sick enough to do it.

anon When I miscarried at 6 months, I spiralled into depression and anorexia. Do I win?

I remember reading that they didn't even have tea with the children, they collected them after tea. So, yes, only saw them at breakfast and bedtime. So anon is right, it was a holiday for the adults, not a family holiday.

Sorry, history cannot be re-written to suit the McCanns. It was not then, and is not now, the norm to do what they did. They did not use a listening service, it would be different if they had.