Madeleine documentary

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New documentary due to be released on Netflix on Friday.

I've covered this subject quite extensively while I was studying law. I will be watching with a heavy heart, it is just one of those cases I can't let go of sadly.

Anyone else going to be watching?

I'm watching episode 1 now. I hadn't realised that they were dining out most nights and leaving the children asleep. Surely then, someone has been watching their movements and knew exactly when to strike?

Still so many questions. Why Madeline, and not one of the smaller children.

Doesn't bear thinking about.

My teenage DC, who remember the publicity from the time she disappeared, have been very interested in the documentary. Somewhat to my surprise, because it wasn't me who mentioned it, it's being talked about in teen circles anyhow.

So now I'm watching it too, so I know how much and how far it describes paedophilia and trafficking, or indeed anything else which might spring family discussions

May I ask is it's worth using a Netflix free trial to watch this series? Otherwise, I'll keep the code for something else.
Thanks.

OP - what makes you think the Portuguese police bundled the enquiry? They were hampered throughout by the McCanns involving the media, politicians, the British police, private detectives, PR and lawyers.

I don't know what happened to MM but have never believed that traffickers would target a blonde, British pre-schooler on holiday with her family when there are much easier pickings to be had

It doesn't change anything but it is staggering to see that this wasn't a one off, it was a regular thing for them and all their friends to leave all their small dc unsupervised on an evening.

We've all had heart stopping moments when we lose site of our children but for a bunch of educated intelligent people to risk assess so appalling on a regular basis is still totally shocking

Watching it now.
Jeez, the more you find out the more confusing it becomes.

I agree that the police initially bundled it

They spent too long arriving, then spent too long setting up roadblocks and blocking up the marina.

Once it became national news, they suddenly bucked their ideas up

Also they fact is, Portugal has a paw where certain things cannot be legally said.

Yet some how these things were being reported on news

May I ask is it's worth using a Netflix free trial to watch this series? Otherwise, I'll keep the code for something else.
Thanks.

Hard to say.

It's a good thorough overview of the case. Nothing earth shattering in it, but it's well done and detailed. Not sensationalist. Not unfair to anyone, including the McCanns.

It was interesting but it won't be winning any BAFTAs or Emmys.

Maybe worth it if there are two or three series you fancy and you have time to watch them all?

Watched and this is nothing new UK media wise. I recommend looking elsewhere, on YouTube and Portuguese based documentaries that include far more evidence and genuine witnesses than the U.K. media will allow.

I'm hoping someone comments who closely followed the case

Everything we know now about peodophiles etc I feel that kids club, where she spent nearly every day...was the clue. Someone there built up relationship with her, on site , would know movements and was motivated too take her. Could easily slip sleeping meds too her and watch parents and get her.

My DD was watching it this morn as she was too young at the time to know much about it.

As a qualified anaesthetist it's unlikely Kate McCann would not notice her lively 3 year old had been drugged by a third party.

Perhaps lady.
BUT would it be unusual for small child to be tired after a day out and about being busy?
Would anyone think twice about it?

It’s a good theory

Why would anyone suspect for a second that a kids club would drug children?

The parents would assume, like most people, that they were simply exhausted from a busy day

Isn't that quite a complex way to go about stealing a child? With more risk than necessary?

She was a difficult child to steal anyway. It's hard to believe anybody would try that.

Tbh this is part of the reason CCTV makes me feel safer, living in London i know i would have to think fairly hard to avoid CCTV for any length of time. We were on holiday recently and my youngest DC commented on the lack of cameras

Just finished watching this...lost for words. Heartbreaking

Maybe she wasn't drugged. Quarter sleeping tablet? Who knows. .. but the one place she was establishing friendship and relations was in the kid's club. If they're fed there also that's another range of people who would have seen her everyday.

Without parents. The parents felt Very relaxed on site why would they ever suspect.

Someone has noticed her, had the connection....

Sad the couple in Morroco didn't know she was missing and then couldn't alert anyone

Perhaps worldwide body should be set up. One number all information goes in... one system...

I'm watching it now. The arrogance of the journos saying ''it doesn't add up''.

Their insinuations don't add up. I think two doctors could administer calpol successfully..

If they're taking the blood dog and the sniffer dogs picking up on some scent from the driving seat of the rental car as evidence of something, will it not be flung out of court straight away as they only got the car 25 days after she went missing and there was no way they would have raised all of that publicity if they'd had a body to dispose of. RIDICULOUS.

so what is that theory, that somebody took her easily because she had been given a sedative? or that the overdoes killed her and then they hid her body under the spotlight of media gaze?

Of course we are all speculation but I think abduction is most likely.

I think it was someone from the holiday complex areas.
It could have been someone more random who saw her everyday but as we know it's usually someone close to the DC, peodophiles work with children so they can get close to them.

I thought I knew where I stood on this whole thing. I've just finished episode 5 and now I don't know. All I know is the whole thing is a huge mess.