Did the McCanns do it?
Most have probably heard of the case of the missing child Madeleine McCann, who was 3-years old at the time in 2007. New interest in the case has been generated by a Netflix series currently popular. The story takes place in a fancy holiday resort in Portugal that would seem like a very safe place. The Netflix show certainly raises the possibility that the doctor parents may have accidentally killed her with medicine to make her sleep while they partied at night, and then tried to cover up her death by faking an abduction. There are also people who believe Maddie was abducted by a p*dophile ring and that her parents Gerry and Kate McCann are completely innocent. This case probably generated more media attention and scrutiny than any other missing child case ever. Wild rumors ran rampant and were printed by the media with glee, both in Portugal and the UK. Early police work was very questionable and the crime scene was contaminated, instead of being preserved. Dogs were brought in and one appeared to have found blood near the child's bed, and another dog alerted to the smell of a cadaver in the McCann's rental car. The McCann's definitely were guilty of leaving their kids alone, but were not far away and checked on them often, as did their friends. The point was made that this is not unusual in the UK.One of the McCann friends says she saw a man carrying a child near the time Maggie was noticed missing. The series suggests her memory improved as time went on, but some of the details were in conflict.
The younger twins did not wake up during the time of the discovery that Maddie was missing,(despite a lot of commotion in their room) and Netflix seems to suggest they may have been given sleeping medication.
This case is also notable at a time of social media infancy. One online newspaper that was covering the story and allowing comments learned first hand how vicious and mean spirited people could be while making comments. It's wasn't long before the comments were disabled.
I tend to think the parents did accidentally kill Maddie and decided to cover it up.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this case?
Do you think it will ever be solved?
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My mind is telling me, that closest to the truth is, that the parents accidentally killing her.
"Just Look At The Polly Klaas Case In The USA"
"She Was Taken From Her Bedroom While The Parents Were Sleeping"
"Id Strongly Urge Any New Parent To Have Their Babies"
"Micro Chipped"
"Then?......... Theyd Know The Childs Location"
"If They Disappeared.......... Like This Case".....................
"Where A 10... Or 11 Year Old Girl Disappeared"
"She Turned Up Years Later With Two Daughters"
"Conceived By Her Abductor"
"They Had Her Captive"
"And Living In Their Back Yard"
"So...There Still Might Be Hope That Madeline Is Still Alive".............
Also some other people too, its was a shambles.
If that poor child is alive i weep for her for all she must have gone through and maybe still going through.
Whoever did take her probably watched a pattern emerging and knew when to strike. The other children sleeping through it wouldn't be unusual either.
I doubt she is still alive though. I think she'd have been killed and buried in a remote place as soon as the media and police were all over it. It was too highly publicised for anybody to take that risk.
I just get the impression they were so concerned about their own image that they wanted to have the story written by their own PR people, and omit any details that portrayed them in an unflattering light.
48 questions Kate McCann refused to answer in police interviews about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann:
1. On May 3, 2007, around 22:00, when you entered the apartment, what did you see? What did you do? Where did you look? What did you touch?
2. Did you search inside the master bedroom wardrobe?
3. (Shown two photographs of her bedroom wardrobe) Can you describe its contents?
4. Why was the curtain by the sofa near the side window tampered with? Did someone go behind the sofa?
5. How long did your search of the apartment take after you detected Madeleine’s disappearance?
6. Why did you say Madeleine had been abducted?
7. Assuming Madeleine was abducted, why did you leave the twins to go to the ‘Tapas’ and raise the alarm? The supposed abductor could still be in the apartment.
8. Why didn’t you ask the twins then what happened to their sister or why didn’t you ask them later on?
9. When you raised the alarm at the ‘Tapas’ what exactly did you say – what were your exact words?
10. What happened after you raised the alarm there?
11. Why did you go and warn your friends instead of shouting from the verandah?
12. Who contacted the authorities?
13. Who took place in the searches?
14. Did anyone outside the group learn of her disappearance in those following minutes?
15. Did any neighbour offer you help?
16. What does “we let her down” mean?
17. Did Jane Tanner tell you that night she’d seen a man with a child?
18. How were the authorities contacted and which police force was alerted?
19. During the searches, with the police there, where did you search for Maddie, how and in what way?
20. Why did the twins not wake up during that search or when they were taken upstairs?
21. Who did you phone after the occurrence?
22. Did you call Sky News?
23. Did you know the danger of calling the media, because it could influence the abductor?
24. Did you ask for a priest?
25. By what means did you divulge Madeleine’s features, by photographs or by any other means?
26. Is it true that during the searches you remained seated on Maddie’s bed without moving?
27. What was your behaviour that night?
28. Did you manage to sleep?
29. Before travelling to Portugal, did you make any comment about a foreboding or a bad feeling?
30. What was Madeleine’s behaviour like?
31. Did Maddie suffer from any illness or take any medication?
32. What was Madeleine’s relationship like with her brother and sister?
33. What was Madeleine’s relationship like with her brother and sister, friends and school mates?
34. As for your professional life, in how many and which hospitals have you worked?
35. What is your medical speciality?
36. Have you ever done shift work in any emergency services or other services?
37. Did you work every day?
38. At a certain point you stopped working. Why?
39. Are the twins difficult to get to sleep? Are they restless and does that cause you uneasiness?
40. Is it true sometimes you despaired at your children’s behaviour and it left you feeling very uneasy?
41. Is it true that in England you even considered handing over Madeleine’s custody to a relative?
42. In England, did you medicate your children? What type?
43. In the case files, you were shown canine forensic testing films. After watching them, did you say you couldn’t explain any more than you already had?
44. When the sniffer dog also marked human blood behind the sofa, did you say you couldn’t explain any more than you already had?
45. When the sniffer dog marked the scent of corpse coming from the vehicle you hired a month after the disappearance, did you say you couldn’t explain any more than you already had?
46. When human blood was marked in the boot of the vehicle, did you say you couldn’t explain any more than you already had?
48. Did you have any responsibility or intervention in your daughter’s disappearance?