Madeleine Mccann Investigation.

[derekpara]

Would I, a humble ex-squadie and PE teacher, receive the same allocation of police resources and media attention as the McCanns, given the same circumstances ?

[Prudie]

Yes fingers cross that they get an answer one day but it's 6 years ago. I couldn't remember a single stranger I might have seen on holiday 6 years ago. I feel it's all too late.

[Peter Pedant]

Depends if you were a cute 7 y o Derek,

You could ask the same question concerning Ben Needham who disappeared years and years ago. I dont think Maddie got a particularly good deal myself - a good example not doing it right first time - screws it up big time for long time.


Think Stephen Lawrence - and he was black and a teenager

[pixie373]

I think you'd be surprised, prudie. People forget names, but not faces.

[pusskin]

I do believe that 10 out of 10 parents would like their child back, even if she has had a decent time with the kidnappers. I certainly would and many would agree with me? (She was stolen)

[friedgreentomato]

I would like to say yes but doubt it very much - remember little Ben Needam?

[pixie373]

Peter, she was 3. Would now be about ten. Exactly the same age as my youngest child.

[pixie373]

I think so, too, pusskin. My post didn't quite look how i meant it. I meant that whatever has happened, it has to be better to know.

[rockyracoon]

Pusskin, I'm with you, she'd be back with me, no question.

[Sqad]

So ladies.......are we considering what is best for the child OR what is best for the parents here.....if she is found alive?

You are assuming that it would be a successful outcome for both sides.

I doubt it.

[pusskin]

ok pixie, understand what you mean.
it would be a terribble thing to have a child found alive and then have to face a future with them not coming back into the family.
At least it must be a big relief to know the child is alive though.

[derekpara]

Sqad, your first answer is getting to the point of my question.

Thanks.

D

[rockyracoon]

Well, how did the family come by her, they broke the law, will they not go to prison? 4 year olds don't drop out if the sky, she's have been illegally adopted.

[DTCwordfan]

I would postulate that, if she is alive, she is best with her original family, and that would be the case in 90% of the times.

There is a school of thought that she as traded into a Bedouin family, and then into the Middle East, a premium put on blonde females the moment they hit puberty.

The case still makes me gag, ré the parental lack of supervision over their children, and I understand that Ma McCann has been out there denying her responsibilities.........sorry, that doesn't cut avec moi. Just hope the kid is found - eventually.

[murraymints]

Agree with DT...if it had been Gary and Tracy...mechanic and hairdresser from brum....social services would have hauled them over the coals !!

[Psybbo]

DTC, that is so harsh, they were on holiday in a secure place, a few yards away and checking them regularly.

[sherrardk]

Didn't they give the children something to help them sleep?

[DTCwordfan]

40 minutes is not regularly, sibs........no, they were irresponsible, yes they were caught with their pants down. They could have had a decent walkie-talkie in the room through to them at the table and a good one doesn't miss a trick.

I still would have wanted a second back up - and, with their combined incomes, a baby-sitter wasn't exactly out of the question, which it may have been for "Gary and Tracy".

[murraymints]

Sibs...it was much more than a few yards...I've stayed there...and to leave three kids the oldest three years of age unsupervised in an unlocked room in a foreign land...Well....

[Psybbo]

OK but what's worrying me is that with all this publicity, as there a danger she will be got rid of?

[murraymints]

There was a babysitting service available and they chose not to use it !