This particular case has affected many people at a global level and has most definitely attracted attention from many celebrities who have stumped up a fair amount of cash , in the hope that a glimmer of hope may be offered to secure the safe return of this little girl. I do feel enormously sorry for any parent who has lost a child but as I watch and wait with everyone else to hear any updates on little Madeleine , I am not offended by the enormous amount of cash being offered to secure her return , on the contrary , I find it refreshing that there are some celebs who are not sucked into the vacuous , self absorbed lifestyle of celebrity that they become completely detached from the real world.
The big worry (aside from the obvious , the disappearance of their child) for the McCann family is that once the story starts to become yesterdays news , Portugal and many others will forget but their pain lives on until their daughter is found. The enormous media interest in this story and the involvement of celebrities helps to keep Madeleine in people's minds but as no leads are generated and the story becomes stale , interest may wane as people begin to forget.
I have been checking Sky news online for any updates and was a bit perturbed by this video clip with a former Scotland Yard detective who claims to have been told unofficially that there is a belief that Madeleine simply wandered off from her room and may have been abducted from a nearby supermarket. Apparently her scent leads out from a side room and goes cold at the supermarket which may be indicative of an abduction from that point.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/ 0,,31200-1265415,.html