Madeleine McCann's parents

Castiel · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:00

G-MAN2004 said:
Crime Editor of The Times just tweeted this...

The arrest of the McCanns perhaps?

Jambo · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:05

It's just about the MET investigation. Not really that significant.

Cosimo · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:13

The Metropolitan Police says it has new evidence and new witnesses in the Madeleine McCann case as it moves to a formal investigation into her disappearance.

StriderX · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:14

I wonder if the MET usually has 37 officers doing one case for oh so many years?

I wonder if this has set a precedent for other missing children.

Edrof · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:15

StriderX said:
At this point in time... maybe they will reveal how much money they have made on their "lost" child.

Is this common viewpoint based on hearsay, speculation or anything solid?

StriderX · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:18

Edrof said:
Is this common viewpoint based on hearsay, speculation or anything solid?

Id say it was just a viewpoint.

After all, right from the beginning it seemed something was off.

elmarko · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:19

Statistically the most likely person to kill a young child is it's parents, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was them.

MooMoo444 · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:30

It's been so long you could walk past the girl in the street and not even notice.

Though if she's dead then I've gotta agree the parents seem rather suspicious.

isonomicjedi · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:32

I've always thought:

Leave your children unsupervised=ask for trouble

I have no sympathy for them as the situation they created was asking for trouble.

Are they monitising the situation for their own use?

If they didn't have anything to do with her disappearance then maybe they think they are doing the right thing without realising how it is making them look.

Spangles · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:34

I know we all have our suspicions about the parents, but when you look at cases where other children have gone missing & how quickly it has been solved, then it makes me think twice about this.

Perhaps we should all sheath our accusations and support them. If they have nothing to do with it, and it really is all a tragically terrible event, then it must be hell not only having your daughter missing for all this time but to also be almost accused of it by the general public after so much time.

Castiel · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:39

elmarko said:
Statistically the most likely person to kill a young child is it's parents, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was them.

I have no idea who took or potentially killed the girl, however her a parents were clearly negligent and should have been at the least investigated by social services and the police.

elmarko · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:44

Castiel said:
I have no idea who took or potentially killed the girl, however her a parents were clearly negligent and should have been at the least investigated by social services and the police.

Indeed that aspect as-well seems to be washed over.

I also have no idea if they did or not, just I'll stick with the averages either way.

Edrof · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:46

Castiel said:
I have no idea who took or potentially killed the girl, however her a parents were clearly negligent and should have been at the least investigated by social services and the police.

I agree, but would like to add my own following thought that what happened is utterly nightmarish to a parent and can never be called deserved, surely? Some of the things people say about the family seems to be speculation of the most base and flagrant kind. Even if the parents were eventually found guilty of the girl's murder, the detractors could never know that, so why do these parties insist on offering strong opinions against the family?

People rarely seem to research their opinions first - a crime all the more inexcusable considering the wealth of free knowledge accessible to all thanks to the net.

MooMoo444 · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:46

Theres a very fine line between general mourning and capitalizing on sympathy.

Why does it keep dying down for a few years then suddenly there is a new revelation or new evidence?

It's like they're low on cash and need some column width to fill the bank.

wingman · 4 Jul 2013 at 14:57

She's dead and we'll probably never know who did it.

I hold little hope of any decent evidence showing itself after 6 years. Every day that passes, this miniscule chance of closure with the case becomes even smaller.

Castiel · 4 Jul 2013 at 15:06

Edrof said:
I agree, but would like to add my own following thought that what happened is utterly nightmarish to a parent and can never be called deserved, surely? Some of the things people say about the family seems to be speculation of the most base and flagrant kind. Even if the parents were eventually found guilty of the girl's murder, the detractors could never know that, so why do these parties insist on offering strong opinions against the family?

People rarely seem to research their opinions first - a crime all the more inexcusable considering the wealth of free knowledge accessible to all thanks to the net.

Indeed....particularly the last statement.

haz_pro · 4 Jul 2013 at 15:08

StriderX said:
At this point in time... maybe they will reveal how much money they have made on their "lost" child.

This, makes me sick how they have profited from this situation. (A situation which I believe is completely their own faults).

hurfdurf · 4 Jul 2013 at 15:10

Edrof said:
I agree, but would like to add my own following thought that what happened is utterly nightmarish to a parent and can never be called deserved, surely? Some of the things people say about the family seems to be speculation of the most base and flagrant kind. Even if the parents were eventually found guilty of the girl's murder, the detractors could never know that, so why do these parties insist on offering strong opinions against the family?

People are dumb.

brendy · 4 Jul 2013 at 15:21

wingman said:
She's dead and we'll probably never know who did it.

I hold little hope of any decent evidence showing itself after 6 years. Every day that passes, this miniscule chance of closure with the case becomes even smaller.

My God, case closed. This man knows exactly what happened. :rolleyes:

robgmun · 4 Jul 2013 at 15:36

Castiel said:
The arrest of the McCanns perhaps?

oooo! ok then....