Did they do it? Madeleine parents 'will fight on'

[Diane1]

Gerry McCann was questioned by police for eight hours

Madeleine McCann's parents plan to stay in Portugal to prove their innocence after being named official suspects in the case, a friend has told the BBC.

Jon Corner said Gerry and Kate McCann, both 39, were determined the search for their daughter would not be "derailed".

The four-year-old disappeared from the McCann holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in's Algarve on 3 May.

Earlier, a family spokesman said police believed Mrs McCann, of Rothley, Leics, had killed Madeleine accidentally.

'Intimidatory' questioning

No bail conditions or charges have been imposed on the couple.

Mr McCann was officially made "arguido" status about 12 hours after his wife. They had been questioned separately for more than 24 hours.

The move allows the authorities to put certain questions to Mr and Mrs McCann, and also gives them the right to remain silent.

Mr Corner said: "I spoke to Gerry in the early hours this morning and he wasn't surprised that he was named as an official suspect.

"The process of questioning I think is designed to be intimidatory, but Gerry is frustrated by the line of questioning and where the inquiry is going.

"But he's also fighting and I think he's determined that the search for Madeleine is not going to be derailed by this."

Is this a ploy by the Portugal Police to close an open case or did they have something to do with it? Would you have left your 3 children aged under 5 alone on holiday? What really is going on do you think?

Discuss:-

 

[Essexeddie]

I dont believe they did it.

I recon the Police have bungled it.

Edd

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

My whole being tells me that they didn't do it, simply because as a parent myself, how can anyone kill their own child. They are both professional people with seemingly no cause to do it.

I sometimes think the police are using delaying tactics because they have screwed the investigation up from the start. It took a team from the U.K. to find this latest evidence and the results of that are a long time in coming.

But, and it's a BIG but, there is some things that do not add up. From day one they have been relatively composed, my daughter said that even today she would find it hard to speak without breaking down if it was one of our grandchildren.

Another point that sticks in the back of my mind is that when any new lead is promised by the police the McCanns always state that they will not let it detract from the search for Madelaine.

Very intriguing but I do hope the truth will out in the end and the police don't screw up or blame innocent people to try and rectify their own failings.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

I've just had a brilliant idea.

I've emailed Jeremy Kyle to see if he can get the McCanns on his show for a lie detector test.

 

[Pat_374304630]

A relative of ours works on documentries for television.Last year during her research into child snatching she was in a large department store in South London when a missing child announcement came over the tannoy.The shutters immediately came down and locked the store.

The little girl was found 10 minutes later,her hair had been cut and her clothes were changed.These people are so organised.

This is a difficult topic.I agree with his Lordship

 

[martin.]

I think most people will want to believe they didn't do it in hope that she is atleast still alive somewhere and as LB says, how can someone kill their own child.

Again as Lb states there have been things that just don't add up and haven't done from the off.

The lack of emotion shown, the fact they wanted to carry on going round europe.

Why would you leave 3 children that young in an apartment on their own and go out for a meal, surely you'd take them with you if you were on holiday, thought that's what holidays were about.

I don't know, can't make my mind up, part of me says they did it, part of me hopes they didn't, after all, aren't doctors supposed to be clever.

 

[parker1158]

I sincerely hope they had nothing to do with it but it would not surprise me in the least if it turned out they did. There is something about the way they conduct themselves and in their general body language that just does not add up. It may well be just the type of people they are after all we are all different and deal with atrocities differently.

Also you can bet your bottom dollar there is more to this case than meets the eye, things we do not know about and probably never will.

 

[BeemerMal]

I will most probably be shot down for saying it but there are so many questions and few answers that most people fall into one of two trains of thought on this subject. One is they did'nt have anything to do with Madeleines disappearance and the other is that they might have been involved. I fall into the second category.

We know Gerry an Kate were negligent in leaving their Three very young children unattended while they went out every night. And, we know they could have used a baby sitting service. However, many have done this so in itself it is not reason to suspect them.

We know, from reports, that Madeleine had been "medicated" in the past to help her sleep. We don't know if she had been medicated that fateful night and if so was she over medicated?

We know there has been a wall of silence around the McCanns and their friends. And, we know that any question of their involvement is rigorously defended. There are numerous inconsistencies in the statements made be these friends that raise doubts as to how credible they are as witnesses.

We now know that Madeleines blood was found in the hire car that they hired 25 days after she disappeared. How did that get there? Had the body been hidden then moved later when they were not in the full glare of the media?

I would like, as a parent myself, to think Kate and Gerry did'nt have a hand in her disappearance but being Doctors their careers would instantly be over if it ever came out that they over medicated one of their children. Their careers always seemed to be more important than looking after the children with a full time nanny, and while on holiday it was kids club all day and leaving them alone in the evening.

They have presented themselves as very "controlled" individuals, also very "cold" and calculating, they seek the limelight when it suits and shun it if questions get too tough.

Has anyone seen any tears?

 

[ProfJohnL]

This is clearly a topic of current interest, and I hope everyone would share my wish that Maddy is found alive and well. Until she is or the other unthinkable outcome is proven.

Until then, all we can do is speculate, as the facts are not available to us.

I urge everyone to bear this in mind when posting, and don't write anything that you might regret when the truth is eventually revealed.

 

[Alan Partridge]

Surely it's inappropriate to speculate on whether the parents are involved when none of us has any real knowledge of the case?

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Surely it's inappropriate to speculate on whether the parents are involved when none of us has any real knowledge of the case?

.... aren't the police speculating???

 

[BeemerMal]

Alan Partridge wrote: Surely it's inappropriate to speculate on whether the parents are involved when none of us has any real knowledge of the case?

What makes this case any different to any other. It seems to be a taboo subject for discussion when it comes to the McCann case. I can't understand why? It is no different to any other case where facts are few and the truth is not obvious.

Remember, most child abuse is caused by someone who is close to and trusted by the child so it is natural to focus on the parents and this will raise discussion and of course differing opinions to what happened.

 

[giovanni_5060838]

I do hope she was abducted, because the other option would seem to be even worse.

The media coverage has been incredable almost staged, overkill and that is not a pun.

Police always seem to take the stick,no matter what! like they have a magic wond!which they don't,as far as i am concerned i leave it to the experts and thats not the mcCans, thats the police.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

I could understand John L & Alans post if the posters had already condemned the McCanns and were discussing what the punishment should be for example, but they are not.

It will be a sad day when people are stopped from discussing or speculating on matters of interest. It is fast coming to this though unfortunately. Perhaps that is why the youth of today feel frustrated, they cannot express themselves adequately because it's not PC to do so. Then their only means to expess themselves is through violence because they are frustrated.

Don't forget, todays youth have been choked by Political Correctness from birth so know no other way of life.

 

[lolly_5087162]

At some point in our lives, and I am sure people are going to argue with me, but those of us with children, have left them alone for whatever amount of time, with the attitude, "it will never happen to me".

I strongly believe that the parents have something to do with the missing child, to what extent I am as yet unsure, but I am pondering on a few questions.

1) Why would anyone feel the need to "medicate" a 3 year old child to help aid sleep?

2) Why, if Madelaine has been abducted, would the abducter only take 1 of 3 children all lying in the same bed, surely they would have taken all 3?

3) Why have the parents never been seen to show any emotion?

4) They are both doctors so surely they would know how to maim someone without it showing?

5) Money can be an extreme motivator - the parents do seem to be in a comfortable state but I do feel sorry for everyone who has donated to the fund if the parents have some knowledge of the disappearance.

It just doesn't add up - I think they have had something to do with her disappearance. I do, however, hope that she is found alive and well, but unfortunately I fear this is not going to be the case in this instance.

Our thoughts are with you Madelaine - wherever you may be.

Lolly x

 

[GillandMike]

I would like to think that the McCanns are not responsible for Maddies disapperance, but one thing bothers me. Kate McCann, on discovering that Maddie had gone said "They have taken her". Who did she mean by "they" and why was that her first reaction? I think mine would have been that my child had woken up and wandered off.

Gill

 

[Guest]

Discussion is a very valid right we still have, I think?? Commenting on a situation is our right as free people, as long as we do not step over the line of insinuation.

I am just not 100% convinced that this discussion is fruitful becuse we know so little. The event took place in another country with a totally different approach to the investigation and Press coverage so we really cannot apply our own 'rules' to this one. I suspect the Press are making '1 and 1 make 3' whenever it suits, mainly becuase they have so little access to information. Of course here in the UK New Labour would have everything in the Press before it even hit Parliament, so who can blame the authorities in Portugal for being cautious.

All I suggest is let us back off a bit, and wait and see what unfolds. The Portugese do not normally convict innocents.

 

[Essexeddie]

I could understand John L & Alans post if the posters had already condemned the McCanns and were discussing what the punishment should be for example, but they are not.

It will be a sad day when people are stopped from discussing or speculating on matters of interest. It is fast coming to this though unfortunately. Perhaps that is why the youth of today feel frustrated, they cannot express themselves adequately because it's not PC to do so. Then their only means to expess themselves is through violence because they are frustrated.

Don't forget, todays youth have been choked by Political Correctness from birth so know no other way of life.

Well said that man.

 

[Essexeddie]

Slightly off, oposite us there is a family of seven children, ages about five to twelve.

Its just gone seven and the parents have just gone out on their bikes, and left them.

It happens all the time.

Edd

 

[will2]

Having heard the recent news on Maddie I think that she will now not be alive.

Have the police realy not got a clue and just clutching at straws or now that there are more DNA results have they got some evidence?.

Another thought have the parents ever shown anything like the amount of remorse(if thats the right word),that i for one would show.I would not be able to do any form of interview without breaking down. Evrey interview I have seen them do ,to me, they have been too calm and the mother even had makeup on.How many mums would think about putting on the totty when there lovely little girl is missing.

Last paragraph edited. As the fate of the girl is unknown as of yet, speculation of the kind posted is uncalled for.

Mod 2

Will

 

[Diane1]

As everyone keeps saying, there are things in this case that don't add up.

I truely believe the Kate McCann, is frantic with worry about something. You can actually see the emotion on her face. Gerry McCann is as nuetral as Switzerland during the war.

I as a mother with quite a few daughters cannot believe that a mother could do away with her child. And as others have said i would find it hard to speak without showing some emotion.

Lets hope they find her safe well and unharmed.

 

[colin(bridgend)]

I think this subject is not one for discussion at this point in time on an open forum. I personally think that if ever there was a case for removing a controversial posting this is one. Mr. Mod I think you would be in your right if this whole topic was removed. It could be reopened after a conclusion of the whole sorry episode.

 

[DeliDave]

am amazed this still runs a simple post about travellers deleted in minutes yet this is left

 

[Diane1]

Why remove it Colin? What makes it a "controversial posting"? Infact the one thing everyone is agreeing on is that the little girl be found safe and well.

The questionns asked in the post are relevent and are in most peoples train of thought.

Is not right to bring up this subject or do we just brush it under the carpet?

 

[BrianStAlbans]

The discussions on here are no different to those being held in households and workplaces around the world,

I have my view on the case but no wish to express them.

Brian