Madeleine - New evidence

[surrey jim]

appologies if fixtures

seems a bit strange to me 29 days after she's abducted DNA is found in the room, how did the police etc not find it earlier,

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1268694,00.html

 

[coventrygull]

I read in the Times there is going to be a "Madeleine Day"

 

[m20gull]

I read in the Times there is going to be a "Madeleine Day"

Times Online

 

[surrey jim]

it will sound quite harsh but the parents appear to be PR experts, keeping the story in the papers for so long.

I hope the day helps find her

 

[surrey jim]

Times Online

THE PARENTS of Madeleine McCann are planning an international day of events and appeals featuring world leaders, pop stars and well known athletes.

Gerry and Kate McCann, whose four-year-old daughter vanished from their holiday apartment on Portugal’s Algarve coast a month ago, want to keep her disappearance in the public eye with a “Madeleine Day”.

They plan to ask Sir Elton John, David Beckham and former US president Bill Clinton to help. They have approached JK Rowling about distributing bookmarks featuring a picture of Madeleine with her next Harry Potter book.

The couple are determined to keep Madeleine’s image alive as the police investigation struggles to find leads; detectives are even checking out the theories of self-acclaimed clairvoyants.

The McCanns unveiled their long-term strategy in an interview with The Sunday Times in which they compared losing their daughter to being “diagnosed with cancer”. Both are convinced Madeleine is still alive and will be found but admit it could be months before a breakthrough.

Next week the McCanns, after completing a series of appeals in European cities, travel to Morocco, where there have been sightings of a girl matching Madeleine’s description. They hope to enlist support for Madeleine Day from athletes such as the Moroccan Olympic gold medallist distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj.

The McCanns admit that in their darkest moments they have considered the possibility their daughter has been killed. But they cling to the hope that she has been taken by someone desperate for a child of their own rather than by a predatory paedophile.

“Everybody’s considered it [that Madeleine is dead],” said Kate, 38, a locum GP. “I think we know there are bad people out there but there are also a lot of sad people, and we don’t know what’s happened here. Obviously we hope it’s the latter.”

Gerry, a consultant cardiologist, added: “You can imagine different people wanting children for different reasons. Some of those reasons are much more sinister than others, but we really try not to think about that.

“If we knew who had her, and they had a track record, then you would say, ‘Okay, the chances are diminishing.’ But even in that situation there are cases when someone comes out well at the end.

“I do a lot of scientific work and I’m very aware about probability. While there is some hope, we will not give up, and at the minute there is loads of hope.”

Despite their remorse at leaving their three children unattended to go to a restaurant on the night Madeleine was snatched, the McCanns say they have never blamed each other. “We have never subconsciously or consciously thought it was Kate’s fault, or it’s my fault. It’s not our fault,” Gerry said.

“They [the abductor] were determined for one reason or another and that’s why we don’t go along with blame or divisiveness. We are a couple in this.”

He added: “I don’t think there’s any doubt that it’s an evil act. I think that’s the simplest way to do it without getting into very strong words. She did not deserve to be abducted. No one deserves to be abducted. It’s heart-wrenching for everyone involved and we pray constantly that she is well and being looked after.

“Until we are sure what has happened it’s very difficult to direct any of these thoughts.”

 

[beorhthelm]

its a tragic, sad story, but isnt this turning into the longest, biggest most public guilt trip in history?

 

[coventrygull]

its a tragic, sad story, but isnt this turning into the longest, biggest most public guilt trip in history?

I find it all a bit OTT to be honest.

 

[bhaexpress]

If it was your kid wouldn't you be doing everything you could to get her back ?

 

[coventrygull]

If it was your kid wouldn't you be doing everything you could to get her back ?

Think I would be in to much of a state to be honest. I think I would be dosed up to the eye balls on valium and the rest.

 

[surrey jim]

it has been covered alot in the news in the UK / Portugal but as she could be anywhere in the world publicity needs to be kept up

 

[NMH]

Think I would be in to much of a state to be honest. I think I would be dosed up to the eye balls on valium and the rest.

Just as well these parents are a bit more galvanised than that then. Valium wouldn't help to find the child, that's pretty certain

 

[coventrygull]

but I wonder how many children go missing in the world.

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

its a tragic, sad story, but isnt this turning into the longest, biggest most public guilt trip in history?

guilt trip? where exactly were you on the night in question?

 

[Gully]

Loads, there are parts of the World where children are sold into slavery, or worse.

It is just that Madeleine has been born to middle class parents who are reasonably articulate and who have done a very good job at keeping her story in the media, I wonder if the press would have been so interested if the kid had been born to chavs in the arse end of nowhere.

 

[coventrygull]

Just as well these parents are a bit more galvanised than that then. Valium wouldn't help to find the child, that's pretty certain

But then I would have never left my kids in the first place.

 

[coventrygull]

Loads, there are parts of the World where children are sold into slavery, or worse.

It is just that Madeleine has been born to middle class parents who are reasonably articulate and who have done a very good job at keeping her story in the media, I wonder if the press would have been so interested if the kid had been born to chavs in the arse end of nowhere.

Doubt it. They would have thrown the book at them and gone on about their benefits etc.

Saw a news story where new born babies in the Ukraine were being sold for body parts

 

[Gazwag]

It is just that Madeleine has been born to middle class parents who are reasonably articulate and who have done a very good job at keeping her story in the media, I wonder if the press would have been so interested if the kid had been born to chavs in the arse end of nowhere.

They are also very good at spending other people's money

 

[surrey jim]

Doubt it. They would have thrown the book at them and gone on about their benefits etc.

Saw a news story where new born babies in the Ukraine were being sold for body parts

it is horrific that sort of think happens

 

[Happy Seagull]

If it was your kid wouldn't you be doing everything you could to get her back ?

I'd have done everything to make sure she was safe in the 1st place.

 

[beorhthelm]

guilt trip? where exactly were you on the night in question?

i dont recall where i was, but the parents know where they were and will be forever plagued by the guilt of that.