‘They’ Say The Parents Killed Madeleine McCann
“WE DIDN’T KILL OUR MADELEINE.”
The Express is, of course, appalled at the suggestion that Gerry and Kate McCann did murder their daughter Madeleine. But the paper feels duty bound to report the denial on its front page.
Such is the passion evoked by the story of Madeleine McCann that the headline could read “WE DIDN’T KILL YOUR MADELEINE”, the McCanns’ appeal for understanding and compassion to the readers at large.
A source close to the couple tells the paper: “Kate and Gerry are well aware what these reports [Madeleine might have died in the apartment] are inferring – that they or one of their close friends killed Madeleine either deliberately or by accident.
“Gerry is completely livid about it all. It is completely hurtful and untrue.”
“Maddy parents’ fury at murder slurs,” say the Mail’s cover page. “YOU ARE NOT SUSPECTS,” says the Mirror’s front-page headline.
Police spokesman Olegario Sousa tells us: “The family are not suspects. This is the official position.”
But we don’t know. Facts on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann don’t stack up to much. The news of blood on the McCanns’ walls is open to much interpretation.
The Mirror considers the evidence. It says Madeleine may have died in the family holiday apartment. “Killers are often those closest to home, they say,” writes Julie McCaffrey, who repeats what “they say” for we readers to dismiss. “This shows the McCanns in a new light, they snipe. No smoke without fire…”
The writer goes on to warn: “But jumping to the wrong conclusions is dangerous, not least incredibly hurtful.” Indeed. Tell that to Robert Murat who one Mirror hack found so “creepy” she had to tell the police about him, rightly, and then tell her readers, wrongly.
In any case Madeleine McCann is not dead. As Gerry McCann assures us: “Kate and I strongly believe that Madeleine is alive and that she was taken from the apartment but obviously what we don’t know is what happened to her afterwards, who has taken and what was their motive.”
Which means the Express can feature stories about Madeleine in a Belgian restaurant. For three days running readers have been invited to wonder if it was Madeleine sat in a Flemish eatery with two adults. Today readers learn that the results of a DNA test on a glass will prove if it was the missing child.
And if it wasn’t Madeleine, what then? Are we back to watching the parents and seeing the media they are using to find their daughter turn against them?
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November 11th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
I don’t know why people keep making reference to the fact that Gerry and Kate McCann are doctors. What does this have to do with the case ? If you look at a lot of murderers you will see that even the most depraved killers had successful careers and were highly respected until their crimes caught up with them. I am not saying that the McCanns are guilty but them being doctors means nothing. Look at the evidence, that is all that seems to be concrete in this case, everything else is speculation and wild theories, not fact. There is NO evidence to support the theory of some opportunistic paedophile breaking in and abducting Madeline, but there is a lot of evidence piling up to support the the theory that the McCanns are somehow involved. People should stop letting the fact that the McCanns are British and supposedly being framed by the Portuguese Police, cloud there opinions. The Portuguese Police are merely doing there job and have no motive to stich up the McCanns. Look at the facts and you will come to the right conclusion.
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I just hope Madeline is not suffering I dont know who took part and Im not sure who I think took part all I want to know is the truth, A lot of effort has and still is being put towards this
September 15th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
The McCanns make much of the Portuguese secrecy laws but I wonder if this is simply convenient for them.
When they were made formal suspects we are told that between them they refused to answer 40 or so questions put to them by the police.
We are potentially talking about child homicide here a very serious crime not some sort of tax investigation.
If you watch any of those reality TV police shows you’ll notice that in the UK the police don’t say “You have the right to remain silent” when they arrest someone.
Instead these days they say something to the effect “It may harm your defence if you fail to say now anything which you later rely on in court”
I think the Portuguese police with help from the British police where necessary should insist on answers to these 40 or so questions or the inference should be taken such that it most certainly harms their defence.
If necessary they should be asked to volunteer to take polygraph tests (lie detector tests).
I also think that the group of friends who were with the McCanns when they dined out on that fateful night should be re-questioned thoroughly. Some friends they would turn out to be if they had got involved in this but none the less the possibility cannot be excluded.
The possibility of child homicide is such an abhorrent crime, like paedophilia, that the British public are not content to let any perpetrators escape justice by hiring expensive lawyers, refusing to answer questions, and hoping to get off on some legal technicality.
They were quite happy to woo the British public and seek their approval for their fund raising campaign and so they must now seek the approval of the British public regarding these allegations.
The British public demand to know the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this case, we owe it to Madeline.
September 15th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
The thing that gets me is how they simply gloss over that fact that they left two TWO year olds and one THREE year old alone in an apartment with the doors left open and went to eat at a restaurant not in an Hotel, not even in a gated complex but in the street!
And I am stunned at the number of people on this site that say we’ve all done it at times !?!
Have these people LOST THEIR MINDS !!!!
Anything could have happened to these children through a simple accident, to a fire, one of them being sick and choking on their own vomit, even before you consider something more extreme.
PARENTS do not leave children of this age on their own FULL STOP.
As a parent of three children myself one of whom is a three year old I know that you have to watch them at all times in case they swallow something, have an accident, or are put at risk in some other way.
Talking of the overdose theory four points occur to me.
1) Before doctors sedate or anaesthetise there is a period before this that you mustn’t eat or drink anything because there is a big risk of the recipient being sick.
2) How likely is it that these children who we’re told were routinely put to bed at six O’clock (while on their holidays can you imagine) were prevented from eating any snacks for several hours beforehand?
3) Could having sedatives night after night have had a cumulative effect?
4) Is it possible that, if the medication was purchased locally, instructions written in Portuguese might have been misread or misunderstood?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Horrible case. I wish we could speed up the process and have a definitive answer either way.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
We dealing with people who both doctors , and know better when it comes to DNA , Why were they given keys to the church? I was watching thier family standing up for them , They don’t even know what questions where asked by the Portuguese Police , Lets respect the law , no matter where you are in the world there is a democritic way of dealing with such cases , Its just a matter of time till the truth comes out , Hope this wont be an embarracement to the whole nation
September 11th, 2007 at 12:17 am
There is definiely something fishy going on becasue what is the big fuss about being questioned by the Portugese police? I know if I was in the same situation I would be more than willing to answer questions for them just to clear my name. All the papers are trying to make out that they are putting the blame on to Gerry and Kate but what would be their motive for this? There must be some crucial evidence that is going againts them both.
Also I have noticed that they haven’t shed a tear during the whole thing. In other similar cases the parents have been streaming through every single interview.
September 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Could it be that they gave the children something to help them sleep that night and then, perhaps Madeline was then abduced by another person. If they had been doing this every evening maybe someone knew?
They appear to be a mixture of being genuinly distraught but also as if they are hiding something. There appears to be an element that is more than just the guilt of leaving the children alone (massive as that guilt must be). I do not belive they killed her.
Perhaps it that, in addition to leaving the children alone, by giving the children something to sleep they made it easier for someone to abduct her.
At the very begining the head of the local police said that two other children (girls) had been abducted and her case was not being treated any differently. I never hear this mentioned again. It was just before they interviewed the family who had a 12 year old son go missing, but no one mentioned the girls again. If this is true, has anyone followed this up.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Results came from British higly rated laboratory in the world , with results against the British citizens . So how on earth do people believe that the Mccans are being framed , Lets not burry our heads under the sand , These people hired a car a day before flying to Italy to me the POP , What for ? 2, She was reported to have washed the doll , why ? 3, She sreamed someone has taken my daughter , How did she know? , We have to ask our selfs some of this unanswered questions .
September 9th, 2007 at 12:25 am
I was watching the bbc news and previous videos and there’s something about the way the McCanns are behaving which is odd.I hope it was not the parents who ‘accidentally’ killed this innocent little girl. I don’t understand how parents can leave their little children alone in a rented villa while they are dining with friends in a supposedly nearby restaurant.It is bollocks.I think the parents are lying.They are trying to cover up a crime surely.I hope I am wrong because I hate to read such horrific stories.It disturbs me.If the parents are involved in any way, I must say I am disgusted by these people.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:16 am
I have a gut feeling the mother has something to do with this and so does the father.
August 26th, 2007 at 2:09 am
The whole thing is too stupid for words. Madeleine would be here today if she had responsible parents. If you want an adults-only holiday then why take the kids along? If you want both then take your kids to the restaurant as well. The worrying thing is the number of McCann sympathisers who say they’d also leave their kids like they did. No wonder kids are growing up as feral kids when you’ve got irresponsible parents. Bad parents are always looking for excuses when their kids grow up bad. Remember Mr Blair’s son found drunk in Leicester Square a few years ago? His response was “my son isn’t the first and he won’t be the last 16 year old to get drunk…” Sadly, bad parents are the majority these days and there’s no good examples being set from the top down.
Nobody is even mentioning the fact that the McCann’s were in a foreign country. Like so many Brits when they go abroad, they think the foreign country should do things the same as in the UK. Like Gerry McCann’s attitude, that is sheer ignorance. If anything, you’d look after your kids with more vigilance in a foreign country than you would back home. I hope the Portuguese cops throw the book at them. They’ve never looked like they’re grieving a missing daughter from day 1.
And, what was Gerry doing at a conference in Scotland today? How is that supposed to aid the search for his “allegedly” abducted daughter? What are all his travels for? Both parents look guilty in every interview as they roll their eyes and lack direct eye contact. There’s too many similarities to the way Ian Huntley behaved albeit these are professional doctors who are supposed to be pillars of society…
August 26th, 2007 at 12:45 am
I feel sorry for Robert Murat. The only people who have been proved to have done something wrong by leaving their children alone are the Mccann’s and they act all angry if anybody asks questions about their actions, while Murat has had his life destroyed because of their actions.
I saw pictures of their apartment and it can’t be seen from the tapas bar. The unlocked door faced out onto a road and the tapas bar is down the road and through security gates. The police say there was no evidence of a break in as they left the children alone when the doors were unlocked. It isn’t like a complex, as the apartments are outside the part with the bar. It says on the holiday site that they want the holiday makers to feel part of the town, so the apartments are outside of a complex.
August 26th, 2007 at 12:26 am
That gerry seems quite arrogant to me. Instead of answering questions about what happened, he acts as if he doesn’t have to answer anything but still asks for money from people.
August 26th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Why do people assume she was taken from the room or killed in the room? She was perfectly able to walk out of the unlocked French doors. Every four year old I know is always running around everywhere. I have seen pictures of the apartment and the tapas bar and they are quite far from each other. You have to walk around a corner and the bar has a gate entrance. The apartment faces out onto a road. The girl could easily have walked out when looking for her parents and approached people to ask where her parents are and somebody could have taken her by saying that they would help her find her parents.
They are guilty of neglect if nothing else. Why are two well off doctors asking for money from the public anyway? I bet they haven’t sold their house in England while they’re sunning themselves in Portugal. Would be interesting to see a run down of the expenses. They might be doctor’s, but some of Gerry’s family look well rough and they’re running the site.
August 25th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
The most obvious explanation about Madeleine’s disappearance is that she was never in the room that evening. Most likely she was gone before they went out that evening and the whole story about going back to check on the kids is a ruse for something bad that happened earlier in the day. Where is there any published evidence that Madeleine was actually in the room that night? The only people saying she was there are the parents…
Think about it…
August 24th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Why don’t they let the twins talk? There are people who are specified to communicate with such young children. They might tell a clue which we are hoping for.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 pm
In most cases like this, the nearest and dearest are responsible for children’s murder - imagine the scenario; parents out on the town, child visted occasionally but is fractious and troublesome. Father files into a drunken rage and - the deed is done. But he’s not too drunk to hide the body, perhaps with the compliance of a weak wife…
Time will tell!
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
That’s a thought, wouldn’t you have grabbed your two other kids for fear that someone might still be lurking nearby before running off to the other side of the complex ? and I am still not convinced they didn’t have something to “make them sleep” because somewhere else I read that the twins were asleep all the way through the screaming and yelling and rushing about, and Gerry “roaring like a bull” and that the police carried them out still “asleep” like a couple of sacks of flour…..hmmmmm
Also, the friend of theirs, another Doctor who was accused of having something to do with it because he left the cafe about the same time it is ajudged that Madeleine went missing, maintains that he was going to see to his daughter who was vomiting !! ferchrissakes…..he was out drinking and eating while his daughter was VOMITING ????? and if she had choked on her own vomit then what ?? …not a good look.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Would the room not have a phone to call for help? If one of my children were missing, in the midst of my hysterics I doubt I would walk back to the restaurant and announce ” Maddy’s missing” and leave 2 toddlers alone in bed. My first instinct would be to call for help either by phone or vocally, I would also ask for assistance from anyone that was around. I agree things just don’t add up. I was wondering if she was given something to make her sleep as well as the twins, most parents would agree that children that are so young are very unpredicable with their sleeping habits, especially when they are put to bed so early. If indeed she was given something to make her sleep and was accidently overdosed, this would explain why the cadaver dogs detected the scent of a body that had been there for 2 or more hours.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
yes it seems strange how the family dont have the twins with them much!i still maintain theres something dodgy about the parents,i hope im wrong!they seem too calm and just devoid of emotion,even the press calls seem contrived,someone is up to no good!
August 17th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Why didnt she have the two other children with her when she is claiming that someone is taken one of hear children? I would have them in my arms.
August 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Note - Mrs McCann went at 10pm and said she found the apartment window open, heavy metal shutters raised and her daughter missing.
Interesting point reported in the Daily Mail on Thursday 16th August suggested that Mrs McCann came back to the table screaming that someone had taken Maddie…. Why didnt she have the two other children with her when she came back to the table?
August 17th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
i think it was the mum
August 16th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I don’t think her mum and dad killed her, if they would kill her then why wouldn’t they kill her brother and sister? Why would they base it on that one little girl? If they did kill her, why don’t they admit it? I see the point if they don’t let it out but what would be the point of just killing her. Why did they take Maddie anyway? Why did they base it on her in the first place? But also her parents should have been more aware, every 20 MINUTES they checked on her, but it only takes 10 seconds too take a child! I hope she just gets found
August 16th, 2007 at 9:53 am
J1paz - it looks like you are trying to goad Moderation into making a response. Well, she hasn’t been on here for a number of days now. Previously she was one of the main contributors, posting lots of comments on many of the Anorak Madeleine forums, almost on a daily basis. Of course, there could be many reasons for her absence - pressure of work, holiday, sickness, whatever - or maybe she’s just become fed up with the whole thing … ? I’ve noticed that a number of the “regulars” seem to have disappeared.
Mods and Admin
She said last week she was on holiday and wouldn’t be contributing
August 16th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Moderation quote
“After many year working in Child Protection there is absolutely nothing you can tell me about what goes on! Seen it, been in court with it, written the reports and articles!
But that doesn’t mean you say things like that with absolutely no evidence.
No no no.”
Yep and how many innocent people have you harassed in your time in CPA your judge of character must be impeccable NOT!
August 15th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Wendy - 500 metres? Where has that come from!? Certainly the distance to the tapas bar from the apartment has varied, depending upon what reports you read/listen to. However, the maximum estimated distance reported has been something like 150 metres. In one, now famous, interview, Kate McCann stated that the distance was “about 20 yards” (approx 18 metres)!!!
The consensus seems to be about 100 yards (just over 90 metres). Nowhere have I seen it reported as 500 metres. Had it been, then there would be even more scathing condemnation of the McCanns than there is now.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Also, how many parents leave 3 such young children in order to dine so far away, and what are the chances of them checking “in on” every 1/2 hour? The reason for this is although 500 m might seem relatively close, in actuality it is 1/2 kilometer away or 1625 feet. That is a lot.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Sadly, I do feel that a parent or parents had something to do with Madeleine’s diappearance. I have followed this case from the start as it is always every parents nightmare that something would happen to their child. When I heard of a possible sighting in Belgium I hoped for the best and recalled Elizabeth Smart. I must though go back to my first sighting of the McCann’s days after Madeleine’s disappearance. I found it strange how restrained they were, as a parent I would be hysterical and certainly not composed enough for interviews. Upon regular travels with our children, my heart sinks with desperation if I have “lost” a child for a few moments in a store, in a foreign country we certainly do not leave our children alone we accompany them everywhere as you are not as familiar with the surroundings as you are at home. My deep down intuition is that the parents are responsible. All parents at sometime have had problems settling their child down at night, also how many children fall asleep at 6:00p.m. and whose sleeping arrangements are regular enough to sleep through the night, especially at 4? Also, if Madeleine was habitually problematic at putting to bed perhaps her parents lost patience with her and took her stuffed cat away from her in order to get her to cooperate, maybe that is why “cuddle cat” was out of reach but still close, maybe fuses got shortened and an unfortunate accident prevailed. I hope not, but the parental emotions and facts just don’t seem right.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
early on in the investigation ,maddys mother spoke to the BBc (i think) and said something like .(we know maddys not coming home !!! ).IT WAS like a sub conscious freudian slip. which rattled me a bit . and i thought then ,Oh the police will be watching this , I hope they picked up on that. how does she know maddys not coming home. then later the spanial sniffer dog is trained to pick up the scent of dead bodies BUT ONLY IF THAT PERSON WAS DEAD IN THE ROOM FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE!!! AND NOT LESS! SO HOW COME GERRY CHECKED THE ROOM AT 9.05 AND SHE WAS OK ! THEN 30 MINUTES LATER SHES GONE . SMELLS A BIT FISHY TO ME . THE INTERVIEWS LOOK TO CLINICAL TO ME .i HOPE iM WRONG ,BUT THE BITS ARE NOT FITTING IN MY BOOK.