Madeleine McCann: We’ve Told The Twins Madeleine Is Missing’
THE Mirror leads with: “Kate and Gerry McCann have told their two-year-old twins for the first time that big sister Madeleine has vanished.
“Taking little Sean and Amelie aside, Kate gently broke the news: ‘Madeleine has gone missing. Mummy and daddy are looking for her.’”
The Mirror has, however, stopped looking. Having pointed the finger at “creepy” Robert Murat, the paper’s writers are content with looking at the parents.
Such is the way of investigative reporting…
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October 2nd, 2007 at 4:44 am
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August 22nd, 2007 at 6:14 am
HUH?? What’s the question?? Karalyn is BRAND Spanking NEW!!
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 am
I have been following this forum for a long time now and only recently noticed Karalyn. Is Karalyn new or just a new name?
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 am
carolynn/ Karalyn you are playing games. I have done the research. Watch this space.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:53 am
Keep a watchful eye also.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:48 am
Teach them the basics and they be able to identify those misfits.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:47 am
Most of us appear to be adults! Protect your kids from chatting on the net.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:44 am
Is there someone living in these forums who is not all they appear to be?
August 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Maria you say
“The intention was, and still is, to use the money ultimately to help missing children.”
That appears to have been a smoke screne if you look at the facts.
Fact one. They did apply for charity status and you are correct when you say they were refused because it was set up as a fund to find Maddeline alone. They could have made it a generalised charity to help find all missing children but declined to do so. Why?
They then set up a business and diverted all funds to it. Why would a person give up their job to run the business when she could have been found at any time?
Why do they not add the daily interest to the total on the website, so that people know what the alleged fund really stands at.
Being a business they do not have to use the funds to help find anyone else. The directors, one of which I am sure is Gerry McCann, are free to spend company funds in any way they want, and there is nothing anyone can do if they simply wound the company up tomorrow and split the funds between themselves, because it was free given to them.
So far not a penny of the funds have actually been used in the pursuit of finding Maddeline, why not.
Even if they hire private detectives, where would they start to look, because there is no evidence to point them in any direction?
I wish someone from the McCann family would answer these questions.
You also say
“They hired a lawyer in the first week or so to make sure that everything was above board, and was seen to be so.”
If my child had been abducted the furthest thing from my mind would be hiring solicitors, (lawyers come from America), in the first week. All my energy would have been used actually searching for her. (Something the McCanns have yet to do.
What exactly was it that they wanted to be seen to be above board. The fund had not been started. Only a guilty person, or someone who has something to hide would need to hire solicitors.
You conclude by saying
“I inadvertently deleted part of a sentence. I meant to say that they seem to want to do absolutely everything in their power to find their daughter and this is what I would try to do myself in the same situation.”
Are we talking about the same people because I have seen no evidence of them doing anything other than globe trotting. Appearing on television in foriegn countries is about as helpful as going to the bar and leaving the door open.
Sorry if you think I’m having a pop at you Maria, but I’m not. Just giving my view as to your post.
August 21st, 2007 at 2:19 am
Little child? Sleep………..
August 21st, 2007 at 1:44 am
Karalyn Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 1:26 am
Moderator -can you please take the RAT off this forum?? He is harrassing me here and he needs to be given his walking papers! Any requests about gender - are solicitations - and that is sexual harrassment. I want him out of here - pronto!
Karalyn Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 1:29 am
Thanks Moderator!
But Karalyn I’m still here! Has nobody seen through you yet?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:38 am
American or English?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:38 am
So come on am I male or female?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:35 am
SAD, SO SAD!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:34 am
Am I after you then?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:34 am
JuneJohnson - are you sleeping over there? Anyone awake in England? I am beign harrassed and no one is doing anything ……this is horrible!!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:32 am
My Name is Karalyn - and he wants to know my gender? If he can’t tell from a person’s style of writing -then he’s a bigger idiot than I thought he was - and that’s pretty bad. There are website for scum like him to visit. But this is not one of them.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:32 am
Yes I live in the real world ‘Karalyn’. Why are gender discussions off limits then?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:30 am
He’s back - can you please tell him that gender discussions are OFF LIMITS. I am grossed out and disgusted by his comments. He’s worse than a RAT! He needs to be censored out of here!!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:29 am
Thanks Moderator!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:29 am
Karalyn Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 1:26 am
What about my rights? sexual harassement; really? I only asked you gender?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:27 am
Maria 174 agree with what you are saying.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:26 am
Moderator -can you please take the RAT off this forum?? He is harrassing me here and he needs to be given his walking papers! Any requests about gender - are solicitations - and that is sexual harrassment. I want him out of here - pronto!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:26 am
Paul, humble apologies meant Richard.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:18 am
Karalyn Says:
August 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Colette - don’t be so hard on yourself….Maria we have learned is a highly educated attorney (she sounds highly educated at least!) and I am an aspiring writer who has had years and years of online blogging “practice” and offline writing experiences. Maybe when or if I ever do get that best seller out there - I’ll reveal my true identity - but for now, it’s just me, Karalyn.
Are you male Karalyn? A book ….PMSLMAO!!!
Can you say if I am male or female? 50% chance now justify it!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:16 am
Very well said Maria!
And God save the queen
August 21st, 2007 at 12:13 am
If life teaches us anything, it’s that one can never know anything, should never be shocked or surprised by anything.
However, as I’ve said, I believe it is wise to be restrained in allegations and accusations. I suppose that is because I would hope for fairness myself. There but for the grace of God….
I have recently been reasonably close to a situation in which someone was wrongly accused of a particular offence. This person was found not guilty in court but she and her parents had already been through hell thanks to disgraceful, incorrect and deliberately misleading and sensationalist media reports. For this person to rebuild a life and career will not be easy and a weaker person could well have buckled completely. This has made me more aware than ever that we need further amendments in the law to protect individuals’ privacy and reputations. I do know that there are moves in that direction, at least in Europe, but we haven’t gone far enough yet. I know very little about US law.
Like everyone else, I know virtually nothing about the disappearance of Madeleine. Let the police do their work. Whatever transpires, this has been a tragedy of unbelievable proportions as I know all on this board agree.
God help everyone involved.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Colette - don’t be so hard on yourself….Maria we have learned is a highly educated attorney (she sounds highly educated at least!) and I am an aspiring writer who has had years and years of online blogging “practice” and offline writing experiences. Maybe when or if I ever do get that best seller out there - I’ll reveal my true identity - but for now, it’s just me, Karalyn.
JuneJohnson (J.J.) - Thanks for the kudos and compliments - I was almost married to an English mon. But I let him go……..as much as I am an “anglophile” …in the loosest sense of the word…(any thing that ends in “phile” today is deemed “vile” so I don’t want to misconstrue the meaning there!) I was too nostalgic and homesick w/ my heart only for my America. I can’t fathom living anywhere else but in my own country ever again. Home is where the heart is….no matter where that may be
Oh Madeleine….dear Madeleine…please find your way home to your family - they love you very much and miss you immensely…that is what my “dreams” are telling me.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Maria and Karalyn,
In various ways, I agree with both your separate sentiments about the funding (using it wisely and not corruptly) - and about ‘Smart’ comparisons. I guess you both expressed so much better than myself what I was trying to convey in a general manner earlier in the day. I was hopeless
Bravo!
Bring back Madeleine!
August 20th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Who really cares about the money?? The McCanns don’t seem interested in it - they have not even touched it. Money is the root of all evils. I understand there’s got to be someone watching the chicken coop because a stray fox can always enter it when no one is looking - but let’s take a leap of faith here w/ the McCanns - other than making the ultimate mistake of being offguard, and leaving their kids unattended, let’s cut them some slack. We did not do that for the Smart Family as I said and in the end, they were honest and clean as a whistle…..
I was also thinking that the Mccanns could have been told by their friends “come on, it’s safe, we are all leaving our kids alone..you dont’ need a babysitter….” and for peer pressure reasons, they submitted and went along w/ it. Only to regret it so much later on. I think this couple - is a stellar couple. I think they’ve been taken advantage of because of their honesty, spirituality and integrity. And that the reason it is so hard to believe that they are not involved is because it is so RARE to find people like this in this world. There’s a good book out by a Rabbi - can’t recall his name - but it’s a NY Times best seller etc. entitled “When bad things happen to good people”….well, I think many of your doubting Thomases might want to consider reading it after this whole nitemare ends for the McCanns - hopefully w/ the safe return of Madeleine their wonderful eldest child.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Karalyn,
Thankyou!
I’m sure you will sweep the lads here off their feet……..