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Post by urrzzzzzzzzzz on Aug 7, 2007 13:46:19 GMT -1
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6935069.stmWhen did Madeleine go missing? It was while I was still in India, around May I think. Now I know that if I were her Dad I wouldn't want to give up on the idea of her being alive, but to publicly state that I'm confident she's alive? I think people need to look at reality that this will most likely be a tragic ending as opposed to a happy one, although I obviously hope I'm wrong.
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Post by The Lucky C on Aug 7, 2007 13:54:00 GMT -1
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6935069.stmWhen did Madeleine go missing? It was while I was still in India, around May I think. Now I know that if I were her Dad I wouldn't want to give up on the idea of her being alive, but to publicly state that I'm confident she's alive? I think people need to look at reality that this will most likely be a tragic ending as opposed to a happy one, although I obviously hope I'm wrong. The press have been reporting today that a room she might have been in had some blood on it. Hence the renewed statements saying that they think she's alive
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Post by HGO on Aug 7, 2007 13:57:17 GMT -1
bit silly making reporting this now. Its a holiday apartment, it could be anyones!
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Post by thales on Aug 7, 2007 13:58:36 GMT -1
are they checking dna from possible siting in belgium...
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Post by The Lucky C on Aug 7, 2007 14:00:05 GMT -1
as far as I'm aware, they were checking DNA from straws from the restaurant she may have been seen at.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 7, 2007 14:12:58 GMT -1
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6935069.stmWhen did Madeleine go missing? It was while I was still in India, around May I think. Now I know that if I were her Dad I wouldn't want to give up on the idea of her being alive, but to publicly state that I'm confident she's alive? I think people need to look at reality that this will most likely be a tragic ending as opposed to a happy one, although I obviously hope I'm wrong. I think one thing that's for certain is that even if she is alive and they do get her back, she won't be the same little girl she was when she was taken. I mean, obviously she'll have grown up a little and stuff, but her personality's gonna be so different. That said, I do think it's a bit daft that they make announcements about sightings and such before they've been investigated - I mean, if you had Europe's most sought-after child in your possession, and you wake up one morning to see "Madeline Sighting In Belgium" plastered all over the front pages... well, if I really were in Belgium and she really had been sighted in the town I was in, I know I'd be out of there double-quick!
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Post by urrzzzzzzzzzz on Aug 7, 2007 14:21:21 GMT -1
That is true, it's not really using common sense.
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Aug 7, 2007 19:05:56 GMT -1
People can call me cruel and heartless if they so wish, but as far as I am concerned she's been dead since (at most) a week after she went missing on MAY THE F*CKING FOURTH!!!
Equally, the parents continuous appearance in various media, as well as meeting the pope, and travelling all over the world, seems, to me, rather suspect. Call me cynical if you wish, but If I had lost a daughter, the last thing I would be doing is gallavanting all over the world...
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 7, 2007 20:05:39 GMT -1
Must admit, I assumed death after two weeks - I know it's still not impossible that she's alive, and it'd be great if she turned up okay, but I just can't see it. The whole 'meeting the Pope' thing, in truth, pissed me off a bit too - what's so special about their child going missing over everyone else who's had their child snatched/disappear?
I think what I'd be doing is making fairly regular media appearances to keep the case's profile up, but for the most part I'd try to go back to leading as normal a life as possible for the sake of their other two children...
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Aug 8, 2007 9:11:03 GMT -1
Must admit, I assumed death after two weeks - I know it's still not impossible that she's alive, and it'd be great if she turned up okay, but I just can't see it. The whole 'meeting the Pope' thing, in truth, pissed me off a bit too - what's so special about their child going missing over everyone else who's had their child snatched/disappear? I think what I'd be doing is making fairly regular media appearances to keep the case's profile up, but for the most part I'd try to go back to leading as normal a life as possible for the sake of their other two children... That is the biggest thing that got me: How do other parents who have lost children feel that this particular one is getting three months of media coverage?
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Aug 8, 2007 9:19:22 GMT -1
It must of been a slow news day when she disappeared and then it just snowballed plus it's the parents faults anyway and boncing around the world is just a way to try and shift the blame from themselves
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Post by shinny on Aug 8, 2007 10:08:36 GMT -1
according to experts in britain and america they say it is unlikely to get a child returned in a healthy condition after the first 48 hours,
she has been dead for weeks, i have thought that since about a week after she went missing.
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Post by The Lucky C on Aug 8, 2007 11:39:09 GMT -1
It must of been a slow news day when she disappeared and then it just snowballed plus it's the parents faults anyway and boncing around the world is just a way to try and shift the blame from themselves Look at the papers that are still reporting on this. Then look at her families background. Then realise why these papers are still reporting on this as oppose to all the other children that go missing.
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Post by jh1980 on Aug 8, 2007 11:46:09 GMT -1
Look at the papers that are still reporting on this. Then look at her families background. Then realise why these papers are still reporting on this as oppose to all the other children that go missing. Ooh! Is it like how until recently when the media seized on gun crime, the only murders that got coverage in London were of relatively wealthy white professionals?!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Aug 8, 2007 11:50:33 GMT -1
Look at the papers that are still reporting on this. Then look at her families background. Then realise why these papers are still reporting on this as oppose to all the other children that go missing. Spare me the searching?
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Post by HURLOCK on Aug 8, 2007 11:54:37 GMT -1
She's dead! All the media attention has guaranteed that, bless her.
The McCanns are taking full advantage of the situation and grabing the limelight, they have yet to say they feel remorse for leaving their children alone.
Also would coverage of this event been so favorable if the mother had been a single gold wearing council dweller?
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Post by spurrsgirl on Aug 8, 2007 12:00:51 GMT -1
What amazes me more than anything is they don't seem to be spending a lot of time with the 2 children they still have. I would have thought having one child abducted would make you quite obsessively paranoid about letting the others out of your sight.
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Aug 8, 2007 12:02:25 GMT -1
What amazes me more than anything is they don't seem to be spending a lot of time with the 2 children they still have. I would have thought having one child abducted would make you quite obsessively paranoid about letting the others out of your sight. Maybe the other kids aren't important enough
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Post by The Lucky C on Aug 8, 2007 12:02:38 GMT -1
Look at the papers that are still reporting on this. Then look at her families background. Then realise why these papers are still reporting on this as oppose to all the other children that go missing. Spare me the searching? Papers - Mail/Express Family - White, middle-class from respectable background
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Post by HURLOCK on Aug 8, 2007 12:07:09 GMT -1
What amazes me more than anything is they don't seem to be spending a lot of time with the 2 children they still have. I would have thought having one child abducted would make you quite obsessively paranoid about letting the others out of your sight. A good point they've going off meeting all and sundry leaving these kids at home with their grand parents. Now shouldn't they spend a bit of quality time with them? Afterall they are their parents and they were at their sisters abdunction! Good to see they're learning by their mistakes
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