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post #1 of 69
5/5/07 at 12:10am
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Full Story by BBC
another report by The Telegraph Newspaper

You see I just don't get this - why did they leave the little girl alone in her bed they said they checked on her every half hour, but as proven, half an hour is enough for something very tragic to happen

My heart still goes out to the family

The poor little girl is only 3, but I am sure she is very aware that something terrible is happening to her

Oh my ! please, please let her be found very soon
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post #2 of 69
5/5/07 at 3:09am
i agree, i would never leave a kid alone like that sad.

i hope they get her back soon
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post #3 of 69
5/5/07 at 4:43am
Why was a 3 y/o left alone??? That right there is just down right ignorance alone!!!

But I do hope the poor little thing is ok....

IMO-all the kids need taken away......

ETA: They also left the 2 y/o twins with her?? OMG!! Wow-people are so annoying.

I wonder if the 3 y/o decided to just go out and about?? And got lost?? I mean I have a 3 y/o and I know how curious she is!!

Still makes me sooo mad that they left those kids unattended!!!
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post #4 of 69
5/5/07 at 5:54am
Some people are just so stupid, how on God's green earth could they ever be so stupid.

I hope they find the little girl, somehow this story to me just sounds kinda suspicious, why would a person take one child and leave the other two?

Please keep us updated on this story.
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post #5 of 69
5/5/07 at 6:23am
This is so tragic and so STUPID and IGNORANT of these parents...Who are DOCTORS I might add...WTH were they thinking. Some people should not be allowed to have children. I hope this sweet girl is found unharmed
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post #6 of 69
5/5/07 at 6:39am
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Originally Posted by Bella713 View Post
This is so tragic and so STUPID and IGNORANT of these parents...Who are DOCTORS I might add...WTH were they thinking. Some people should not be allowed to have children. I hope this sweet girl is found unharmed

MY thoughts, exactly. If you can afford a family vacation, to Portugal, you can afford to hire a babysitter, for the evening.
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post #7 of 69
5/5/07 at 9:27am
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I hope they find the little girl, somehow this story to me just sounds kinda suspicious, why would a person take one child and leave the other two?
That's what I thought when I read the story. It sounds sort of fishy.
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post #8 of 69
5/5/07 at 9:42am
Yes, something odd is going on. Maybe they didn't take the twins because 2 yr olds are noisier. IMO, these parents have no idea how to parent. Since when is it okay to leave three little ones alone? Insanity. Notice how the news stories focus on the heart-broken parents? Neither said anything about how ignorant the parents are.
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post #9 of 69
5/5/07 at 12:20pm
i had read about this this morning , and i cant belive they left a 3 yr old and 2,2 year olds by themselfs? you wouldnt even do that in your own home , let alone in another country they dont know!!! i really hope this little girl is found safe. and i hope once she is found safe and sound that something will be done about the parents , social services etc.. because they do not deserve children.
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post #10 of 69
5/5/07 at 12:38pm
This makes me SOOOOOO MAD! Why would you leave your kids home alone at that age? I really don't care if your 500 feet away or 500 miles away- it's the same thing to me. You need to keep a very close eye on small children!!! I hope that if/when the little girl is found they evaluate this family as to whether or not they are fit parents!
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post #11 of 69
5/5/07 at 9:25pm
A very tragic state of affairs....I hope this girl is alive and will be returned. I do fear though..the stats are not good when it comes to child abduction.

I am shocked at the parents. Apparently they are health professionals...who should have the brain cells to know not to leave children unsupervised and money to get some decent childcare if they want to go out by themselves. They say they were 'only 50 metres' away..what good is that? The child can fall out of bed and get injured at the very least. But at the worst, now, the child is missing. To add insult to injury, the hotel had a creche.

My suspicions are that someone has seen the child around the hotel complex (maybe a worker? maybe a visitor involved in a paedophile ring out there) and taken a liking to her.

Despite the parents negligence, my heart does go out to them. Yes they are stupid, naive and neglectful. But they are devastated and at the end of the day love their daughter.

Its a sad wake up call to all those who leave their kids unattended. To think there are some ignorant parents out there in this world that are just going to keep leaving their kids unsupervised at times. Madness.
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post #12 of 69
5/6/07 at 4:18am
Is there anything new today?
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post #13 of 69
5/6/07 at 4:48am
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Is there anything new today?
nothing positive - they've got a reward out now and all the police and loads of volunteers are searching - they now believe its an abduction, only because, as the Portuguese police say, they have no other evidence as yet

The UK police have sent over a Family Liaison officer to support the family.
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post #14 of 69
5/6/07 at 5:11am
Just heard on the news a colleague of the parents has put up a £100,000 reward to get the girl (Madeleleine) back.
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post #15 of 69
5/6/07 at 7:24am
I just hope that they find her safe
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post #16 of 69
5/6/07 at 8:06am
Many safe vibes for Madeline.....


BUT IMO-this should be something to get authorities involved....and get those parents in trouble for even leaving them alone!! I am still fuming over that!!
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post #17 of 69
5/6/07 at 9:00am
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Many safe vibes for Madeline.....


BUT IMO-this should be something to get authorities involved....and get those parents in trouble for even leaving them alone!! I am still fuming over that!!

Yep, me too
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post #18 of 69
5/6/07 at 10:03am
Very worrying with them as doctors...how can you trust the with your health, if you cant even trust them with their child! These people are trained to detect child neglect and report it.

I read on Aol news today that the Mum attended a Mother's Day church service in Portugal, clinging to Madeleine's pink toy very distraught. There's a link on that news article, there is a News forum where people are discussing whether the parents are murder suspects?!
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post #19 of 69
5/7/07 at 2:47am
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Very worrying with them as doctors...how can you trust the with your health, if you cant even trust them with their child! These people are trained to detect child neglect and report it.

I read on Aol news today that the Mum attended a Mother's Day church service in Portugal, clinging to Madeleine's pink toy very distraught. There's a link on that news article, there is a News forum where people are discussing whether the parents are murder suspects?!
I would be thinking the same thing, parents have killed their children before
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post #20 of 69
5/7/07 at 3:15am
I agree they shouldn't have left her, but i feel really sorry for them at this time. I read they were literally in sight of the apartment, they were eating at the restaurant on the complex 60yds away. I still would not have left my kids, but i guess its not that different to parents being at the bottom of their own garden having dinner while the kids are asleep in the house. The same could happen there. I assume they were locked in the room, does it say anywhere if there were signs of a break in? A few years back a kid was taken from their tent in the back garden of their parents house when they were having a camp over. The main person to blsme here id the sick person that has taken the girl. I think the parents are going to have suffered enough by the end of all this whatever the outcome. I really hope she turns up ok, poor little baby
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post #21 of 69
5/7/07 at 3:39am
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I agree they shouldn't have left her, but i feel really sorry for them at this time. I read they were literally in sight of the apartment, they were eating at the restaurant on the complex 60yds away. I still would not have left my kids, but i guess its not that different to parents being at the bottom of their own garden having dinner while the kids are asleep in the house. The same could happen there. I assume they were locked in the room, does it say anywhere if there were signs of a break in? A few years back a kid was taken from their tent in the back garden of their parents house when they were having a camp over. The main person to blsme here id the sick person that has taken the girl. I think the parents are going to have suffered enough by the end of all this whatever the outcome. I really hope she turns up ok, poor little baby

I don't feel sorry for them, they done a stupid thing. From what I have read, the hotel had a babysitting service and the parents did not use it.

I feel sorry for Madeline and the other two children.
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post #22 of 69
5/7/07 at 3:50am
i do agree they should have used the service provided, definitely. But the papers here read as though they were in general great parents who made a stupid mistake, i am only saying i feel sorry for them, as whatever they did wrong or irresponsibly that is a terrible punishment. I do of course feel most sorry for maddy. It sounds as though someone might have maybe known they were alone so maybe someone on the complex took her. Whatever it is awful and i am hoping for once it will have a happy ending
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post #23 of 69
5/7/07 at 3:54am
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I read on Aol news today that the Mum attended a Mother's Day church service in Portugal, clinging to Madeleine's pink toy very distraught. There's a link on that news article, there is a News forum where people are discussing whether the parents are murder suspects?!
Oh god i hope they didn't, you really can never tell in these cases. It does happen
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post #24 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:08am
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i do agree they should have used the service provided, definitely. But the papers here read as though they were in general great parents who made a stupid mistake, i am only saying i feel sorry for them, as whatever they did wrong or irresponsibly that is a terrible punishment. I do of course feel most sorry for maddy. It sounds as though someone might have maybe known they were alone so maybe someone on the complex took her. Whatever it is awful and i am hoping for once it will have a happy ending

I hope it has a happy ending too.

And I am not trying to be mean by saying I don't feel sorry for the parents either. I deal with stupid parents all the time at the kindergarden where I work. I just don't feel sorry for stupid people. I feel sorry for the children.
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post #25 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:30am
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There's a link on that news article, there is a News forum where people are discussing whether the parents are murder suspects?!

you know - I saw that report of them on the news after the church service, I must say I was rather non-plussed at their 'attitude' if thats the right word

So my suspicions have been raised I must say

Jeese their kid is missing, its their fault that she was taken and they both seemly looked calm about the whole thing - maybe thats how your system reacts all I know is I'd be a quivering heap of tears and there'd be no way I could speak...........jeese I couldn't talk to my vet when I had to take Miss Moofi in about her eye - DH had to do all the explaining.

But maybe the Family Liaison officer helps with all that and they are told they should do an interview etc, but I am sorry theres no way in a month of Sundays I could do that - way, way to sad & emotional for me

weird, just weird
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post #26 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:32am
Yes, it was a bad decision definitely. I think the reason i feel sorry for them is i have had a younger brother die and my parents went through such an awful experience, i would never wish that on anyone. They got people acting as though they may have done something wrong until it was proved as cot death. So, it is easy for suspicion to fall on parents when in fact they didn't do anything.

I just heard on the radio a man was spotted dragging a toddler towards a marina in portugal...could be her
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post #27 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:35am
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you know - I saw that report of them on the news after the church service, I must say I was rather non-plussed at their 'attitude' if thats the right word

So my suspicions have been raised I must say

Jeese their kid is missing, its their fault that she was taken and they both seemly looked calm about the whole thing - maybe thats how your system reacts all I know is I'd be a quivering heap of tears and there'd be no way I could speak...........jeese I couldn't talk to my vet when I had to take Miss Moofi in about her eye - DH had to do all the explaining.

But maybe the Family Liaison officer helps with all that and they are told they should do an interview etc, but I am sorry theres no way in a month of Sundays I could do that - way, way to sad & emotional for me

weird, just weird
I think it could be innocent though, i know that the worst things that happen can make u so numb. Whe my mum died i couldn't even cry at the funeral cos i was so emotional beyond tears. Some people may have thought i was being hard but its not that all. I was just too shellshocked. They may be like that. Or as you said they could have done something....who knows. I guess we'll prob find out soon. I hope all is ok.
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post #28 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:41am
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I think it could be innocent though, i know that the worst things that happen can make u so numb. Whe my mum died i couldn't even cry at the funeral cos i was so emotional beyond tears. Some people may have thought i was being hard but its not that all. I was just too shellshocked. They may be like that. Or as you said they could have done something....who knows. I guess we'll prob find out soon. I hope all is ok.
I know what you mean - everyone reacts differently, but I just cant get it out of my head that after the service, you know all those people there, Portuguese and ex-pats etc, all supporting them, jeese, that would've got me in tears........the thought of what might be happening to their little girl, if shes alive or not all sorts of 'what if' and not much outward sign of grief

Maybe as you said they are just to shell shocked by it all now.

Time will tell.
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post #29 of 69
5/7/07 at 4:53am
Yeah only time will tell. I know that everyone is different, as you know some Brits can be a bit like that. I grieve privately i guess, maybe they do too. The enormity of it all may have made them partially shut off. If they have done anything my opinion will obviously change! I just always try to think innocent until proven guilty!

I hope they find her soon, are they searching the water as well in case?
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post #30 of 69
5/7/07 at 5:46am
I do feel sorry for them and hope Madelaine is found safe and well very soon, but I also feel angry with her parents for leaving her unattended like that. You don't leave children of that age alone, even if you are nearby. Anything could happen to them.

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Yeah only time will tell. I know that everyone is different, as you know some Brits can be a bit like that. I grieve privately i guess, maybe they do too. The enormity of it all may have made them partially shut off. If they have done anything my opinion will obviously change! I just always try to think innocent until proven guilty!
I agree - guess it is a brit thing to a certain extent - not displaying all your emotions in public. I know that if I was in their shoes I'd be desperately trying not to break down in public and to maintain some dignity. I can imagine in this instance the parents are wanting to hold it together a bit for the sake of their other children too.
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