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dotinthesky) wrote2007-09-07 05:29 pm
dotinthesky) wrote2007-09-07 05:29 pm
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
I find it ludicrous that the Portuguese police wish to turn the parents of Madeleine McCann into suspects [Google News]. Anyone who has been following the case from the start and has an ounce of common sense knows they are innocent.
To me, this is just another notch on the long list of errors and mistakes the Portuguese police have committed. Starting from a crime scene that was not protected (anyone could wander into the room and check out the bed from which Madeleine was kidnapped) to material needed to be flown to the UK for DNA tests because they didn't have adequate facilities, the whole investigation has been a joke and I'm sympathetic towards Madeleine's parents fight to keep the case on the news - it's not like they could rely on the Portuguese.
I can see how seductive it is to believe the McCann's did it (as already seen in most tabloids): it plays into many people wishing the McCann's to be punished for leaving their children asleep while they dined with friends; it plays into our desire to see a Hollywood lining, a conspiracy theory, behind any crime that becomes major news; and it plays into the hands of news addicts who need a twist in the story to keep them interested, or their tabloids selling. But the truth is that if you look at the whole thing objectively, it's impossible the McCann's did it. Remember, they were in a resort with plenty of witnesses that had seen them with Madeleine until dinner time (leading to an initial suspicion that someone had photographed Madeleine at the beach); they were in a foreign country which they didn't speak the local language nor lived there; they were with friends during dinner and had no time to get rid of the body; and as soon as the alarm was raised (during dinner) they were surrounded by the media, the police and their family/friends/lawyers to the extent that they would have to be Houdini to sneak a body out and bury it.
The truth is that Madeleine was taken by a stranger (as witnessed by one of the dinner guests, who only realized the gravity of what she saw afterwards) and is now buried somewhere. Like the thousands of children that disappear each year, we'll probably never know the truth. As for the blood found in the car the McCann's rented 25 days after the disappearance, if you consider that these are parents holding on to any memento they have from their lost child, they could have easily carried into the car a piece of her clothing that had blood (from a nose bruise, from a cut) - the kind of minuscule evidence they were not even aware of as they drove around carrying Madeleine's old stuff - and some of it remainded in the car.
A part of me wonders if this latest turn in the investigation was some cynical arrangement between the McCanns and the police to keep the story in the news. But then I can't imagine the Portuguese police would be so crap as to allow that kind of manipulation to take place. It's more likely that they wanted to pose new questions to the McCanns, the kind they are not allowed to make if they are not suspects, and thus the reason for the whole charade. What a circus.
To me, this is just another notch on the long list of errors and mistakes the Portuguese police have committed. Starting from a crime scene that was not protected (anyone could wander into the room and check out the bed from which Madeleine was kidnapped) to material needed to be flown to the UK for DNA tests because they didn't have adequate facilities, the whole investigation has been a joke and I'm sympathetic towards Madeleine's parents fight to keep the case on the news - it's not like they could rely on the Portuguese.
I can see how seductive it is to believe the McCann's did it (as already seen in most tabloids): it plays into many people wishing the McCann's to be punished for leaving their children asleep while they dined with friends; it plays into our desire to see a Hollywood lining, a conspiracy theory, behind any crime that becomes major news; and it plays into the hands of news addicts who need a twist in the story to keep them interested, or their tabloids selling. But the truth is that if you look at the whole thing objectively, it's impossible the McCann's did it. Remember, they were in a resort with plenty of witnesses that had seen them with Madeleine until dinner time (leading to an initial suspicion that someone had photographed Madeleine at the beach); they were in a foreign country which they didn't speak the local language nor lived there; they were with friends during dinner and had no time to get rid of the body; and as soon as the alarm was raised (during dinner) they were surrounded by the media, the police and their family/friends/lawyers to the extent that they would have to be Houdini to sneak a body out and bury it.
The truth is that Madeleine was taken by a stranger (as witnessed by one of the dinner guests, who only realized the gravity of what she saw afterwards) and is now buried somewhere. Like the thousands of children that disappear each year, we'll probably never know the truth. As for the blood found in the car the McCann's rented 25 days after the disappearance, if you consider that these are parents holding on to any memento they have from their lost child, they could have easily carried into the car a piece of her clothing that had blood (from a nose bruise, from a cut) - the kind of minuscule evidence they were not even aware of as they drove around carrying Madeleine's old stuff - and some of it remainded in the car.
A part of me wonders if this latest turn in the investigation was some cynical arrangement between the McCanns and the police to keep the story in the news. But then I can't imagine the Portuguese police would be so crap as to allow that kind of manipulation to take place. It's more likely that they wanted to pose new questions to the McCanns, the kind they are not allowed to make if they are not suspects, and thus the reason for the whole charade. What a circus.
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These people, though...how awful this must be for them.
Most surprising to me are the reactions I keep seeing on my flist. As though they must be guilty simply because they allowed it to happen at all. There's no court that can punish them more than they've already - and will continue - to punish themselves.
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She seemed genuinely distressed in the early days of the "abduction" and even looked like she had been given somthing to make her calm.
What an awful situation to be in. Lose your child through having a moment of madness and then get accused of murdering her.
Why would she murder her only one of children and especially when she had to have IVF to have her?
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But then again as you said above, if they'd killed they're daughter would they want to become so famous? And I can't really see anyone being sick enough to kill their daughter just for fame, so you're probably right.
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(Anonymous) 2007-09-08 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)Quoting Armoury kim from now on:
"She seemed genuinely distressed in the early days of the "abduction" and even looked like she had been given somthing to make her calm."
The one thing I got from the early days footage was that the police ought to ask her. I can't say excactly what caught my attention, but from a very small numbers of publicly displayed tv clips I just couldn't avoid getting the feeling she was really really careful where she was looking. Like she was afraid her eyes would give something away if she'd stared someone straight into the eyes. When they two were holding hands it just sort of looked more like a secret, silent support to pull her through those days than a consolidating emotional moment. "Distressed"? Yes. Mother who's life had turned into a surreal hell abroad? Absolutely not. I think she acted very self-aware and conservative to have her kid stolen and possibly killed, wouldn't you say? Was ever since disgusted when no clues were found, I just knew, with ever more certainty, it had to be the McCann's.. And I never read or heard anything suggesting it was them. Felt I was the only one who thought this was the case.
"What an awful situation to be in. Lose your child through having a moment of madness and then get accused of murdering her."
Seen the footage outside where she was questioned 11h? ..she was practically crying, yet by no means looking like she couldn't believe what was happening. "I got caught" was the text written on her forehead.
"Why would she murder her only one of children and especially when she had to have IVF to have her?"
Motive? I just felt it looked like McCann's were folks who wouldn't necessarily cope with a kid distracting every day life. The mother McCann certainly had that somewhat narcisistic look on her appearance that immediately made me think she must have been envious of her most gorgeaous daughter. Maybe we will some day know..
Also, wouldn't in the end be so surprised if her husband was the control freak that could have made this fly so long. Maybe not leaving enough evidence to ever convict them.
I'm not a profiler but now that they are suspect's, I have to admit I almost feel like I ought to be. I had just felt from the beginning that to get to the truth, the police should try and get it from the parents. Happy they are questioned now. I'm sure they will not be convicted if they didn't do it. Maybe not even if they did do it..
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young pent-up parents on holiday with small fretful child...limited time to enjoy with other young adults: nerves/loss of patience/temper=slap child...unlucky fall against object/ child is lifeless...panic/cover-up/collusion to lie to the world no matter what/ etc etc etc
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(Anonymous) 2007-09-08 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)If there was an accident they could just have gone forward.
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