Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

I agree there is no proof of anything, otherwise somebody would have been arrested! The Portugese police were the first to investigate this and I don't think any of us have an idea how well they do the job, but the early days would have been the best time to find evidence. I don't know if we will ever know what happened to Madeliene, but I do think that speculation of what happened achieves nothing. If Gonzalez Amaral had proof of his beliefs they should have been taken to the police that were investigating her disappearance, and if he didn't, he should not have been allowed to write his book on an unsolved crime. He made a lot of money from that book, which is very good reason for thinking he had ulterior motives for writing it!
We cannot solve the crime, but all this thread was asking was for our opinions as to whether The McCanns should accept the blame for her disappearing.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Mr Amaral only wrote in his book what the investigation found.
Have a read of this,Chief Inspector report to the coordinator Mr Amaral.
http://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TAVARES_ALMEIDA.htm

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Of course they should , according to them they decided not to hire a baby sitter before they left the UK . Disgraceful premeditated behaviour.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Amaral was the police heading the investigation .
He was also a man being investigated himself over the torture of the mother of the previous little girl who has disappeared only a few miles away from where Madeliene was abducted..
As the investigation brought light on life he was found to be a man deeply in debt.
Despite having a large salary he had huge debts and spent a lot of money .
He needed his job and he needed the money from that book.
Why a man who was being investigated by his own authorities for his conduct in another similar case of child abduction be regarded as an trustworthy authority is beyond comprehension.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Of course you can back that up with documented proof,an original in Portuguese not some tittle tattle from a news paper.
Nice piece of deflection by the way,should the McCanns accept blame the title of the thread reads,no lets turn it around and blame the PJ for it.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Why should I most people don't read Portuguese .

So it has to be a English newspaper .
The Guardian generally thought to be above tittle tattle .

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/o...kcrime.uknews4

I have already stated that the McCanns have never NOT blamed themselves .
They blame themselves every day that they live and will do so until the end of their lives .

What is the point of tormenting them more by malicious gossip ?

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

That would be a no then,you prefer your facts to come from the media whose job it is to make money.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

I agree,you can only feel sorry for them, if they know what happened it will be awful for them and ditto if they dont know. Let it rest.

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

@caricature

If you prefer to believe the fictional account of a discredited corrupt policeman- a man who wrote a book in order to cash in on a families tragedy.
-That is your choice

I have no interest in malicious gossip and speculation from sanctimonious internet sleuths .

Re: Should Madeleine McCann's parents accept blame?

Very wise advice! The only people who know the truth are the ones who were responsible for her disappearance, so dragging all this up just to win an argument is silly. We each have our own feelings about what happened but nobody really knows the truth and, until they do, I doubt if anybody will change their opinions.