Post by LadyBlue on Sept 7, 2007 16:01:18 GMT -5
Media in the United Kingdom and the European Union are reporting this morning that the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann have been declared suspects in their daughter’s disappearance. Kate and Gerry McCann may be arrested as early as today.
In the last few days, suspicion of the missing child’s parents has increased as the McCanns found themselves under heavy questioning by Portugal’s criminal investigation outfit, the Polícia Judiciária, or PJ. Early in the search for Madeleine the McCanns were naturally subject to suspicion, but by late July much of the public focus had turned away from the parents and towards some sketchy characters living near Praia da Luz at the time of the child’s disappearance.
Are the PJ out of other suspects and simply reverting to the most likely culprits? Statistically, harm is most often done to children by a caretaker or someone close to them. When some, including bloggers posting here at CrimeBlog.US, were hesitant to express too much suspicion of the McCanns, commentators frequently expressed the feeling that the couple was being cut too much slack.
It may be that there is forensic evidence pointing towards the McCanns, evidence that has only recently become available.
If the McCanns are arrested in connection with their daughter’s mysterious disappearance, it will truly be an amazing turn of events. Kate and Gerry McCann haven’t just had the ear of the British Prime Minister, they’ve spoken to Pope Benedict XVI as well as sympathetic celebrities in Europe and the U.S.
The possibility that both parents had a hand in her disappearance suggests strongly that Madeleine is long gone, and may never be found.
Even new suspicion directed at Madeleine’s parents may prove unfounded, in the end. Gerry and Kate, in that case, will have been through more hell than most parents could ever imagine.
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In the last few days, suspicion of the missing child’s parents has increased as the McCanns found themselves under heavy questioning by Portugal’s criminal investigation outfit, the Polícia Judiciária, or PJ. Early in the search for Madeleine the McCanns were naturally subject to suspicion, but by late July much of the public focus had turned away from the parents and towards some sketchy characters living near Praia da Luz at the time of the child’s disappearance.
Are the PJ out of other suspects and simply reverting to the most likely culprits? Statistically, harm is most often done to children by a caretaker or someone close to them. When some, including bloggers posting here at CrimeBlog.US, were hesitant to express too much suspicion of the McCanns, commentators frequently expressed the feeling that the couple was being cut too much slack.
It may be that there is forensic evidence pointing towards the McCanns, evidence that has only recently become available.
If the McCanns are arrested in connection with their daughter’s mysterious disappearance, it will truly be an amazing turn of events. Kate and Gerry McCann haven’t just had the ear of the British Prime Minister, they’ve spoken to Pope Benedict XVI as well as sympathetic celebrities in Europe and the U.S.
The possibility that both parents had a hand in her disappearance suggests strongly that Madeleine is long gone, and may never be found.
Even new suspicion directed at Madeleine’s parents may prove unfounded, in the end. Gerry and Kate, in that case, will have been through more hell than most parents could ever imagine.
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