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Hi Tony--you have written thia really well! I feel sick to the pit of my

stomach at the thoughts going on in my head!! Chris.

posted by Scramble on September 10, 2007 at 9:33 AM | link to this | reply

Yes, Cringe, I certainly have felt the same from the earliest days, but

now I must admit I do also feel sorry for the parents. When you think how many parents do far worse than them and because nothing happens they get away with it, for these two to be vilified on an ongoing basis when they have lost one of their children along with the thought of what might have happened to her on their minds permanently, is an extremely cruel situation. There are a lot worse people than them in the world. Assuming, of course that they innocent, which i still think they are...

posted by Antonionioni on September 9, 2007 at 11:19 AM | link to this | reply

I hate this case, and only fear for the child. I'm sorry but I can't

sympathise with the parents with the parents too much. 

I would never leave my children unattended for long periods, and my eldest is twelve!  It's not like a baby monitor/intercom or nanny would have been an impossibility for this couple, it makes me so angry to think of the possibilities of what happened to Madeleine through the thoughtlessness of her parents.

posted by CringeintheUSA on September 9, 2007 at 10:40 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks everyone for your comments.

You all seem pretty familiar with the events, so no doubt we'll all continue to watch developments and hope for the best.

posted by Antonionioni on September 9, 2007 at 2:48 AM | link to this | reply

so sorry to hear .......my prayers

posted by star4sky5 on September 8, 2007 at 8:05 PM | link to this | reply

Tony -

A terrible tragedy that is getting much airtime here in the States as well. One hopes that it wasn't the parents, because it is so hard to fathom that a mother or father would kill their own child.

posted by sannhet on September 8, 2007 at 4:16 PM | link to this | reply

Tony

It's a dreadful story - one that may not have a happy ending.  The Portuguese police are probably feeling the pressure and in the interest of appearing as though the are still "on top of things" had to shift gears and name the parents as suspect.  Although... this is true of most child abduction cases.  It's a truly sad story to follow....  I was in Europe at the time that it happened so I seemed to be glued to each new development.

posted by Troosha on September 8, 2007 at 1:53 PM | link to this | reply

As a parent I find this case too emotionally draining for words. I think

we would all just like closure of some sort.  I do not want to imagine what agony this child has been put through if she is still alive.

posted by proc on September 8, 2007 at 1:21 PM | link to this | reply

Heart-breaking Antonio...

posted by JMO_ on September 8, 2007 at 11:27 AM | link to this | reply

Well-accounted, Tony...

posted by _teddypoet_ on September 8, 2007 at 9:42 AM | link to this | reply

Antonionio

I'm sure that the parents learned that 300 feet is too far to be away from your preschool children for any length of time without a nanny/babysitter/caregiver with them.   Anything at all can happen to little children when they are out of ones sight.  Too bad they had to learn it the hard way.  I hope the darling child is found alive and restored to her family.

posted by TAPS. on September 8, 2007 at 9:38 AM | link to this | reply

Antonio.........

Wallmart has a large display of missing children and people at the front of the store. This is regularly updated! I don't trust those secret societies!

posted by Soul_Builder101 on September 8, 2007 at 9:34 AM | link to this | reply

Indeed.

posted by Antonionioni on September 8, 2007 at 9:25 AM | link to this | reply

There are some sick people living in this world.

posted by FineYoungSinger on September 8, 2007 at 9:22 AM | link to this | reply

Yep, Sheilah, we'll just have to hold on to our seat belts a bit more.

posted by Antonionioni on September 8, 2007 at 9:13 AM | link to this | reply

This has been a dramatic and "exausting" case. It's come to a point that I don't know what we can believe. I do hope the girl is alive ... it's too terrible to believe that they could actually have done it. But I guess all we can do is wait ... I think there's still a lot of water to run under that bridge.

posted by Sheilah on September 8, 2007 at 8:59 AM | link to this | reply