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BrucePartington · 10-15-13, 10:40 PM

I've never forgotten about this. I wish her true fate was ascertained one day.
Better still, she would be found alive and well.
But too much time has gone by. I am no LEO, but I'd think all trails have now gone too cold.

There is also the issue of the differing lines of investigation: UK Police believe this to be a kidnapping case, while the Portuguese Police believe it to be accidental death and subsequent cover-up.
This disagreement is very sad, and the whole issue makes this " oldest friendship in Europe" quite uneasy.

I've spent a few Summer holidays in Praia da Luz myself. It's a very nice, cosy and quiet yet fun place for holidays.

This is a three fold sad issue for me.

Jim will probably be more quaint with some details of the case given his career.

For those less familiar with the case, the parents were nearby having dinner with friends, and checked back on the kids every half hour. However Maddie was quite lively, and seemingly it was not unusual for the parents to give her something to calm her down and fall asleep more easily.
This would certainly account for her being carried away without resisting.
And this is where UK and Portuguese Police disagree. The P.P. maintain that Maddie died due to negligence on the part of the parents - medication overdose, or the mother lashed out at her - and subsequent cover-up.

I suspect that the P.P. went for the murderous parents theory because of a previous case -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joana_Cipriano - where there were valid reasons to suspect of foul play on the part of the parents. Again (or rather previously), no body was ever found.
Quote: "He said he cut his niece's body in small pieces, put her in a fridge box, then put her inside an old car that was taken to Spain to be crushed and burned."
Now this explains why the P.P. were bent on suspecting the McCanns and searching Spanish junk yards for evidence.

I do hope this doesn't drive a wedge between these two countries.

10-15-13, 10:40 PM	#2
BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I've never forgotten about this. I wish her true fate was ascertained one day. Better still, she would be found alive and well. But too much time has gone by. I am no LEO, but I'd think all trails have now gone too cold. There is also the issue of the differing lines of investigation: UK Police believe this to be a kidnapping case, while the Portuguese Police believe it to be accidental death and subsequent cover-up. This disagreement is very sad, and the whole issue makes this " oldest friendship in Europe" quite uneasy. I've spent a few Summer holidays in Praia da Luz myself. It's a very nice, cosy and quiet yet fun place for holidays. This is a three fold sad issue for me. Jim will probably be more quaint with some details of the case given his career. For those less familiar with the case, the parents were nearby having dinner with friends, and checked back on the kids every half hour. However Maddie was quite lively, and seemingly it was not unusual for the parents to give her something to calm her down and fall asleep more easily. This would certainly account for her being carried away without resisting. And this is where UK and Portuguese Police disagree. The P.P. maintain that Maddie died due to negligence on the part of the parents - medication overdose, or the mother lashed out at her - and subsequent cover-up. I suspect that the P.P. went for the murderous parents theory because of a previous case -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joana_Cipriano - where there were valid reasons to suspect of foul play on the part of the parents. Again (or rather previously), no body was ever found. Quote: "He said he cut his niece's body in small pieces, put her in a fridge box, then put her inside an old car that was taken to Spain to be crushed and burned." Now this explains why the P.P. were bent on suspecting the McCanns and searching Spanish junk yards for evidence. I do hope this doesn't drive a wedge between these two countries.