What do you think would have happened if Maddie had disappeared in UK?

Question

Would the crime have been solved by now. Would the McCanns have been arrested for neglect.

Also do you think there would have still been the big media campaign by the McCanns.

Do you think also the media in britain would have handled the story in the same way.

Faith - of course I'm not saying children dont get abducted here - I am just asking if this case would have been handled the same way

Answer 1

I think they would have been questioned about neglect.

I think we would have heard about all these leads as they happened - not months down the line.

I find this story increasingly bizarre - blood in apartment - how would person have time to faff about wiping it off walls? Also, how did they do it with lights off and not alerting McCanns and their 'dinner party' who still appear to think they can see through concrete walls, trees and around corners to their apartment 100s of metres away. None of it stacks up..

Answer 2

Yes I think it would be a lot closer to being solved if not completely. We would also have been given more fact surrounding the case, which when you think of it may not always be a good thing....trial by media never a good thing...look at poor Murat!
As for the question of the Mccann's neglect.........absolutley they would have been questioned....however that would have happened immediatley after the "abduction" and because of the way they "played the media" and the subsequest public support they would have escaped prosicution...but the twins would be monitored and watched by Social Services. So some good would have come from it.
As for the question as to whether they would have been allowed to leave the Country on a "fact finding" "keep Maddy in the media campagne" no the Police would have done the same as the Portugese Police, keep one or the other of them for "insurance".....if not the parents the twins.........at no time since this happened has the whole family left Portugal together..........can anyone imagine leaving your twins alone in a Country where one child has already been "snatched"....
For those who will not agree with what I say...and I'm not bothered.....I'm entitled to my own opinions and to voice them....the truth will out....eventually....I pray Maddy is safe but feel like many others the child had met her fate before the Police we're even called...........I feel strongly that there was an accident of some sort and it was covered up.

Answer 3

it would have been handled very differently,they would have been interviewed for child neglect,their twins taken into care,or at leaslt put on the child register.they would not have had all this pathetic sympathy and rewarded with lots of money and acclaim.the police would have found blood on the wall much sooner every thing would have been different. i think shes refusing to come home because she now feels the anger and frustration the majority of brits have for her and its nothing to do with her memories,another selfish attitude on her behalf--- not thinking whats best for her twins is she

Answer 4

Children go missing everyday of the week in the UK. Most turn up okay, some are never found. Some disappear because that's what they intend to do and others disappear under suspicious circumstances. Yes it would have been handled differently but everything else is conjecture.

Answer 5

Seeing as there have been clues all along in the McCann's room..... blood, body then I think the UK police would have been quicker off the mark and the whole thing would have been over by now.At least the pair would have been done for neglect

Answer 6

I reckon social services would have been involved regarding the twin's safety. The blood and finger prints would have been found much sooner and the McCanns would not have had their world trip paid for by the British public. Probably the McCanns would have been thoroughly investigated too and their friends from the restaurant.

Answer 7

I don't usually answer the Maddie questions, but in this case I feel sure it would have been solved by now...for one thing we have numerous CCTV cameras and I have no doubt one or more would have an image of her somewhere..also being an Island it is not easy to leave without being detected. The British Police seem more professional as well....I can't believe the Portuguese system of no information being divulged...If the media had been told things straight away then there was a chance she could have been found....No they wouldn't have been arrested for neglect.

Answer 8

I agree with you. Social services would have been on to them right away and her parents would not have bled the media dry or conned the world either. Loads of children go missing in the UK and you never hear about most of them.

Answer 9

Are you saying that children are not snatched in the UK???
Honestly, i'd like to know.
I've heard that plenty of children go missing in the UK & for years...

Edit: Oh Happy! i wasn't trying to sarcastic or anything. Just believe that if Madeleine had disappeared in the UK, there is no guarantee that the crime would have been solved now. True, the Portuguese Police act differently but then, different countries have different laws. You know by now that one of their rules is not to divulge details of their investigation to the press. So of course, the case would be handled differently. Whether it would've been solved quicker in the UK is anyone's guess. I don't think so.

Answer 10

i thought that the first port of call in any missing person enquiry is the spouse or parents in this country. i have seen a few cases where these people have press conferences only to be found guilty of the crime later on