McCann Parents--How can they live with themselves? - Page 4

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@JBKO wrote:
I know we all have differing opinions and I for one welcome different theories wholeheartedly. I'd love to hear if anyone has any evidence that will support the abductor theory. Whatever your thoughts, I believe that everyone here has the best of intentions.

@JBKO, I think that the posters here have told you that they are not interested in giving you theories or trying to "prove" anything.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

I think they are parents who suffered a tragedy the likes of which I cannot even imagine. And on top of that they will forever have to hear ridiculous crack pot theories like this.

lovesrecess · ‎03-14-2010

I don't have any reason to believe the parents were involved in her vanishing....but when police can't find a missing child, they almost always blame the parents. I could not personally go off and leave a child that age unattended to go to dinner; if I couldn't see my child, I would have no assurance she was safe, regardless of whether others there did the same thing or not. If all others there left their kids alone in their rooms, it seems it would be a pedophile's perfect scenario.

TTerri · ‎02-20-2011

@JBKO wrote:
John Walsh has advised parents of missing children to immediately ask for a polygraph to exonerate themselves--parents are often suspected anyway since they are the last to see the child alive. The McCann's did none of this. And yes, I know polygraphs are inadmissable in court but if you had zero involvement, you will take one.

John Walsh is an idiot to ever suggest anyone take a polygraph test. Innocent people fail and guilty people pass sometimes. There's a reason they're inadmissible. Even Ted Bundy passed one.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

I'm not sure why you're so convinced the parents were involved. I've read a lot about this case too and was part of a research team for a television network, and I'm convinced they were not involved at all.

I think you're jumping the gun when you ask how they can live with themselves. It's simply your opinion that they're somehow guilty, so that seems pretty harsh. They haven't been charged with anything, and there's nothing to indicate that they will be charged at any point.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@JBKO wrote:
I've listened to interviews by criminal profiler Pat Brown and detective Goncalo Amaral and they believe that there is no evidence of an abduction. Madeleine was probably sedated by her parents and died in an accident when her parents were not in the apartment.

I don't think they have an motive for killing a child. But playing off an accidental death as an abduction, well that's another story.

For every interview that states one side of a case, there are also interviews that state the opposite. There are plenty of people closely connected with this case who disagree with the people you mentioned above. They have their opinions, which is fine, but they are certainly not the final word.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@cherry wrote:
I think they behaved like two shell shocked people, horrified by what had happened...until it happens to you, you have no idea how you would react

Please leave those poor people alone. They have suffered enough at the hands of the idle ,and the curious, trying to cash in on their grief

Exactly. No one knows what they would or wouldn't do, how they would react, or anything else until something actually happens. It's easy to say, "Oh, I would never do or say that", and "I would absolutely do or say this". When you're in shock, truly grief-stricken, and taking advice from those around you, it's likely that you would both do and say things you never thought you would.

I knew a close relative of Etan Patz, and the horror of having a missing child is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. Judging people for how they react in that type of situation is cruel, IMO. Until you walk in the shoes of these people, you can't possibly have any idea of how you would react to any part of it.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@JBKO wrote:
Trying to answer questions as best I can. Anyway, many suspect that the twins were sedated as well since they were in a deep sleep during all the chaos of looking for Madeleine after Kate claimed that "they've taken her". You make your own decision.

Speaking about the twins, what mother goes into an apatment to discover that her toddler isn't there and then runs back several meters to report that "they've taken her" while leaving twins behind? Kate McCann

A mother who discovers a child missing loses all reasonable thought. It becomes the sole focus. That's normal and that's natural.

I think you're looking for reasons to find these people guilty.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@lovesrecess wrote:
I don't have any reason to believe the parents were involved in her vanishing....but when police can't find a missing child, they almost always blame the parents. I could not personally go off and leave a child that age unattended to go to dinner; if I couldn't see my child, I would have no assurance she was safe, regardless of whether others there did the same thing or not. If all others there left their kids alone in their rooms, it seems it would be a pedophile's perfect scenario.

Yes, they almost always suspect the parents at first, just the same as they would question a husband if his wife went missing. They always start with those who are close. In this case, it was determined that the parents weren't involved, and so they weren't charged with anything.

My heart breaks for them, and I wish them peace.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@NYC Susan wrote:
@cherry wrote:
I think they behaved like two shell shocked people, horrified by what had happened...until it happens to you, you have no idea how you would react

Please leave those poor people alone. They have suffered enough at the hands of the idle ,and the curious, trying to cash in on their grief

Exactly. No one knows what they would or wouldn't do, how they would react, or anything else until something actually happens. It's easy to say, "Oh, I would never do or say that", and "I would absolutely do or say this". When you're in shock, truly grief-stricken, and taking advice from those around you, it's likely that you would both do and say things you never thought you would.

I knew a close relative of Etan Patz, and the horror of having a missing child is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. Judging people for how they react in that type of situation is cruel, IMO. Until you walk in the shoes of these people, you can't possibly have any idea of how you would react to any part of it.

@NYC Susan. My heart breaks when I hear this story after all these years. Just such an innocent mistake with your child turns into such horror.