Reading that post of yours Stephen can I ask you a question?
Who is responsible for the abduction of Sarah Payne? the parents who left her to play in a cornfield with her siblings?
Who is responsible for the abduction of April Jones? the parents for letting her play outside?
Who is responsible for the abduction of Ben Needham? the grandmother who took her eyes off him whilst he played by himself outside?
Of course not. Sarah should have been safe to walk the short distance to the house of her Grandparents.
April should have been safe to play on her bike outside.
Ben should have been safe playing outside his Grandparents home.
Madeleine should have been safe tucked up in bed in the apartment.
If Sarah Payne's son had not seen that white van there would have been no evidence of abduction.
If April's friend had not seen April get into that car there would have been no evidence of abduction.
No one saw Ben being taken, there has been no body found. The most likely scenario is that he was abducted.
Despite a huge search, Madeleine's body was not discovered. Witnesses saw a man carrying a child who resembled Madeleine in every way. The most likely scenario is that Madeleine was abducted.
Thats a very fair post Lace.
Ben Needham we have no body so like you say we cant prove abduction, he could have wondered off and got into trouble we will probably never know.
The only thing i will say is Maddy was not SAFE tucked up in her apartment. By her own parents mouths they said the doors were unlocked for ease of access when checking her.
The fact she was left on her own every night with her two siblings would not for me put her into the hands of an abductor no way, it would make me feel more that she could have harmed herself etc. Abduction would be the last thing on my mind.
Same as Aprils mum and Sarahs mum. The children were just being children. More children are killed on the road then abducted, more children are drowned in swimming pools and rivers then abduction.
The last thing on your mind is abduction when the children are out playing. You have to give them some freedom, you cant sadly keep them safe all the time. You cant possibly know that at the exact time they went out, they would be found by pedophiles. Its so rare you would just not think it.
All you can do now in life is try to keep your children as safe as you can. Leaving them alone in an unlocked apartment is not keeping them safe not in my eyes anyway.
When my children were growing up long time ago now, I NEVER let them out of my sight. They were only ever allowed the run of the garden and my house was always full of kids from the neighbours lol.
I nearly lost my youngest daughter through a mistake by my hubby a simple lapse, and that was it for me.
I wasnt NEVER worried about them being abducted, but of being run over on the street or harmed in some way.
The one thing hopefully that has come out of this terribly sad case of Madeliene is it has made people think a bit more about child safety.
For me yes I agree with you the child could have been abducted but it doesnt always have to be by pervy looking strangers no way.
Will we ever know, i am not sure we will. IF you look at Sarah and April and Jessica and Holly they all died but thankfully the perbs were caught. Also the recent one of the poor lass in the attic. I noted that two of these men got their ideas from the Internet.
I hope that perhaps the Government will now make it harder for perverts to access foul images of children.
Lets hope so.
I hope we never loose another child to a pervert but sadly i dont hold my breath.