The Mccanns KNOW if they are innocent or not. No-one else at that point definitely knew. Although that might have changed since OG and the special section of the Porto police have further investigated.
Amaral did NOT know, yet he put about, or allowed to be put about, dreadful stories about them to blacken their names. He had no right to do this.
How inhuman is this?
Now I am off to grab a rest.
Can you imagine the pain and bewilderment of just having lost your beloved daughter and knowing that you were innocent to suddenly find that they are spreading disinformation about you? Then it slowly dawns on you that they are looking to indicte you, rather than looking for your lovely hopefully living daughter.
That the police are not bothering to look for a living Madeleine, but they are merely looking for a dead child as a means of indicting you? Can you imagine the pain of that?
In my opinion
Many people who have committed crimes have denied it. Peter Hogg and Adrian Prout both reported their wives to be missing, for example. They knew that wasn't true, but telling the truth would have got them into trouble.
The McCanns have said they had no involvement in the disappearance of their daughter. Only they know if that's true or not.
What is certain in my opinion is that something can't be assumed to be true just because someone says it is.
You have chosen to believe what the McCanns say and to accuse anyone who disagrees with you of being cruel, vindictive, lacking in empathy, and lots more. All your efforts are directed to supporting them and sympathising with their pain.
You may be right to believe them, I don't know. I do know that if you're wrong you will have expended your efforts in vain.