Yes but that would be planned. This new article claims police is focusing on an unplanned event!
IMO this could happen only if Madeleine knew on of three people they are suspecting.. and could tell she saw this person.. This is what I am pointing out.. Otherwise it makes no sense to take a child along.. What for?
Not all three were child abusers and same time thieves.. this would be a bit unusual!
Well the idea is that it's an unplanned event, but that's a bit difficult to believe.
As you say, why would a burglar also steal - and possibly kill - a child.
I'm not even sure Madeleine recognising a burglar from the complex would be sufficient to motivate someone to remove her. What would make them imagine that a 3-4 year old would be able to give a sufficiently accurate report of persons or events as to incriminate them? And why would petty thieves saddle themselves with a child, living or dead, to deal with?
More to the point, if a burglary / attempted burglary was an inside job, then by definition it would have been known who the occupants of 5A were, and that the burglars would be walking into an apartment with sleeping children. Why would they target 5Aif they were concerned about children raising the alarm or reporting events?