On topic, the Mccanns stopped searching the morning after Madeleine disappeared.
After all, they were busy doing other things.
Cite, the interview with Jane Hill of the BBC.
Witness statement of Gerald Patrick McCann, on the 4th of May 2007, at 11.15 a.m.
Processos Vol I, pages 34 - 41
Location: CID Portimão
Witness statement of Kate Marie Healy, on the 4th of May 2007, at 2.20 p.m.
Processos Vol I, pages 58-65
Location: CID Portimão
They were being interviewed by the police on the 4th May and giving them information to assist the investigation into the disappearance of their daughter.
If you must make a pejorative statement please try to base it on fact. Apart from anything else it is not recommended that the parents of a missing child physically search for a missing child for many reasons two of which are ...
- the parents should be available to answer any queries from the police search teams
- the danger of contaminating a crime scene and destroying evidence should they find the body of the missing child ~ it is highly likely the first thing a parent would do would be to run and cradle the child's body