Why have the McCanns never taken part in an actual organised search for Madeleine?

[Lace]

Oh not back to that old chestnut again Eleanor, the poor dears cannot go out and search!!

Why they have never done it is because they are too full of their own importance.  They or at least Gerry was more involved in his own vested interest and still is than soil his silky smooth consultants hands in a search for Madeleine.   The truth is they abandoned Madeleine a very long time ago, the moment they thought they were about to be arrested they were out of there like scalded cats.

Get off your backsides Messrs McCann and go look for your daughter!!!!!

What a load of cobblers.

They did search.   If you cannot imagine what parents who had found their child missing were going through then you must have a swinging brick.

Most of your post is full of what you think not of facts.

Go and search where?   Do you know where she is?

[Redblossom]

I read the help notes a 'what to do if your child goes missing'    a while back.    Not for UK can't remember what country it was for.

They said,    search for your child in the places you think she/he may be,   now remember Madeleine went missing in a foreign country.     It went on,  this should take about an hour,   then phone the police.

An hour is a long time when you are searching where a small child of almost three may have gone.

This was done on the night by the group, nothing to do with a search the next day or any other day by the mccanns, protocols and advice have nothing to do with it, Im sure they hadnt read that by 6am may 4th!!

Still, Mrs Mccann complained, after all the searches and all the people taking time off work, that perhps if they  had been better organised Madeleine may have been found! the ungrateful woman cant stop blaming and whinging! Can she?

 8-)(--)

[Lace]

This was done on the night by the group, nothing to do with a search the next day or any other day by the mccanns, protocols and advice have nothing to do with it, Im sure they hadnt read that by 6am may 4th!!

Still, Mrs Mccann complained, after all the searches and all the people taking time off work, that perhps if they  had been better organised Madeleine may have been found! the ungrateful woman cant stop blaming and whinging! Can she?

 8-)(--)

What I am saying is,  an hour looking for a small child is quite a long time if you are looking in places where she could have wandered.

If who had been better organised Redblossom,   the police?      Maybe they were expecting the police to arrive early in the morning instead of later.    Perhaps they were expecting the police to have done door to door questioning?

Why wasn't Mrs Fenn interviewed?        she should have been one of the first.

[AnneGuedes]

the ungrateful woman cant stop blaming and whinging! Can she?

Blaming and denying reveal better than anything how heavy is the burden of guilt.

[slartibartfast]

What I am saying is,  an hour looking for a small child is quite a long time if you are looking in places where she could have wandered.

As I posted, a 3 year old managed to wander a mile in snowy conditions, that is about 3.14 square miles . An hour is a very short time to search that amount of ground.

[Silkywhiskers]

The very first thing an Australian parent would've checked, is the pool.

Bodies of water are like magnets to small children.

Kate didn't even look, just burst out of the apartment with her Abductor Theory.

Poor Madeleine.  Whereever she is, it's likely she's in a better place than with these two.

[Mr Gray]

The very first thing an Australian parent would've checked, is the pool.

Bodies of water are like magnets to small children.

Kate didn't even look, just burst out of the apartment with her Abductor Theory.

Poor Madeleine.  Whereever she is, it's likely she's in a better place than with these two.

You give me so much satisfaction because you confirm that the McCann doubters are absolutely barmy

[AnneGuedes]

As I posted, a 3 year old managed to wander a mile in snowy conditions, that is about 3.14 square miles . An hour is a very short time to search that amount of ground.

An extraordinarily determined  child !

[AnneGuedes]

The very first thing an Australian parent would've checked, is the pool.

Bodies of water are like magnets to small children.

Kate didn't even look, just burst out of the apartment with her Abductor Theory.

Poor Madeleine.  Whereever she is, it's likely she's in a better place than with these two.

Mr Payne and Mr O'Brien checked the pool almost immediately.

[Silkywhiskers]

Mr Payne and Mr O'Brien checked the pool almost immediately.

Like I said, an Australian Parent (in this case, Kate) would check the pool BEFORE yelling about an abduction.

An Australian parent would never leave small children unattended with a pool between them, drowning is the no 1 cause of death of small children, at least it used to be before they tightened the laws.

[AnneGuedes]

Like I said, an Australian Parent (in this case, Kate) would check the pool BEFORE yelling about an abduction.

An Australian parent would never leave small children unattended with a pool between them, drowning is the no 1 cause of death of small children, at least it used to be before they tightened the laws.

The pool wasn't in their garden, though they were sort of dining in their back garden.
I'm not sure Madeleine would have gone to that area that she associated with daylight.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Yes, it happened once. Do you know for which child ?

Eitan Patz

[Cariad]

I've always found it strange that the Dr's Mccann didn't learn Portuguese. It would definitely have helped with the search and legal shenanigans in Portugal.

[AnneGuedes]

Eitan Patz

I was asking Benice ! I wondered if she knew how the milk cartons' picture idea started.
Btw do you know of one child recovered this way ?

[AnneGuedes]

I've always found it strange that the Dr's Mccann didn't learn Portuguese. It would definitely have helped with the search and legal shenanigans in Portugal.

Had they believed the Edgar team whose conclusion was that Madeleine was kept in a lair not far from PDL, they would have prepared themselves learning her new language. But they didn't believe, they likely had good reasons for that.