Statistically...what are the chances that Maddie was abducted..

[Wonderfulspam]

It wouldn't have been such a big story if the media hadn't been encouraged and fed stories by ex-spin doctors.

Yep the 'abduction' has been forced into the ears and eyes of every living being, willingly or otherwise.

[jassi]

The media doesn't need any encouragement.They know what will sell papers.

Indeed they don't, but they got it anyway, so that they wouldn't lose interest.

[AnneGuedes]

Doesnt matter what posters think, surely its statistics and facts......snipe me stranger danger, first entry to come up on google on a search for "statistical probability of abduction"

interesting statistics, USA based, not seen any worldwide ones

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=statistical+probability+of+abduction&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

The  answer is extremely low, in the singular percentages, rare, happens, but very low.....well, Gerry Mccann stated it is 100 million to one didnt he IIRC in one of his interviews......


oh and another link

http://missingmadeleine.forumotion.net/t13203-statistics-on-child-abduction-old-but-good-article

Not only SY has been for almost 3 years reviewing the case in the one and only perspective of the less plausible of the events listed by the AG, but the PJ has seemingly adopted the same orientation (Tractorman) !
I'm very curious of the manner they'll find to get out of this mud and, moreover, of what will say the next AG report.

[Victoria]

Completely insane, no, loving parents in a tricky situation as Anne explained, not wanting to cause a life of guilt for their children. I can go with that, it's more tasteful than Proffessor plum in the drawingroom with the lead pipe.

Kate did claim to know what happened, happened under circumstances other than the children being asleep.

Sorry, but it's rubbish. And it still doesn't explain how subsequent events unfolded and how these tied in with known facts. It's not even half-baked, just slightly warm, mushy twaddle.

[Victoria]

Absolutely, so why didn't the McCanns phone the police...the call is FREE?  They were quick enough to phone their family and that call wasn't free?

What did Gerry think his sister could do?   Send the cavalry maybe??

Is that what you would do when in a foreign country when you didn't speak the language? Phone the local police and talk slowly and loudly in the hope that they would understand you?

[AnneGuedes]

Yep the 'abduction' has been forced into the ears and eyes of every living being, willingly or otherwise.

Yes and thanks to the simple rumour of jemmied shutters and window, the eternal sign of abduction since prehistory.

[jassi]

Is that what you would do when in a foreign country when you didn't speak the language? Phone the local police and talk slowly and loudly in the hope that they would understand you?

Probably not, but it did surprise me that such an important task was delegated and that Gerry was not at the reception desk himself when the call was made.

[AnneGuedes]

Absolutely, so why didn't the McCanns phone the police...the call is FREE?  They were quick enough to phone their family and that call wasn't free?

What did Gerry think his sister could do?   Send the cavalry maybe??

Not only free but answered in English.
Not only free but redirectable from UK 999 to European 112..

[Wonderfulspam]

Sorry, but it's rubbish. And it still doesn't explain how subsequent events unfolded and how these tied in with known facts. It's not even half-baked, just slightly warm, mushy twaddle.

Give us your abduction scenario then with all it's totally plausible explanations for every inconstancy, I could do with a good laugh. Which one was it, the black guy the creepy man or the spice girl?

[Angelo222]

Is that what you would do when in a foreign country when you didn't speak the language? Phone the local police and talk slowly and loudly in the hope that they would understand you?

Police operators in tourist areas can all speak some English and even if they don't they can still call out a patrol in any emergency.  I find it highly suspicious that no one in that group wanted to phone the police.

What was their agenda?  Was it to create a time delay...an opportunity for some pretendy abductor to get clean away??

Instead of phoning the police what does Matt do.  He walks half a mile to the Millenium Restaurant to see if she was there.  This was a 3 year old girl alone in the dark in a foreign environment...was he for real??

[Redblossom]

Yep the 'abduction' has been forced into the ears and eyes of every living being, willingly or otherwise.

Excellent point and happens to this day..day day ut with the media onslaught...I mean we had one of their lawyers saying on Panorama he wanted to "expunge" any suggestion the parents were involved.....is that a lawyers job?


 

expunge, my arris......failed miserably to date though.....poor failed expunger...let me find the video and edit this post just for entertainments sake!

From 53 55

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqoj-pfBUnY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[AnneGuedes]

Probably not, but it did surprise me that such an important task was delegated and that Gerry was not at the reception desk himself when the call was made.

More surprising is Mrs McCann's account in "Madeleine" that he went to the creche, just on top of the reception desk, to check if Madeleine was there, but didn't talk to the receptionist..

[AnneGuedes]

I find it highly suspicious that no one in that group wanted to phone the police.

I wouldn't take the initiative of calling the police if the interested person didn't ask me first.

[Mr Gray]

Not only SY has been for almost 3 years reviewing the case in the one and only perspective of the less plausible of the events listed by the AG, but the PJ has seemingly adopted the same orientation (Tractorman) !
I'm very curious of the manner they'll find to get out of this mud and, moreover, of what will say the next AG report.

 Im sure they wont be expecting the McCanns to "prove " their innocence

[Angelo222]

Im sure they wont be expecting the McCanns to "prove " their innocence

Guilty of stupidity and of leaving three young children unattended... the rest is yet to be determined.