Toddler died hours after slipping on marble floor in her family's apartment

[Alfred R Jones]

She died some hours later than what?

hitting her head, apparently.

[Mr Gray]

hitting her head, apparently.

according to the Portuguese pathologist

[Alice Purjorick]

Irrefutable evidence ...

Direct or circumstantial ...

Alice would have a field-day with that ....

With what specifically?

[G-Unit]

read the article again and you might make more sense

You said she died several hours later. I asked 'later than what'? You didn't mean the bump on the head because it's not clear if that was the cause, so what were you referring to?

[Mr Gray]

Oh dear. Let's try to make it simple. One of the theories about Madeleine's disappearance is that she died accidentally. Some have argued that no-one dies so quickly. The story shows that it can happen. That's it.

how does this story show someone can die so quickly when we don't know the cause of death

[G-Unit]

how does this story show someone can die so quickly when we don't know the cause of death

It shows that a seemingly healthy child can be put to bed and can be found dead later. We don't know what time she was put to bed, or what the time of death was.

[ferryman]

With what specifically?

Irrefutable circumstantial evidence ...

[Mr Gray]

It shows that a seemingly healthy child can be put to bed and can be found dead later. We don't know what time she was put to bed, or what the time of death was.

depends on the age...this child certainly wasn't healthy......signs of sepsis and broncho pneumonia.....you cannot make any judgement with only an article in the mail as your source....we would need far more information...that's what science teaches us

[G-Unit]

depends on the age...this child certainly wasn't healthy......signs of sepsis and broncho pneumonia.....you cannot make any judgement with only an article in the mail as your source....we would need far more information...that's what science teaches us

Facts. The child showed no signs of illness. She was put to bed. She was found dead. Those are the relevant points, no other information is needed to demonstrate that the sequence of events can happen.

[Mr Gray]

Facts. The child showed no signs of illness. She was put to bed. She was found dead. Those are the relevant points, no other information is needed to demonstrate that the sequence of events can happen.

no...these are the facts according to the mail......in order to make an informed judgement we would need to confirm all the facts...and see if there are more...that's a scientific approach...

why are you ignoring facts...according to the mail.......such as the bruise on the back of the childs head.....that doesn't fit your case so you choose to ignore...where did that large bruise come from...was the pathologist totally mistaken...more questions than answers in the article

[G-Unit]

no...these are the facts according to the mail......in order to make an informed judgement we would need to confirm all the facts...and see if there are more...that's a scientific approach...

why are you ignoring facts...according to the mail.......such as the bruise on the back of the childs head.....that doesn't fit your case so you choose to ignore...where did that large bruise come from...was the pathologist totally mistaken...more questions than answers in the article

The article was posted to demonstrate that an apparently healthy child can die pretty quickly. The questions you are raising are relevant to the case quoted, but are not relevant to the McCann case.

[ferryman]

Presumably, the purpose of bringing this thread to the board was to argue some similarity between the tragedy of Chloe's death and the abduction of Madeleine.

The only similarity I can see is that neither set of parents can be held remotely culpable for what happened to their child.

[Alfred R Jones]

Facts. The child showed no signs of illness. She was put to bed. She was found dead. Those are the relevant points, no other information is needed to demonstrate that the sequence of events can happen.

Assume nothing, believe nobody, check everything.

[Mr Gray]

The article was posted to demonstrate that an apparently healthy child can die pretty quickly. The questions you are raising are relevant to the case quoted, but are not relevant to the McCann case.

that wasn't why the article was posted...read the post by the person who posted it

[ferryman]

So getting back to the tragedy of Chloe's death, what parallels are we invited to draw with Madeleine's claimed abduction (given that this is a Madeleine board)?