Yes commons sense does tend to err on the side of security and caution however the difference between locking the doors in the daytime and leaving them unlocked in the evening are two different things to me.
Locking the doors during the daytime was a common sense measure to protect their possessions. Leaving the door unlocked in the evening was done to protect their children. And what I mean by that is in case the children, most likely Madeleine, had an urgent need to leave the apartment.
I recall vaguely Mr or Mrs McCann saying that they dropped their guard significantly because they felt the resort was safe. Whereas I can understand this particular mind set, it is not something I would choose to do. I am more than aware that the Portuguese people are very friendly and extremely family orientated but like in any society, there will always be those people who seek to exploit such things.
With regards to abduction. I keep a very open mind on this and feel this scenario is most likely because Scotland Yard are taking their investigation in this direction. I have read Mr Amaral's book so I am familiar with the tragic fatal accident and ensuing cover up he puts forward. My only concern with Mr Amaral's findings and conclusions is that if such an incident had taken place, I would expect there to be quite significant evidence indicating it. As such I am not aware of such convincing evidence, just as there is no convincing evidence that an abductor took Madeleine from the apartment.
Her disappearance remains a complete mystery
Logic would dictate, not leaving children in a foreign country, in a language they did not know.
' Locking the doors during the daytime was a common sense measure to protect their possessions. Leaving the door unlocked in the evening was done to protect their children. And what I mean by that is in case the children, most likely Madeleine, had an urgent need to leave the apartment. '
Haven't we been told that the McCann's do not accept the theory pronounced by Mark Williams-Thomas last week, so that blows that one on the head. Also, are we seriously expected to believe that three children, all under three years old, could be expected to deal with an emergency. Your inference that leaving the apartment unlocked was 'to protect the children' on any basis , is highly illogical.
In fact, the McCann's behaviour per se, was rampantly illogical, and was a mark of their arrogance, as was the other members of the group in leaving their children.
As regards Amaral's theory, there are also other explanations as to why potential residue from a body would not have been found.
