Maddy McCann missing in Portugal

[samantha nixon]

As much as yeah i think they were wrong to leave the children on their own, i dont think Kate is involved in her daughters death at all as if they are saying she is only suspected of acidentally killing her then i think she would have called an ambulance not just trying to get rid of a body

[Chloe O'brien]

I for one hope that we are all proved wrong and that Kate is found innocent of these allegations, but if she is she's a dead woman she won't survive in prison.

On the thought of leaving Maddie and the other children alone in a hotel room. I am a single parent and have on a number of times over the last 8 years taken Marley away on holiday on my own both in the UK and abroad. I would never once consider leaving Marley in a room on her own whether she was asleep or not and I still wouldn't do it now.

[DaVeyWaVey]

I've been catching the news a bit tonight and i was surprised to hear they are suspecting Kate Mccann. Ok - both parents were irresponsible for leaving their daughter and their other two young kids alone but does that make them killers? ... i don't know what to believe but i do know that this investigation has ripped Maddie's parents to shreds and their lives will never be the same again!

As my banner suggests, i still pray for Maddie's safe return.

[Abigail]

I've been catching the news a bit tonight and i was surprised to hear they are suspecting Kate Mccann. Ok - both parents were irresponsible for leaving their daughter and their other two young kids alone but does that make them killers?

Lets not forget that it wasn't just them who left their children alone. There were 4 other families with children younger that Maddy that left their children alone, asleep in their rooms.

Like you say, leaving your children alone doesn't mean you're a murderer. Kate's grief was too real in the days after she went missing to be an act.

[samantha nixon]

Can i just say that i dont think they have anything to do with it

but you say that her grief was too real jb but then again she had make up on in the first appeal that she did, if your child had gone missing would you be thinking about that

[no1abbafan]

I dont know what to think to be honest, I hope she has nothing to do with it, and the police are grasping at straws so to speak. All I can say and have said it from day 1, if The Mc.Canns were a family on benefits and living in a tower block in the inner city, those other 2 kids would have been taken into care as they would be deemed unfit parents, its because they are professionals that they haven't been. Don't get me wrong, I think Madeline disappearing is a terrible thing and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy but as parents they have a lot to answer for and I imagine they do it every night, going over what ifs etc.. I pray for an answer to this case whatever it is.

[di marco]

i dont believe that either of maddies parents deliberately killed their daughter, and obviously i dont know exactly what happened. however, i have a feeling that maybe they indirectly killed her or it was an accident. although theyve denied this, i personally think that it had something to do with them giving their children sedatives to make sure they slept while they were having dinner. as i say theres no proof for this, but taking in everything thats been said it does seem likely. this would also mean that of corse kate would have seemed ridden with grief the day after, if you had accidently killed your child i think you would be very upset

no one can say for certain either way whether the mccans did or didnt have anything to do with what happened to maddie. but there have been cases like this where the outcome was at both ends of the scale, where the parents didnt have anything to do with the child going missing, but also where the parents were the ones that killed the child then did a good act of convincing everyone that they didnt

however, i dont see how they can possibly say that maddies blood was in the hire car if they didnt hire it til ages after, cos even if her parents did have her body, where would they possibly have hidden it for that time?

i dont want to offend anyone, but like others have said, im just saying my opinion

[Katy]

There are so many ifs and buts though, i mean that spec of blood could have traveled from clothes or anything you just don't know. My dad was saying, if she had accidently been killed there would be a body and if they had got rid of it somehow when would they have done it, they have been in the media spotlight nearly everyday.

It's just so odd, and unimaginably tragic.

[Joanne]

There are so many ifs and buts though, i mean that spec of blood could have traveled from clothes or anything you just don't know. My dad was saying, if she had accidently been killed there would be a body and if they had got rid of it somehow when would they have done it, they have been in the media spotlight nearly everyday.

It's just so odd, and unimaginably tragic.

I expect to see some of their friends who were on holiday with them asked to return to Portugal rather soon for questioning.

[Chloe O'brien]

The Scottish father of missing Madeleine McCann has been named as a formal suspect in her disappearance.

Detectives in Portugal questioned both Kate and her husband Gerry before they were declared "arguidos", the legal status of suspects.
Earlier, relatives had expressed disbelief that Mrs McCann had been named as a suspect in the inquiry.
Mr McCann's brother, John McCann, from Glasgow, said it was "unbelievable" and a great shock to the family.
He said: "I find that incredible. I would be delighted to see whatever information they've got and just would not fit in with the whole picture of information that's been gathered previously.
"So, yes, look, we've said all along that we were going to work very closely with the police.

"Gerry and Kate have been the biggest advocates in supporting the Portuguese police with their investigation because they believe they were the best way of finding out what had happened to Madeleine, and I think they continue to believe that until events prove otherwise."
John McCann added: "There is a degree of almost anger. We really just want them to get on with the real focus.
"We keep saying that my wee niece is missing. Its not Gerry and Kate that are involved in this.
"Lets get back to the real reason: what has happened to the search for that abductor?"
The move to declare Mrs McCann an "arguida" was revealed when the 39-year-old emerged after almost 11 hours of questioning by Portuguese police.
And her husband was officially given "arguido" status 24 hours later, the couple's lawyer said.
He added that no bail conditions or charges had been imposed. The couple both deny any involvement.
John McCann said: "We just need to see what exactly is going to develop in Portugal.
"We just want to see exactly what the Portuguese police are saying.
"We cannot believe the line that they are going down - we just find it unbelievable."

Four-year-old Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing from her bed in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz on 3 May while her parents dined in a nearby restaurant.
Until now there has only been one arguido in the case - expatriate Briton Robert Murat.
Under Portuguese law, an arguido has legal protection that is not extended to a witness, including the right to remain silent during questioning and the right to legal representation. It is not uncommon for people caught up in criminal investigations in Portugal to declare themselves arguidos in order to receive this protection.