Madeleine McCann | Who Is Responsible? | PART ONE

Part one of two of the Madeleine McCann story. Not sugar coated, not censored. I am going to tell you the facts and the discrepancies that existed in this case from the very start.
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[@irishgurl3078]

Whether they were involved in her disappearance or not, every one of the adults in that group should have been charged with child endangerment.

[@daniellegroves4830]

I know right! Rotate babysitting duty! It's not detrimental u go out and drink every night!!

[@StephSolace]

Some people just care more about hanging out with friends and get pissed rather than hire a responsible nanny to look after the kids. Extreme child neglect and endangerment and anyone who thinks leaving their kids in an unlocked apartment whether it be the length of your garden or not, you are basically killing your own kids! It’s sick and those people shouldn’t be able to be parents. I really hope Maddie is ok and is found soon. If it’s come to her being killed, I say. R.I.P Maddie :( it’s sick that you have such selfish sick parents.

[@wendyfay16]

@@daniellegroves4830 my sentiments exactly! At least each parent does their babysitting bit, then return to the fun when the next parent arrives, just like in a relay race ... only the kids are the batons.

[@sian2337]

The place they were staying had free babysitting services too. I’ve never had any respect for these people.

[@angelakutusheva1282]

When you take your small children on vacation, anywhere, just assume, come night time either you are staying home with them or someone trusted is staying with them. That’s it. No left or right

[@harrietclarke7829]

So glad someone's called out how irresponsible they were leaving them alone while they went to dinner. They got such a pass in england because they were middle class doctors. If it were a working class single mother she would have been hung, drawn and quartered by the media. Love your channel 💚

[@SelinaBeana]

I don’t think they got a pass here, loads of Brits call them out!

[@ateam404]

@@SelinaBeana it’s a pass if they were not charged with reckless endangerment

[@mollycuddle9990]

They lived in west glasgow, Scotland. I used to teach a girl who lived by them. Not England. England isn’t Britain. But, absolutely, it’s a sham. Because they’re doctors, they got a pass for sure. Money to beat the prosecution. 💜✨

[@harrietclarke7829]

@@SelinaBeana Not at all they got so much sympathy. Plus didnt get charged with neglect, thats a big pass. Money talks

[@harrietclarke7829]

@@mollycuddle9990 they lived in Leicestershire though which is England. He is Scottish but they weren't living there at the time of the holiday xx but ether way its nice to hear them getting called out for the neglect ❤

[@Kristina-zt2op]

I really like how unapologetic you are about your opinions and views of what happened, instead of pretending to not have any opinion or emotion.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

I’m probably incapable of not giving my opinion.. on anything

[@Amsayy]

I love it. These people need judgement.

[@onceuponamelody]

Seriously, thank you for calling out the parents' irresponsibility! That's what irritated me the most when this case first came to light. There were enough of them that one person could've stayed with the kids each night, rotating so each of them could've had several nights out at the bar. Absolutely no excuses.

[@heather_doestruecrime]

It’s almost 2023, and you are the only current true crime KZbinr who I can watch a video from 4-5 years ago & still see the same amount of dedication and research, respect & care for the cases. Everyone’s older videos are rough, totally understandably!! But you were literally meant to do this & it’s obvious. Appreciate you Steph ❤️

[@brookearnold3690]

Completely agree. I was thinking I wanted a more current Madeline video but remember stephanie has ALWAYS been thorough

[@maddizion160]

i can't because of the background music. its so loud and distracting

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

@@maddizion160”so loud” lmfao ok

[@dje-ray9125]

QUEEN

[@criminallyfocused]

Background music is distracting but other than that, it's a great video. I love Stephanie's content!

[@miranda0298]

6 doctors and none of them were smart enough to know not to leave their small children alone in a hotel room in a foreign country? wow.

[@antoniomargallo5317]

Foreign? Nope!

[@miranda0298]

Antonio Margallo wdym nope? any country that isn’t your own is foreign...

[@enghelman]

You have a personal problem with foreign. Someone should not live a kid unattended in any country, city or village.

[@miranda0298]

Marius Guranus yes, i understand that. no i don’t have a “personal problem with foreign”. as i said earlier, foreign is any place that isn’t your home. in your home, you feel more comfortable. you know your neighbourhood and the people in it. you know all the entrances. i’m from canada, and i would call a palm springs hotel foreign, because i’m not from there. don’t try and spin this to make me out to be some sort of bigot.

[@smirks1014]

Well because you have a PHD or Master's degree etc.. doesn't make a person, for lack of a better term "street smart". Now put both book and street smarts together and sometimes that works in ones favor.

[@eeveelittlebody]

Not really about the topic but wanted to mention this. Your video has been in my recommendation for a while and I finally found time to watch it. I just really want to mention how clearly you speak. My boyfriend is deaf but can read lips sometimes and he keep saying how easy it is to understand your lips. So I just want to thank you personally for that as many KZbinrs do not speak so clearly for him to understand. Also I notice to the fact of the subtitles being very true to what your saying. Even if you do not do it on purpose, thank you for it.

[@katiexxooo5588]

This comment made me really happy

[@santhyamisaros2652]

Yes I agree. As a non English speaker, I understand her point very clearly.

[@splitsjourney7020]

1423isaac there are subtitles For a reason

[@peterstaiff2211]

I’m sorry, but I disagree. Her grammar is quite bad, eg ‘pasted’ as in went past or past by. There are many made up words as well. Such as ‘Panickly’! Really. It might pay to have someone else check this over before posting it. Also maybe do some more research as the most important part of the lead up to the ‘disappearance ‘ was the afternoon. Which was just skimmed over in this video. If you had gone back over all the Tapas 7’s statements, there were many discrepancies in their accounts.

[@mila-bee]

Peter Staiff 🙄

[@abenbo1023]

I cannot understand why even a doctor would take her work wardrobe on vacation with her. She wouldn't. So to say that the smell of death was on her clothing due to her profession is absolutely absurd!

[@jeanmyers1787]

Especially as she’s an anaesthesiologist not a pathologist so unlikely come across dead bodies in her work.

[@mc.8391]

Got a pass in the UK ! you must be joking.....

[@bgoldberg6802]

Guilty. Something happened that night. Not intentionally. A grave mistake.

[@kathhollandful]

It's strange how people have different kinds of intelligence. I'm not a very academic person, but in one glance I'd have seen every possible danger of leaving small children alone in those apartments.

[@marniemccarthy8291]

Incorrect she was a GP @@jeanmyers1787

[@candicegerman2748]

Hmm, they afforded a PR person, but not a nanny to care for the children when on vacation??

[@pennyfulton3418]

candice ,there was a FREE , home baby sitting service ,from 7.30 - 11'30 pm . provided by the SAME staff who took the creche , the McCanns used , ( perversely ! ) in the day time ! There is an official statement made to that effect by one of the creche staff , she also states that : ' this service was provided on request : the McCanns never made any request .'

[@wullymc1]

They also hired 3 criminal lawyers even tho they were never charged!

[@elibertine2739]

The Mcanns raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the find Maddie fund.

[@elibertine2739]

@@wullymc1 To be fair the Spanish police named them as suspects. However I agree that there are a lot of suspicious things about this case.

[@nicknameidono]

@@elibertine2739 portuguese police named them as arguidos, not the spanish 😄. I'm portuguese and i can say that our PJ did a great job investigating the madeleine disappearence, considering the pressure and interference of British authorities...

[@theSpiritofTamzin]

So, SEVEN wealthy adults couldn't be bothered to bring a nanny with them to watch the kids while they went out? They all left their kids unattended in unlocked hotel rooms, and felt that was perfectly fine? Really? And no charges were ever brought against the parents of Madeleine??... Wow!!...

[@gmc5618]

The resort had a babysitting service as well.

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Tia Haeuss or just get a babysitter!

[@deannaharrison5981]

Exactly what I thought

[@deannaharrison5981]

@@gmc5618 WHAT OMG..HORRIBLE

[@christiegroves]

My Best Friends Husband previous girlfriend would leave her 7 year old alone after she went to bed, while her and the then boyfriend went out for dinner and drinks to all hours. I told my best friend I'd have never married her low class husband. He is also a hunter so that never would have worked for me and I am not married never have been 47 years old, so I guess my standards are far too high! I wouldn't even leave the door unlocked on vacation if I had my Dog or Turtle alone in the Hotel.

[@realhousewifeoftransylvania1.0]

Not buying it they get up every 20-30 min. While drinking and dinner to walk all the way down into the apt. They are so full of it! That's why they were all acting shady when questioned.

[@pqm2012]

I know. First of all it sounds annoying, and like I wouldn't be able to really enjoy thinking what if they get up, fall? And I'm not even a mom.

[@rachealfaucher4520]

Mary Bell I have a feeling you will have a child soon. I don’t know why

[@pqm2012]

@@rachealfaucher4520 lol! It's in the plans... God willing

[@JDMOokami]

Yeah that seemed bogus. I’m not a mom but I worked childcare and I didn’t feel comfortable taking my eyes off the kids for more than a couple of minutes. Plus the neighbor blew a hole in that story that she heard Maddie cry for hours. I doubt they were actually going to check on her. Maybe that’s why they’re so defensive? They know they were bad parents or at least this trip made bad decisions and don’t want to admit it.

[@TheTodani]

You wouldn`t know, so why this stupid statement?

[@roselol7398]

It never sat right with me that the parents got so financially rewarded in the aftermath of this. Book deals, interviews, tv time….it always felt a bit ick

[@carmenbonniciabstractartist]

Yep.commit a murder and you get rewarded. No justice in this world. They made a fortune out of the death of their daughter. Blood on their hands twice . They are dispicable repulsive monsters in my opinion

[@carmenbonniciabstractartist]

@@annaharrison6610 Yes, it is absolutely disgusting. They should be sued .

[@libbybethuk]

I honestly think they know what happened I think they were behind what happened

[@carmenbonniciabstractartist]

@@libbybethuk 100 percent agree with you.

[@maureengambles-yb4nx]

They put the kids in all those programs and by night time didn't want to spend time with the kids that's creepy ! Why have kids when you don't want to be with them.what came out of their mouths is bull.

[@user-kf4tn9ds8h]

Hell, I feel bad for leaving my elderly cat alone for a long time bc she cries looking for people at night sometimes. Can’t imagine someone rationalizing leaving young children alone.

[@kathrynnassar4579]

I wouldn't even leave my 12 yr old alone in a town 20 mins away, filled with family members and having a cellphone. To dangerous, she gets to "stay home alone" when her Uncle/Aunt is home across the street lol.

[@jamieangel3766]

Exactly!!! I have 3 dogs and they hardly get left alone cos they hate it and never for long

[@AnneQuiet]

That’s the rationalization of narcissistic fucks.

[@barbaravyse660]

I have two cats that I love dearly. Whenever I go out of town, I hire a cat sitter to come to my house twice a day to care for them.

[@35andyman]

It's hard to fathom how parents could leave very young children alone at night,even for the few minutes they clain,but probably a lot longer.

[@meredithpase]

As a Mom, I can’t imagine leaving my 3 1/2 year old daughter alone... especially with a pool she could fall in, in between us. And, if my baby said “where were you last night? I was crying and you didn’t come.”. I would be absolutely devastated and heartbroken that I failed her. I just can’t understand these parents at all..l.

[@victoriashires2322]

Meredith Maddie was not abducted at all. She was disposed of days before she was reported missing. The abduction thing was a jcover up. The dogs picked up blood and DNA in the apartment and in the hired care weeks after she was disposed of. Her mother and father know what they did with her they are a very clever professional couple.

[@joakimfredriksson3889]

victoria shires wow you have not been paying attention have you

[@ronniesutton9388]

Meredith Pase I agree like any normal parent, you cannot leave a child that young alone? Let alone her 2 year old twin brother & sister?? Think it’s far more sinister? Have seen no grief from either parent? Lost my daughter for about 25 mins once!! Will never forget it will haunt me forever!! But those 2 don’t even join the search!!!!!

[@t.j.7789]

My mother didn't allow me to cry. She would mock me, threaten to send me to a doctor and make these sharp movements like she was imitating me, it scared the hell out of me. I have no contact with her to this day. As you can see, not everyone cares about their kids. I think MOST people just use their kids as props. People have kids so they can say "I'm a single mother" and try to get sympathy!

[@ronniesutton9388]

Meredith Pase That’s what bothers me!! Took my children when they were similar age to a resort that opened onto a pool?? I was manic whole time!! Someone had to be with children every second!!! In the evening we sat outside restaurant to eat, my youngest slept in pram other 2 ran around till about 10pm, after all we were on holiday!! What’s the point of taking children if their in a Creshe all day, then left alone in the evening?? Just can’t get my head around how these doctors thought that was ok????? Just sooo vulnerable, you need eyes in back of your head to keep them safe!! Leaving them alone never!!! Anyone else would have been arrested for gross neglect???

[@claireannboyle9927]

If they were a builder and a mum that works in a super market they would have been arrested for child neglect, leaving 3 children alone is absolutely negligent, Clare London

[@25mclarke]

I do agree , because they are educated and wealthy they didn't get in trouble.

[@philhughes3882]

Exactly right. Working class parents would have been destroyed by the media, even if the missing child had been recovered safe and well.

[@kadenwong7299]

Not to mention, even if we're excluding the risk of kidnapping or external danger - We all know how dangerous it is to leave such young children unattended! Many parents baby-proof their homes to avoid household hazards that may be harmful to toddlers as they have no concept of their own well-being. What if one of the children had taken a fall? What if one of them had wandered outside? Even in a basic hotel room, there are many items such as a plugged in cord that would pose major risks to unattended children! Kids get into EVERYTHING - They had to have known better! Look, I don't have children of my own and might never become a parent but there's NO WAY I would leave my children unattended in a foreign country. Even if this had happened at home in the UK - If the Mccanns had gone out to a pub accross from their home, it still would've been an example of gross negligence! It baffles me that they left the door UNLOCKED - C'mon! You're not even safeguarding your own children from possibly wandering out of the room! You'd think the parents would've been aware of these risks - Being doctors who were presumably trained in basic childcare. According to their version of events - Which I am honestly reluctant to believe - The blatant neglect demonstrated by the Mccanns is the most damning evidence of how little thought given to their children's well-being. Even if I were to give them the overwhelming benefit of the doubt, the sickening displays of neglect are proof of dangerous ignorance AT LEAST! Everyone knows that it only takes a few seconds for a tragedy to occur if young children are left unattended. No matter their intentions, this negligence resulted in the presumed death/kidnapping of a child. No matter how guilty they feel, a child - THEIR child went missing! Even if we disregard all of the suspicious post-disappearance behavior such as the disturbing contents of the published book- The Mccanns are NOT fit parents. I can't believe that they are still allowed to go on raising their kids like anyone else. If we take them at their word - Which, I do not - This never should've happened. This could've been prevented had they locked the door, paid for the babysitting service or made any number of reasonable choices to protect the well-being of their children 😡

[@philhughes3882]

Within days of the murder of James Bulger, the press suggested his working class mother was too busy shoplifting to keep a close eye on him. This was a complete fabrication - but this is how the British press operate.

[@lindsaythomson5539]

These are so called privledged parent who dont have a clue.

[@melaniedavis4172]

The dogs alerting to Maddie’s stuffed animal and Maddie/Kate’s clothes tells me everything I need to know. 😞💔

[@michaelchesney8680]

me too

[@tamaramarie1]

I 💯 agree with you

[@lyslas11]

What a HUGE slap in the face to everyone who donated money to the M.M fund, using it on a PR person and to pay off their house?! Really?!

[@TecTitan]

This alone is exactly why I think any and all property damage on these people can be 100% justified.

[@chrishandsome6542]

Bunch of Bitches!!

[@scottcantdance804]

Off topic, but is anyone really surprised at Clement Freud situation? Freud himself was a sexual pervert, and you can look at the pattern in that particular family. Sigmund Freud, father of psychology and tampering with minds. His nephew was Edward Bernays, who was the father of PR/propaganda, who specialized in getting people to act counter to their own self-interests (specifically women). His nephew is Marc Randolph, father of streaming entertainment, founder and first CEO of Netflix. When you put together the individual pieces, the puzzle becomes more clear, and the answer emerge to questions like "why would Netflix make something like 'Cuties' and defend it endlessly while it's costing them tons of subscribers". Because it's not about "entertainment"; it's behavioral modification and perception influence.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

@@scottcantdance804 Yes...and when you add this to the millions of uneducated people then it can be highly effective. The beauty about being educated is not the tiny slither of science or engineering you learned, it is that the uneducated people out there never learned to think critically and therefore go through their entire life almost defenseless to propaganda and those behavioral modifications. It's not the uneducated folks fault of course it's just that they were either too poor and slipped through the cracks; nevertheless they are very useful to the evil scum who seek control.

[@Peace-lr7mt]

@@MICKEYISLOWD - What a pompous, ignorant person you are. Critical thinking doesn't come from being "educated" - it comes from world experience which includes growing up and learning how to survive under less than ideal circumstances.

[@southafricanfireplace1628]

NO MOTHER who has a MISSING CHILD will refuse to answer questions from the Police, who are doing everything they can to find YOUR missing child. Kate refused to answer FORTY EIGHT (48) questions when she was taken in for questioning.... Think about that for a moment...

[@staceyb.5878]

Amen, there's nothing I wouldn't do to help find my child, even if i had to spend my life in jail on false charges if that's what she was worried about

[@thelinkan3512]

@@staceyb.5878 Yep if it were me I would do anything for my children. Even murders. Just sitting around doing nothing and talking about thier daughter in past tense doesn't make any sense.

[@pinkmissmuffett]

My son hid one day and I thought he'd been abducted. I answered everything they asked. I was beside myself. His sister found him an hour later in back seat well of one of the cars that had been used looking for him. Bloody kid!!! But I wasn't angry. I was just glad I was holding my live child, not a dead body. He was hiding for an hour all up.

[@handbaghound]

Being a mother of 2 sons I gave birth to and an almost 11 year old son/grandson I have raised as my own..you sir , are 150% correct!! The only reason I wouldn't answer a question is if I was trying to hide something I'd done OR trying to hide something I had not done..such as: checking on my infant children who were alone , on their own, in a foreign country, while I'm getting plowed at a bar...just sayin

[@pinkmissmuffett]

@@handbaghound he was 3. So grounding wasn't an option. But he had to go to the shop and pick all his favourite sweets, then not eat any but deliver it to the police

[@broughtbee9001]

My jaw literally dropped when I saw the map of how far away they were from their children!!!! Can’t believe all of those parents were comfortable with this. This is clearly a case of child endangerment

[@kamistark772]

If not neglect!

[@ruthietherainbowroo]

Yes, how disgraceful...... They should have been charged and frankly Im not sure the other children should be in their care if this is the thought process.

[@CeeCeeB.]

That has always bothered me...I am the last to want to victim shame. But these people are doctors. They're "smart", right? Anything can happen...a fire, a break in, a medical emergency...the babies could wake up with a nightmare. Makes zero sense.

[@amberaziere6496]

And that they supposedly were walking back to check on them "every 20 to 30 mins" when it took 7 to 8 mins to walk there and the same back ... no way that was happening.

[@D-AMJ-C]

IKR!? I want everyone who actually believes the dooky these parents are spewing, to sit down & simply watch a movie with some friends, then DON'T pause it, but "every 20 to 30 minutes" go for a 15-20 minute walk, then ask everyone to fill you in on what you missed. Then say that that's how to really enjoy an evening. Because yeah, no, no one in the history of ever thinks that that's how to have a good time. It's guaranteed that @ least 2 people will be out of rotation nearly the entire time. And filling them in on what they missed over & over would be freaking annoying AF! LIARS! But, you know, IMO.

[@maryannem9386]

Stephanie brings up the most valid points. Washing Cuddle Cat? No. Mother's know you would NEVER wash your missing babies toy. You'd try to keep that scent, that energy, forever.

[@verjanhamilton6287]

Absolutely. When my baby died I kept his cuddly and singlet in a plastic bag when I was smelling it. They called it a cot death. I don't agree. I saw he was I'll, they kept flicking it off. Came about my boys were born with twisted intestines one with collapsed stomach as well. A condition there thought only old people suffered from. Mostly males. Have found the condition with my next son, many children are alive that would have died. My doctor then, specialist and the guy doing the x-rays are just magic. Be well

[@andreapuschl6340]

Also if I truly believed there was a kidnapper there could be evidence on it.

[@nicoleengelbrecht8136]

I had always found it strange that they left their kids alone but when you showed the distance in the picture, I was blown away! How the hell did so many couples think that was okay? Also, leaving the door unlocked is insane, not just because someone could walk in but also did they not worry that one of the kids would wake up and wander out of the apartment looking for their parents? At the very least there is a giant pool they could fall into and drown or they could fall down the stairs! Madness.

[@quinny6920]

Nicole Engelbrecht I couldn’t agree with you more!! THEY ARE TO BLAME FOR THIS EVEM IF THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED! Yet they get to keep other kids !

[@crochetingcanuck]

Agreed. I find it astonishing that the excuse was that it was easier to go check on them. Like, does it really take that much effort to take a couple seconds to put a key in a lock? Really? Seriously? I hate when people use this phrase, but I just can't even.

[@goodvibes6382]

I was blown away too! I was always under the impression that they had a clear shot of the apartment across the pool, and that it was a 90 sec walk, basically just to walk AROUND the pool. But that map showed a whole different scenario! I don't think anyone can dispute they were neglectful. I think that's why they were so damn defensive and so misleading; to deflect away from their neglectfulness. But all they managed to do was make themselves look like they actually killed her or got rid of her. They should have been 100% forthcoming from the moment it was discovered she was missing, came clean and admit they should have never left their children alone, show their feelings of guilt, regret, remorse. Those are feelings we can relate to as human beings. But instead they were defending every move, every decision they made, and that made them look like shitty ass parents, and when the public thinks u are shitty parents and your child is missing, it's not a stretch to begin to believe they were involved in her disappearance. They hurt themselves and they hurt the investigation by acting the way they did and making excuses for their actions that night

[@MindyBeee]

Neglect. Pure and simple.

[@nicoleackerman205]

@@quinny6920 Yes even if they had nothing to do with it them leaving three children under five alone is crazy and it there fault for that act alone.

[@LaurenMca]

Who leaves 3 kids under the age of 4 alone to go out to eat?

[@tordyclark]

What does that have to do with the person who kidnapped her?

[@ritaheilig3575]

The McCanns kept telling us British parents do this all the time! They insist they checked the kids every twenty minutes. I just do not believe a group of people in a restaurant having dinner, drinking and talking about old times etc, would check on children so regularly. Obviously, this was NOT a safe way of checking your kids.

[@tkps]

@@tordyclark Let's answer that shall we? IF she was kidnapped (doubtful) it was because her selfish parents left her and her siblings alone in an OPEN ground floor apartment in a foreign country for hours on end every night. Told everyone within hearing distance that they'd done so. Lied about the door being open. Refused to put them into the safety of childcare. Disobeyed police instructions every chance they got. What does this have to do with the person who kidnapped her? The parents, who did such a good job of making it happen they would have been better off making an appointment for the hand over.

[@keluvnme]

And doesn't get charged for it???? That's what im trying to understand. Like???

[@weiyin8046]

if it were in their own country and house and it was maybe just an hour or so, i wouldn’t find it weird. but in a foreign country? unlocked doors? few hours? how were they not at least charged with neglect?

[@elitet3359]

NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN ALONE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE SLEEPING OR NOT IN A STRANGE PLACE!

[@CJ-oz7xg]

And not only asleep and alone in a strange place but sedated as well!! Can you imagine what would happen if anyone else ( as in not connected and working class) left their child alone and sedated whilst they went out to drink & socialise. Even if in their own home familiar to the children. They would be investigated at great speed. They would probably be charged for using sedation for convenience alone. So what that the parents were doctors, the sedation of their own children should have had the oversight of another clinician. Was the sedation prescribed by another paediatric physician? If not it is a clear conflict of interest and concerning practice.

[@ebonyloveivory]

The fact that Jerry and Kate are more concerned about proving their innocence speaks volumes about their concern for their daughter.

[@magicalgrasshopper]

ebonyloveivory in several interviews they refer to her in the past tense rather than the present tense which is very strange,if you believed that your daughter was still alive and out there you wouldn't speak about her as if she was already dead.thats a major slip up indicating that they know that she's dead

[@CairistionaO]

Yeah, watching the doc I thought it was incredibly strange that the pink cuddly toy was always visible - there was a shot of Kate coming out of a house to get into a car and the toy's head was peeping out of the rucksack she had on her back. Wtf? If it was a comfort thing then surely it should be IN the bag, because it's for you and your comfort only? If I want to bring a crystal to bring luck for a job interview I'm not going to parade it. I did a quick google search and I found articles saying that Kate still keeps Maddie's birthday presents.... The whole thing stinks.

[@vindoward8858]

👏👏couldn't agree more

[@celticgirl8882]

ebonyloveivory he has lot to answer for...

[@christiedunegan5180]

Completely agree!!!!

[@wuteva34]

I can’t get past the fact that the cadaver dog goes through multiple apartments and indicates presence of a dead body ONLY in the mccanns apartment.. The same dog goes through ALL the rental cars and ONLY indicates presence of a dead body in the trunk of the car the mccanns rented. Gerry and Kate when asked about this, immediately discredit the ability of cadaver dogs.

[@kibbitznbitz]

Right! And why was that not enough to indict them

[@edwardsgirl2451]

No one even says it could’ve been a different crime not connected to theirs!

[@Rtytanicj]

wuteva34 these dogs have a 100 percent success rate too. Dogs are the most loyal amazing animals and couldn’t lie even if they tried! The guilt just radiates outta them when they do something they aren’t supposed too!

[@PeteAxeShields]

Everything Gerry McCann says is in the defence of his / their actions. " It was just like dining in your garden " - " We checked every 20 minutes " - " Cadaver dogs aren't reliable enough " etc etc - Not once does he show any real remorse. Any parent should be / would be blaming themselves ( if their child had been abducted ) and could never live with what they had allowed to happen by their sheer, unforgivable negligence. The story has far too many flaws and seems too well rehearsed and is always delivered with far too much calculated calm. Personally, I can not believe their account and I hope one day Madeleine gets the justice she deserves.

[@lizhall4473]

@@edwardsgirl2451I believe because they took swabs and it was found to be Maddie's dna. FRoM LoNdOn wiV LoVE 💋

[@megtee9416]

I went on holiday to the area where this all happened in Portugal and got talking to some of the locals and they said that they aren't afraid to let their children play outside or fear that they'll be kidnapped because they believe she was killed by the parents

[@anaferreira596]

So you have seen how quiet the place is right?

[@epd1113]

I've been on holiday here and there were plenty of kids playing out on their own. There are lots of places around the town where she could easily be disposed of.

[@Josh_17]

Meg Tee She was 1,000% murdered by her parents.

[@hsta9624]

But you are proving them right because they believed in how safe the place is

[@rachell8661]

I’ve heard this... I think mum and dad drank a bit much one night and something happened they regret doing. Cowards. They should take the full blame. They left their toddlers in a hotel room, unlocked. It is their fault.

[@sweetestbean]

Came here after watching the new Crime Weekly News. Been a fan for about a year and I love your old videos. You’ve grown so much, but you’re old videos still hold up. Your research is top notch!! Well done, as always Stephanie!

[@terrigaines1812]

So basically they dumped their kid at the daycare in the morning with a bunch of strangers, then they pick them up, eat lunch with them and spend a couple hours swimming with them, take them back to the daycare with the strangers, pick them up only to get them ready for bed, then go out to eat dinner and drink alcoholic beverages and then go back to the room and go to bed. I went on several vacations with my parents when I was a kid and they took me everywhere with them, shopping, eating, fishing, to the beach, swimming, etc.

[@oren1305]

Same. I don't understand how some parents operate. If you want time alone, hire a babysitter/nanny and maybe leave your children back home with loved ones.

[@carriemummy]

Kids clubs are a common thing for British holidaymakers to use.

[@terrigaines1812]

@@carriemummy Well I think that's crazy. Why even take your kids with you if you aren't even going to spend that much time with them?

[@carriemummy]

@@terrigaines1812 it's not what we did with our kids because holidays were our best chance ti spend time with them but other families are with their kids all the time and need a break. Also, the clubs are fun for the kids!

[@terrigaines1812]

@Lady MB Awful! Just plain awful!

[@triciagallegos4355]

I’m so happy this case is still being discussed and looked at! Poor Madeleine deserves justice.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

And I hope one day she gets it!

[@StephanieHarlowe]

Aaron c preach!!

[@julietteraines8256]

I agree, but sadly i feel this may be another RAMSEY case where it's clear an inside case but too difficult to solve. these poor children get zero justice. disgusted!

[@anayahinton]

@@StephanieHarlowe là

[@cb4883]

From the beginning the Portuguese police knew they were suspect they were responsible for their daughters death they are two creepy people

[@paintchipsfromthewal]

Whenever I think about little Madeleine i'm heartbroken she was let down in one way or another. I wish she knew how many people do care about what happened to her.

[@jeanmyers1787]

I’m from England, I live in next county to McCanns. We are so sick of all money spent on this case compared to all other missing children. I believe Maddie was drugged or some other scenario & accidentally died. In U.K. this would have led to their other children being removed by social services & loss of their reputations, both were doctors, Gerry McCann was a professor. The cadaver dogs got it right.

[@stevefowler3398]

Who told you they are doctors??????

[@jeanmyers1787]

Wikipedia. Gerry McCann is Professor of cardiology & his wife is anaesthetist .

[@stevefowler3398]

@@jeanmyers1787 Says who???? He is not a cardiologist! He studied SPORT SCIENCE, and she studied ANAESTHETICS.. To become a cardiologist would have taken 10 years minimum study. And to rapidly rise to a professorship is highly suspicious. You'd need to be 50+ When did he find the time? And how did he fund it? It ain't cheap. And she claims to be a gynaecolgist, but to qualify takes 10 years post grad. When and where did she study and qualify? They skipped Glasgow somewhat hurriedly, and ran off to New Zealand. And then she had babies. The timelines don't fit.

[@kelvinlewis4065]

You seem to have more info thats sounds personal ? ..did you actually know them ? Anyway ,,nothing has been proven ,except that this is a deeply floored case ..Very Compelling ...@@stevefowler3398

[@christynorman7288]

​​@@stevefowler3398- he only got made prof recently as a kind of reward! There are several levels of being a Prof he's certainly not a chair. Going from learning about sports injuries at college with his bestie Dr David Payne from pre 1995 to 2000 )where did his training as a surgeon take effect. I don't think he is - he was over five years at the Celtic Football club with Dr David Payne why wasn't he doing the right years trading at college. Just training on sports injuries and joining the 33 degree masons doesn't cut it. Check Gerry's history he ran a Ltd Company his own business id like to see the heart ops he's supposed to have done. Bad parents get rewarded. Irresponsible parents. Incompetant I wonder with their attitude thinking they are god's but cold so how much medical malpractice have they been involved in. More die from medical malpractice than real illness. I wouldn't want them near my children least of all because they are swingers and their predisposition of the men to Paedophilia and child sexual abuse. A pair of struggling doctors living beyond their means now millionaires and they got rid of the difficult, loud, boisterous & noisy Maddie. In Kate's journal she spoke of her child in similar terms. I think she wanted the token children but had difficulty having kiddies (& once they had gott them they had bitten off more than they could chew) so in their 40's they procured Maddie in Birmingham and travelled to Holland to adopt or procure The twin Sean & Amelie in 2006. They were from them.Mother nature sometimes knows best when parents should not be parents. Selfish narcissists, sociopaths, whatever even psychotic the careers of Doctors, judiciary, police, teachers, social workers, CEOs, medical fraternity, military all are careers where you will find these cold fish Narcissists. Their children usually have mental health problems. Peace ☮️ out I am assuming that the hols in the Med was before they got the twin.

[@heathergabbysalomon3614]

When I was a young teenage girl I babysat one family on a regular schedule Even when they went on holiday they had me go as well and paid for all my expenses on top of paying me for helping w/the kids or watching the kids while they drank That's a very responsible couple Don't tell me 2 doctors couldn't afford to do the same.

[@alynsak]

Exactly, but they clearly didn't want children for the right reasons. They just wanted to carry on the family line without the responsibility of raising children. They went on "family" holiday and basically didn't spend any damn time with their very young children. That's why a lot of people think that little Madeleine never left that apartment. She died either due to neglect or possibly abuse and her parents covered it up because they have the means to do so.

[@jeanettehinds2605]

Me too.

[@SuperEwyatt]

The resort had nannies available

[@tiffkimbrel71]

Responsible and wealthy do not always correlate.

[@heathergabbysalomon3614]

@@tiffkimbrel71 so very true

[@macewindu4442]

"So, the cherry on top of this super-suspicious ice cream sundae" lol. I love how she slips those colourful and relevant phrases into what could have been a very dull list of facts and evidence. I have seen lots of videos on this subject but this was one of the best I will recommend to others. Thank you, Stephanie.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

Thank you!!!

[@flamelily2086]

They are irresponsible parents who thought it was acceptable to leave three children under 4 alone. I don't believe they were checking on the kids every half hour. They were eating and drinking and having a good time.I don't know what happened to Maddie but the McCann's are 100% to blame. It was nothing like dining in your garden and if I was dining in my back garden the front door would be locked. They left the babies alone and they left one door unlocked. They should be held accountable for that.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

I agree!

[@Leeny53369]

And even if you eat in your garden, you'd probably have a baby monitor or something like it to be sure the child is okay.

[@sandraoconnor1712]

@@Leeny53369 Agree

[@Neku628]

They just invited themselves a bunch of conspiracy theories and too many false sightings.

[@stevemd007]

not only unlocked but open too .

[@michellefarrell9972]

This story has always pissed me off! I have never left my children alone! They were all under the age of four! I just learned that Maddie said the day before "where were you when my brother and I were crying?" So, what do you do? You go out again that night! Unbelievable!

[@mrtom-nb9iy]

how many ppl agree this is a very big scandal and cover up

[@itsme1585]

dave ross majority of the U.K. and most of the world no that’s is a massive cesspit of corruption

[@col4494]

Why have they never taken a lie detection test.

[@pics8619]

@@col4494 mmmmmmmmm wonder why!

[@pics8619]

@@itsme1585 most people I know say same thing, who leaves there babies while out eating drinking, who does that, normally kids would be put on at risk register for that behaviour.

[@itsme1585]

pics it’s also a massive crime in Portugal to leave children unattended as well as in the U.K.

[@Buggs406]

As a Portuguese I want to thank you for telling everyone how much our police worked on that case. I never saw the portuguese police work so hard on a case as that one in my life time and that family spend all the media time telling everyone lies and more lies about our police. The portuguese people in the beginning wanted to help them as much as possible but then of curse questions started to appear and they started to complain and say lies and COMPLETELY NOT CARE about their missing kid. Most of us think they did it and the friends helped them. And our police couldn't do much because they found a way to leave Portugal and defend themselves with bunch of rich people as friends to protect them....

[@StephanieHarlowe]

Absolutely! I’m so sorry that the PJ were dragged through the mud when they were only trying to help

[@guadalupegraca2975]

@@StephanieHarlowe Im portuguese too and i totally recall this history ! At the time that this happened i was about 8/9 years old and this was a really weird case . I feel like everybody in Portugal was in shock when the media brought this story to the light. The police worked so much in this case! They did everything that they could to figure it out what really happened but some things just didn't added it ! This my first time watching your videos, and I'm going for sure subscribe because i can see how much effort you put on the research :) keep the good work !

[@rubywoo9865]

Sara dont worry. We in the UK know how hard your police worked. We are not fools. I just hope some day the truth will come out.

[@kissarococo2459]

Portugal depends on tourism so this kind of case gets investigated immediately. I guess the McCanns got spooked how determined the local police proved to be and escaped.

[@dream5142]

The portugal police botched every thing up they lied and cheated the forensics were pathetic they blamed the parents it was a joke she would of been found if it wasnt for you lot

[@TV-fu1ec]

Wht didnt all these professionals have the kids all sleep in one apartment.. like a big slumber party..and hire a freaking babysitter?

[@Rtytanicj]

Cause that would make WAAAAAY too much sense!

[@bettinabettina7155]

They had free babysitting ..even if you had to pay , I'm sure it wasn't much . Just to have peace of mind ..doesn't make sense!

[@Stantheman848]

Because there is something very very dodgy about these people. Very funny pronunciation of Leicester. Try Lester.

[@clairemorrissey1198]

@@Stantheman848 funny but if you are not from the UK.......

[@Motivation-de6tt]

I will not judge the parents. I am not perfect, none of us are. I do agree with the babysitter idea. Especially as rich as they are, a nanny would be ideal.

[@karenwright7459]

When Gerry says "Ask the dogs"? Well we did Gerry , they said you're both liars period!!!

[@lucia--1047]

I am a mother of two young children and i wouldn’t leave them on their own in a apartment in different country even if they were 16 😳

[@StephanieHarlowe]

Right! My oldest is 17 and I don't even like to leave her home alone for any extended period of time, just in case something happens. Call me over protective but, these kids are under my care until they are adults and responsible enough to take care of themselves and nothing is happening to them on my watch

[@alygreene6883]

UnapologeticSkincareAndBeauty I seriously thought you were like 28. I’m shook!

[@eyebagsandhandbags6493]

Exactly I would never. It’s awful.

[@jojobee42]

So you're one of those overbearing/helicopter mothers...

[@beverlybalius9303]

Thats because you are American most people in other countries are lax watching their kids... Different culture.

[@margaretpitts5462]

Well researched. They tried to say it was responsible parenting. Well we in Britain do not leave our babies unattended.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

That is a good point, I don't like how they tried to make it a "this is what we do in the UK" kind of thing. Also, the way they acted all cold and emotionless after, "this is how we act in the UK, a stiff upper lip"... ugh. No. Just no.

[@sugarpop7377]

Margaret Pitts unfortunately the Mccans when they tried to explain that this it was perfectly normal abroad they thought that it was a British norm among parents . I am from Spain and have to explain to many people there that this wasn't the case , only immature and irresponsible parents did this .

[@margaretpitts5462]

SUGRPOP73. Yes I think they fooled the Portuguese police into thinking this was normal. Also that comment it was like having dinner in your own garden. The police must think we are all negligent with our children which of course was their alibi. IMO if neglect was an alibi something much worse was going on

[@monicanath4859]

Exactly! We are regularly in and around our children and love taking them out to dinner, even!

[@Demificationable]

That whole thing was ridiculous. I’m from the UK and when my parents, sisters and I went to St Lucia a few years ago my parents tried to get us a babysitter when they wanted to go into town at night. Bear in mind I was 16 at the time and my little sisters were 13 and 11. Call it over protective parenting but my parents would never have even dreamed of leaving children that age alone. P.S we didn’t end up with a babysitter but the receptionist would call up to our room every hour to check we were okay.

[@justhuman24]

I don't know why people have children if they are unwilling to become parents. Being a parent is a full time job for a lifetime.

[@Emmysn0w]

Bc some people only see their children as an extension of themselves, accessories which is fucked

[@christinareynolds3882]

Right. They dropped them off all day left them home alone all night. Why have them of they are only interfering with your social life.

[@laurasutcliffe723]

Yes! Even when that child turns 18... your still going to parent them. They are going to need you. But leaving your 3 year old to her own devices and to comfort herself...WTF. What piss poor excuses for parents!

[@meriemradhi5481]

Social status...

[@julielevinge266]

Exactly!! Don’t have children if you don’t want the responsibility!! McCanns make me so mad,people think we all do this in UK!! Nothing could be further from the truth!! Not a chance I’d leave children young & vulnerable alone for even a second?? How could you ever relax & eat a meal,all the while knowing your children were alone & vulnerable! I’d be heart broken if my children said I called for you last night but you didn’t come,I’m in the room next door?? But my kids just come & get in my bed& I wouldn’t have it any other way.

[@mikelitorous5570]

Their other two children are now 18. I wonder how it’s been for them growing up and if any of those two are going to come out against their parents and maybe they don’t believe the story they’ve been told

[@russellsteventon8069]

They would be too young to be aware of the happenings at the time and it would be natural for them to accept whatever mum and dad tell them subsequently.

[@Jessica.Shawnte]

⁠@@russellsteventon8069you be surprised adults start remembering things from that age randomly.. those kids seen something they heard something over the years

[@alyngrace123]

@@Jessica.Shawnte No at 2 years old almost five years old.

[@Jessica.Shawnte]

@@alyngrace123 no my dad died when I was 2-3 and I actually remember his funeral

[@Jessica.Shawnte]

@@alyngrace123 no my dad died when I was 2-3 and I actually remember his funeral. I also said they heard or seen something OVER THE YEARS meaning up to now

[@kim3295]

Have an overwhelming feeling that “Zanny the nanny” was involved

[@scottishrebeljo8158]

Sames

[@Synergy11891]

Zanny really gets around, doesn’t she.

[@0racleRose]

@@lorimiller4301 Of course. There's so much incriminating evidence. How do all of these people get vacations? How do the parents only talk of how perfect their kid is, and how her mum wrote about her genitalia in her book? How awkward the family is when they speak of her? God.

[@lorimiller4301]

@@0racleRose Sadly I believe that's what's going on. I know from experience. They share each other's Children and even try to get the Kids together sexually. They had to offer M as their first born. The Ones that do these acts are not just sick, I believe they are influenced. Whether it's Demons, Fallen Angels, Draco, I don't know but it's not natural. It's overwhelming Lust.

[@0racleRose]

@@lorimiller4301 People. And even after death, there's so much more to put together. For example, one of the grandchildren of Sigmund Freud (or the man himself, not entirely sure) invited them for drinks, and exposed this woman's kinks. Including how she can't control her urges. She speaks almost clinically about simple tasks. Such as bathing her girl. Really? They're so defensive over this case. So much evidence, including from those cadaver dogs. And thee was traces of a body on another sex exhibitionists property. Too much evidence. I'm sure if there was a body or anything, this case would be moving forward far more quickly.

[@samanthal9114]

Canny imagine two working class parents getting away with this, never mind getting over £12mil in tax payer cash to investigate this. If they hadn't been doctors, the UK press would have called for them to be hung over it and they would have been in handcuffs charged with neglect in a heartbeat. This is a gigantic cover up and they have used and abused their status as trusted doctors to try and talk their way out of this.

[@immortalsirens4644]

Look after ur own kids properly till eighteen and save ur town expenses of 12mill which is better pent on medical health and er and or building a community housing for the homeless family lols

[@LFlowers36-o3p]

I am not a parent but wouldn't even dream of doing 'what they said they did'. You are right in that it is a massive cover-up. They are protected by our governmental puppets.

[@LFlowers36-o3p]

@@tpe1511 Im certainly no 'loony' nor barren! I do, however, have eyes!

[@oohnaturel5717]

@@tpe1511 I am reporting your comment because you are a horrible person. So rude and so cruel.

[@Devghost]

TPE 15 which parent would leave there children unattended at night , in a foreign country ? I’m sorry but any parent irresponsible enough to do that , didn’t deserve children in the first place.

[@debbiejohnson7328]

So during the day the kids were in like a preschool and at night left alone, great family vacation. !!!!

[@TheMadSounds]

4 years later and Stephanie is still blessing us with consistently well researched content and calling a spade a spade. Here for it.

[@interzone8468]

if they werent upper middle class uk citizens, they would be in prison.

[@terrycuster4213]

Rubbish. What makes them special must be the question.

[@verjanhamilton6287]

It's more than that. They have to be part of the kazarian mafia to have gotten and still be getting away with this. I hope they get exposed. People need to research kazarian mafia. They are I charge of governments, medical, churches, judges, education all the big corporations. Leader in drug and child trafficking. It's them who made and forced the clot shot on everyone.

[@rg2018]

I'm from the UK and I agree with you. Someone is guarding them. Scotland yard should stop investigating and declare that poor child is dead. Her soul should be put to rest.

[@beccasmith1276]

Omg my friend lost her 18 month old son in a car accident and put his favorite blanket in Tupperware to keep his smell and when it started to fade she sobbed!! She would have never washed the blanket like she washed cuddle cat, ever

[@noemie9760]

exactly!!!

[@hugopt9288]

Dogs smelled dead odour in the teddy bear Kate was always holding. I'm from Portugal and a video of that was shown on TV.

[@beccasmith1276]

@@hugopt9288 😳😳😳😳😳

[@hugopt9288]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmm3oqOXrN9_r6s kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKK9ZniIer-dgqM Here you have the videos and if you search on google for "maddie mccann urso peluche odor" which means "maddie mccann bear teddy bear/stuffed animal odour" you're going to find various articles about what the dogs found, maybe you can read them in english using the automatic translation. Actually the video was first published by "The Sun" so probably you can find english articles saying the same about the odour. Dogs don't lie. I don't believe Maddie was killed intentionally but she was definitely killed in that house, personally i imagine something like she was drugged to sleep and the parents could enjoy the night and they used a overdose or something like that. Also one of the men that was with them is a pedofile beliving in what was said by a couple that spent holidays with the Mccanns in Majorca the year before the "disappearance", Martin and Mary Smith, they were also in Portugal with the McCanns at the time and they say that in Majorca they saw Payne having a sexual conversation with Jerry about Maddie. Too many things for someone to believe that the girl is alive or was alive when she leaved the house. Also one old lady that was living, i believe, above the McCanns house in Algarve said she heard a child screaming for like 1 or 2 hours the day before.

[@halimak625]

So sorry for your fd.... these mcanns need to be sterilised to not reproduce further

[@ashleyc506]

IMO, She died accidentally while they were drinking at the bar. This is all a cover up because if the cops found out that Madeline died alone while they were out drinking, they would have gone to prison, lost their twins, and lose their medical licenses.

[@nadiananette6430]

Omg yes. good theory.

[@MSTAMRO_Organic_Skincare]

Exactly.

[@skye-annecollwell-smith9358]

I thought that as well but now the police say they found a man they blame but are just trying to prove it was him

[@JaneMcQ100]

I believe in this theory too. I think that they were drugging the kids to make them sleep through the night, and after Madeleine told them she woke up they may have accidentally overdosed her when sedating her. It just seems strange that the twins slept through the WHOLE commotion and people going in and out of the apartment etc.

[@berniceritafournier3264]

To Ashley Churchill It’s funny how you can voice an opinion of what happened.Where is your proof? To judge that it is a cover up..but no evidence.Are you trying to make yourself look and sound important?PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE THEY BECAME FOOLS,!!...ROMANS 1:22

[@philgoecke5566]

You literally do the best job of anyone. You absolutely know the case you explain things well, and you only pay attention to the facts. And not just on this case. Good job!

[@bubbles4897]

You would think after losing their child, they would have immensely blamed themselves over and over again for not deciding to stay with their children for that night and the nights to come, since good parents, when they lose their kids, automatically blame themselves for what has happened.......but no, these parents become defensive. Not a good look at all.

[@goncaloamaral7846]

That Being Said they do blame themselves. You just don’t know enough about the case.

[@goncaloamaral7846]

Tee S suicide is a huge issue. You can’t always tell how someone is feeling, especially when you’ve never met them. Suicidal people are not always crying in public. The Mccanns have two other children. They wanted to create a stable environment for them. Hopefully they’ve achieved that, despite on-line nut jobs, like yourself, who would only accuse them of being phoney if they cried all the time. You’re a deeply unpleasant person. Your parents are not proud of you for attacking grieving parents.

[@andema83]

Exactly.

[@andema83]

@@MomeGnome Says who? - Ah, Kate McCann. But did that alleged instruction also include not ever expressing something like concern for Madeleines wellbeing? - I mean, the McCanns claim that she is in the hands of a kidnapper. There is not one bloody interview where they look like honestly concerned parents of a missing/abducted child. And they have given many interviews since their first appearance on TV, always displaying that same careless behavior when it came to Madeleine and showing concern for themselves and a strong need to defend their habit of leaving the children alone instead. All due to that instruction that has been given to them 11 (eleven) years ago I guess. Sounds like a feeble excuse to me. Despite the efforts of their PR-team they never managed to make their lies sound at least plausible. That case sucks!

[@jamessmith-sv2fr]

@@MomeGnome Stephanie's nailed it, and you seem like a McCann shill.

[@damorocks93]

This video gave me more evidence than all eight episodes of the madeline mccann documentary on netflix.

[@noorjehan2]

Perhaps you would be interested to watch the four Richard D Hall's films. They are on KZbin. Very eye opening.

[@Drudgen]

DUDE!!! Am. I. Right!!!

[@jaxxoceans3866]

Well it's only things she is repeating from other peoples hardwork

[@ITFC_Mark]

@@jaxxoceans3866 it's called facts and research you stupid fukin idiot

[@johndef5075]

I stopped watching when I realized it was a pr campaign. Real garbage. The most obvious obfuscation. They treat us like we are rubes.

[@AlexisMellado]

I am 21 and my brother is 16 and when we went to Cancun with our parents back in march (i was 20) my parents did not feel comfortable letting us go alone to the pool, or leave the room alone, or even stay in the room alone because its a foreign place and anything could happen. Im an adult and my brother is an older teen which technically our parents should feel more comfortable leaving us but no. Now, how can parents leave 3 kids under the age of 4??? Thats insane! Negligence 100%

[@amandao9869]

True. But weird that you're 20 and they do that...sorry. I had a child by 21. You're an adult .

[@AlexisMellado]

@@amandao9869 my parents do not do that everywhere we go lol. They did that because we were in a place which was foreign for us. In a place where anyone could come and go. Dangerous tbh. I have my freedom but i mean, I am happy that my parents care about my safety when we are in a foreign country.

[@amandao9869]

@@AlexisMellado I'm glad!

[@wife97]

@@amandao9869 , Mexico is extremely dangerous. I had a son who lived there and his boss's 19-year-old son was murdered.

[@aprilsilvers381]

@@amandao9869 parents, or smart people, still know it's not safe. Look at the 2 women who were on vacation with their families, a cruise, and guess what they disappeared

[@shericiaccio7957]

Lol they hired a guy to clean up their mess but couldn't hire a babysitter 😂😂😂😂

[@johndef5075]

Never thought of that. Excellent point.

[@izabellakels]

So true!

[@circejanuary]

I live in Portugal and it makes me mad when people said the area was dangerous. It wasn't, Portugal is one of the safest places in the world. The parents were so irresponsible, they are bad parents.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

Ikr it's literally one of the safest places in the world!

[@coteezy86]

I feel they gave Portugal a very unfair treatment...logic alone would tell you a first world western european country as small as Portugal isn't going to be an out of control place full of roaming criminals and pedophiles..its absurd..and I'm saying this from dallas, texas...lol

[@herzchen666]

Crimes do happen in generally safe places- but I can understand you taking offense. It does seem like the parents were negligent tbh. And lied. And tried to make the PJ look bad...

[@baylorsailor]

Tourists are targeted in many countries.

[@SumSouuthernSugar]

Yes. She continually harped on "and in a foreign country!" as if the people there were less trustworthy than in London or Birmingham.

[@dani-ell-ah]

"What information did we have to suggest it wasn't safe?" Common sense

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@richardcassidy9536 This is ethnic stereotyping, prejudice, & hate speech. The Nazis killed 1-1/2 million Roma b/c no one challenged people like you for spreading generalizations about an entire race or ethnicity of the populace. Never again, buddy. STFU. (Edited to correct a typo. It's ethNic stereotyping, not ethic!)

[@tigerlille1]

I am appalled by Richard Cassidy’s comments about the Roma. This is a population that has been targeted by extreme prejudice for centuries. Mr. Cassidy is merely repeating some of the more cruel biased assumptions about this small migrating group. In fact, the Roma love their children, and their entire community’s are very protective of them. Consider the Roma’s recent tragic history, when they were targeted for extinction by Adolph Hitler. It is estimated that the Germans killed 25% of the European Roma. This kind of trauma resulted in the Roma regarding their children as all the more precious.

[@Trixieghosts245]

@Teela Tequila you've got a screw loose

[@dani-ell-ah]

Richard Cassidy To leave young children unattended anywhere is inexcusable and there has been absolutely nothing linking Roma people to this case so unless you have evidence to suggest otherwise then maybe you should hold off slandering or accusing a whole group of people based on nothing. There is more evidence via the discrepancies, the sniffer dog results and the actions of the parents that suggest more guilt on their part than there is to suggest an outsider took her.

[@jessmota7850]

As someone who grew up in that village and moved there the year this happened, I really appreciate your thorough research. I knew the owner of the restaurant and went to school with his son. As far as all of the waiters working that week said, they never left the table to check on their children - none of them did. Obviously I don’t know if that’s true, but there’s no reason for them to lie about it...

[@StephanieHarlowe]

Thank you!

[@fantagerocks91401]

I can believe that.

[@RiceARonia]

Did the workers know the kids were alone as they stated? Almost as if they're saying that maybe the employees told others and someone took advantage and went to the room while they were eating. Or did they learn about that fact after the news broke?

[@jessmota7850]

RiceARonia as far as I understood it they believed there was a babysitter with them. There was a service at the hotel that offered babysitting so it wouldn’t have been unlikely

[@sunshinevibes3271]

That was my first thought! That they never checked on them. There out dining and drinking having a good time! I call bs on that they did smh 🤦🏻‍♀️ but it’s all fishy anyways. Hope one day to find out the truth!

[@neilpalmer3170]

No matter how it is dressed up, Maddie’s parents are to blame, for leaving Maddie and the boys. I’m pretty sure there are many folk watching this tragic story,😢 who know all about the circumstances of Maddie’s disappearance and rightly so. Sadly, in 2001 a 21 month old British boy named Ben Needham went missing on the Greek island of Crete. The difference in the publicity and funding were so far apart, it was heartbreaking to witness the disparity and lack of media presence and worldwide support for Ben compared with Madeleine’s case. The McCann funding was around £12m plus massive public donations, with the Needham case receiving approx £1m and much less media coverage. Ben was from a council estate, Maddie’s parents being a Dr & surgeon with friends in high paces, shall we say. Bens mother and family were canvassing the island themselves for many years giving out leaflets and sticking up posters and appealing to the help of locals hoping to bring some news of Bens whereabouts. The boy from the council estate was obviously not of great interest to the news and media world, on the other hand, Maddie was at the time, probably the most talked about and reported on little girl in the world. The two childrens stories were equally heartbreaking but sadly, to the media and government officials, Ben was just a poor little boy from a council estate and to many, not worth the air time or ink on the newspapers. Absolutely shameful press coverage and Bens poor mother must feel such hurt and never ending heartache until her last breath. Ben & Maddie, forever in our thoughts 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@MyraRobertson-l8c]

It’s an unfair world. Just because they were doctors police bent over backwards in support of them.

[@juliehaley2765]

I always think about little Ben

[@Brea890]

OMG the comment about her 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S GENITALS?! Freaking psychopaths. Wow.

[@TrumanGN]

Jerry says, "What information did we have to make us feel that it wasn't safe?" What world is he living in?

[@dianahaus1456]

He is right you probably dont have kids because kids require 24/7 keep an eye on them, so if it feels safe to leave kids alone for few hours its nothing wtong, many parents do that withouth any bad issues. However , Jerrys body language suggests he is very contolling and possible abuser (watch his body language interpretation by body language readers on youtube) which may suggest something on its own..

[@FlapjackR]

I vividly remember the day that this happened (/first reported on uk news.) I was 14, and my family were having a barbecue. We had all gathered in the living room after my mother had caught wind of the story when she came into the house. I had a 2 yr old sister at the time and remember looking at her and welling up at the thought of her being taken. The feeling in that room at the time was like no other I had felt. Madeleine has stayed with me ever since. I look at my 2.5 yr and 10 month old daughters and my heart is heavy. Madeleine deserved better. I hope one day this case can be closed.

[@lindseybailes9558]

I always thought about that with this case and Caylee Anthony. It's just so sad

[@FlapjackR]

Lindsey Bailes They are both awful. Those poor babies!

[@jadewargo2113]

I love how she didn't gloss over any bullshit with the parents. She straight up called out all the gross and weird things Gerry and Kate did.

[@jfb919]

I just couldn't have left a child under 15 maybe in that situation. I mean, kidnapping wouldn't even be my first concern. What if the child walked out into the street and got lost? What if they fell in the pool? what if they had a bad ream and were upset and needed me to comfort them? Those risks alone, would be enough to not leave them alone.

[@Hatemoth]

In my opinion she died accidentally and the parents covered it up. They were Drs, a respected profession... if they were a poor family from a council estate they'd have been hounded and harassed for leaving their children alone like that.

[@goodvibes6382]

Is that your opinion? Or u are privy to something that proves that's what happened that the rest of us don't have access to?? I'm asking bc u said that so matter of fact, as if u know this to be a fact 🤔🤔

[@mistypuffs]

I agree with your opinion. I think the most likely explanation is that the kids were sedated so they’d sleep (horrible parents!!!) and Maddie reacted badly somehow. Very sad. I’d never leave my kids like that. One rule for doctors and another for he rest of us. Well said mate.

[@lovinglife5643]

Careful... the mccanns have groupies. Or they TROLL accounts themselves. I've heard that the mccanns were involved in a high level paedophile ring(gm has a cats record). steelmagnolia-mccannarchives.blogspot.com/2011/07/httpwww_27.html?m=1 That and due to the level of coverage, and cm involvement. He only worked as government spin Dr. There was no find Madeleine fund, only funds for themselves to defend themselves against bad publicity. You know they paid their mortgage, but money supposedly towards finding her was squandered on the shitiest p.i firm. It's a joke, in the uk most people believe they were involved. You didn't mentioned the lady that spoke out about her thoughts on the McCanns. Her name was given to reporters and the woman was hounded so badly that she took her life. Apparently both podestas(John and tony) were in Portugal at the time. I'll let everyone decide how they feel about these 3, as well as mccanns.

[@Strype13]

In your opinion, what caused the accident?

[@moyamontgomery1468]

I tend to agree with you.

[@ShedonistaShamanatrix]

These parents are obsessed with how “beautiful” their daughter is/was and there is something creepy about the intensity of their focus on it.

[@charlene9489]

I read someone else's comment on a similar video in which the viewer believed they raised her to be sold. They said that they kept her at arm's length, made sure she was beautiful, and then sold her at the age the buyer wanted her in order to abuse her. This was one of the creepiest guesses I've read about what happened, but I wouldn't put it past them, especially with the mother's genital obsession.

[@lakenjackson9121]

Wow and i just commented how the mom n madeline look so much a like before i heard this.... wow.. i dont trust any of these people. Theyre involved somehow. Seriously?? Not enough proof? Either way their daughter is gone. Where are the other kids? Im only half way thru.

[@judywright4241]

Shedonista Shamanatrix --Yeah, it reminded me uncomfortably of Jon Benet Ramsay.

[@tilliesantos2447]

Shedonista Shamanatrix papal say they sold them to a s slave

[@FF-by6ci]

@@charlene9489 But they didn't need the money,we will never know cos there is no body and if she died at the apartment then the dogs would have picked up on it.

[@ryieu]

Love Stephanie's videos. The depth of research she does really comes through, as does her love for her children (which is relevant in this case). I remember vividly this case first breaking and being disgusted, as a teenager, that the parents left their children unattended. As a parent, I understand it even less. Just straight up neglect.

[@thegalaxyinapaperbag]

“why didn’t you come when we cried last night” breaks my heart and makes me tear up every time i think about it. i can’t imagine being their ages and the terror i would’ve felt calling for my parents and having no one come to the rescue, no one to comfort me. being so completely and utterly alone when your parents are supposed to be your idols, your superheros. i used to call for my parents when i was little everytime i’d had a nightmare, and i would’ve been completely traumatized if no one had answered. fuck those parents. right off the bat. 4 minutes in and i have no sympathy for any of them.

[@jitkadonnelly7844]

Same, thinking of the kids being unsafe, confused, lonely and frightened just wanting the most basic attention and care from their parents makes me feel sick

[@daniellelopez3342]

It breaks my heart hearing that she told them that. Instead of feeling guilty and vowing to never do it again, they didn't care. How soulless can you be.

[@julielevinge266]

Afraid I have to agree with you 100%! In UK their is so much anger at how these doctors were treated so differently than any ordinary person would expect. Think all the nonsense Gerry talks about it being like being is the garden shows they know exactly what they did but won’t take responsibility!!

[@emiliadavis8247]

My child asking why we didnt come when they cried last night --- I couldn't have gone out another night, while on that vacation!! Would have had to have ordered out for food and eaten in the room, or early supper at the restaurant with the children in tow!

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

And they didn't think we should stay with the kids, no, just we should check on them more often. Your child has told you she was crying and you didn't come, so your first thought should be I won't let that happen again

[@anonmouse2253]

I think they drugged the kids with sleeping pills so that they wouldn’t wake up, and Madeleine either overdosed or had an allergic reaction, when they got back she was already dead, they knew they would be charged for neglegence so they just covered it up. True or not, they are terrible parents.

[@kristaGinger]

I personally feel like she went to look for them and maybe fell in the pool... and they covered it up....idk. just a thought

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

I think she fell and suffered a fatal head wound combined with the drugs.

[@jessicawilson4655]

I agree with this as well...

[@jessicawilson4655]

@@kristaGinger someone else surely would have seen her/heard her before her parents knew anything cause if people could hear her cry from inside their apartment surely they'd hear a child screaming if they fell and were fighting to stay above water so I don't think the pool played any part in her death. But I guess it's possible? 🤷

[@greatdanelegend7001]

I think she likely fell and hit her head (possibly because she was disoriented from being drugged), and then died from that. Poor girl

[@iamgroot6965]

If this was a single parent on benefits they would have their other children taken off them and be put in jail

[@helene-thecariadcollectif3551]

Absolutely agree. I couldn't and wouldn't go to the pub opposite my house and leave my kids on their own, because I'm not an idiot. Even if I'm in my own back garden, I have the lock and chain on the front door, and a baby monitor out in the garden with me. When I was little, my parents took me and my sister out to eat in the evening if we were on holiday, we wouldn't stay out very late, we'd go back to where we were staying and if my parents wanted a drink they'd have one in our accommodation. They never left us alone.

[@e3jen153]

💯💯💯

[@falconandthemoon]

Exactly. :(

[@Sarah-2277]

100%

[@unakennelly]

Absolutely. If they were living in a council estate and went to the nearby bar, leaving the children at home, checking on them every so often (but also getting inebriated) there would be utter outrage. I don't think they had something to do with Madeleine's disappearance, but leaving her and even smaller children unattended... it just blows my mind. Abduction wouldn't even enter my head - just mundane things like one of the kids getting sick, or one of them waking up and being upset about their parents not being there (which actually happened previously!), the older child accidentally hurting a smaller child... it's indefensible. And as for leaving the door unlocked... no words.

[@hanab837]

Oh, my goodness. I hadn't heard the detail about poor Maddie crying for almost 2 hours a couple of nights before she disappeared. That is heartbreaking. I would never ever ever leave my children alone like that. That poor, precious little girl.

[@mb8219]

Which if we are to believe they the routine is to go and check regularly... even every half an hour or 45min - why would she have been crying for almost 2 hours non-stop and also what she had them - where were you the night before when we were crying??? Just heartbreaking... for Maddie- and her siblings... growing up in this aftermath 🙊🙈

[@Peyt0n.]

​@@mb8219good point... i think the parents are to blame. Who leaves 3 kids under the age of 4 ALONE in a foreign country in a hotel while you drink. They didnt even check often in my opinion. I think parents and friends shouldve babysat and switched after an hour of babysitting or something the way they left their kids there just doesnt seem right.

[@manbearpig7521]

And Kate admits it on tv!

[@Daniela-Christianson]

Thank you Stephanie, for FINALLY being the one who called out these people for their wrong doing in leaving these three babies in an UNLOCKED room, at night, so they can go and eat and drink.

[@DjemSo]

People have been criticising the McCanns for this literally since Madeleine was abducted.

[@Renoodles714]

It’s insane. I can’t even imagine thinking that is ok. They had enough money for a night nanny or something and that’s just the obvious thing to do.

[@elena_4683]

A lot of people have called them out though. Sonia Poulton’s documentary on KZbin is great.

[@annmariemarin5513]

YES thank you! I think this story is way more complicated and the parents did have something to do with Maddie's disappearance. I never knew how FAR they left those kids. Unexcusable! I would NEVER leave my kids like that.

[@nikkimango2854]

Any thoughts of the person who actually took her?

[@Skulls69]

Me, my mum, my sister and my cousin were camping this summer, and the people next to us lost their 2 year old daughter while they were just organising their things in their tent. The second they realised their child was gone they were looking for her, they didn't tell their older daughter "she's been taken", they didn't contact relatives. Me and my family helped them look, we found her a few minutes later, she had wondered over the road to the play park. You don't see that authentic panic or stress or fear in any interviews or public appeals from the Mcanns, which is why it's so difficult to believe them.

[@judywright4241]

fine person --I’m with you. I was looking at a lamp when I ‘looked away for a minute’ and my two year old son was gone. I went running up to everyone describing Billy and what he was wearing, mobilizing everyone on that floor in Montgomery Ward. We scanned close by one another and I just managed not to scream when he was found happily sitting on his rear end, legs splayed out, playing with a plastic truck. I stuffed my hand in my mouth NOT to scream, and shook like a demented tree for a few minutes while a couple kind people went up to Billy to ask him about ‘where’s your mom?’ He looked puzzled ‘What did I do with her??” THAT is true heart stopping panic, not the McCanns, Chris Watts, Casey Anthony, Mark Hacking, Scott Peterson, Michael Peterson, Drew Peterson et al.

[@nadia1994ization]

Its all on the parents , they clearly had money to hire a Public Relation advisor but not a babysitter, they are totally guilty and pscoypathic

[@StarlightWorkshop0z]

The english public payed fir the spin doctor. They have been funded millions by the tax payers so that they can continue to try to make ppl believe they are perfect and not guilty

[@stuartwadlow1650]

They were wealthy enough to hire a UK nanny

[@sarsgardhammarstedt9380]

AGREE THAT THE parentes ARE psycopaths. Why did THEY took MADDIE...jelaousy?

[@Eliza-wj3ft]

Unfortunately, it wasn't their money which paid for Public Relations, Communications Gurus - it WAS THE BRITISH PUBLIC - and they're still asking for MORE MONEY Disgusting

[@olduglyentwife5700]

My child died almost 23 years ago and I still haven’t washed the sleeper he was wearing. It has him all over it, even though it lost his smell after a few months. Kate washing the cuddle cat just seems so wrong to me.

[@blueponypics4112]

Oh i'm so deeply sorry for yr loss many hearts go out to you i'm certain. Blessings ❤.🐎🐎🐎🇭🇲🇺🇸

[@linzimacdonald9709]

I'm so sorry about your child ❤️

[@josephgavetti861]

So very sorry

[@kamistark772]

Im so sorry to hear about your loss

[@leahwineland2274]

❤️

[@BinoDist]

Dogs with their immensely powerful noses don't get it wrong. If they smell what they're trained to smell, they indicate. The trained dog smelled death in their apartment. Simple.

[@MrsLevinson175]

As a British taxpayer I'm unhappy I am funding this futile sham of a search. The parents know where she is, I'm quite sure of it. Poor Madeleine was badly let down by her parents who should be at the very least be charged with neglect. They also tried the make the Portuguese police look like bungling fools, Mr Amaral was spot on in my opinion.

[@amandamcdonald8199]

Also a taxpayer am sick of paying for there lies now we all know they did it

[@Camille_Anderson]

​@@amandamcdonald8199it's up to £16m now and as of yesterday, Cameron's gave them another £100,000. It's not what you know, it's who you know with these arrogant, smug and sinister pair

[@janewalls6254]

They drugged the kids so they would sleep. The child was overmedicated and died. Someone they paid or knew took the child and disposed of her where she wont be found. Those people have a weird vibe. There is a huge piece missing.

[@AlienZizi]

that's a pretty solid theory there

[@Pinkdinosaurs7]

I agree with this theory

[@JASuperflex1]

I think its more sinister than that, based on all the evidence I have heard with their connections to known paedophiles plus inappropriate things Kate has said in her book and in interviews about Maddie, the evidence is overwhelming, yes I agree Maddie would have been regularly drugged check out Richard Hall's investigation he really nailed it. And Maddie is not missing she is dead and buried we know that from the sniffer dogs, oh yeah cuddle cat she was quick to wash it after Maddie's "disappearance" what mother does that... A very guilty one with something to hide... How long to we have to put up with these pathetic pair with their elaborate PR stunts SMH another cover up

[@sonie1045]

But her parents are doctors. I think they know about the drugs....

[@JASuperflex1]

@@sonie1045 Maybe she did not die from the drugs maybe she died from an injury

[@sylvievadimsky7515]

I could imagine (because I have anxiety) automatically assuming my child has been kidnapped...but then again, because I had that fear, I wouldn't have ever let my kids out of my sight.

[@immortalsirens4644]

Thats wat a good parent does keep an eye on thrm until at least eighteen lols kidnapping is a thing lols fun does should not b an excuse for this parent or guardian lols

[@Doriesep6622]

Me too. I stayed in a hostel in Scotland and they would not let my seven year old stay in the same room as me. He had to go into the men's dorm. So I slept outside by the door to the men's room on the floor and told him to call for me if he needed me. The men were all nice to him and took care of him. Still, I wouldn't have done it differently.

[@FlapjackR]

Exactly! I always jump to worst case scenario in my head when I hear a bump in the night but they are always okay when I check on them because I’ve been RIGHT THERE!

[@jessicawilson4655]

Exactly!!! They said it felt SO safe so why when she saw her daughter wasn't in her bed did she go straight to the friends(leaving her 2 younger children alone with the window still open and the doors unlocked when she thought her daughter had just been taken?????!!!!!!!!)and saying someone took her? Just nothing makes sense, their story does not make sense. Leaving them children alone was the most irresponsible thing a parent could do, what about a fire or some other emergency? It's just sad. And to hear Maddy was crying for her parents for almost 2hrs the night before she went missing, I just can't understand it. Their stupidity cost that little girl her life, whether they drugged the kids or she fell and bashed her head while she was alone and her parents out eating and drinking. It's so sick, it makes me sick!!! I would NEVER leave my child alone in our home, let alone a different country!!!! Just pisses me off. Rip Maddy :(

[@jessicawilson4655]

@@Doriesep6622 why could your son not be in the same room as you?

[@haydenhilton]

The fact that they left the children alone is insane. Why did they have to stay so long in the first place?! I can understand leaving a much older child (like 15+) alone for an hour or so with the doors locked, but even then it’s pretty risky. Why couldn’t they bring all the kids to one apartment and have one person stay back each night to watch them?

[@stephw1702]

Exactly! Certainly don't leave the kids in an unlocked room, especially doing so at the same time every night.

[@haydenhilton]

@@stephw1702 and mentioning it out loud at a restaurant😭 so heartbreaking those poor kids died for absolutely nothing

[@stephw1702]

@@haydenhilton It really amazes me, especially seeing the layout. Absolutely no view of the apartment, a path which involves having to go to the road and cross the courtyard, door unlocked, with tiny kids alone at the same time every evening. They went with a group. Take turns watching the kids each night! Lock the door! Even if a stranger didn't enter, one of the kids at any point could have left the room searching for their parents and gotten lost.

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

He said it was like having dinner in your garden when your kids are asleep upstairs, making it sound like they were just outside. They weren't.

[@haydenhilton]

@@suzannekirkwood6392 exactly, it’s nothing like that at all!

[@hannahhobnob20]

I'm from the UK and I've always said it was the parents. Excluding the fact they left their young children alone whilst they ate, their behaviour afterwards was very telling, there was simply no emotion with either of them....if you lost your child you would be besides yourself. The most telling evidence for me were the dogs, dogs don't have an opinion they are there to do a job and they both detected a dead body in the hotel, teddy and car. Whether they did it or not, the fact they weren't arrested for child neglect is beyond me, they are terrible parents and don't deserve the title....I don't think Maddie will ever be found, and my heart breaks for that little girl

[@samanthamansi1184]

Yes definitely agree with you I’m from Uk it’s very odd

[@filipasales9291]

The Portuguese Police would do that if the UK Government hadn't interviened.

[@pixiepixie8114]

Did you know at the time that Madeleine ( was supposedly taken) she was ward of the state!! And still is.

[@policethepolice4794]

@@pixiepixie8114 the parents asked her to be made ward of the state weeks after she went missing. (to help with the case apparently.)

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Madeleine Is Back Home In Heaven Amen xxxxxxx

[@bluezauza]

I'll start by saying that I am portuguese, I live and lived in Portugal at the time and we all accompanied the case praying and hoping that she was going to be found alive and well. This is very close to my heart and a very touchy case to all of us here. I am commenting along with the video, so be patient with me, please, lol. There is a theory that is very well fundamented that maddie was not actually seen by anyone on that last day. There were several 2, 3 or 4 year old girls there, all very similar physically, all british . No one actually remembers seeing her or speaking to her, the few people that said to have seen her, saw her from afar or in a group of children and in moments when Kate or Gerry have said, oh Madeleine is there while pointing at the group of children, the situations where maddie was supposedly in kids tennis or kids club Kate signed for her presence there, not a nanny or someone responsible for the kids that actually took her by the hand and spoke to her. The twins were seen, but Maddie only in these circumstances. So, it's easy to actually doubt their version of that day. The why they were never held accountable blows your mind and everyone in Portugal too. But perhaps we should ask that to the UK police and government. But I will comment on that later. Some family walking that street where jane said she saw the man walking, witnessed seeing Jane but they never saw the man carrying the child that she claimed to have seen, and their path WOULD have crossed ways with that man. Weird to say the least, police proved it would have been impossible in that time frame . ( also, weird that she started remembering that " man" after yet another family and a british family even , claimed to have seen a man resembling Jerry's description with a child in his arms walking in the direction of the beach, and that family and their report was dismissed by the UK police) Annnd , you go straight to the point! Who says she was taken? And the twins left alone! Yeah, that is precisely it! I am not a parent, but I have nieces and first thing you do is look inside the bathroom, all rooms, under the bed, outside in the terrace and then you think the child wondered into the night , you go into denial that something very bad happened, right? Even after days you don't believe, you don't want to believe that the child was taken!!!! Another thing, they called the Embassy, a news channel in the UK , they called everyone and everything in the UK before calling the portuguese police. Then accused the police of taking two hours to arrive. * coughs* Also the police after finding out that they already had called the UK press, did immediately what you in the USA would call an Amber Alert, we don't have that here but since all portuguese and UK media was alerted, maddie's face was all over the news and papers so locals were looking everywhere, helping all over the country, police forces all over the country, Spanish police and spanish locals too because we can travel to Spain in about two hours or less, Portugal is a very small country of 10,000,00 and 10,000,00 were looking for that baby, it broke our hearts and them the word abduction came out i admit our pride was hit hard that a foreign child had been abducted here. Another thing that was hushed up, the maid who cleaned the apartment stated that, that day Maddie's bed was already made and unlike the previous days she did not have to do it herself, she was fired soon after the event. Yet another thing, at least one worker of the resort, also portuguese and several police officers, first responders said that the twins were still asleep when they arrived to the apartment, even tho there was a lot of comings and goings, stress, noise, the babies were so groggy that it was difficult to wake them up and they believed that they had been drugged with some sleeping pills. the staff member was also reportedly fired sometime later. The detective Gonçalo Amaral lost his job, his reputation for doing his job well. he was a very experienced detective and very experienced with missing children. He had a good case and he from the first moment thought that they were lying and investigated accordingly but even tho he believed that something was fishy and that they were lying and Maddie was probably dead he kept the search for the child pretty active, it's not like the UK people say, that he made his mind about the parents and stopped looking . He was ruined by Kate and Gerry and by the UK police and government . Portugal will not forget or forgive what was said about our police detectives and our people and our country. The british campaign against Portugal was devastating, they insulted us in every way possible, from language issues , ( I have to say that they don't speak portuguese, but that does not makes us less informed or educated or a third world country , it makes them arrogant and uneducated, we understand them , they don't understand us). Secondly they repeatedly said that portuguese police was bad, no means, no experience, no knowledge, no will, nothing.( the first police group from the UK was said to agree with the portuguese detectives understanding of the case, they too had misgivings about the parents story and were replaced very quickly, after that everything the UK reported both to the public trough the media coverage and the UK police and government reports was so damaging and flourished to make the parents version be accepted and look very truthful and all that could be done to diminish and smear the portuguese police , it was done. And one thing that we all find weird , why was the British prime minister involved? They were allegedly friends or connected somehow and he got involved in a very interfering way as soon as the child was reported missing which lead to a very messy relationship with our own police forces and their work was made so difficult and constantly discarded). It is also repeatedly claimed that we are a heaven for pheodophyles , a third world country ravaged by rapists, they forgot to mention that the Algarve is indeed an haven for peodophyles being most of them british actually. For your American audience , I will explain that the south of Portugal, the Algarve is mostly a tourist area, great climate and very cheap for foreigners to live there , mostly retired brits, they have their own pubs and news papers and a whole community life that is very active and tight, we joke about it saying that Algarve is more british than portuguese. Everyone there speaks english, some better than others, but enough to communicate with tourists or foreign residents. Another strange event , they are catholic and were at some point received by the very man himself, the Pope, it's like THE Pope, the most important catholic figure, but sometime later...the Pope distanced himself from the case and the McCanns...how weird is that? And my last point on this video, a very important one. The fathers, notice that it was the fathers, not the mothers or the couples, but the fathers on the group bathed the young children, not just their own, but each others children , claiming that that would give each couple more " couple time" away from the daily routines with the children, so they took turns with that ...okay...weird, but we are seeing things after the event and think it is ...weird...if I try to be more " human" about it and honest about it, we live in a world where innocence is gone, perhaps they did it innocently , it is possible, lets see it , lets try to see it that way for the sake of the argument and our own sanity , they took turns bathing the children every night, they took turns checking on them at dinner time ( another *cough) . Only, there was a woman, i forget her name but it is true that she reported a very serious and not innocent at all moment one evening at dinner if i recall correctly where she witnessed one of the male friends, one of the fathers in the group called Dave chatting with Gerry and at some point he asked if" maddie did this" and rubbed his nipple with one hand in circular movements while with the other hand he put one finger inside his mouth and made a suction movement moving his finger in and out of his mouth ( we all know what it means, yes? ) laughed She later heard him talk in the same way about his own daughter. She then said that from that moment on she and and her husband never again left their kids alone with Dave .Edited to add the name of this witness Katherina Gaspar and that this event took place not in Portugal but on another group trip to Majorca. I am sorry for my very long statement here. Like i said, this case is very close to my heart.

[@politicalcorrectionfacilit2644]

Zauza Marisa. Thank you. I am so glad you addressed these points, especially the criticism the Portuguese police endured. I would love to read the Portuguese lead detective's book - I felt very sorry for him losing his job (that he was reportedly very good at) over this: in particular because, in my opinion, he was right. I think there are many of us Brits that are suspicious of the UK police and government's involvement and, indeed, are not supportive now of the McCann's or believe their story. It doesn't add up. Thank you again.

[@mattbatcher802]

Yes something else going on here, the Mccanns were obedient high up occultists and gave Maddie to their superiors. They were protected from prison, but I believe that I think therefore I am and therefore why would I be not after death and those creeps gonna pay.

[@knittingsofi7521]

Exactly!!! I'm also Portuguese (olaaaaa) and I've never really felt very attatched to this case (I was only six at the time actually) but, with all due respect, if I see a group of british people, or just tourists in general, I would NEVER be able to remember a face in the middle of the group! In a portuguese kindergarten I'd definitely remember a little blond girl (they are quite rare after all) but in a touristy resort? Dear heavens they all look roughly the same! That being said I'd like to thank you soooo much for defending the portuguese, as someone toying with the idea of working in the police crime lab, I know, for a fact, how amazing PJ can be, and from what I've seen, they were quite efficient on this case. (Also, we all know how much the police freak out about keeping tourists safe, much more that portuguese people, lets be very honest! ahahahh) Anothe point I'd like to make: That man, who supposedly kidnapped the girl, could be carrying ANY baby in that resort (especially at that time, the Algarve was pretty much just British tourists (now it's more diverse)) literally, 90% of the little girls in that resort were probably blond with pink PJs, and they may have a dad, or babysitter, or uncle, or older brother with a darker complexion! It literally makes no sense, completely. Well, I definitely speak way too much, oh well ahahah (Also, I'm speaking in English so that other people understand btw)

[@anonymike8280]

There are different ways of knowledge. The Portuguese police may have had and used less forensic technology than the UK police, but that doesn't mean that their methods would not have worked. Maybe worked better than what the UK police do. Most cases are solved by what we in the United States called "gumshoeing", meaning going around questioning people, following up leads and hunches and trying to induce someone who has some information to come forward. The role of UK authorities was to prevent embarassment to the UK. Having a professional couple who were physicians charged with child neglect leading to death, drugging their children or, worse, involvement with a cult or child exploitation ring would have been been bad publicity. Still. we just don't know what happened. It could have been a kidnapping either by a local psycho or for human trafficking purposes.

[@jesseporter3397]

@@mattbatcher802 you kinda went full nutjobby at the end of your comment but I think I catch your drift. These people have some interesting connections and they definitely hang around some people who legit have sucked the fluids out of fetuses. When you have more than a few friends who go to the same black mass that half of elite politicians in D.C than your child was sacrificed and you have some explaining to do. Either they gained wealth or power or made a deal with the devil would be easier to find out if we weren't being cock blocked from the truth by the media and British police. Which is why in my opinion the only other option that I dont see mentioned often but could be happening. Maybe they are aware of a horrible fate the twins are guaranteed to endure If they were to tell truth. Maybe they are part of this sick group and the group has footage of them partaking in some sick satanic ritual sacrifices and they did something the high priest didnt like and they didnt want it but that's what they get for dealing with satan. In almost all scenarios podesta was involved. Madeline had the same type of rare pupil mutation as George soros. Anyone reading this look into that cuz I dont remember exactly what was going on but it was some fucked up satanic illuminati shit and i believe there is alot of fake news misinformation type conspiracy theories out there, but George soros and both Podesta brothers have too many pieces of evidence pointing to them being literal child sacrifices and cannibals in the name of the dark lordLucifer.

[@crizzytiger6423]

Neglect is a form of abuse. Madeleine went missing as a DIRECT RESULT of her parents failure to look after her. They neglected her and her siblings. Maybe we will never know what happened to the little girl, I'm not an expert in solving crimes, so I can't comment on police procedures and forensic evidence. What I do know about is parenting, good and bad. I've been working with children in care for over 25 years, many of them victims of neglect. I can not understand why Madeleine's parents were not immediately charged with neglecting all 3 of their children and were deemed fit to continue looking after the ones that were left. A friend told me that maybe " they were punished enough already", because Madeleine went missing. Really?? THEY were punished enough?

[@StephanieHarlowe]

That is what bothers me... nothing ever happened to them. Its illegal to leave small children alone. Why were they never held responsible for that. Whether they know what happened to her or not, in my eyes they are responsible because they were supposed to protect her and they didn't

[@catman4471]

It's a fair point, but I am not sure if taking their other two children or prosecuting them would have been the right thing to do. I believe it was Amaral who quoted as saying something along the lines of him believing it to be a 'British custom' to leave their children alone, and even though he's wrong, if he believed that, it might explain why he did not charge the McC's. As for the UK, well the 'crime' was not committed here. Apparently, social services claimed that the McC's actions were within the bounds of decent parenting, though I am not sue if I can locate the actual source to that comment. Regardless of that, if you leave a candle burning and your house burns down, though you are responsible for your stupidity, no one can say that you deserved it. The McC's have only themselves to blame, but that does not mean they deserved to lose their child. If this is a genuine abduction, and I tend to think it is, then the Mccanns are being punished every day of their lives.

[@StephanieHarlowe]

I never said they deserved it. But they are responsible. Cut and dry facts, if they had been with their children as they should have been, this would not have happened. Did Maddie deserve what happened to her? I am kind of more concerned with the young child, with her whole life in front of her, not making a choice to be left alone and having something terrible happen to her as a direct result of someone else's irresponsibility. Gerry and Kate have done a fair amount of talking about how "they" feel about it, how it's been so hard on THEM and they are suffering every day, just as you have said. It's not about them. It doesn't really matter how they're feeling at this point and if she was abducted, I do believe they are being punished every single day and suffer greatly from it, and I feel horrible for them. At the same time, parents around the world have their children taken from them for MUCH LESS, parents who don't fit the upper middle class white picket fence, educated, white mold that the McCann's carry off so well. That should be noted.

[@reds1013]

UnapologeticSkincareAndBeauty they weren’t charged with neglect because the pj said they felt sympathy towards them in the early days . Then of course our media came to make sure they weren’t

[@francinelaurin520]

In my opinion..The McCanns will never be punished enough..not only for the disappearance of their precious daughter ..but for all people they have harmed emotionally and financially ..And continues to do so! ..moi

[@Happinc]

It is bizarre also to assert that every 20-30 minutes you did a 7 minute walk…. Not a very relaxing evening… the upstairs neighbours evidence of hearing a child crying for 2 hours the previous night points to a different set of circumstances!

[@ry.butterfly]

My parents hesitated to leave me home alone DURING THE DAY IN OUR LOCKED HOUSE for more than the time it took to run to the store WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. How they could feel okay leaving their young children alone AT NIGHT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY astounds me

[@causeeffect7624]

I'm nodding my head as I read your comment.

[@MissClaraveutlalune]

It's not my call to say if they hurt their daughter or not. But as a mom, i would never, and i mean NEVER, leave my kids alone unattended. Not even at home, so on holiday, in an unlocked hotel room, for a few hours ? No freaking way !

[@FF-by6ci]

It only takes one time to leave the kids for this to happen.

[@holmesla0319]

Agree. Even if they had nothing to do with her disappearance (and I mean if) they should have been charged with negligence.

[@daisymaefrench4041]

That statement about her daughter's "perfect little genitals being torn apart" bothered me too. Most parents wouldn't even want to think that never mind write it in a book (especially a mother).

[@stalkerbabychild]

Not to mention the word perfect seems really odd. Like..She valued her small child's virginity? Both parents are really skeevy

[@spacecat3198]

Aghhhhh that’s just nasty. You’re right. I never read the book. Refuse to buy it. Sadly I’m not a parent (would love to be but life circumstances) but I just can’t imagine writing it like that about a kid. They’re doctors too? Weird.

[@spacecat3198]

D0m1 C Well anyone would hope their kid is still a virgin obviously because of the implications but that would go without saying. But writing it like that. That’s beyond insane.

[@susanhill8332]

YES. !!!. That just isn't normal. ALARM BELLS !!!!!

[@cecilejoubert7933]

Maddie spoiled her mother's fun and the mother, as a medical doctor OD her to sleep! Now Maddies's father must play along! It is so obvious. Then the mother had the guts to write a book! Shame on you, Kate Mcainn!

[@Nikki-2007]

OMG 😩 I actually felt bad for this family 🤮 I wish I would have seen this when you first made it and I don't know how I missed it. I had no idea about any of this information and it is beyond disturbing! I knew they were being looked at but I didn't know all these details. Smh thank you Stephanie for always putting the truth out there no matter how horrible it may be. I feel the truth needs to be heard in honor of Madeline!

[@1xoACEox1]

Jesus ive never seen a picture of the resort like that! I always pictured it as an apartment right cross the pool or something. Like visible from their table...

[@LilyoftheLake14]

What's sick is that what you thought, is exactly what the McCann's wanted everyone to think. They are manipulators. Probably sociopaths as well in order to be capable of doing all the shady shit they did. At least the truth is getting out there now with the help of the internet. I'll admit, I also thought they were much closer because of the lies they told to the media, which then furthered the lies for the McCann's. I hope more people find the truth and realise they've been lied to about this case.

[@feyriefire]

I was the exact same! I was so shocked!

[@prblmsbby9449]

Me too!! Thats insane

[@FlapjackR]

Right?! I thought it was right across the pool and that was bad enough! I live in a tiny house (you can hear it if someone whispers upstairs) and I still check on my babies at least 3 times a night.

[@willowmadhuridixit8991]

Nope, it’s was a while away, and not like they both explained it to be. Gerry in particular is a Narcissistic Sociopath. Loving the limelight, constantly lying and feeling great about duping the world...

[@devonmay5960]

it's common knowledge now that they had something to do with it. In the UK, we just roll our eyes when they keep getting taxpayers money to continue the investigation. They won't leave it be but they won't use their own money to keep looking, and neither of them are struggling. They've milked this opportunity for all it's worth and they continue to 11 years later. we're just waiting for the day it'll be exposed and they'll get what they deserve.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Meanwhile disabled people like myself have been made homeless or forced into domestic violence situations because 'moeny doesn't grow on trees'. Yep, they are doctors so 100% can afford to chip in their own money. Plenty of working class people have paid private investigators to finde their children when the police work wasn't producing results. How they are still free is mind-boggling, even if just for child endangerment.

[@devonmay5960]

@@SobrietyandSolace exactly it's absolutely ridiculous and outrageous

[@louisel3994]

Jennifer Yearwood it’s not always the rule , weird is spelt weird ! But let’s not be literacy nazis ! It’s a debate .✌🏻peace and love 💕

[@tordyclark]

NO its not. YOU want the parents to have something to do with it, and so you'l find corresponding videos to support your view. It's not common knowledge at all the parents were involved. "We" don't roll our eyes. Stop using other people to insist you're right.

[@tordyclark]

@@SobrietyandSolace Stop being a user. Nothing has "forced" you to be beaten, or otherwise attacked. No gun is at your head. You're not forced to be in a violent situation, stop being dramatic and lying and bitter. If British people didn't insist on their overdramatic "class system" chip on the shoulder, they'd realize they're just people in a situation anyone can find themselves in. Class is pointless to mention and it doesn't even exist. Only in your mind. You work, rich of poor, you are "working class". Whatever that means.

[@KikiCatNovelties]

There is so much crazy in this case it's hard to wrap your head around it. Some innocent inconsistencies make sense, but their reactions are so insane and their parenting is obviously horrible. I cannot believe British officials didn't investigate those parents more deeply, especially after the cadaver dogs alerted to their rental car which was obtained after Madeleine went missing.

[@louisel3994]

KikiCatNovelties I live in Scotland and I have never spoken to anyone who thinks differently! Most feel ‘ if it were me my remaining kids would be removed and my feet would not touch the ground!’ Until proven otherwise most people would be heavily punished!. At first I suppose people donated money to help them look but that will be gone. So why do they get ££ to look for their child? There was another child the same age went missing from the UK at the same time and this couple were on a local talk show (once that I seen), saying they did not get the same coverage for their situation and it was so sad to hear them say because we are middle class working people . They think that🥺 that no one cares about their child because they weren’t doctors and can’t afford a team of people to help them! That made me feel sad. I read Kate McCanns book and she goes on and on about her life before and very little about the actual ‘abduction’ it’s a read 🤥 you won’t get those hours back!! There are too many feeble case scenarios .

[@reginayovita4331]

KikiCatNovelties

[@kellymorgan1922]

@@louisel3994 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ3dmoCmjb6dgNE

[@xcourtneyx2321]

Becuase the British police are to busy sipping coffee and sitting on their arse

[@katesteventon5296]

British classism at its worst. If they hadn’t of been educated professionals, most likely they’d have been arrested and charged

[@jasonharris126]

Love that your telling it as it is. Parents caused this plain and simple.

[@Thegiddyowl]

As sad as this case is, it was nice seeing two doggos being good boys to bring justice. I trust them more than the parents

[@amaccoy]

And they look so happy and excited while they're doing it! They are having the time of their lives!

[@shivaunwhite1077]

Ahhh, but they are not bringing justice, are they.

[@rossblack9559]

Because their is no evidence

[@jacquelineperry5752]

Agreed

[@emilyd.6371]

The parents' responses remind me of Patsy and John Ramsey's responses. Just focused on damage control rather than figuring out what happened to the child.

[@michaelaburks1463]

I have thought that throughout multiple instances in this case. It all just seems way too similar to me. Especially with the part where the “home” in each case was traipsed through by so many different people before authorities arrived, corrupting any evidence that may have been left behind.

[@nu8786]

Who on earth would think I must put on a wash and wash Maddie's Toy. ❓Was there something on it they were trying to hide. I would have been out scouring the streets shouting Her Name in case She was out there Looking For Me. There is Something Very wrong with these Parents. I cannot understand why they are not locked up for Child Neglect. And that's only to begin with. A Colder Couple I've yet to come across. Thank God. Wait until the Twins are Old Enough to find out How they Lost there Beloved Madeline. They are so Arrogant during every interview when asked a question they don't like. Guilt Perhaps❓ Yes Indeed.

[@ginapeadon4437]

yep 100%

[@cupcakeluvbug]

Crazy because I came back here after looking more into the Ramseys interviews to watch the Mcanns again. Haven't gotten there yet.

[@smurfylee]

@@cupcakeluvbug I just watched the Netflix series on this, needed to know more and found 60 minutes, it's mind blowing! Germany have a suspect and they believe Maddie is dead. But there's a whole lot of other info they speak about and give back ground and photos and details of the guy. It shows where he used to live and I think of Maddie being there, my heart was aching and I felt so sick thinking about her (possibly) being there 😥😥

[@lenorem8000]

Them saying they didn't show much emotion in public because they were advised not to makes absolutely no sense considering they ignored literally any other advice the police gave them like wtf

[@HuntClubBarbie]

My reaction would be the same as yours, Stephanie. What is truly appalling is: they could have hired a babysitter!

[@nikkimango2854]

yeah....but someone took her...any thoughts of that?

[@deendrew36]

How they were not charged with child endangerment and/or abandonment, at LEAST, I have no idea. Crazy.

[@sharonhopton]

If they had been working class people living in a council house they’d be in jail by now!

[@deendrew36]

@@sharonhopton for sure. 👍🏼

[@natalieflanagan175]

I would agree with charges being made against them had the child been found , For me I believe that they paid the ultimate price of leaving their children alone. The child was never seen again . Isent that enough ?

[@deendrew36]

@@natalieflanagan175 I don’t know. Their negligence cause this to happen. Is losing their daughter punishment enough? Maybe.

[@jeanmyers1787]

I think Madeleine died accidentally in the appartement & had that come to light they would probably have their children taken by social services. Add to this their reputation, which is clearly very important to them would have gone. In fact if Madeleine had died as a result of drug overdose they would have been struck off as doctors.

[@mummyhillary9840]

_people say you can’t get away with murder._ *but I know someone that McCann*

[@shynobi758]

That's so f*cked up but I lol'd

[@Pinkshadow4444]

Clever 😂

[@madamebkrt]

NOOO hahaha XD

[@sandragrundy1516]

good one!!

[@jonpal7641]

Salts (smiled a little then stopped)

[@SnowBall-hz6pu]

What kind of parents leave a 3 year old, and even younger siblings in an apt alone while they go and dine out with friends????🤔

[@linzimacdonald9709]

Irresponsible, selfish arseholes who don't deserve to have children in the first place.

[@Sarah-2277]

@@linzimacdonald9709 100 %

[@sapphirecamui6447]

Horrible ones, who didn't realize being a parent is a 24/7 job.

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

Welp they got the exact punishment to mirror their irresponsibility

[@tiffanyb4646]

I completely agree with you about washing the cuddle cat. My mom saved a pillow from my baby sisters crib and slept with it every night. My jerk face father washed it one day and my mother lost her mind. I’ve never seen anyone so upset. My heart broke for her all over again

[@pearlford121]

Why on earth would ur father do that. Geeeeez😮