I can't even imagine the kind of pain this family has been going through over the past years because of something happening to their daughter.

I suppose this is Gen Y's JonBennet. I remember hearing about the Ramsey case when it happened, but I was to young to really understand it. And this one I remember it happening, and have found it horrid that people can accuse the parents of doing something to this little girl.

But then I read about parents (like the heartless bitch posted a bit further down) who abuse their kids, or even kill them, and I become somewhat skeptical as to whether the McCann's did have something to do with her disappearance.

My gut has always told me that a pedophile took her, I mean you just need to look at photos taken just before her disappearance to know that she is/was an amazingly stunning child.
And I really hope that this lead leads somewhere, unlike the others.

I think my fairy tale like ideals of parents will be completely shattered if there becomes undeniable proof that the McCann's did indeed have something to do with Maddie's disappearance.

This is just an option but I wish they would try Deb Webber in Australia or Calvin Cruikshank.

The media is reporting that this man had a wife and 6 children. I wonder if they are trying to locate his family to see if they have any information about Madeleine. I hope she is found alive!

I was shocked and horrified when this news broke, and it is dreadful that a small child is lost without trace. But I cannot yet get over the fact that the parents left their 3 small children alone in an apartment. If they weren't afluent, intelligent, middle class doctors I feel they would've had to answer for this. What if a child had got up in the middle of the night, found parents missing and wandered out to find them? What if they set the apartment on fire and claimed all three lives? The McCanns are totally irresponsible. And god help poor Madeline now if she is in the hands of a pedophile group because her parents left her while they went out to have a good time. I don't know how they sleep at night.

I have every bone in my body saying that Madeleine is alive, I just pray that this latest information is the beginning of the end and she will be back with her parents.

I wonder if all the people that think that Kate and Gerry had something to do with it would like to put their names and addresses on a list. Thenwhen she is found let all the supporting people know where they live and see what it like to be victimised. Hang on Madeleine it wont be long now. x

"I wonder if all the people that think that Kate and Gerry had something to do with it would like to put their names and addresses on a list. Thenwhen she is found let all the supporting people know where they live and see what it like to be victimised. Hang on Madeleine it wont be long now. x"

Okay, I wonder if she is rescued from a pedophile group would Kate and Gerry like to experience what their daughter has gone through because they left her in an apartment by herself?

Please all do yourselves a favour and do some proper research on this case. As unpalatable as some people seem to find it, the most obvious conclusion here has always been that Madeleine's parents are fully aware of whatever it was that happened to their daughter, and Hewlett, however unpleasant a character, is not involved. He is NOT wanted by any police force in connection with the McCann case. The reason the McCanns have not answered for their despicable behaviour- both admitted, and as yet not admitted- towards their children, is a mystery. But the British media have been in their pockets from day one, and it has been documented that there was intense political pressure on the portuguese police from the outset to conside ONLY the abduction theory, and to prematurely shelve the case. (Did any of you know that it was shelved by the public prosecutor not as an abduction, but as a homicide/disposal of a body/faked abduction??? But that there was not enough evidence to proceed with charges against anyone- NOT that there was no evidence at all. In the US they are much more likely to have been charged on the same evidence, Portugal just has a higher burden of proof that the USA). MUCH evidence pointed to the likelihood of Madeleine's death in the apartment and subsequent concealment and disposal. And there is no evidence of an 'abductor'- only many contradictions in their statements, Kate McCann's fingerprints, and the alerts of arguably the best cadaver dog in the world to various places in the McCanns apartment (behind the sofa and in the parents bedroom closet), Kate McCann's clothes and the car they hired. Most of the British public, although initially sympathetic (who with a heart wouldn't be?) never condoned their child neglect, and an ever-ncreasing number are deeply suspicious of them. Most of us now believe they have not told the truth. Contrary to what the McCanns would have you all believe, we do NOT all leave our children unattended. I don't personally believe they did either. I don't believe a word of their story any more.
All they have ever seemed interested in is money.

For a counterbalance to the propaganda and outright lies printed in the British press you should check out Goncalo Amaral's book when it is finally published in English, and his documentary (available on the internet with both English narration and with subtitles- try Joana Morais's blog as a start)Goncalo Amaral was the original detective in charge of the investigation, removed from the case by powers above him just as it was going somewhere, ostensibly because he was too outspoken about the British police lack of cooperation with the investigation. He is currently preparing to sue the McCann couple for defamation due to the lies and slurs they have spread about him and his work, and attempt to get the case reopened.

p.s. Steve, please correct the headline to this entry, it is complete falsehood that 'police' have named Hewlett as of interest in this case. Two private detectives on the McCann's payroll are the only people who have done so. The German authorities actually made a statement refuting their claims and the Portuguese police have said that he was investigated and ruled out around two years ago.

Hewlett is very unpleasant, but that alone does not connect him to Madeleine.

Why are you claiming the police / authorities have named this person a suspect in the investigation? You surely know that not to be the case.

30 reasons why there was no abduction

http://madeleinefoundation.org/main/30-reasons/

Where to find the truth

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/

http://www.the3arguidos.net/web/

Police never named him a suspect, apparently he was cleared during the investigation.McCanns private detectives wanted to interview him in Germany, but that did not happen for some reason.

hmm... good one )

hi i would like to say i have kids myself and i would be afraid to travel abroad now with my kids because you dont no what sick, twisted freak would be out there. also if i had a daughter which i dont i woludnt leave her or my kids with anyone not alone on ther own. so i pray with the help of god and parents that this child shows up and god bless her and family. kathleen

any updates coming ?