Madeleine McCann vanished from her room in a holiday apartment 10 years ago. At the time of her disappearance it's said that the not quite 4 year old Madeleine and her 2 year old twin brother and sister were alone in their apartment as their parents had trotted off to have a meal with a group of friends.
Theories about Madeleine's disappearance have abounded but, despite occasional excitement in the media, there has never been any proven siting of her, no remains have been found, no clear suspects or motives have been identified and the case continues to be completely unresolved. Huge amounts of police resources, from both the Portuguese and British services, have been utilised to no effect.
Of course, people sometimes go missing for no apparent reason and sometimes these people are never found. However, such cases almost invariably involve adults, or older children, who are mobile and have access to money, or relate to abduction and probable murder. In Madeleine's case, the first option is an obvious impossibility, leaving the second as the principal likelihood, but is it really likely that someone entered the apartment and removed a 4 year old child, without fuss ? If this did happen, is it really likely that Madeleine is alive and well somewhere, having forgotten all about her birth family ?
If Madeleine was abducted, it must be almost certain that she was murdered soon afterwards and her body disposed of. However, in such a case, the criminal underworld would quite probably have known and passed their knowledge to the police; no one likes child abusers. If Madeleine had been abducted for trafficking and was subsequently sold to a family in some other country, would she not, by now, have been discovered ?
There are surely only 2 possible conclusions. Either Madeleine was not actually in the apartment at the time of the supposed abduction or she was abducted and trafficked but is now dead. It's quite a conundrum.
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