Missing Toddler in Portugal

[Beachcomber]

From what I read she didn't see the child's face so it *could* just have been his own child. It was only after they realised she was missing that she put two and two together. The same article said she told the Portugese Police straight away but they didn't seem to think it important and that only when the UK Police got involved did they seem to do anything with it.

[Sweltered]

I thought the family were taking time to grieve...Now they are gadding about Morocco.

I hate to say it, but where are the other kids? Who is looking after them? Or are they being trailed around Europe.

There's something not right about all this..Mark my words.

[Beachcomber]

As is usually reported in the press or news, the other kids are being looked after by family members who have gone out to join them, and I'd hardly describe searching for your missing child as 'gadding about'.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I'm thinking the same as sweltered, that there is something not quite right about this. The only thing missing is the "bushy-haired stranger."

[Sweltered]

As is usually reported in the press or news, the other kids are being looked after by family members who have gone out to join them, and I'd hardly describe searching for your missing child as 'gadding about'.

Just seems that going off and leaving their children is somewhat of a trait with these people..

[Beachcomber]

As is usually reported in the press or news, the other kids are being looked after by family members who have gone out to join them, and I'd hardly describe searching for your missing child as 'gadding about'.

Just seems that going off and leaving their children is somewhat of a trait with these people..

Maybe but would you rather they dragged them all over the continent instead of leaving them safe amongst family members that they know and are comfortable with?

The problem with the EUs open borders policy is that the little girl could be virtually anywhere by now.

[Sweltered]

As is usually reported in the press or news, the other kids are being looked after by family members who have gone out to join them, and I'd hardly describe searching for your missing child as 'gadding about'.

Just seems that going off and leaving their children is somewhat of a trait with these people..

Maybe but would you rather they dragged them all over the continent instead of leaving them safe amongst family members that they know and are comfortable with?

The problem with the EUs open borders policy is that the little girl could be virtually anywhere by now.

Exactly and that's why it should be left to the police/interpol, whoever. Perception is reality, it doesn't matter what they are doing, it looks like they are traipsing about Europe, without their kids. The news reporting is not now about the abduction or the investigation, it is about their travels publicizing the abduction. What about the other missing kids? Where's the fund for their parents to search for them? Where's the worldwide media blitz for them?

They should be attending to their children. If they had exerted a 1000th of the effort they input into publicizing the abduction, into being responsible parents, she would never have been abducted in the first place.

[Malky]

If they had exerted a 1000th of the effort they input into publicizing the abduction, into being responsible parents, she would never have been abducted in the first place.

What a crock of shit you are talking

Malky

[Sweltered]

So you think it's perfectly acceptible to leave three kids unattended and go off to a bar? What else do you think is appropriate? I shudder to think. They were toddlers, not teenagers.

There were six or seven kids killed in a fire yesterday, they'd been playing with matches, and had been left unattended. I suppose it's ok according to you, for the kids to be playing with the matches, just unfortunate that they were killed in the fire.

Give me a break..

[Malky]

I was commenting on your "1000th of the effort" statement which is such a sweeping statement as to be a "crock of shit". These parents made a mistake and have been punished for it in such a horrible way.

Oh and the matches thing is another sweeping statement that is not worthy of a reply. You don't deserve a break.

Malky

[general jack o'niell]

not for the first time i'm agreeing with sweltered, maybe its our upbringing, but i've said all along i don't like the look or the sound of the father, even the way he pronounces his daughters name grates on me whenever i hear it.

the facts of the matter are, they left three "small" children alone to have a boozy dinner, we only have their word for it that they were checking them every half an hour, they probably only checked once and that was when they discovered her missing, then a small white lie to the police, which even if it had happened here would mean a delay and a wrong timescale, in portugal i'd bet its fatal. i'm afraid i think she has been dead for weeks, it takes a extremely wicked person to take a child in the first place, they'd have no problems killing her and dumping the body when all the publicity exploded. since the authorities now think it had been planned, then the plan would have a get out strategy, i think she'll never be found, if the parents want to live the rest of their lives believing that she is alive and being taken good care of by her abductors then may that bring them some peace, but the bottom line is they neglected their children, one of them was abducted and as far as we know is probably dead, when are they going to be charged with something, my anger at their blatent disregard for the safety of the three kids far outweighs my pity for them, now they are traipsing about with this tour of europe, the morocco visit was like a royal tour with the kids holding up pics of a girl they knew nothing about, plus theres a good chance that several of those kids will die within the next couple of years from something or other. where next? malawi, darfur, a palestinian camp somewhere, or maybe a market in baghdad.

none of it takes away from the facts, what they did was criminal, i'm not saying it serves them right, never, but i get the feeling their the kind of parents that see kids as an accessory to their lives, like a new handbag or a puppy, just as long as you don't expect me to look after them.

[Sweltered]

I was commenting on your "1000th of the effort" statement which is such a sweeping statement as to be a "crock of mince". These parents made a mistake and have been punished for it in such a horrible way.

Oh and the matches thing is another sweeping statement that is not worthy of a reply. You don't deserve a break.

Malky

Of course you can't reply, because there is no argument in favor of this. And neither are sweeping statements. It would not have taken much effort to look after their kids. STAY AT HOME INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE PUB.
A no-brainer.

[Beachcomber]

Ye gods, sanctimonious barely covers it.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

The question isn't to stay home 100% of the time with no social life or be considered a bad parent. It is to make sure you have good care by people you can trust with your kids while you're gone and not leave them alone.

[Malky]

Ye gods, sanctimonious barely covers it.

Malky