Yet another report claiming that DNA evidence points the finger at the McCanns in the disappearance of their daughter. To be honest the Portuguese police have been relying upon methods that can only be considered the gathering of circumstantial evidence. It is now claimed that they can tell the difference between Madelaine's DNA and that of her siblings and parents. I thought that the sample would only be reliable if it was 100 per cent accurate, and so far I have seen nothing about a sample that is such a perfect match.
The case that is being built up is still full of holes, and certainly I think that Madelaine's disappearance should be investigated as part of a new investigation into the disappearance of another child (whose mother was beaten into admitting that she killed her daughter by the same Portuguese police). If there is a link between the disappearance of these children then that link needs to be established.
This case has always reminded me of the nightmare endured by Lindy Chamberlain, but now I am reminded of some other cases that have not as yet been fully resolved. The first one is the disappearance of the Beaumont children at an Adelaide beach. Their bodies have not been found, yet it is possible that the man most likely to have committed the crime of abduction and murder of the children is behind bars. The second case is that of Linda Stillwell from St. Kilda (or was that Elwood) beach, and again her body has not been found. There is a third case, that of Eloise Worledge, who disappeared from her bedroom in Beaumaris. I have never heard whether or not this disappearance was ever solved (there is no link established to the same man who could be responsible for the disappearance of the Beaumont children and Linda Stilwell). There are parents here who have not had the mystery surrounding the disappearance of their children resolved. They faced the same nightmare that the McCanns are facing now, but the difference here is that the parents were not blamed when the children disappeared, except for Azaria Chamberlain, where Lindy was charged with a murder she did not commit. There is one more case in WA, Australia that has not been resolved, that of an 11 year old boy, who had been with his brother before he disappeared, and then his body was found - he had been abducted and raped. That abduction and murder has not been resolved, and that child was once my next door neighbour. I still feel for his parents and siblings and yes I still remember when they lived next door to us in Canberra, and how they had played with my own sons after school.
Is Madelaine alive? Is she dead? I do not know, but I do wish that everyone would stop trying to blame the parents unless someone comes up with a body of a child and it was proved that she died according to what is still being claimed. The scenario that has been built up is very flimsy because the police have been claiming that the child's body was hidden in a freezer somewhere and then removed several weeks later. Really? The smell of death coming from the freezer or refrigerator would have been so strong that the evidence would be a lot more than circumstantial by now.
Blogged with Flock
No comments:
Post a Comment