TRUECRIMEHYPE: Madeleine McCann

There is an amazing thing happening in the world that very few people in the USA are even aware of. On May 3rd 2007, a 3 year old girl vanished from her bed at a resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Her parents and twin brother and sister, who are 2 years old, were vacationing from their home in the United Kingdom. Her parents are doctors, he a cardiac specialist and she a General Practitioner. On that night, the last of the vacation, her parents left the children alone, asleep, in their room, with a door unlocked, to visit a Tapas bar about 135 yards away. They have said that they, along with 7 of their friends, regularly checked on various children from their party, of various ages, most left alone in the rooms. At about 10:00PM it was reported that the mother of Madeleine returned to the room and found her gone...now this is where is gets interesting.

There has been the most incredible barrage of media dis-information about this case in the United Kingdom and in Portugal. There are many blogs from all over the world that post daily about the status of the case. There are numerous threads on numerous forums that speculate and discuss it. These include conspiracy and psychic forums. Simply Google her name and you will see what I mean. It has been over 100 days since she vanished and she is still in the headlines. The level of attention is simply unprecedented. I cannot recall a missing child case that has riveted so many, from so many places around the world, for so long.

There are theories about the Masons, In-Vitro Fertilization gone wrong (she and her sibs were IVF babies), patient revenge, Pedophile rings with worldwide connections, huge government conspiracies, reptillian references (she has a coloboma in her eye), a burglary interrupted, her parents killed her either on purpose or by accident, a member of their party killed her, a local guy snatched her, the resort staff is involved, corruption in the Catholic church and the Portuguese law enforcement community, and others. It is the biggest jumbled up and confused mess that I have ever seen.

I have been following this case closely, mostly because I have young children and the nature of the crime is every parent's worst nightmare. At this point her parents are having to vigorously defend themselves against charges leveled at them from common people (mostly in the UK) and the Portuguese press. While is agreed by almost everyone that leaving the very young children alone was the ultimate betrayal, the speculation and innuendo that have followed has been absolutely amazing, especially because it is mostly based on "gut-instinct" or hearsay. The Portuguese police have very strict secrecy laws and have released very little real information. Suffice it to say, when (or if) this case is solved, it could go down as the Crime of the Century. Only time will tell....



Until then please say a little prayer for that sweet little girl that is deeply missed by so many....