Tests Show Madeleine McCann's Brother and Sister Were Not Drugged
(London Times, October 20, 2007)
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been a tragic story all over the media. Her parents were named main suspects months ago. There have been allegations saying her parents drugged Madeleine and their other children the night Madeleine disappeared. Forensic tests have been ran on their two other children proving that the parents did not sedate them. “Anything that enters the blood-stream also enters the root of hairs and stays in the same position as the hair grows." Although Madeleine went missing over five months ago, there were no traces of a sedation drug in their hair. it "grows at about 1cm per month so to test for five months ago you would need a 5cm-long hair.” Once again, the parents beat another allegation, but do you think they will be able to keep on fighting?
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From this article and another article released today in the London Times about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, they lead me to belief that the parents will be able to keep fighting the allegations. The most senior legal officer in Portugal stated that "We don’t have great experience in this type of crime." All I know is that no lead should be abandoned." With statements like this from a man with such a prominent status, it leads me to belief that they are looking for the slightest details of the situation and then forming false allegations.
Although I am unfamiliar with the case, I feel for these parents. Their child has been taken from them and there is nothing that they can do about it. They have spent the last five moths wondering if their child is being harmed, or worse. To add to all of that grief they have to deal with the shame of being listed as suspects. The newspaper that claimed that they sedated their three children to cover up what they did has caused them even more trouble. Like I said, I am not familiar with this case, but if this was an allegation based on speculation only then the editor who let that come out deserves some type of punishment. I wish this family well and even more so for their missing daughter.
Like Josh, this is the first that I have ever heard of this case, and it is quite shocking. It is unreal to think that Portugese newspaper would print untrue and incriminating claims and bring further pain to an already suffering family. Thankfully the parents were able to partially clear their names with the hair test (I suspect that this did not clear them completely). Unless there is other evidence that is not stated in the article, I see no reason why the parents would be unable to continue fighting the allegation. I personally wish them the best of luck along the process if they are truely guilt-free.
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