Madeiline McCann coverup

[OakTree500]

I wouldn't call it criminal. That's the same kind of reasoning people use to victim-blame rape victims. No parent leaves their kids alone in a hotel room thinking they might be kidnapped.

Stupid? Yes. Negligent? Sure. Neglect? Possibly, given how things turned out. Criminal? Not at all. It's not the fault of the McCann's that someone abducted their kid.

While I understand what you're saying, and I'm not suggesting they be locked up for leaving their kids alone like that, (maybe more of a general use of the word criminal on my end). It's a bit like being shocked if you car gets broken into, if you leave the doors open. Nobody expects people to do that, but there you go.

Leaving a child un-attended, in a foreign environment of any kind [in this case an entirely different country], and to be as far away as they were [180 ft], which for having 3 kids who might get up at ANY time, is crazy. If they were right outside the room itself, it's partially understandable, but 180 ft? That's too far to be in eyeline, [in their case it was a couple of streets away, round a few corners as well I believe] let alone potentially hearing anything if a person is trying to quietly break into your room. Again leaving the doors unlocked = madness, if anything to stop the kids getting out, if they wanted them to stay IN the room, as they could just get up and go looking for their parents and walk out of the door. Let alone potentially get abducted.