It is really hard to know what to think about the idea that Kate McCann is now being treated as a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine. I know there are people out there who have always suspected the parents; I have spoken to a few of them and have read various blogs where people have stated as much. I though cannot believe that you would willingly put yourself through the media spotlight, travel around Europe meeting various dignitaries including the Pope if all along you knew you had killed your child. Their’s has been a personal crusade, they have remained in Portugal, apparently to remain close to Madeleine when to me it seemed more likely the child was dead and little could be gained from remaining.

They certainly seem to have made some major errors. They did not act in the best way as parents on the night in May when Madeleine disappeared. After all, if you go on holiday as a family, even with friends then you should spend the time together as a family. If you want an adults night out then use some kind of baby sitting service. Leaving 1 child is bad enough, but leaving 3 children as young as these appears to be negligent. But what is done is done. They have been stung by people’s harsh words; they have been both praised and vilified in the press, using it as a medium for their own ends but then appearing surprised when people accuse them. They have courted publicity, but then they have been on a mission, a mission to find their daughter and you can’t really blame them for that. Why though would you put yourself through that whole circus if you had killed the child yourself?

One thing is certain, there is much more about this case to emerge. One would hope that would involve finding Madeleine, whether that is alive or perhaps more likely dead. I’ll bet that right now TV and newspaper companies have journalists travelling to Portugal, after all many had scaled back coverage. If the McCann’s thought the worst that could happen already had, I suspect they were very much mistaken. Whatever happens they are in for a very rough ride.

I am left wondering though if the Portuguese police, who have been criticised along the way are now looking to hang this on someone so that they can wrap up the case and get out of the spot light of the British and world media. What better way to do that than to blame the crime on one or both of the parents who after all are English?