The anguish of a mother

The saga of missing toddler Madeleine McCann just goes on and on. Today, the McCanns returned home to Leistershire to find an empty house and no doubt the attentions of the British press who have, of course, been supportive so far. I can't imagine the hell that Madeleine's parents must inhabit at the moment and what they have had to deal with for the past few months, ever since that little girl disappeared from their holiday appartment.

Now, they have been made offical suspects by the Portuguese police and you have to wonder about that, really. If they were in any way culpable for the girl's death would they be able to be brazen enough to launch one of the largest media campaigns imaginable in the hope of raising peoples' attention for their plight? Doesn't quite make sense. Would Madeleine's mother, a devout Catholic, be able to seek an audience with a sympathetic Pope if she had any part in Madeleine's disappearance?

I think the Portuguese were getting fed up with this couple who just didn't want to give up the search for their child. A lot of criticism had been directed towards the fumbling police there in the Algarve and the enormous level of publicity must have started to become very tiresome for some people in that part of the world.

Personally, I admire the McCanns for raising such a campaign and not giving in. They are fighting for their child. Who wouldn't do the same?