Madeleine Lookalike Sends DNA Sample To Police

LivelineDipso

Fingers crossed these inspirational parents will have their stolen daughter returned to them.

A New Zealand girl repeatedly mistaken for missing Madeleine McCann has given police a sample of her DNA which will be sent to Scotland Yard.
The girl, who has not been named, is understood to have a similar eye defect to Madeleine, prompting members of the public to believe she is the missing child.
The DNA sample is a conclusive way of proving her identity, said Detective Senior Sergeant Kallum Croudis of Dunedin Police.
"The results of this process will not be known for some time," he told New Zealand newspaper The Southland Times.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/madeleine-lookalike-sends-dna-sample-police-053531400.html

Amirani

Not the first time this has happened.

fasttalkerchat

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Fingers crossed these inspirational parents will have their stolen daughter returned to them.

You must be new.

4zn76tysfajdxp

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Fingers crossed these inspirational parents will have their stolen daughter returned to them.

They should check the boot.

My name is URL

What's inspirational about them?

smash

So she says she's not Madeleine but nobody believes her so she gives DNA to prove it... How is this news? It's obviously not her!

donegal_road

I see the NZ girl was adopted just after the uk Madeline disappeared.

LivelineDipso

They were nearly framed by the Sardine Old Bill who are protecting the paedo who took her. They managed to win the respect of the entire world with their brutal honesty, incredible devotion to their daughter and an amzing ability to reach the hearts and minds of all.

Joe.

My name is URL

LivelineDipso wrote: »

They were nearly framed by the Sardine Old Bill who are protecting the paedo who took her. They managed to win the respect of the entire world with their brutal honesty, incredible devotion to their daughter and an amzing ability to reach the hearts and minds of all.

You have got to be trolling

Gran Hermano

I blame the madeliene laundry.

Odysseus

My name is URL wrote: »

What's inspirational about them?

I was wondering about that myself.

cml387

"amazing ability to manipulate the media" shurely?

Dravokivich

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Fingers crossed these inspirational parents will have their stolen daughter returned to them.



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/madeleine-lookalike-sends-dna-sample-police-053531400.html

I'm not too sure who you're talking about. The folks in NZ, or the McCanns?

LivelineDipso

smash wrote: »

So she says she's not Madeleine but nobody believes her so she gives DNA to prove it... How is this news? It's obviously not her!

A strange sort of Kncaker Tabloid Reader cult has developed around this case. I remember kids dancing on Henry Street collecting money for the McCann's only a week or so after it happened.

If you even suggest that Gerry and Kate McCann left their children alone, they literally want to kill you. Like something out of the MIddle Ages.

Boombastic

LivelineDipso wrote: »

They were nearly framed by the Sardine Old Bill who are protecting the paedo who took her. They managed to win the respect of the entire world with their brutal honesty, incredible devotion to their daughter and an amzing ability to reach the hearts and minds of all.

Joe.

They left their child unsupervised in a strange country while they had dinner and drinks

Madam

Huh huh I can see where this thread is going:(

jugger

LivelineDipso wrote: »

They were nearly framed by the Sardine Old Bill who are protecting the paedo who took her. They managed to win the respect of the entire world with their brutal honesty, incredible devotion to their daughter and an amzing ability to reach the hearts and minds of all.

Joe.

incredible devotion !!!!!!
you stay here madie while we f^ck off to the pub
whats incredible is your statement

dark crystal

I would love it to be Madeleine, but I very much doubt there's going to be a happy ending to this story.

Madam

jugger wrote: »

incredible devotion !!!!!!
you stay here madie while we f^ck off to the pub
whats incredible is your statement

It was a Restaurant :rolleyes:

super_furry

I'm Madeline and so's my wife!

jugger

Madam wrote: »

It was a Restaurant :rolleyes:

o well thats ok its a restaurant nothing will go wrong so ........o wait :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Boombastic

Madam wrote: »

It was a Restaurant :rolleyes:

It was a tapas bar

Plazaman

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Fingers crossed these inspirational parents will have their stolen daughter returned to them.

Here here, give the Mc Canns this child and lets be done with it.

jh79

Madam wrote: »

It was a Restaurant :rolleyes:

why is that better?

LivelineDipso

Madam wrote: »

It was a Restaurant :rolleyes:

Interesting class-based observation.

Only working class people leave their kids alone if a pub is involved.

A upper-middle class professional couple? Well that's obviously different because a Tapas Bar is not a commoner public house.

Sums up the media's agenda in this case form the start.

c_man

dark crystal wrote: »

I would love it to be Madeleine, but I very much doubt there's going to be a happy ending to this story.

That's always up to the reader in fariness.

Madam

jh79 wrote: »

why is that better?

The restaurant was less than a few hundred metres from where Maddie and her siblings were sleeping! Not saying the rights and wrongs in that but this kind of tooing and froing of blame has been done to death imo.

Gone to more interesting thread;)

ejmaztec

Any kids pissed off with their parents, adopted or otherwise, will be sending a sample of their DNA in the hope that they can get their small greasy hands on some of that dosh that's been raised over the last few years.

TheIrishGrover

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Interesting class-based observation.

Only working class people leave their kids alone if a pub is involved.

A upper-middle class professional couple? Well that's obviously different because a Tapas Bar is not a commoner public house.

Sums up the media's agenda in this case form the start.

She was throwing his eyes up to point out his correction of the previous post was a joke. Interesting to see you reading class-based assumptions in others.
Edit: Ah, seems I was wrong about her post....... but how does her post now fit into your idea of the media's agenda when she herself believes that leaving your child for a resturaunt is better than for a pub?
http://www.missingkids.co.uk/

A child is reported missing in the UK every three minutes. I was working in the US at the time and when I came back all I saw was madeline posters all over Dublin Airport. Where were the posters for all the missing kids from Ireland? Where were the collections? Where was the public outcry? Where was the TV coverage? Where?

... And in before "Won't someone think of the children"

4zn76tysfajdxp

Madam wrote: »

The restaurant was less than a few hundred metres from where Maddie and her siblings were sleeping! Not saying the rights and wrongs in that but this kind of tooing and froing of blame has been done to death imo.

Dunno, it seems to me like you are saying it's not that wrong.

Boombastic

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

..............

A child is reported missing in the UK every three minutes. I was working in the US at the time and when I came back all I saw was madeline posters all over Dublin Airport. Where were the posters for all the missing kids from Ireland? Where were the collections? Where was the public outcry? Where was the TV coverage? Where?

... And in before "Won't someone think of the children"

We only look for the pretty ones

jugger

Madam wrote: »

The restaurant was less than a few hundred metres from where Maddie and her siblings were sleeping!

again what could go wrong

Madam wrote: »

Not saying the rights and wrongs in that

i find nothing "right" about there actions

Madam wrote: »

but this kind of tooing and froing of blame has been done to death imo.

there is no tooing and froing there just not been held responsible for there actions for some reason

Madam wrote: »

Gone to more interesting thread;)

dont forget to check back every twenty mins to check were still here

sadie06

Madam wrote: »

The restaurant was less than a few hundred metres from where Maddie and her siblings were sleeping! Not saying the rights and wrongs in that but this kind of tooing and froing of blame has been done to death imo.

Gone to more interesting thread;)

Who in their right mind thinks it's ok to be a few hundred metres away from their sleeping children? As doctors, their awareness of the variety of ways children can so easily injure themselves should have added to the natural common sense any parent has.

The fact that they were in a strange country and the property was not secured properly makes it completely unfathomable.

The Jamie Bolger case has come to the fore once again (20th anniversary of his death) and I have such sympathy for his mother. One second he was there, the next he was gone. Her guard was down as she was in her own area doing every day things, and yet she expressed such regret.

When have the McCanns shown any real remorse? Yes, they are sorry it happened, but they have never said that the children should not have been left alone!

Abi

Oranage2 wrote: »

Even if its not her they should send her anyway to hopefully shut those McCanns up!

What a horrible thing to say.

somefeen

Whens the last time we heard about April Jones?

smash

somefeen wrote: »

Whens the last time we heard about April Jones?

Last month! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/14/april-jones-mark-bridger-court

HondaSami

LivelineDipso wrote: »

They were nearly framed by the Sardine Old Bill who are protecting the paedo who took her. They managed to win the respect of the entire world with their brutal honesty, incredible devotion to their daughter and an amzing ability to reach the hearts and minds of all.

Joe.

They did not win my respect, as far as Im concerned they neglected their children, they went out drinking leaving three babies in a room on their own.
The only person I have ever felt sorry for is Madeline, she is the only victim in this sorry episode of child neglect.

guttenberg

Why will it take so long for the results to be known? If Jeremy Kyle can get DNA tests done pretty quickly, why the delay?

Rabidlamb

Elsewhere today 200 kids were hacked to death in Sudan & Syria but the media like this story better so we'll focus on it instead.

seven_eleven

Worse media coverage than jade goody. (sorry for the reminder) Disgusting in my opinion.

Oranage2

Abi wrote: »

What a horrible thing to say.

No not really, I was more a joke and not even distasteful.


Edit- I'll just delete it hopefully we can all move on now.

Madam_X

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

She was throwing his eyes up to point out his correction of the previous post was a joke. Interesting to see you reading class-based assumptions in others.
Edit: Ah, seems I was wrong about her post....... but how does her post now fit into your idea of the media's agenda when she herself believes that leaving your child for a resturaunt is better than for a pub?
http://www.missingkids.co.uk/
A child is reported missing in the UK every three minutes. I was working in the US at the time and when I came back all I saw was madeline posters all over Dublin Airport. Where were the posters for all the missing kids from Ireland? Where were the collections? Where was the public outcry? Where was the TV coverage? Where?
... And in before "Won't someone think of the children"

The McCanns invested in a large-scale campaign, which isn't an option for everyone. Can't blame them for doing everything in their power to highlight her disappearance. Any stricken parent would. I agree they ****ed up by leaving her in the apartment, even if it was really close by, but that shouldn't cloud people's judgement of the fact a child went missing. It's only punishing the child.

Lollipops23

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Elsewhere today 200 kids were hacked to death in Sudan & Syria but the media like this story better so we'll focus on it instead.

It's not any worse, but the so many people could identify with the McCanns and I think that's what made it so huge at the time.
Sudan and Syria are so obscure to the average Joe on the street, it's hard to identify and empathise in a meaningful way.

starlings

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

A child is reported missing in the UK every three minutes. I was working in the US at the time and when I came back all I saw was madeline posters all over Dublin Airport. Where were the posters for all the missing kids from Ireland? Where were the collections? Where was the public outcry? Where was the TV coverage? Where?

... And in before "Won't someone think of the children"

lots of children reported missing turn up safe and sound because they wandered off, went to a friends house without telling anyone, ran away, there was confusion over supervision arrangements or they got caught up in a custody tug of war...

Glad you're "thinking of the children" who aren't so lucky, and yes, there was a media saturation when the McCann girl went missing but that's still an unsuccessful campaign so I don't see how similar outcry will help the other missing children. If anything it would mean too many little faces to remember.

TheIrishGrover

starlings wrote: »

.......If anything it would mean too many little faces to remember.

How can you remember a face you've never seen?

AEDIC

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

How can you remember a face you've never seen?

Use the force Lu..erm Grover...use the force.

starlings

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

How can you remember a face you've never seen?

You asked where all the posters were for all the other missing children. I imagined a scenario where they all had the same media attention as Madeleine McCann.

Unfair as it may seem, people are more sympathetic to the cause of one person, than to a class of people in the same boat. This is why charity campaigns use individual case studies, faces etc.

The McCann campaign used this as a means to get their daughter back.

jugger

Madam_X wrote: »

The McCanns invested in a large-scale campaign.

yes they did imo it was partly to find maddy but mainly jerry and kate its not our fault every one leaves ther kids alone pr campain

Madam_X wrote: »

Can't blame them for doing everything in their power to highlight her disappearance. ..

on this i agree 100%

Madam_X wrote: »

Any stricken parent would.

he could have fooled me

Madam_X wrote: »

I agree they ****ed up by leaving her in the apartment, even if it was really close by, but that shouldn't cloud people's judgement of the fact a child went missing. It's only punishing the child.

your right peoples judgement should not be clouded a child was taken and everyone who is responable should be punished her parents are partly responable some would say totally responable

starlings

jugger wrote: »

your right peoples judgement should not be clouded a child was taken and everyone who is responable should be punished her parents are partly responable some would say totally responable

I think having to live without their daughter, knowing it was due to their poor judgement, is the severest punishment going.

Skinnykenyan

I think they weren't pursued over child neglect as the police deemed it wasn't in the public's interest to prosecute them. If a member of the public reported them for neglect though wouldn't they have to pursue them? I f***ing hate the McCanns. These media whores play the victim's but there's only one real victim in this.

sadie06

somefeen wrote: »

Whens the last time we heard about April Jones?

Maybe I'm being naive, but I don't think the disappearance of the April Jones case from the headlines has anything to do with what a child looks like etc. There simply isn't the same air of mystery involved, which allows the press to have an endless field day.

Although they have not found her body, they have arrested the culprit and there is little to speculate on other than if and when he will tell the authorities where the poor child's remains are.