DNA test on child that could be Madeleine McCann...

January · 28-07-2011 10:43am #1

If this child isn't Madeleine, could you imagine the distress the parents of the girl are feeling right now?

Indian police take DNA from child British and American tourist said was missing Madeleine McCann
By RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON
Last updated at 10:36 AM on 28th July 2011

Tourists believe they have spotted Maddie in Northern India
Police in India have taken DNA swabs from a young girl they believe could be Madeleine McCann.
A group of people are believed to have spotted a youngster who looks like Maddie while on holiday in the north Indian city of Leh.
They tried to take the girl from a couple who said they were her parents, a French woman and her Belgian husband.
The British woman first saw them in a market in the city with the girl and when she raised concerns with other people they agreed.
An American woman tried to take the girl from them and and police were called who took their passports while they investigate the claims.
A spokesman for Leh police said: 'It all depends upon the evidence like DNA for which help from Madeleine's parents and the British police was required.
Madeleine was days short of her fourth birthday when she went missing on a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007.
Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate McCann, said: 'Our private investigators are aware of the reports from India over the weekend about a possible sighting of Madeleine.
'We are liaising with the Indian authorities over the incident and await the results of the DNA test.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019698/Madeleine-McCann-spotted-north-Indian-market-tourist.html#ixzz1TOKrE3Cc

FatherLen · 28-07-2011 10:45am

if she comes back alive i will be amazed and incredibly happy for the parents.

Monty Burnz · 28-07-2011 10:45am

January wrote: »

If this child isn't Madeleine, could you imagine the distress the parents of the girl are feeling right now?

She's not going to look that much like her after how many years is it now?

orourkeda · 28-07-2011 10:46am

Now thats what I call "getting someones hopes up"

FatherLen · 28-07-2011 10:47am

Monty Burnz wrote: »

She's not going to look that much like her after how many years is it now?

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Einhard · 28-07-2011 10:47am

FatherLen wrote: »

if she comes back alive i will be amazed and incredibly happy for the parents.

A lot of people will look extremely foolish, not to mention callous, if she comes back alive.

On topic, WTF?? What on earth were the tourists thinking essentially trying to snatch a child in public from her parents??

goat2 · 28-07-2011 10:48am

i hope with all my heart that the little girl is madeleine, i have always felt very sorry for her parents, just what they need, they have and are still going through hell,

Royale with Cheese · 28-07-2011 10:48am

They saw a girl who they thought might look like an older version of Madeline McCann and tried to take her off her parents? Retards.

28-07-2011 10:49am

Einhard wrote: »

A lot of people will look extremely foolish, not to mention callous, if she comes back alive.

On topic, WTF?? What on earth were the tourists thinking essentially trying to snatch a child in public from her parents??

Exactly - what an awful thing to do.

stargazer 68 · 28-07-2011 10:52am

Bet you any money its not her. There has been far too much publicity and still is for that little girl to be walking around the streets.

biko · 28-07-2011 10:52am

January wrote: »

If this child isn't Madeleine, could you imagine the distress the parents of the girl are feeling right now?

Mod: Parenting, Parenting Mods

There's a joke in there somewhere.

Well, hopefully it's her.

Scanlas The 2nd · 28-07-2011 10:53am

It should be easy enough to know it's her from the mark on her eye.

PinkFly · 28-07-2011 10:53am

what would you do if you thought you seen Madeleine??

Would be amazing if it was her, tbh I would have alot of words to eat if it was!:o

January · 28-07-2011 10:53am

biko wrote: »

There's a joke in there somewhere.

Well, hopefully it's her.

I'll give a cookie to the first person that finds it

RosyLily · 28-07-2011 10:53am

Would be an incredible turn of events if it was her!

ItsAWindUp · 28-07-2011 10:54am

FatherLen wrote: »

if she comes back alive i will be amazed and incredibly happy for the parents.

Me too, I really wish she would. Although that said, I also think, unfortunately, that this story won't have a happy ending.

Gandalph · 28-07-2011 11:00am

Any american tried snatchin my child I'd flip

Bendihorse · 28-07-2011 11:02am

As said previously, the mark in her eye would be an immediate give away, no?

badabing106 · 28-07-2011 11:13am

January wrote: »

If this child isn't Madeleine, could you imagine the distress the parents of the girl are feeling right now?

There have been literarily hundreds of reported sighting of "Madeleine" around the world. All return out to be false, but will sell a truck load of newspapers each time. The McCanns are the only couple that know where their daughter is. I recall another british couple, the lady looking like "victoria beckham" having taken her as well. Found the link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204605/The-Victoria-Beckham-lookalike-hunt-Madeleine-McCann-asked-tourist-new-daughter.html

ItsAWindUp · 28-07-2011 11:14am

badabing106 wrote: »

There have been literarily hundreds of reported sighting of "Madeleine" around the world. All return out to be false, but will sell a truck load of newspapers each time. The McCanns are the only couple that know where their daughter is. I recall another british couple, the lady looking like "victoria beckham" having taken her as well

:rolleyes:

tan11ie · 28-07-2011 11:16am

That child is long gone, ill eat my shorts otherwise!

Owen · 28-07-2011 11:18am

Madeline had a very unusual Iris in one of her eyes like the letter Q - maybe the tourists used that as an identifier rather than basing it just on looks similarity?

January · 28-07-2011 11:19am

badabing106 wrote: »

There have been literarily hundreds of reported sighting of "Madeleine" around the world. All return out to be false, but will sell a truck load of newspapers each time. The McCanns are the only couple that know where their daughter is. I recall another british couple, the lady looking like "victoria beckham" having taken her as well. Found the link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204605/The-Victoria-Beckham-lookalike-hunt-Madeleine-McCann-asked-tourist-new-daughter.html

Sorry I was talking about the little girl who is being tested, if she isn't Madeleine then I'm sure her actual parents are feeling like their world is ending and they'll never be able to bring her anywhere again for fear of her being man handled by tourists thinking she's Madeleine...

Monty Burnz · 28-07-2011 11:27am

Owen wrote: »

Madeline had a very unusual Iris in one of her eyes like the letter Q - maybe the tourists used that as an identifier rather than basing it just on looks similarity?

They must have got pretty damn close.

Alopex · 28-07-2011 11:30am

If it actually were her (which it isn't) it would be a bit of an ethical dilemma.

She's spent half her life with the new family, and probably can't remember most of the first half. Think my earliest memories are at around 4-5. Sure would have been traumatic when she was taken, but kids that age adapt really fast. Imagine the new family thought they legitimately adopted her.

January · 28-07-2011 11:33am

Alopex wrote: »

If it actually were her (which it isn't) it would be a bit of an ethical dilemma.

She's spent half her life with the new family, and probably can't remember most of the first half. Think my earliest memories are at around 4-5. Sure would have been traumatic when she was taken, but kids that age adapt really fast. Imagine the new family thought they legitimately adopted her.

If it is her, her new "family" know exactly how they got her. They can claim they adopted her legitimately but it was worldwide news when she disappeared, there's no way they wouldn't have seen her and thought "nah, not her" we'll carry on with the adoption.

CardBordWindow · 28-07-2011 11:37am

How many times has this story (about Madeline's disappearance) been in the papers now? Every time it 'dies down' there's another story about it.
How many kids go missing in the world, yet this is the only one that has gotten SO MUCH media attention.

Einhard · 28-07-2011 11:39am

Alopex wrote: »

If it actually were her (which it isn't) it would be a bit of an ethical dilemma.

She's spent half her life with the new family, and probably can't remember most of the first half. Think my earliest memories are at around 4-5. Sure would have been traumatic when she was taken, but kids that age adapt really fast. Imagine the new family thought they legitimately adopted her.

Eh, no ethical question about it. Give her back to her real parents, and adoptive parents go to prison*.

* Or face a long interrogation at least.

BostonB · 28-07-2011 11:41am

Alopex wrote: »

If it actually were her (which it isn't) it would be a bit of an ethical dilemma...

Er no.

TheZohanS · 28-07-2011 11:42am

I'll donate €100 to SSF and 10 pints of blood if it turns out to be Madeline.

This is another cheap marketing ploy from the McCanns to sell their book.

Seeing as pro-tips seem to be in-vogue here's one:

Protip: Don't leave your 3 year old daughter and 2 year old toddlers all alone whilst you go to a tapas bar you pair of negligent fùcks.

28-07-2011 11:43am

Einhard wrote: »

Eh, no ethical question about it. Give her back to her real parents, and adoptive parents go to prison*.

* Or face a long interrogation at least.

Give her back to the parents who left her and the other young child unsupervised while they went out partying? Eh no I don't think so

BostonB · 28-07-2011 11:45am

bluewolf wrote: »

Give her back to the parents who left her and the other young child unsupervised while they went out partying? Eh no I don't think so

Yeah you'd have to wonder about that alright.

CardBordWindow · 28-07-2011 11:46am

TheZohan wrote: »

I'll donate €100 to SSF and 10 pints of blood if it turns out to be Madeline.

This is another cheap marketing ploy from the McCanns to sell their book.

Seeing as pro-tips seem to be in-vogue here's one:

Protip: Don't leave your 3 year old daughter and 2 year old toddlers all alone whilst you go to a tapas bar you pair of negligent fùcks.

Especially when there is a babysitting service available!!

I was always suspect about this case.

Happyman42 · 28-07-2011 11:51am

bluewolf wrote: »

Give her back to the parents who left her and the other young child unsupervised while they went out partying? Eh no I don't think so

:D That's breathtakingly funny. Your humanity and joy just pours out of that reaction!

whydoibother? · 28-07-2011 11:53am

The difference in appearance between a 3 year old and a 7 year old is so great that I don't believe it is possible for anyone to "recognize" her now. I'd say even people that knew the child couldn't do this, nevermind people who only saw photos on the news.

Einhard · 28-07-2011 11:54am

TheZohan wrote: »

I'll donate €100 to SSF and 10 pints of blood if it turns out to be Madeline.

This is another cheap marketing ploy from the McCanns to sell their book.

Ah FFS. So the McCanns set this whole thing up?! Forced two random tourists in India to accost a blonde child? Next thing ye know, the McCanns will be blamed for the Lockerbie bombing. Jesus Christ, I'm outta this thread before my head explodes.

Helix · 28-07-2011 11:58am

goat2 wrote: »

i hope with all my heart that the little girl is madeleine, i have always felt very sorry for her parents, just what they need, they have and are still going through hell,

yeah, the guilt and constant fear of being caught for killing their daughter must be horrible

Malari · 28-07-2011 11:59am

bluewolf wrote: »

Give her back to the parents who left her and the other young child unsupervised while they went out partying? Eh no I don't think so

They let them keep the remaining child though, didn't they? Anyway, they are not her legal guardians anymore? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/2262153/Madeleine-McCann-parents-to-access-police-files.html

markc1184 · 28-07-2011 12:00pm

The article says that police have taken the passports of the people with the child while they investigate whether it is her or not, but surely something more should be done than just taking a passport. Now I know that this family is no more guilty than innocent but IMO in a country the size of India, if this is Maddie and these people have now been spooked they could disappear very easily in India.

cancercowboy · 28-07-2011 12:04pm

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Keep the dumb assed jokes to nein 11.

karma_ · 28-07-2011 12:07pm

I hope when it's eventually determined that this is indeed not Maddy McCann, that those two idiots are charged with attempted abduction.

K-9 · 28-07-2011 12:11pm

That's a terrible joke! The second part mightn't be true at all

markc1184 wrote: »

The article says that police have taken the passports of the people with the child while they investigate whether it is her or not, but surely something more should be done than just taking a passport. Now I know that this family is no more guilty than innocent but IMO in a country the size of India, if this is Maddie and these people have now been spooked they could disappear very easily in India.

Well probably the alternative is to put them in jail or maybe sign on at a local police station everyday. They have to be presumed innocent after all, it's hardly compelling evidence. Some random American and British people think it's her.

Some people take the Maddie thing very personally, touch obsessive about it. I don't think they are the most reliable of witnesses.

chloek · 28-07-2011 12:17pm

I will be amazed if this is madeline.
I feel sorry for these innocent people who are dragged into this. Imagine what this child and her parents are going through now.

Maddie jokes disgust me.

Frank Black · 28-07-2011 12:18pm

TheZohan wrote: »

I'll donate €100 to SSF and 10 pints of blood if it turns out to be Madeline.

This is another cheap marketing ploy from the McCanns to sell their book.

Seeing as pro-tips seem to be in-vogue here's one:

Protip: Don't leave your 3 year old daughter and 2 year old toddlers all alone whilst you go to a tapas bar you pair of negligent fùcks.

Oh Christ!

Here we go - take it away AH.

Mental Mickey · 28-07-2011 12:21pm

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Especially when there is a babysitting service available!!

I was always suspect about this case.

So where the **** is the kid if she is still alive then?

_feedback_ · 28-07-2011 12:25pm

I all sounds very clinical.

Their spokesperson says that their private detectives are in contact with authorities. Although, they probably have had loads and loads of these "sightings".

It must be horrific for the parents of that child, and the child of course. Hopefully they will do whatever they need to as quickly as possible.

Kess73 · 28-07-2011 12:26pm

markc1184 wrote: »

The article says that police have taken the passports of the people with the child while they investigate whether it is her or not, but surely something more should be done than just taking a passport. Now I know that this family is no more guilty than innocent but IMO in a country the size of India, if this is Maddie and these people have now been spooked they could disappear very easily in India.

And if it is not her, as is the most likely option, then a totally innocent couple have had strangers (the tourists who saw them) try to forcibly take their daughter from them(attempted abduction methinks regardless of what intentions were behind it) and then have been taken in by the authorities so that their daughter can be proven to not be someone else.

Not to mention the stress and panic felt by them and their daughter.

Just hope that the DNA testing etc is done quickly for the sake of all parties involved.

Hannibal Smith · 28-07-2011 12:28pm

Do you think the Portuguese police are cacking themselves right now

Fingers crossed it is her, I'll take back all I said about the mother if it is.

badabing106 · 28-07-2011 12:28pm

Mental Mickey wrote: »

So where the **** is the kid if she is still alive then?

THe British and Portugese police investigators who worked on this case, believe that Madeleine mcCann is not alive.

badabing106 · 28-07-2011 12:30pm

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Do you think the Portuguese police are cacking themselves right now

No

alanc2003 · 28-07-2011 12:32pm

id be shocked if it was madeline myself. id say its more likely that the book sales are dipping and they need to raise funds for all those legal cases they are involved in!!!

DNA test on child that could be Madeleine McCann...

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