The Madeleine McCann Case

The Madeleine McCann case was in the news every day when we were visiting England in June, and now every day since I have moved here. I have had a chance to talk to two people about the case, because something stood out in the story to me that has been ignored in the coverage. According to these two folks, it is the elephant in the room, the taboo topic. The piece of the story that I cannot get over is that this couple left twin 2 year olds and a 4 year old asleep in a hotel room so they could go have dinner across the street with friends. And then the 4 year old comes up missing. Who in their right mind would leave children of that age alone in a hotel room even if they were sleeping. We all know that children wake up from time to time in the middle of the night. Was the 4 year old going to take care of the other two if this happened? Both of the people that I talked to, both moms, said the same thing and that is what moms all over the country are discussing. They believe that because this couple are educated middle class that this is being ignored. If the mother was a single mom who was a checkout girl at the grocery store or an immigrant, she would probably be skewered in the press. Very interesting.