Well meowy - this is exactly what I think happened. There is a 20-minute gap between Ms. McCann's checking on the kids and her running back to the restraurant to get help (which I think is reallllllllly strange, but that's another story). What was she doing during that 20 minutes? I speculate (if she is not the perp) that she dashed around the apartment looking for Maddie. How long would that take? 30 seconds the first time through. Then make yourself breathe and slow down, around the apt again, max 2 minutes. So what happened during the other 17.5 minutes? Even if it took her 2 minutes to get to the apt and 2 minutes to get back to the restraurant, there are 13 minutes unaccounted for..........
And please, please tell me, why would she leave the twins alone to go back to the resturant after discovering Maddie missing. No parent would leave the remaining 2 alone again, especially in the heat of the moment. Just not logical and it does not compute with a normal reaction of a concerned parent.
Now - I have not totally given up on the hope that I am wrong. I realize the timeline could be off some, but 15 minutes? Also, maybe she really did not go running back. Maybe that is just a media "misprint."
I wish we had more information. I know Portugal police are sworn to secrecy (or some such thing) but their silence implies to me that they are looking at the parents. Also, they went back and searched the apartment again when the parents were in Spain, I believe.
Between this and Kelsey Smith, I am feeling rather pessimistic and
Salem