http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1752277.ece
Does anyone understand what this means: McCann and his wife, both 39, yesterday walked hand in hand through the apartment complex. They had lunch with the twins at the same tapas bar as the evening before.
McCann returned alone to the apartment, emerging with a suitcase and a bucket and spade for the twins.
That same article answered one of the questions I have had for a long time. Where were the twins when Kate returned, and how were they behaving?
"Silvia Batisa, head of administration at the complex, helped to comfort the family and interpret their interviews with the police: The parents were devastated, in a panic. They wanted more police and dogs immediately. Kate said all the time, Please find my daughter and Madeleine is beautiful.
She recalled that the twins were still asleep in their two cots and there was the small, bright pink wool blanket that Madeleine likes to hold when she sleeps. We walked out quickly so as not to wake up the twins. The parents immediately said, Shes been kidnapped, said Batisa. "
So, I interpret this to say that Silvia Batisa, who was working at the complex when Madeleine was discovered missing, was one of the first people on the scene. Apparently, the twins were still sleeping in their cots, she saw the blanket Madeleine slept with, and then
"We walked out so as not to wake up the twins." This just seems unbelievable to me. I would imagine when Kate returned to the apartment and found Madeleine missing, she would have been calling her name and looking in closets, under beds, everywhere! I would have even woke the twins up and
asked them where is Madeleine!!! This article makes it sound like Kate entered the apartment, found Madeleine missing, and didn't bother to look or call at all! She just ran back to the Tapas bar and screamed "They've taken her." I have been trying to look at the evidence in this case, and quite honestly, there isn't enough evidence either way to feel confident in either "The Parents Did It" camp or "The Parents Didn't Do It" camp. The behavior of Kate upon initially finding Madeleine missing is just shocking to me, however. How many other mothers would find their child missing and not start screaming her name loud enough to be heard at the Tapas bar without leaving the apartment??:waitasec: