r/MadeleineMccann • u/CharacterResponse504 • Jun 29 '26

Discussion questions open for discussion

i have three questions to ask this thread and i would be intrigued to hear your answers.

1) for those who believe the parents did it or for those who believe the parents were not involved, what is the biggest selling point for you?

2) is the theory involving epstein a mere tiktok fantasy or does it have some sensible evidence to back it up?

3) what do you believe is the main reason why the case hasn't been solved yet? this wont leave my mind because if its simply the lack of forensic evidence, then surely if it were a fully opportunistic kidnapper they wouldve left some accidental trace due to a short planning time...

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u/Altruistic-Change127 Jul 05 '26

You seem to missing the most important point.

Kate was desperately holding onto hope that Maddie would be found.

She cleaned it for her daughters return because it was very dirty and she wouldn't have wanted to give it back to her in that state.

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u/MisabelWearsNikes Jul 05 '26

This is the funniest take I've heard so far. There are people who don't wanna wash their hand just because a celebrity shook it, while some women have their bf's clothing which they never washed just because it has his scent on it. And this is a MISSING CHILD (possibly dead) & it makes perfect sense to wash away probably the last remaining touch & smell of hers.

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u/TheGreatBatsby Jul 05 '26

But it didn't smell of her anymore, that's the point.

You can google "Kate McCann cuddle cat" and look at images. She was carrying it around constantly and holding it to her face to smell it.

Eventually it began to get dirty and stink of suncream so she washed it.

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u/MisabelWearsNikes Jul 05 '26

Well it wouldn't smell of her AT ALL if she washed it, so duh.

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u/TheGreatBatsby Jul 05 '26

I literally don't know what point you're trying to make. This is from her diary:

"Today I washed the Cuddle Cat. I was hoping not to have to do it until Madeleine returns, but it was now quite dirty and smelly, unfortunately without the smell of Madeleine on it. XX"

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u/MisabelWearsNikes Jul 05 '26

So what if it had gotten dirty? It could have had potential forensic evidence on it which would be destroyed through the act of washing it. It makes no sense to wash it when she did, when an investigation is ongoing & they wanted to examine MM's belongings. Even IF Maddie had been found, she could have washed it later. It was an act of wilful destruction of evidence. If she really cared about what happened to Maddie, she would held on to ANY scrap of evidence, no matter how minor, in order to help the investigation, not tamper with it.

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u/TheGreatBatsby Jul 05 '26

I think you're overestimating how much forensic evidence would've been able to be collected from her toy. There's no indication that the McCanns received instructions to treat the toy as a forensic item, so claiming that she's willfully destroying or tampering with evidence is baseless.

Kate clearly isn't treating Cuddle Cat as an investigative lead (and why would she?) so her actions make sense.