News, Report: Police Believe Madeleine McCann Was Murdered By 'Panicked Pedophile'

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

I had heard very little of this case, I had not been aware that they went off and left their children unattended. I am astonished frankly. Even if they did dose their kids and they did stay asleep, think of all the other things that could go wrong.

In the little town I grew up in, there was a case where the Mother and Father were divorced, Mom worked at night as a nurse, she dosed all three of her children, the house caught on fire and all of them were killed. The firemen were having to go and get treatment from having to find a baby crawling across the floor, dead from smoke inhalation and the two older children upstairs in bed, dead from smoke inhalation. Drug testing showed they had been given Benadryl but had no signs of illness. As they were fighting the fire, the Mother came home, it took three firemen to keep her from running into the house.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by akm4

Ummmmmmmmm, the worst has happened.

Don't get me wrong- I'm a mom, and their actions left me both infuriated and bewildered. Still, I maintain there is no punishment worse than their reality.

I'd like to see at least a large fine or something, to drive home the point that even if the worst doesn't happen (which it usually doesn't), leaving children that young unsupervised is criminal.

[luvmyanimals]

I think they are suffering enough...I think what they did was wrong but I agree with akm4, they are suffering and for the rest of their lives.