Sorry? Why would she assume and abductor if there were no reason to? Why not assume Madeleine woke and tried to find them?
The day before according to the McCanns they were berated by their 4 year old for not coming to her when she sat crying in her bed for over an hour.
Now what would you do the next night.
a. Stay with the children and eat together perhaps spending more time on their penultimate night.
b. Put them to bed early somehow get them asleep and then go out.
I would have chosen a.
Now knowing that your child was beside herself the night before crying and you went to check her and found her missing the first thing you would do is assume she had wandered off looking for her parents after you had made a search of the apartment.
They all had mobile phones didnt they? I mean who doesnt nowadays. You ring your husband and say come back quick Maddy is missing tell everyone to check on the way round make sure she isnt hiding. You stay put because you have other children to care for.
Now we are talking about a TRAINED DOCTOR HERE, someone who is used to dealing with emergencys and such things, not someone who would just PANIC.
I have lost a child too, and my first instinct was to look for her with my heart in my mouth I searched the house and called her name. I grabbed my other daughter knocked on the door and practically shoved her onto my neighbour and told her what was happening. I ran towards an area which was bushy and had flowers and stuff, and found her toddling along like nothing had happened.
Your first instinct is to look for the child, then the second instinct is to secure other children...well it is in my book anyway.
The one puzzle for me in all this. Why didnt the twins wake up?