Why did those people who say they saw Maddie not go to the newspapers?

Question

They say they saw her in their shop in Amsterdam then in belgium and reported it to the police. They knew it was an internationl story. - why did they not go to the papers when it seemed like nothing was being done to investigate?

Answer 1

If it were me,I would assume that having told the police they would do their job,something that sadly didn't happen,it's an outrage how this whole case has been handled.

We have heard in the last few days,lots of really good leads that were overlooked and discounted.

If these people had gone to the papers it could have made the abductors murder her immediately so as to avoid detection,so it was a very sensible thing to do.

Answer 2

would you, one assumes that the police are the people one goes to to tell them of anything suspicious, they are the ones leading the investigation and not the newspapers, and if they had its very likely that the police would have told them to mind their own business.  

Answer 3

Because perhaps if they reported it to the police........ They would assume that the cops would be doing their job and following it up.

Answer 4

I don't think they were sure it was her

Answer 5

What were the Dutch police doing, or not doing? Apparently, they didn't speak to the little girl, but bought some sob story from her minder. What a shameful outrage.

Answer 6

It had been investigated, but it turned out to be false, read the link below you can get some interesting information, from this blog.

Answer 7

They went to the police, not the gutter press. They did the right thing.  

Answer 8

Latest news-http://ndtvnews.net/

Answer 9

one of them said that the girl had different hair and different eyes.....so not maddie then!

Answer 10

who's she, you mean Madonna? she's all washed up

Answer 11

I you see a missing child you would call the police they are the people who have the authority to investigate and remove the child if need be, the press is just their to sh*t stir.

To be honest the Amsterdam  incident was investigated,an e -fit was drawn up and passed on to interpol, this in turn was made available to every police force in Europe so why people say nothing was done is beyond me :)

Answer 12

I can't imagine why! They say the cops never asked them. Wasted time.

Answer 13

They are either stupid for waiting so long or lying to get attention, which is very cruel to the parents.

Answer 14

because maddie is dead

her parents killed her with negligence and then (successfully) covered it up

Answer 15

Because the Dutch woman shop assistant did not know that a child had been abducted at that point.  All she knew was that a little girl apparently told her something about 'this woman is not my mummy', and 'I have been stolen from my holiday' - or words to that effect.

We cannot expect members of the public to do anything much unless and until certain facts are made clear to them.  This woman in A-Dam did contact the Dutch police as soon as she first heard about the Maddie abduction, saw a photo of Maddie and started putting two and two together.

How many of us can remember what we saw three weeks ago?

Lawyer for the defence - "Where were you on the night of the night when little Maddie was abducted?"

Answer 16

Because they are idiots like you going on and on about things we know very little.

Leave them alone and get on with your life.