Sal Paradise wrote:
If the truth ever came out then we could all see what actually happened!! the McCann's were negligent in leaving their kids unattended - selfish in the extreme.
I was being sarcastic.
They were 100% in the wrong to leave her alone. They deserve a good slap for that. But what they've received is the **** kicked out of them every single day since then with the disappearance and possible death of their child.
The slap on the wrist of a child neglect charge is not really needed to make the point when they already live with the consequences of that night.
It would also be a slight mis-use of police time to be charging them with child neglect when they haven't managed to do a thing about finding the child.
Pushing a child neglect charge on to the parents would also probably lead to suggestions that the McCann's didn't just neglect her, but played an even bigger roll in her going missing.