Hi Lookout
Of course, you would look forever for your child. I know I would never give up. Blame must be an enormous burden. "Why did I not think to have my children safe by my side", must be felt by both sets of parents.
Trouble is it could happen to any of us...you turn your head for a few minutes and they are gone, like the toddler on the beach in Portugal....where Amaral said he had drowned in the sea, but he was taken....Children can be snatched from home like Elizabeth Short and there was an incident where a child was snatched from her own bath here in England....
Preditors are out there and they operate all over the world in my opinion.... Someone must know the truth Lookout. 
Patti it horrifies me the amount of children who are stolen. More so now than ever before. A few years ago,a friend and I were on the beach at Blanes/Spain, and a distraught little girl came to us crying for her mummy. Both my friend and I gathered up our stuff and walked up and down the beach with this child what seemed like ages,until we saw the poor demented mother near the sea thinking that the child may have wandered into the water.
I was absolutely furious at the time that the woman hadn't kept an eye on the little girl ( Amy ) and between my fury and the womans hysterics,there was quite a gathering that had surrounded us. However,I was glad it was me that the child came to,because I felt quite sick afterwards thinking what might have been. It's an horrendous and frightening feeling when there are hoards of people around.
To be honest,I could have hit the woman
but for her having been hysterical,I thought better of it.
I've thought about this woman when I read about children being taken,or missing.She was so distraught that day,it was awful to see,and I was vexed because of what could have happened. It doesn't bear thinking about what these parents go through.
