The McCann parents are hiding behind the general public dissatisfaction that they left their children alone and that this resulted in Maddie being taken - they have chosen to substitute the real meaning in this case, of the usage of the word 'TAKEN'...
The reality in my opinion is that Maddie McCanns life was taken, not that she was taken by any abductor sometime between 9pm be 10pm on the evening of 3rd May 2007 - unless of course, you choose to ignore the fact as to whether or not that at the time Maddie McCann left apartment 5A for the very last time, on the last occasion, she was alive, or dead?
If you choose to believe she was alive at the time she left apartment 5A for the very last time, then reference to her being 'TAKEN' could mean that she was either abducted, or escorted out of the apartment by some prior arrangement, whereby several members of the tapas nine group had knowledge of such an arrangement! But if so, what could possibly be meant by the term 'knowlege of such an arrangenent'? Could Maddie have been sold on by the parents or one or other of their holiday group to child traffickers?
If Maddie was dead by the time she left apartment 5A for the very last time, you have to ask yourselves whether or not, and who would take the corpse of a dead child out of the apartment at such a critical moment in time, during a one hour period sandwiched between two visits to check on Maddie and the other two children by her parents?
Nobody would have taken the body of a dead child out of their bed, and arrange to do it at such a critical period during that alleged evenings activities, other than if it was dangerous to leave a dead child's body in that bed, or as the case may be in a cupboard in the parents bedroom, or from its hiding place behind the sofa and it be subject to examination during autopsy, at which time the actual cause of death would be discovered, as well as any other injuries the childs body may show evidence of...
If you are the parent, or if you are one or other of the tapas nine group who was / is responsible for Maddie's death, or they knew that 'other thing's had been happening to Maddie in her living years, which might come to light, then they or them, or he or she, would not want the body to be found inside the apartment and be subject of intense examination medically or criminally by the police - the only option to those who might have been involved or responsible in some way for Maddie's demise, would be to get rid of the body, to remove it from the apartment..
Alive, or dead, it's truly bizarre that any would be party involved in 'the taking' of Maddie's body from apartment 5A, occurring at such a convenient time sandwiched in between the two checks made by the parents, Gerry's check at 9pm, and Kate's check at 10pm..