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Expat Ken Ralphs said that Christian B, the German drifter suspected of abducting Madeleine, tried to recruit a mutual friend to help find a youngster to sell to a childless couple.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It was so normal there to leave kids in the apartment and go eat in the hotel restaurant. You could even hire a staff member called a 'child listener' who would visit your room every so often and call you if they were crying. The group were actually being more cautious than most by checking on each kid themselves.

We can say in retrospect that it wasn't safe but it was the done thing then.