| Comment | That case is so sad. So many people who should and could have stepped in or noticed she wasn't around any more. Obviously it's thrown up a lot of questions about wider society and how modern life means people don't look out for each other as much and all that but I really wonder about her family. Her mother just seemed to assume she didn't want to see her and just left it - even though she knew how vulnerable her daughter was. The mother just got on with her life and didn't try to see her or bring any of this to anyone's attention.
The father seems to have just signed over guardianship of Margaret to this couple who were his friends - even though his fiancee was ready and willing to look after her - why did he do that?
And then there's plenty of other family who just never went looking for her.
I mean - we can question why GP didn't notice, why social work didn't notice, why society in general didn't notice she'd vanished but WHY didn't her family? If anything I feel like Margaret's family are just as guilty as the carers. As a family they signed her over to strangers and then just never contacted her or raised any concerns. What was their excuse? |
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