The most obvious 'subliminal' suggestion is more of a 'brainwashing' propaganda technique...
Once Kate 'discovered' Maddie missing it was approximately 40mins later before the police were called..
During this time and in the following hours there were many calls made to family and friends, and, supposedly to Sky News within the first 10 mins.
It was seemingly IMPERATIVE to implant the 'abduction' theory....Once all the family knew....and once broadcast on Sky News the groundwork was laid.
One thing I have noticed is that many people tend to 'believe' the first thing they are told....all subsequent explanations are questioned.
In this case, the abduction explanation was locked in place so well that even discrepancies in the means of entry and the shutters not being 'jemmied' as Kate had said, tend to be 'ignored'.
Logic flies out the window and once a particular scenario is accepted, people find it difficult to admit their first instincts were possibly wrong and look for anything to justify being correct in their opinions..
The 'abduction' theory, regardless of being almost impossible and with no 'evidence', is still believed by tens of thousands...maybe millions of people!
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.�?/EM>
Joseph Goebbels