P. 3465 - 3466
Return of samples.

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albym wrote:
After some scrounging, a lot of reverse-engineering and a final confirmation from nicked, I think this is the summary of materials:

Cross-reference to Lowe(final) and Palmer reports:
Delivery 286: 24 items listed
- All referenced in Lowe(final);
- Items 1-20 all NON-perishable; No record found of their having been returned to PT;
- Items 21-24 perishable - profiles obtained from 3; bush unfruitful.
Delivery 286A: 33 items listed
- All referenced in Lowe(final);
- Items 1-15 A&B (30 items) all perishable;
- Items 16 (2 pieces) and 16B (curtains) not perishable; No record found of their having been returned to PT.
- Item 16 (one blue curtain) and 16B (white curtain) not tested.
Delivery 286B: 1 item listed
- Referenced in Lowe(final);
- (curtain section) not perishable and not tested. No record found of it having been returned to PT.
Delivery 286C: 34 items listed
- Items 1D, 2E, 10, 12 and 14 (profile) referenced in Lowe(final);
- Items 1-9, 11 (all hairs and fibres) referenced in Palmer report;
- Items 13 and 15 not referenced in either report;
- Item 14 perishable;
- Items 1-13 and 15 non-perishable: and record found of their return to PT.

Overall Summary:
- 92 items listed;
- 90 items referenced in the two reports;
- 35 items perishable, presumed consumed, stored or destroyed per FSS rules;
- 33 non-perishable items: record found of their return;
- 24 non-perishable items: no record found of their return;
- 3 items not tested;
- 2 items not referenced in either report (286C: 13 and 15).

Question: Are there other return records for deliveries 286 (20 items), 286A (3 items) and 286B (1 item)?

Added the image links to this post on 6 Dec 08:
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Outros Apensos b pdf02 page47 - FSS AL Palmer
Outros Apensos b pdf02 page48 - FSS AL Palmer
Outros Apensos b pdf02 page48 - FSS AL Palmer
Outros Apensos b pdf02 page50 - FSS AL Palmer
Outros Apensos b pdf02 page51 - FSS AL Palmer


Notes:
1. Free translation - NOT literal.
2. The word 'DOWN' [Pêlos] is used in addition to 'HAIR' [Cabelos] - I presume that in Portuguese this distinguishes between real head/underarm/genital hair [cabelos] and bum-fluff or fine, immature body hair - OR - Cabelos may signify head-hair only and Pêlos signifies all other body hair. A real Portuguese speaker will have to clarify if needed.

EDIT: 7/12/08: Confirmed with a Portuguese friend:
"Cabelos" is used only for hair from the head; "Pêlos" is used for all other body hair.

3. Sometimes verb tenses swung from past to present and back again within a paragraph, and to the future in one case. As far as possible, I tried to be faithful to the verb tenses as written.
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Witness deposition: Andrew Lloyd Palmer; Age: Older than 18 years
Profession: Forensic scientist
Address: FSS
References: FSS: 300655190, 400972691; Client: Operation TASK
CJS/URN: 07/06085

I declare that:
This deposition (comprising five pages signed by me) is the truth, to the best of my knowledge, and that I give it knowing that, if it should be presented as evidence, I would be subject to legal penalty should I have declared anything that I know to be false or that I think is not true;
I declare also that,
I am expert in the field of forensic sciences and that I was asked to give a deposition. I confirm that I have read the guidelines contained in the document Disclosure: Expert's evidence and unused material, that specifies my functions and documents my responsibilities, with respect to disclosure as an expert witness.
[NOTE: Here I skipped the rest of the legal mumbo-jumbo to get to the meat of the deposition]
Signed 9 November 2007

Qualifications and experience
I am a qualified Chartered Biologist [Footnote 6 states: The highest professional level achievable] and a member of the Biological Institute. I have 25 years experience as a forensic scientist. During this period I have examined hundreds of objects in the detection of blood, semen, saliva, fibres, hair, down and other trace material derived from [human] contact. I have been present at many crime scenes, having given technical opinions in various cases involving the detection of blood and the interpretation of samples of blood spots/specks. I have drafted reports and have given depositions in numerous cases of homicide, sexual violence and other cases involving the transfer of body fluids and the interpretation of the results of DNA profiles. I am a forensic ?doctor/practitioner?, registered with the Order [presumably of Forensic Medecine], specialising in DNA analysis, body fluids, capillary distribution [system of blood flow around the human body], down, hair and fibres.
Laboratory reference
The lab reference of this case is 300655190
Objects received
According to the lab records of 7 August and 6 September 2007 the objects referred to in this report entered the FSS laboratory in Birmingham, having been remitted by the Police Science Laboratory of Portugal and by the Leicestershire (UK) Police, respectively.
Objective
The objective of my examination was to determine if down or hair was recovered from the Renault Scenic 59-DA-27 and, if affirmative, to determine if those may have come from Madeleine McCann.
Mobilisation of scientific support people
The examination of the objects in this case was done with the assistance of scientific support people. A list of those people, together with a brief description of the work that each performed, is in the Forensic Examination Record/Register, which I present as exhibit ALP/1. It is a complete record of all work done, together with notes made during the examination. These notes are available in the lab for verification, if necessary.
Examination and results
Reference objects
I received [obtained] information from the pillow-case SJM/1, the tops SJM2, 4 and 5, and the hairbrush SJM/36 belonging to Madeleine McCann or used by her. The hair found on these objects was used in substitution of [in place of] reference samples of her hair, [which were] not considered to be authentic samples of her hair.

No hair was recovered from the pillow-case SJM/1 nor the hairbrush SJM/36.

A total number of twelve [12] hairs or hair fragments were recovered from the tops SJM/2, SJM/4 and SJM/5. All of these appeared to be hair and not down, being mainly blonde in colour. One of the hairs was brown and distinctly darker than the other hairs, suggesting, at the least, that this was a hair from someone else.

The remaining eleven hairs/fragments varied in length from 4 millimetres to 45 millimetres [~1/8" to ~1,3/4"]. I could not conclude that all hairs were from the same person. If they had been from Madeleine McCann, then they are not representative/typical/characteristic of a sample of her hair, given the length of that seen in photographs of her.

Objects from the Renault Scenic - licence plate 59-DA-27
The following objects recovered from the scenic were subjected to examination:
1A, 1B, 1C, 1D,
2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E,
3,
4A, 4B, 4C,
5A, 5B, 5C,
6A, 6B, 6C,
7A, 7B, 7C,
8A, 8B, 8C,
9 and
11 (2 objects).

There were more than two hundred hairs, down or fragments of hair and down. The majority appeared to be different from the blonde reference hairs recovered from SJM2, 4 and 5. Furthermore, no blonde hair consistent with that seen in photographs of Madeleine McCann was found.

Approximately 15 hairs, down or fragments were blonde and fair, presenting a similarity with the reference material. All were of insufficient length to make a solid [definitive] comparison. Furthermore, they are too short to do mitocondrial DNA tests. Folicle root material is insufficient for standard DNA tests.

Four hairs - one from 7B and three from 7C - were sent for Low Copy Number DNA testing. The results of those tests will be presented by my colleague John Lowe.

Conclusion
In the objects recovered from the Scenic, there were around 15 blonde/fair hairs similar to the reference hairs from SJM2, 4 and 5. However, as it was not possible to do solid [definitive] or significant [forensically meaningful] tests it is not possible for me to determine if, or not, these could have been from Madeleine McCann.

The conclusions expressed in the present deposition are based on information available at the date of the examination. In the case that there are changes to that information, or additional information becomes available, it may be necessary to reconsider my interpretation and conclusions. That re-evaluation will be most effective when done immediately prior to any judgement.

A.L. Palmer

Translated by Lieve Van Loock.

============ END OF DEPOSITION ==========

Ines wrote:
Processos Vol 10

Pages 2641 to 2654

Service Information

To: The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Gonçalo Amaral

From: Ricardo Paiva, Inspector

Subject: Laboratory Examinations – Forensic Report

Date: 2007.09.14

In the course of the current investigation identified above, in which we are investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, examinations of DNA profile and samples, collected by this PJ, were carried out at the Birmingham Forensic Laboratory in the U.K.

The partial results of those forensic tests were communicated to this police force by Superintendent Stuart Prior, Police liaison from Leicestershire, via emails from that laboratory and from a partial Forensic Report dated August 07 of 2007.

However, it was verified that due to an oversight of that laboratory, in the aforementioned forensic report, there are inconsistencies with what was related previously in emails sent from a forensic specialist to Superintendent Stuart Prior. For this reason, the English authorities suggest that we await the final report from the laboratory to be sent to this police force, with the conclusion of the results of the laboratory forensic analyses that are still being carried out.

I hereby send you the forensic report referred to, in English with a respective translation for your perusal.

Signed,
Inspector Ricardo Paiva



(Note:The FSS report that follows this note is dated 6th September 2007)


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SERVICE INFORMATION

Process: 201/07.0 GALGS
Date: 2007.09.14

To: Criminal Investigation Coordinator, Lic. Gonçalo Amaral
From: Ricardo Paiva, Inspector

Subject: Laboratorial exams – Forensics Report

During the course of the ongoing investigation within the abovementioned inquiry, which investigates the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the Forensics Laboratory of Birmingham, in England, has carried out DNA profile analyses on samples that were collected by this Police force.

The partial results of said forensics analyses have been communicated to this police throughout the course of the investigation by Detective Superintendent Stuart Prior, a liaison officer for the Leicestershire Police, through emails from that laboratory and a partial Forensics Report that is dated August 7, 2007.

Nevertheless, it was verified that due to a lapse from that laboratory, the cited Forensics Report contained inconsistencies with what had previously been reported by a forensics expert in the emails that were received by Superintendent Stuart Prior, this being the reason why the English authorities suggested that we await the laboratory’s Final Report, which will be delivered to this Police Force when the lab forensics analyses, which are still being carried out, are concluded.

Therefore, I send you the cited Forensics Report in English language, with the corresponding translation, for whichever purpose you may find convenient.

The Inspector,

(Ricardo Paiva)

letter from Denton
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Ricardo Manuel Gonçalves Paiva

De: Ricardo Manuel Gonçalves Paiva
Enviado: quarta-feira, 31 de Outubro de 2007 17:20
Para: 'Prior Stuart'
Assunto: Madeleine McCann's investigation - Questons to the Birmingham Laboratory
Anexos: Ricardo Manuel Gonçalves Paiva.vcf; Solicitação exames Inglaterra.doc; Informação remessa pijama para inglaterra.doc

Hello, good afternoon Stuart!

As previously agreed with you on the phone, here I send the questions

to be officially posed to the Forensic Laboratory of Birmingham, that

will be included in the Letter of Request.

Best regards,

Inspector Ricardo Paiva

Processos Vol XIII

Pages 3578 to 3590 (in English, PJ translation I presume)
Same text also in Vol XIII pages 3940 to 3948.

(Note: There is no date for this correspondence, neither is there a reference as to whom it is addressed).


a. List of samples collected from 5A and examined and report of events and evidence collected

On May 3rd 2007, under unknown circumstances, a child – Madeleine Beth McCann – went missing from the apartment she was sharing with her parents, brother and sister, at the resort “Ocean Club”, located in Praia da Luz, Lagos.

At a first stage of the investigation, confronted with the disappearance, while considering that the child could have walked out of the apartment, on her own, and could have got lost in the area, the abduction theory was the one which achieved more consistency, partly due to the parents suspicions. After police intervention, the searches already started furthered and progressively enlarged to gradually farther distant area, with the involvement of search dog teams and numerous human resources.

During that stage of the investigation, the apartment was searched by members of the Crime Scene Team from the Laboratorio de Policia Cientifica [Police Forensic Science Laboratory] of the Portuguese Criminal Police, and samples were collected. Those samples, namely hair and a sperm stain, were sent to the National Institute of Legal Medicine (INML)to be analysed taking into account the DNA profile of the missing child-that had been provided-, as well as one of her parents and the ones of friends who belonged to a common group, and who went to the above mentioned tourist resort following previous arrangements among them.

Following the forensic tests carried out at INML, some DNA were obtained which linked profiles of some people within the group of friends, to the profiles of the child’s parents and even to the profiles of other people at the site. Until this moment, unidentified mitochondrial DNA profiles were also obtained. On the other hand, it was possible to define the autosomic STR profile of the sperm stain detected on the bedspread of one of the beds in the bedroom from where the child went missing. It has been already checked that there is no matching between the obtained genetic profile and the profile of the various samples of reference, which include the ones of the parents, friends, and others. Therefore, that DNA profile is now being forwarded to you, so that it can be inserted in your database, with the request that you check if it matches any of the genetic profiles from 3 British citizens who had stayed in the apartment in question, before the McCanns started to use that apartment on May 3rd, 2007.

Thus, and considering the submitted samples, which preliminary report has already been forwarded to us, and in order to provide a better outline and classification, we hereby indicate the data and the circumstances of that sample collection. Furthermore, we also enclose some queries which answers we would like you to include in your final report. We are looking forward to receiving it and we appreciate it could be submitted to us as soon as possible.

b) Samples collected in the living room of the apartment 5A, block A, Ocean Club, tourist resort – Praia da Luz, Lagos, on August 1st, 2007, following the examination carried out by a British specialist dog team. Delivery note no. 286/2007 –CR/L):

1. Pieces of tile number 1.
2. Pieces of tile number 2.
3. Pieces of tile number 3.
4. Pieces of tile number 4.
5. Pieces of tile identified next to tile number 1.
6. Pieces of skirting board number 1.
7. Pieces of skirting board number 2.
8. Pieces of skirting board identified between skirting boards 2 and 3.
9. Pieces of skirting board number 3.
10. Pieces of skirting board number 4.
11. Pieces of the skirting board identified next to skirting board 1.
12. Pieces of the skirting board identifies next to skirting board 4.
13. Residues/small fragments from the area of the collected skirting boards.
14. Residues/small fragments from the are of the collected tiles.
15. Existing grout between the tiles and the upper area of the collected tiles.
16. Existing grout around tile 1.
17. Existing grout around tile 2.
18. Existing ground around tile 3.
19. Existing grout around tile 4.
20. Residues of tiles, cement-glue and existing grout in the area from where the tiles were collected.
21. Fragments of bushes.

Mouth swabs collected from the below mentioned crime scene examiners are also added hereby. Those examiners carried out the sample collections aimed at identifying possible contamination.
22. Two mouth swabs from Fernando Jose Silva Viegas.
23. Two mouth swabs from Lino Manuel Lima Henriques.
24. Two mouth swabs from Bruno Jorge P Ossidonio Mendes Antunes.

b) Samples collected in the living room of the apartment 5A, block A, Ocean Club, tourist resort, Praia da Luz, Lagos, on August 3rd, 2007, following the second examination carried out by a British specialist dog team (Delivery note no. 286B/2007-CR/L):

1. A piece of fabric from white curtain next to a window in the living room.
C) Samples collected in the living room of the apartment 5A, block A, Ocean Club tourist resort, Praia Da Luz, Lagos, on August 4th , 2007, following the second examination carried out by a British specialist dog team (Delivery note no. 286A/2007-CR/L):
1A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
1B. Stain on the floor collected using a swab, wet with distilled water.
2A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
2B. Stain on the floor collected using a swab, wet with distilled water.
3A. Stain on the floor collected suing a dry swab.
3B. Stain on the floor collected using a swab, wet with distilled water.
4A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
4B. Stain on the floor collected using a swab, wet with distilled water.
5A. Stain on the wall using a dry swab.
5B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
6A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
6B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
7A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
7B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
8A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
8B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
9A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
9B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
10A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
10B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
11A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
11B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
12A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
12B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
13A. Stain on the floor collected using a dry swab.
13B. Stain on the wall collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
14A. Stain in the rear of a sofa collected using a dry swab.
14B. Stain on the wall behind a sofa collected using a swab wet with distilled water.
15A. Stain in the rear of a sofa collected using a dry swab.
16. Two curtains made of blue fabric.
16B. One curtain made of white fabric, and a blue coloured tieback.

d) Samples collected in the metallic grey Renault Scenic vehicle, number plate 59-Da-27, on August 6th, 2007, following the second examination carried out by a British specialist dog team (Delivery note no. 286C/2007-CR/L):

1A. Head hair collected from the driver’s seat.
2A. Head hair collected to the right of passenger’s seat.
2B. Head hair collected from the floor next to the right front passenger’s seat.
3. Head hair collected between the front seats.
4A. Head hair collected from the left area of the back seat.
5A. Head hair collected from the middle area of the back seat.
6A. Head hair collected from the right area of the back seat.
7A. Head hair collected from the left seat of the luggage area.
8A. Head hair collected from the right seat of the luggage area.
9. Head hair collected from the vehicle luggage area.

1D. Nail fragment collected in the floor in front of the driver’s seat.
2E. Nail fragment collected in the floor in front of the driver’s seat.

1B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back of the driver’s seat.
1C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom of the driver’s seat.
2C. Fibres and possible head hair from the back of the right front passenger’s seat.
2D. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom of the right front passenger’s seat.
4B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back in the left area of the back seat.
4C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom in the left area of the back seat.
5B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back in the middle area of the back seat.
5C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom in the middle area of the back seat.
6B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back in the right area of the back seat.
6C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom in the right area of the back seat.
7B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back of the left seat in the vehicle luggage area.
7C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom in the left area of the back seat.
8B. Fibres and possible head hair from the back of the right seat in the vehicle luggage area.
8C. Fibres and possible head hair from the bottom of the right seat in the vehicle luggage area.
11. Fibres and possible head hair in the rear shelf/luggage cover.
13. Pattern sample of the fabric covering the vehicle seats.


Material identified during the inspection carried out by the specialist dog team:

10. Parts of the vehicle luggage area.
12. Vehicle ignition key.


We also enclose mouth swabs and pattern samples taken from the clothes worn by the Portuguese fingerprint expert, Pedro Miguel Filipe Goncalo Vilhena, who drove the vehicle under examination, with a view to allowing for possible contamination screening.

14. Two mouth swabs from Pedro Miguel Filipe Goncalo Vilhena.
15. Pattern samples taken from the clothes worn by Pedro Miguel Filipe Goncalo Vilhena.

Queries:
As for trace evidence in the Delivery Note no. 286/207-CR/L is regarded, we request that:
• the biological traces concerning items 1 to 20 be researched, and their nature and respective DNA profiles determined (if possible).
• the blood traces concerning item 21 be researched, and their respective DNA profiles determined.

As far as the trace evidence in the Delivery Note no. 286B/2007 – R/L is concerned, we hereby request that any biological evidence be researched, and its nature and respective DNA profiles determined (if possible).

As for the trace evidence in the Delivery note no. 286A/2007-CR/L, we request that
• The nature of biological trace evidence concerning items 1A to 15B be determined (if possible), as well as its respective DNA profiles.
• The biological trace evidence regarding items 16 and 16B be researched, and its nature and respective DNA profiles determined (if possible).

As regards the trace evidence in the Delivery Note no. 286C/2007-CR/L, we hereby request you to:
• Determine whether head hair samples 1A, 2A, 2B, 3, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, and 9, as well as occasional head hairs contained in items 1B, 1C, 2C, 2D, 4B, 4C, 5B, 5C, 6B, 6C, 7B, 7C, 8B, 8C, and 11 originate from ante mortem or post-mortem deposition;
• Determine its respective DNA profiles, as well; and in case some of these samples are identified as belonging to the missing child, provide a toxicological research for any medicinal substances present therein;
• Determine the respective DNA profiles regarding items 1D and 2E;
• Research biological trace evidence concerning items 10 and 12, and determine (if possible) its biological nature and respective DNA profiles;
• Compare fibres present in items 1B, 1C, @C, 2C, 4B, 4C, 5B, 5C, 6B, 6C, 7B, 7C, 8B, 8C, and 11 with the pyjamas items in the Delivery Note no. 397/2007-CR/L. taking into account the standard samples from the fabric covering the vehicle seats (items 13) and the vehicle driver’s clothing (items 15).

We further request the DNA profile comparison concerning the English citizens that stayed in the apartment throughout 2007, where the above-referred sperm stain was found.
-FAWKES, SIMON ANDREW
-DAMBROSIO, CARLO
-GORDON, PAUL ANTHONY

With the DNA profile

D3S1358 15-18 CSFIPO 10-11
HUMTHOI 9.3 Penta D 9
D21511 29-32.2 VWA 18
D18551 17-18 D8S1179 12-13
Penta E 7-8 TPOX 11
D5S818 12-13 Fibra 20-24
D13S317 12-14 D2SI338 18-25
D75820 10-12 D19S433 13-15
D16S539 11 Amelogemine XY

Obtained by the INML, IP from a bedspread of a bed located next to the window of the children’s bedroom in Apartment 5A, block A, in the Ocean Club, tourist resort, Praia da Luz, Lagos, with the results obtained by this laboratory.

At last, we request a reply as regards the previous queries concerning the collected mouth swabs from NEIL BERRY and RAJINDER RAJ SING BALU, as well as their DNA profiles comparisons with the results obtained in that laboratory, and also the comparison with the mitochondrial DNA profiles already submitted.

Best Regards,
Criminal Investigation Superior Coordinator

Paulo Rebelo

*****Page 3590*****
Further to our previous message regarding dates and circumstances concerning the collection of the evidence to be examined in your laboratory, along with the enclosed queries, we further inform you that a pair of pyjamas will be later handed over (delivery note 397/2007-CR/L), similar to those Madeleine Beth McCann was wearing when she went missing.

Best regards,
Criminal Investigation Superior Coordinator

Paulo Rebelo

Processos Vol. XIII page 3949

Com referência à nossa comunicação anterior relativa às datas e circunstancias da recolha dos
vestígios a serem examinados no vossa laboratório, cujos quesitos são também formulados,
esclarece-se que posteriormente sará engregue em mão um pijama (guia de entraga 397/2007-
CR-L) em tudo idêntico aquele que suava a menor Madeleine Beth Mc Cann aquando do seu
desaparecimento.


Com os melhores cumprimentos
O Coordenador Superior De Investigação Criminal

(Paulo Rebelo)


Further to our previous message regarding dates and circumstances concerning the collection
of the evidence to be examined in your laboratory, along with the enclosed queries, we further
inform you that a pyjamas will be later handed over (delivery note 397/2007-CR-L), similar to
the one Madeleine Beth Mc Cann was wearing when she went missing.


Best regards
Criminal Investigation Superior Coordinator

(Paulo Rebelo)

Cartas Rogatorias Vol 8

Pages 5 - 7


FSS – Forensic Science Service
(Scientific Service Forensics)

REPORT ON ANALYSES

This is the report on the results found in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, compiled by JONH (sic) ROBERT LOWE BSc Cbiol MIBiol RFP
Forensic Science Service Ltd
Birmingham Laboratory, Priory House, Gooch
Street North, Birmingham, B5 6QQ
Tel. 0121 607 6973
e-mail: john.lowe@fss.pnn.police.uk

The report consists of three pages and explains the work carried out in the following case:

Reference:
FSS Reference: 300 655 190 / 401 020 769
Client reference: Operation Task
Date: 22nd May 2008

Dear Sir

The purpose of this report is to summarise the results of various search information, carried out using the National DNA Data Base and the implementation of information from the monotorised data base.

The LCN DNA profile previously obtained from the following data submitted, were subjected to one single search by the National DNA Database.

The information contained in this report is the result of the examination work done in the abovementioned case. The discoveries and results of the examination were recorded and retained according to the “Disclosure” manual: Forensic evidence and material not used. The information contained in this report is not destined to be used as proof and it is agreed that if this report or any information contained in it would have the aim of being used as a proof for defence, it would be necessary for me to make a statement in accordance with s9 or s10 CJA 1967.

286A/2007/CRL1A & B
286A/2007/CRL4A & B
286A/2007/CRL9A & B
286A72007/CRL16A & B


Numerous similarities were returned to the National DNA Database for the DNA profile obtained from 286A/2007/CRL4A & B; I used additional information within the results that do not serve for inclusion in the search parameters in order to eliminate all of them, except for two of these similarities. The two remaining similarities were recorded with the bar code 90264515 & 90374723. These samples are DNA profiles obtained using the old SGM system which examines 6 areas of DNA. The new system SGMplus examines these 6 areas as well as four more areas. If these two profiles were updated, in my opinion they would also be eliminated as possible DNA providers, given the result obtained from 286A/2007/CRL4A & B.

Numerous similarities were sent to the National DNA database for the DNA profile obtained from 286A/2007/CRL9A & B, I used additional information within the results but they did not serve for inclusion in the search parameters, in order to eliminate these similarities.

Numerous similarities were sent to the National DNA database for the DNA profile obtained from 286A/2007/CRL16A & B, I used additional information within the results but they did not serve for inclusion in the search parameters, in order to eliminate these similarities.

Just for information purposes, a data base was constructed with voluntary samples, with the aim of obtaining monotorised information. In accordance with the available registers, the data base consists of 286 voluntary samples, four of which were rejected. The voluntary DNA profiles were compared to the following samples:

286A/2007/CRL1A & B
286A/2007/CRL4A & B
286A/2007/CRL9A & B
286A/72007/CRL16A & B

The voluntary samples were also compared to “crime stain 1), a DNA profile obtained by Portuguese scientists using their DNA profile system. The profile was recuperated from a suspected semen stain taken from a blanket from apartment 5 A.

From the available registers I conclude that 281 voluntary samples were eliminated as DNA contributors in relation to the list of profile searches mentioned above, given that the profile does not coincide with the profile found, in this sequence the DNA cannot originate from them.



But I conclude that, the DNA profiles obtained from the “crime stain 1” and 286A/2007/CRL9A & B coincide with C******* G****** (bar code 51156964).

I believe that C***** G***** was born on 29th Jan 2005 and if this is the case, in my opinion, the DNA profile obtained from “crime stain 1” is not a result from semen found on the blanket.


If you require more information regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact me.

John Lowe

From Rogatory Letter sent to the UK

Cartas Rogatorias Vol II

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Questions for FSS

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XVIII To request the original copies of the examinations made by the FSS, as well as the proceedings that led to the conclusions obtained, along with the answers to the queries on the Official Letter (enclosed – document A) requesting forensic examinations, which in the meantime, has already been sent by email to the FSS.


XIX Complementary request in the scope of the abovementioned official letter, to compare all the profiles obtained in the tests already carried out, with those in the British national database.

XX To request the comparison of all the obtained profiles with Madeleine McCann’s reliable reference samples (demonstrated to belong to her).