Process Vol II Page 291

External Diligence Millenium Restaurant 06/05/2007


We went to the area where we attempted to locate the Millenium Restaurant, to verify it, that the same belonged to the tourist resort Ocean Club of Praia da Luz. In that place, we verified that to access it it is necessary to pass through the reception where they demanded our identification. The head of the restaurant, Luis Barros, contactable on mobile xxx, clarified that the group of whom the missing child and her parents were part, comprising eight adults and nine children, ate in that restaurant on the day they arrived, namely 28.04.2007, because the other restaurants of the resort were closed. They all ate as a group, parents and children. He referred also that that group came with a half-board scheme, i.e. the right to breakfast and to dinner. In relation to dinner they only ate there on that day, although they took breakfast every day in that place accompanied by the children. He pointed out that, while the space is open to the general public for dinner, it is used almost exclusively by clients of the "resort". Having been shown the photo of the Polish couple, he did not recognise them. We also contacted the receptionist, Monica Marques, mobile number xxx, who told us that besides herself her colleague Elisa, mobile number xxx, and intermittently Luisa Coutinho, mobile number xxx, worked there. Having been shown the photograph of the Polish individuals, Monica Marques said that she had never seen those people.

Processos Vol III

Pages 750 – 751

External Inquiry Report

Date: 2007-05-08

Place: Cepsa Service Station, Lagoa on the A22

Officer who requested the inquiry: Inspector Matos

Officers responsible for inquiry: Inspectors Brigantim and Dordonnat

Description and result of inquiry:

On this date we went to the Cepsa service station on the A22 in Lagoa with the purpose of gathering information related to the presence, at about 02.30 on the 04-05-2007 of an individual of Spanish nationality, or at least who expressed himself in Spanish, who had asked an employee about the way to Luz.

The employee in question was not present as he had worked the night shift but had referred to the fact that on the night of 3rd – 4th May at about 02.10 or 02.15 a Spanish speaking individual had asked about the way to Luz.

This individual was heading north (in the direction of Faro/Portimao) and the employee did not see the vehicle that the individual got out of. But he adds that the individual was male, aged about 35, 1.70m in height with short dark hair and wearing a blue shirt.

The service station has a camera vigilance system with digital support (CD ROM) and the system has an hours’s difference.

The employee said that the individual arrived when he was talking on the telephone.

In accordance with the information given by the employee, the images from the video tape correspond to 05-05-2007 at 03.00 (corresponding to 03-05-2007 at 02.00) and at 03.08 the employee is visible making a phone call.

The video did not show any individual, just a white merchandise vehicle with Portuguese number plates.

It was added that this was seen between 02.00 and 02.35 (03.00 – 03.35 on the recording).

It was stated that the external camera enables the visualisation of persons and vehicles in deficient quality given the conditions of where the camera is placed.

The owner of the service station was asked to keep the recordings relating to that period.

Nothing else was found of interest to the inquiry.

Signed.

Processos Volume IV

Pages 854-855


External Inquiry Report

Date: 2007/05/09
Place: Praia da Luz - Lagos
Responsible Officers: Raquel Neves and Tony Almeida, Inspectors
Description and result of the inquiry:

In the sequence of information received by this Policia Judiciaria on this date, at around 11H40, we went to the Video Club “Eureka Services", located in Praia da Luz - Lagos, in order to contact Mr. S**** R******, the owner of the establishment.
…
Following an informal conversation, we were informed by that individual that he had remembered that on the previous Thursday, 3rd May, 2007, at the time he was closing up his shop, around 22h45, a small vehicle, whose make, model and number plate he does not remember, the only identifying element he captured was the colour of the vehicle—a dull red, almost as if the colour has been burnt off, sic, due to prolonged exposure to sunlight. Inside the vehicle, he could only make out the presence of one person, as well as a dog in the front passenger's seat.
…
At the moment that said vehicle passed him, he observed that the driver was looking towards the back seat . Mr R***** affirms that he did not have, at that time, the opportunity to determine what was in the back of the car.
…
When questioned, he further noted that he recognised the identity of the driver, indicating that it was a female, of Brazilian nationality, 1,70 cm in height, 25/26 years of age, slim with lightly coloured skin. He even added her name, S*** S***** because she and her partner had previously worked at his parents’ farm. …
Due to minor arguments caused by the misuse of tools, involving mainly the woman’s companion identified as E***** S*****, the latter, also of Brazilian nationality, and Mr. R*****, effectively came to blows, and the services of the couple were concluded.
…
He adds that some of the physical aggressions he suffered in Marina de Lagos, had required help from the local police;
…
After the couple were fired, he found out that they went to work in the Marina de Lagos, in the area of repairs/maintenance of boats, and more concretely, for a boat which was moored there and that they it as their residence. He furthers that it was a catamaran of high dimensions with the name "TROPICS";
…
Another individual called R***** also worked in that place with the couple. R*****’s telephone number is xxxxxxxxx, and he may help in determining other elements;
…
He only remembered the episode at this point, because in making some associations, given the disappearance of the child, it reminded of him of this couple who mentioned that they had an exceptional desire to have a child of their own;
…
After the facts occurred, he also stated that they had left Marina de Lagos, as the vessel was no longer found in that place.


When questioned about the physical characteristics of E**** S*****, he identified him as being bald, with a strong build, around 1,70 m in height, dark skin tone and around 42 years of age.

Signed.

Processos Vol IV pages 868 to 869 - Diligence carried out on couple in Edificio Pedras Brancas, Luz, Lagos 2007.05.09

EXTERNAL INQUIRY REPORT

Date: 2007/05/09
Place: Edificio Pedras Brancas, no. *** - Luz - Lagos

Responsible Officers: Reis Santos, Inspector Chief, Helder Carmo and Tony Almeida

Description and result:
---At 08H30, it came to the attention of the PJ, from an individual who chose not to identify himself, that the day before yesterday (08/05/07), a couple resident at number *** Edificio Pedras Brancas – Luz – Lagos, had conversed, and in the middle of the conversation it appeared to him that they were discussing a child and the possibility of the Police finding her in that place;
---We immediately left for that residence indicated above;
---Upon approaching the residence in question, we were greeted by the owner identified as K*** P***** K*****, born 12/04/1968, in Scarborough – U.K., holder of a British passport no. ******, and to whom we explained the reason for our visit. He immediately invited the PJ inspectors to enter and to carry out all necessary checks;
---In conversation with K*** K******, he confirmed having had a discussion with his wife and referred to the situation of the missing child and that she had to be found by the police in the Luz area;
---K*** ***** also informed the officers that on 02/05/2007, he was hospitalised due to a right foot fracture;
---He also identified his wife, S****** D***** R*****, - Germany, holder of a German passport, no. **********;
---We looked through the home, and nothing was found.


Signed

Documents linked in toc except for the one above because it has no page number.
Ines could it be this one? 835—External diligence carried out in Lagos 2007.05.05

Don't think its that one. Will check.


ETA: Its this one

868 to 869 - Diligence carried out on couple in Edificio Pedras Brancas, Luz, Lagos 2007.05.09

Processos Vol IV

Pages 957 - 958

External Inquiry Report

Date. 2007-05-11

Place: Ocean Club, P da L.

Responsible Officers: Officers Joao Carlos and Luis Pereira

Description and Result:


Systematically analysed with the elements contained in the investigation that indicate how the action could eventually have occurred, the possibility of placing different valid hypotheses referring to the process of the action was concluded, it being the case that in all the equated scenarios, the direction of the escape route taken by the author (abductor) was questioned.

It should be remembered that Jane Tanner’s witness statement confirms having seen and individual carrying a child, who would have left from Block 5 A and turned to the right, walking along Rua Agostinho da Silva and crossing the road at the junction with Rua Direita, where the entrance to the Tapas restaurant is situated, the route used by the parents when checking on the children, in this way placing himself at greater exposure.

In effect, if the action had been planned, the author should have - bearing in mind the physical space - chosen the contrary direction as his escape route, where there was a parking area at a distance of 20 metres, which would have been a discreet way to enable him to leave the scene unnoticed.

Given this reasoning, it was judged appropriate to visit the scene, in order to see the geographical viability of the correct perception of the events, or at least the closest possible approximation regarding their truth.

It was immediately possible to note that the Casa Liliana house, situated in Rua da Ramalhete, P da L, Lagos, owned by Robert Murat, could also de designated as Casa Liliana, situated on Rua Agostinho Silva, or in other words, situated in the same road as Block 5, precisely in the direction taken by the suspicious individual, described in Jane Tanner’s witness account.

An image of the site is attached with indications relating to the above description.

Comment by the officer responsible for the inquiry:

Excepting superior opinion, the fact that had not been explained, concerning the abductor’s escape route, would be clarified in the case that it were possible to report that the author (abductor) lives or has access to some space next to the site, namely in the direction in which an individual was seen to be leaving.

Signed


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Processos Vol II Page 316

External Inquiry

Date: 2007/05/07
Place: Lagos/Ponta da Piedade
Officer responsible for inquiry: Carlos Pimenta, Inspector and Pedro Vilhena

Description and Result of Inquiry
Yesterday afternoon, a German citizen, E***** V****, contacted the Lagos Maritime Police to say that during a boat outing in the zone in front of Farol da Ponta da Piedade, in Lagos, he saw a dark coloured bag amongst the cliffs, the bag was of some volume, contents unknown .
Given that this individual was not available for the rest of the day, it was not possible for the Maritime Police to locate this object and the inquiry was programmed for today, in the morning.
Embarking from " Lagos", at around 09h00, leaving from the quay of the marina (Lagos), the undersigned in the company of Assistant Specialist Pedro Vilhena, Commander Marques Pereira as well as two officers from the Maritime Police, following the indications of E**** V***, who accompanied us, we left for the ocean to the exact place where the bag in question could be observed. The bag was found lying on a part of the cliffs with difficult access, about 15 metres above the water line. Upon considering the place where the article was found, we had other PJ
officers go to the same place via land. These officers managed to reach the bag in question and proceed to recover it.
Photographic reports follow the statements with land-earth perspective.
Attached to the statements is the RDE elaborated by the "team" which collected the article in question.
Comments and or the proposition by the officer who executed the inquiry: Signature of the officer

Processos Vol II
Pages 321 - 322

External Inquiry

Date: 2007/05/07
Place: Lagos/Ponta da Piedade
Officer who requested the inquiry: Gonçalo Amaral
Officer who carried out the inquiry: Vitor Matos and Jorge Reis, Chief Inspectors, Antonio Brigantim, Carlos Dordonnat and Luis Pereira, Inspectors

Description and Result of Inquiry---On this day, the undersigned, accompanied by the PJ officers mentioned above, went to Ponta da Piedade, with the aim of recovering a black coloured bag that, in accordance with the information received, was unusual in that location and could be related to the facts currently under investigation;
This is a zone of ravines and caves, and is normally passed by tourists in boats;
At the site, with the help of an embarkation from the indicated ocean zone, and where the black bag could be seen, diligences were carried out that culminated in the localisation and collection of the bag;
The ravine where the bag was found, a rubbish bag, is in the Camara Municipal de Lagos (CML), and the bag contained another bag usually used for fertiliser as well as a rock ;
The ravine where this bag was found was littered with rubbish and fishing lines and cigarette buts indicating that it is a zone frequented by fishermen;The ravine is located, in geographic terms, with the following coordinates, 3704750 North (N) and 840124 West (W);
Given that the fertiliser bag had dark stains on it, after being photographed, it was sent for analysis to the Technical Police/Crime Scene Unit, specialists Mrs. Joao Paulo and Viegas, whose preliminary exams were negative;
---The attached photographic report was carried out and follows:
Comments and/or proposals by the officer who executed the inquiry:
It appears to us that the characteristics of the location where the bag was found make it likely that it was an object used by a fisherman who may have discarded the bag and who has no connection with the facts of the ongoing investigation; Signature of the officer.
Signature of the officer.

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