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With thanks to Albym
Processos Volume VI
Pages 1503 - 1508
'Information about search procedures carried out at Casa Liliana
Having in view the recovery of items tending to complement the investigation running under the above NUIPC, which investigates specifically the disappearance of the English child Madeleine McCann, the performance of some external inquiry work was ordered by superiors.
--- To do this a team was built comprising [composed of] the undersigned and colleagues Marques B. and Santos M., all Inspectors, which [team] revealed [detected] the following result:
Action 1 [Operation 1]
About 10h30 yesterday (16 May 2007) a Portuguese citizen, born 1975, currently living in Spain, Mr Valdemiro Alexandre M. do C. was personally approached in Vila de Aljezur where he was holidaying in the family home at Rua 25 de Abril ... in Aljezur.
--- In the perspective of a useful collaboration relating to the facts sought in [the target of] the investigation, the above person came to state that he worked at times in a company of distribution and support/maintenance, at home, of electrical household appliances ['white goods']. Having seen and heard in the media references to the home of suspect Robert Murat, residence named as "Casa Liliana", he had the idea that he had been there once, about 5 years ago, to provide support for a washing machine in the kitchen. As he recall when the work was done, the home owner went outside to a place with large trees, having opened a cover [lid] at floor-level, covered by grass, from which she pulled a bottle of wine that she offered to him. While he recalled this event, he thought that that place could serve to hold captive the small "Maddie".
--- Conversing "in loco", it resulted [transpired] that Mr Valdemiro was not completely certain of it having been "Casa Liliana". Asked if he could remember
the space in the house where he performed his work he stated that the kitchen
had been medium-sized, estimating by example the place in which we were
[standing/speaking], about 20 square-metres in area, long and narrow in shape.
He stated that the house had a swimming pool which was visible through a window from inside the kitchen. Further, that at the time he did that work he was using a Mercedes Vito or Sprinter which, due to its size, could not get through the gate of the house. Faced with these indications the investigation team there present, all exceedingly knowledgeable about the interior and exterior of the Murat residence, had no doubt in understanding that Mr Valdemiro could not have been referring to this house but to some other where he rendered a service, of which, according to him, there were many. In truth it is impossible to see the pool from the house of suspect Robert Murat through a kitchen window, given that they are situated at opposite extremes. The only kitchen window that faces the outside is situated above the kitchen counter and the only possible thing to be seen is a patio, paved with Portuguese paving-stones, that serves as a car park inside the property. Contrary to what Mr Valdemiro said, there are no trees of
large dimensions but only garden beds with small bushes. The dimension of the Casa Liliana gate, to the naked eye, would give access to any light motor vehicle and to heavy vehicles of low tonnage. In order to allow Mr Valdemiro to immediately communicate any additional information on this matter, he was given contact numbers for the PJ DIC Portimao, he being able to be contacted at any time on 961... or 913... (brother), for additional clarifications.
Action 2 [Operation 2]
About 19h00 the same team went to meet Mr Taylor, an English Civil Engineer, responsible for the original design of "Casa Liliana", and having been present at all times during its construction.
--- This work had the objective of collecting information about the existence of a trap-door giving access to an "empty" area below the house, as well as the existence of any buried/underground features.
--- Next to the home of Mr Taylor, better identified as Desmond William Taylor, born 1929, permanent resident holding a UK passport, situated at Quinta do Pinhal ... Bispo, in conversation with him it was possible to determine the following:
--- He, from memory and given that it had been the last house he had designed and built, he had drawn a "sketch" to provide a more concrete idea about the house in question. Having analysed that document and compared it with the official plan [blueprint] obtained during the investigation, there appeared to
be no significant difference worthy of repair. It was determined that the house is built on very uneven ground, having been adapted through movement of earth, removing earth from above and construction of a supporting wall, followed by a 'hole' covered with beams and supports in the lower part, creating an "empty" space below the house extending the entire area of the lounge up to the outside passage that borders the house. That "empty" space could have a maximum drop of 1,5 metres. During the construction access was maintained into this space, by withholding a small number of supports, with a view to running all the plumbing and drainage under the house, as was done. At the end of the work and after the owner was asked if he wanted to keep that access or close it up permanently, the owner opted for the second idea, the access then having been closed up with large bricks. Mr Taylor stated that there was no other way into the space As for septic tanks, Mr Taylor said the only one, in fibreglass, is nearby the pool covered by earth. The highest part of it could be about 0,5 metres below ground.
From memory that tank was located in the area to the front of the bedroom currently used by the mother of suspect RM, very close to the two water cisterns adjacent to the pool which were built to collect and contain rainwater, with the objective of optimizing the water usage [irrigation/watering] of the property.
The contact number 282... was furnished for any [further] useful clarification.
Action 3 [Operation 3]
Already today (17 May 2007), at 11h00, this team approached directly Mrs J.Murat, who asked us into her home - Casa Liliana, for some clarification understood to be useful. In that way, she gave us access to her main living room for us to examine the floor covering and any irregularity that might indicate where once existed the temporary access to the "empty" space beneath that part of the house. All furniture being moved aside it was observed a regular floor, made of large brick [tile] of equal composition across the whole surface. The joints all appeared normal, with grouting the same colour indicating no recent
placement. The entire surface area was covered using a ground-penetrating radar device without detecting any "hollows", that is, material placed beneath the floor dissimilar from surrounding material.
--- Outside the house the kitchen garden was examined looking for evidence of the septic tank, nothing abnormal was detected. That area is covered by vegetation firmly rooted. No disturbance of the soil of any kind was observed.
While the cisterns exist next to the pool they had already been inspected according to the document prepared on that work.
Not seeing the need for any further work in the place, this work was concluded.
Attached is the photographic report prepared during the work done at "Casa Liliana".
Also attached is the "sketch" prepared by Mr Taylor along with the official
building plan.
(Doc linked in TOC)
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