This information belongs to the Ministério Público in Portimão, Portugal.
It was released to the public on 4 August 2008 in accordance with Portuguese Law

P.J. 09 MAY 07854

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We went to the above mentioned location where we asked to be furnished with all available information relating to arrivals at the Marina from 27/04/2007 to 05/05/2007, and departures from 27/04/2007 up to today. The request was registered and we shall be provided with what we asked in due course. Asked if the marina deployed CCTV
we were advised that it did not.

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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.

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External Diligence Dolphin restaurant; Mr/s Marais 06/05/2007

Officers: M.J.Ramos and J.Monteiro, Inspectors.

Today, following on work previously performed, we went to the Dolphin restaurant, Rua da Calheta, 14-A, in Praia da Luz, where we contacted one of the owners, A.J.V.Marais, South African, to whom was shown the "e-fit" constructed from information obtained from a witness in this case who recalled seeing someone similar telephoning from the public phone booth in front of the restaurant.

As the residence of the owner was above the restaurant, the "e-fit" was also shown to his wife, L.J.Marais, who immediately said she recognised it as corresponding to an individual she saw 3/4 times telephoning in the booth and once walking in the street near the restaurant.

Asked, she said he was always dressed in white trousers, a little dirty, and a dark winter coat. He was always on foot and alone when she saw him.

Asked further, she said she saw him during the past week, not recalling on which days, but guarantees not having seen him since the date of the events at hand [under investigation].

They were given phone numbers with which to contact this Police force should they see the man again.

The number in the phone booth was 282-789-210.

In the surrounding area, specifically Rua Helena do Nascimento Batista, another booth was located, it having the number 282 789 111.

There being nothing more of interest for the case this work ended.

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External Diligence Burgau 06/05/2007
- In order to determine the exact trail of a couple from Poland, and who were on holiday in Burgau, we performed various tasks in particular with the catering establishment in the town, in the supermarkets, in the Garrafeira Ribeiro, in the Brizze Cafetaria, where we showed the photo from the Loja FNAC of the Chiado shopping mall, where [in which] the two above mentioned individuals are known to be (on the left of the picture), neither of them being recognised in any of those locations.
- The same was attempted at the Refugio restaurant but it was closed for its official day of rest.
- Contacted, the owner of the Beach Bar, who had already referred to serving a Polish couple, as per the Information report from the undersigned officers dated 05.05.2007, after being shown the above photo immediately recognised the lady and the individual with longer hair as having been the customers to whom he had referred the day before.
- We also contacted the owner of the Papelaria Fernandes, Gilberto Ferandes, where if it was intended to throw off the trail the possibility of the Polish couple having obtained various letters with the word "casa" [home; house], and other letters ending in a "z", as well as sticky tape to affix [fix; fasten; secure; seal] those letters, it being that when he was shown the above picture he immediately identified the lady and the individual with the longer hair as being the Polish couple, affirming peremptorily that it had not been this couple who had obtained such letters from him.
- Asked how he met the couple he clarified that on 1 May they were in his shops, the paper shop and the gift shop, where they asked the price of various things [but] leaving without buying anything.
- He knew they were Polish due to talking about football, in particular Liverpool and Chelsea about the defender Dudec, who is Polish.
- He pointed out that the couple were dressed in the same way as they are portrayed in the photo.

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To the Coordinator of the investigation
Subject: Disappearance of the girl Madeleine Maccann

At the request of Insp. Guerreiro da Siva, GNI, we are sending immediately the last message received from Warsaw, with relevant information. Thank you.

IP Warsaw 5 May 2007
Very urgent
Interpol Lisbon
Interpol Wiesbaden

Subject: Madeleine Beth MCCANN born 12 May 2003 - British child disappeared from Portugal (possible abduction)

Following our response this evening we ask you to correct the address of KROKOWSKI W.K., born 12 July 1963 in SK, Poland. He lives with is wife at the following address: Warsaw. Lanciego street. 11181. The SK address in our first message is his parents' address. The identity of his wife: KROKOWSKA JAROSINSKA A.M. born 16.2.1965 in Konin, Poland. She is known in our police documents for: possible driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (2003) and possible fraud having led a person to dispose of goods disadvantageously (2001).

For exclusive police use.

Attached there follow the photograph and (criminal) identification material of the referenced female. Acknowledgement responses will be sent by fax once translations are finished.
J.Ferreira (Insp.)
GNI/BC

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--- I make it known that on 04.05.2007, about 09h30, in the company of my colleague Irene Trovao, I went under higher orders to the "Ocean Club", in order to, among other things, establish contact with GNR officers who were in the area, from where the minor Madeleine had been abducted.
--- One of the objectives would be to put off the track of [clear up'; resolve'] possible useful information for the discovery of the whereabouts of the minor, that in the meantime had become known to those officers.
--- An individual named Robert Murrat was already in the area, who had presented himself to the GNR, making himself available to help should he be needed, particularly as an interpreter.
--- When I asked he told me that his mother is English, hence he knows that language perfectly having spent much time in England. He added also that he had a daughter more or less the same age as the missing girl.
--- That this individual collaborated [worked] with the police on 4 and 5 May 2007, namely in the Mobile Police station based in the area.
--- That at a certain time, when we made it known [to him] that his collaboration with the police was not required, he made contact with numerous journalists who were in the area.
--- On 06.05.2007 the undersigned was contacted by some of the journalists who said they thought the behaviour of that individual was suspicious during his contact with them, namely he always displayed extreme curiosity, and when they tried to take his picture he refused vehemently, showing much fear [alarm] stating that he did not want his photo taken because he had a daughter the same age as the missing child and was in the middle of a divorce.
--- Later, when confronted with [questioned about] his behaviour, Robert Murrat was extremely nervous, affirming that it was our choice, immediately left the area and did not come back.
--- Given the suspicions raised it was thought convenient [appropriate] to keep him relatively close, for the purpose of, simultaneously and immediately, beginning a detailed investigation into this individual to confirm or dispel the suspicions raised about him.

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Five External diligences carried out on 2007.05.07

Officers: M.Pinho, C,Gomes and J.Carvalho, Inspectors

To confirm or otherwise information given to this Police force regarding the whereabouts of the girl Madeleine Beth McCann or the suspects, the following work was carried out as ordered:

1) Julio Manuel Madeira Campos de Carvalho
--- In Rua 25 de April, ..., Praia da Luz, Mr. J.M.M.C de Carvalho was approached, it having been said that he could have approached the employees of the care centre in the Ocean Club, that that approach could have been done in the street and when he passed them in a white Renault Express.
--- Informally, he explained not recalling having meddled [interfered] with the care workers, but admitted that he could have made "a pass at [chatted up] English girls".
--- On the night of the events he was at home with his brother and nephew. At 22h00, through his girlfriend, he learned of the disappearance of the young girl and joined the general people in the searches.
--- He had nothing else of interest to the investigation.

2) Visibility of 5A
--- Verifying the field of view [line of sight] of the Ocean Club from the Luz Tur building next to the Baptista supermarket, I found the visibility of the girl's apartment to be much reduced [obscured] because of the large and medium-sized palm trees in the resort's swimming pool area.
--- Walking all the building floors I verified that the visibility of the ground-floor is zero [null], by which I came to know who lived on the fifth through the ninth floors [of Luz Tur], information that, informally, I collected through the building assistant [supervisor] Mrs. M.M do N.A.Silva, of 501-X, and, I determined that the apartments and people with clear view were only:
a) Apartment 808-AP, a couple of about 60 years. Irish Republic nationals, who live there. They frequently spend time in Portugal, some time only the lady. The apartment has been occupied for about six weeks by the lady on her own.
b) Apartment 606-AF, Portuguese couple of about 27 years old, both teachers. He teaches at Bispo School and she lectures in the north of the country. They have lived in the building for 4 years.
c) Apartment 504-AR, Portuguese couple with two children; a boy of 3 and a girl of 9 years. The lady, about 35 years old, works as a cleaner at Hotel Bela Vista in Praia da luz. The man has been working in Spain for 2 years and comes home occasionally [once in a while]. They have lived in the building for 9 years.
d) Of the remaining apartments they are not occupied and were not occupied on the night of the events, according to the Luz residents who were stopped [questioned].
--- It is therefore concluded that from that building, if by some chance the movements of the parents and child were observed and noted ["cased"], it was not done from that building.

3) Richard Andrew Gorril
--- A phone message told that in house no. 4 on Rua da Lajes lives an Englishman, with a short beard, 50 or more years old, single and with limited social contact. The person was approached and invited to identify himself. He was identified, through his passport ..., as being R.A.Gorril, born in 1945 in Peterborough, England.
--- He invited us into his home and walked us through it, advancing that in England, in similar cases, the people, voluntarily, placed themselves totally as the disposal of the authorities. He explained that he enjoyed to live alone. He reads, watches television and communicates with friends by mail [e-mail]. He has been at home during recent days except for Saturday, 5 May, when he went to the Lagos market where he bought fish, fruit and vegetables.
--- As for the events he knows nothing of interest to the investigation.

4) Svitlana Babyena
--- Information received told that the lady owner of the cafe "Ala do Castelo" situated next to the Lagos Hospital saw a person, on Saturday morning, 5 May, pulling a young girl who looked like Madeleine Beth McCann.
--- The lady was approached and identified herself as being S.Babayena, a foreign resident since 2006, then, informally, she explained that on the Saturday or Sunday past, at 09h00, next to the "Lago da Igreja" [church square] adjacent to the Lagos Hospital, she saw a man of about 35 years old, about 180cm tall, short blonde hair, thin, who pulled by the hand a young girls who looked like the missing girl. The girl appeared calm and did not seem to be 'contrary' [put out; perturbed]. She does not recall what the child was wearing. She did not see where they went and had never seen [before] those people who seemed to her to have been foreigners.
--- Shown the "e-fits" from the file she stated that the man was very different.

5) Derek Flack shown photos/images
--- The witness Derek F., who had told us he saw a person next to the place of the events - apparently watching, was approached.
--- He was shown the pictures from the file. He identified no-one, lamenting the quality of the images.
--- It is the conviction of the undersigned that the witness craved [had a strong desire] to identify someone in those facial images.

The work done provided no valid result with respect to the whereabouts of the girl.
Regarding possible suspects also none were indicated.

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External diligence carried out re: suspected sighting of an individual 2007.05.07

Officers: M.Pinho and C.Gomes, Inspectors.

--- Reporting that Mr. B.A.P da Silva of Varadas de Sao Joao ... Lagos had pertinent information to give he was invited, informally, to explain what he had to say. He clarified that on the night of the events under investigation, between 20h15 and 20h30, in the area of the video club in Lago do Chafariz, he passed a man, white, tall, with a beard, about 30 years old, well-built and with an aspect [air; manner] that made the witness presume he could have been involved with the events, as he had never [before] seen that person in the town of Luz.
--- He offered no further details, namely the whereabouts of the referred individual.
--- After carrying out various work, I located the man who lives in Rua Direita, Praia da Luz (in front of the Post Office).
--- Invited to identify himself, the man identified himself with his passport as being Henry A., born 1967 in Germany. He produced another document and a five year rental contract for his residence.
--- Informally, he stated that when the events were occurring he was at home, alone. He had not gone out that night. He had found out about the events the next day.
--- He had no information to give with respect to the events.
--- He came to live in Portugal 3 years ago. He works in Serra Verde, in civil construction, as a painter.
--- Later he invited the undersigned to visit his house. Walking through his house revealed nothing of interest for the case.
--- Finally, a computer search was made for information on the man, without result.

2. Following an anonymous phone call giving an account that in the house of a Dutch couple, in Monte Judeu, there was a young girl, work was performed in the area, the house was found and the couple approached who voluntarily identified themselves as Jeren and Joan I., contactable on phones 917... and 282....
--- Informally, they stated that on the night in question they were at home with their daughters, 14 and 16 years old, who go to local schools. They have lived in Portugak for several years.
--- They do not know where the girl is nor with whom.
--- To dissipate any doubts that may exist they invited the undersigned to visit their home. Walking through the house nothing of interest was seen.

The above work revealed no indications as to the whereabouts of the child nor of possible suspects.

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'External diligence carried out at CESPA service station, A22, Lagoa, 2007.05.08

Officers: A.Brigantim and C.Dordonnat, Inspectors.

Today, the undersigned and his colleague A.B. went to the CEPSA service station on the A22, Lagos to collect information relating to the presence, around 02h30 on 4 May 2007, of a Spanish man, or at least someone who spoke castillian, who had asked the employee the way to "LUZ".
--- The employee concerned, Lino B. (ph.969...), was not present because he works nights, stated [presumably by phone] that on the night of 3-4 May 2007, about 02h10 or 02h15, a man speaking castillian asked directions to "LUZ".
--- The man arrived at the north post (direction Faro/Portimao) Lino not having seen any car prior to his approach.
--- He [Lino] added further that the individual was a man, about 35 years old, about 1,70m tall, short dark hair and wearing a bluish shirt.
--- The PAC had a video surveillance system and the recording is on CD ROM although its date and time were 1 day and 1 hour different from real time.
--- Lino states that the "Spanish" man's approach coincided with a phone call from the southern station.
--- Therefore, in accordance with the information furnished the images timed as being on 5 May 2007 at 03h00 (actually 4 May 2007 at 02h00) were viewed, it being that the employee is seen on the phone at 03h08.
--- The view from the outside camera showed no person going to the PAC, there being only one vehicle filling up, a goods vehicle, white and having a Portuguese licence plate that could not be seen clearly.
--- About 03h25 (recording time) a GNR vehicle pulls up next to the PAC shop and stays for a few minutes.
--- It is added further that the period watched is understood to be between 02h00 and 02h35 (03h00-03h35 recorded time).
--- It is also added that the location of the external camera on the north station allows people and vehicles to be seen only with a certain deficiency.
--- The PAC manager, Mr, Antonio B. (969...), was asked to preserve the images of the above times.
--- Nothing further being determined this work ended.

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Letter from PJ to Institute of National Legal Medicine regarding evidence collected

Processos Vol II
Page 475

FAX

Date: 8th May 2007

To: The Director of the Police Scientific Laboratory

From: Portimao DIC, PJ

The abovementioned reference involves the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

1. This fax serves to confirm the carrying out, which has already occurred, of the inspection of the apartment at the following address:

- Praia da Luz, Ocean Club, Block A, apartment 5 A.

2. We request the delivery of the vestiges collected in this place to the INML, whilst designating all those that you judge should be treated by this Institute.

With best compliments

Signed

Chief Inspector Tavares de Almeida

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Letter from PJ to Institute of National legal Medicine regarding evidence collected at Murano Quinta dos Figos

Fax to the Director of the Police Science Laboratory (LPC) from DIC Portimao dated 8 May 2007
Subject Examinations

The above Inquiry is the investigation into the disappearance of the child Madeleine Beth McCann.
1) This serves to confirm the inspection, already done, of the apartment at the following address:
- Praia da Luz - Rua 1st of May/wall of Quinta dos Figos
2) We ask that the trace evidence recovered at that location be preserved for future possible examinations.

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486-E-mail from Cape Town 6 May 2007 re: Danie Krugel

(1) From: "Vouga Marine" To: DCCB Portugal at 13h54;
(2) Forwarded to DIC Portimao by "Vouga Marine" at 22h20;
(3) Passed to case records office at 09h45 on 7 May.

Good evening.
To help the investigations being conducted into the disappearance of little Madeleine I humbly suggest that someone read the page of carteblanche.co.za dated 3 December 2006 regarding Danie Krugel of Bloemfontein.

Sincere wishes for success in the investigations.
Rui Santos
Cape Town

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From: DIC Portimao
Sent: 7th May 2007, 9.45
To: Ana Filipe Conducta Luz

Subject: FW Disappearance of Madeleine

From: vougamarine********
Sent 6th May 2007, 22.20
To: DIC Portimao

Subject: FW Disappearance of Madeleine



Original message
From Vouga marine
To:dccbanditismo@pj.pt
Sent : May 6th 2007, 1.54
Subject: FW Disappearance of Madeleine



Good evening,

In the sense of helping the investigation leading to the appearance of little Madeleine, I humbly come to suggest that a search be made of the web page carteblanche.co.za for the day 3rd December 2006 with respect to Danie Krugel of Bloemfontaine.

Sincere wishes for the success of the investigation.

R** S*****

Cape Citizen

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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 3^rd ' 4^th 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 hour'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.

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NUIPC: 201/07/0 GALGS

EXTERNAL ACTIVITY REPORT

Date: 2007/05/09

Location: Praia da Luz; Lagos

Responsible Officers: Pedro David, Armenio Pontes and Hugo Ferreira, all Inspectors

Description and result of the activity:

With the aim of collecting certain information of interest to the investigation, a team headed to the above mentioned locations in Praia da Luz, in Lagos, in order to speak with taxi drivers in their 'areas' of work.

In this way, and during the afternoon, we went to these areas located in Lagos and exhibited to those drivers present, and others that were called to the location, various photo-fits (12/2007 and 20/2007) which were elaborated in the sequence of this investigation.

In spite of this, it was not possible to collect any responses from them which could provide us with any evidentiary information.
Nevertheless, the same [group] was recommended to be alert for any abnormal behaviour within the parameters that were explained.

We also collected the following information: (whether from the taxi drivers that worked independently or those associated with them) that they were not in possession of a list of services rendered. The service currently works via a 'radio-taxi' which directs the call to one of the drivers.

Regarding the question of who carried individual at X hours to Y location, we gathered that is tied to the contact made with the drivers in exercising their functions in that location and that while it is possible to determine who carried out the service, it is obvious, that any such recollection depends on the memory of the same driver. This being the same for the given destination, characteristics of the client, etc'

In spite of this, and because there are drivers whose work begins around 21H00, and carries on into the early morning, we went to these locations after 24H00 on the 12th. There we also exhibited the photo-fits mentioned above.

The reaction received was identical' although we were told of some reports related to the consumption of alcohol, it was not possible to obtain any information about any suspicious individual.

We headed next to the Praia da Luz location, Ocean Club. There, when a taxi is required, a call is normally made by Mr. Luis, to the person contracted to provide services to that hotel.

However, after having spoken to the individual in question, and after showing him the aforementioned photo-fits, we obtained identical results; nothing was reported of any relevance.

Signature of the officer

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External Inquiry

Date: 2007/05/09
Place: Praia da Luz - Lagos
Responsible Officers: Raquel Neves and Tony Aimeida, 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.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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Policia Judiciaria


External Inquiry Report


Date: 2007-05-12

Place: Lagos and others

Requesting Entity: Dr G. Amaral

Executing Entity: Inspectors Ricardo and Ramos

Description and Result of Inquiry:


Following superior orders the undersigned officer accompanied by Inspector Ramos, went to the service and petrol stations in the Lagos area, with the aim of obtaining CCTV images from the period between 30-04-2007 and 06-05-2007, from which the following was found out:

Service and petrol stations with CCTV circuits:

Galp Service Station, on the A22, at Kilometre 4,350, Bensafrim-Lagos in both directions, Portimao-Lagos and Lagos-Portimao. When the supervisor was contacted he said that the CCTV circuit of these service stations is controlled by the company STRONG (Security Department) with headquarters in Lisbon, contact numbers ****. Once we contacted the company, they said that they were willing to make the images available upon receipt of an official document, saying however, that this would only be possible after the following Monday, as the technical personnel were not available.

Galp Service Station – Moura Ferreira e Filhos Lda – EN 120, Lagos in both directions. When the area coordinator was contacted she said that the CCTV system installed there only maintains recorded images, in one of the areas for five days and in the other for eight days and therefore she could only provide the images of one of these areas and only referring to the days 04-06 of May, needing some time, she could deliver the register tomorrow. She requires an official document.

BP Service Station in Telheiro – EN 125, Telheiro, Lagos in both directions. When the owner was contacted he said he was willing to provide a register with the requested images but only next Monday as the technician would only be available on that day.

Repsol Service Station – Auto Marachique, Alvor, Portimao. When the owner was contacted he informed us that the CCTV system only maintains registers for 8 days. He would only have a register from the 6th May and as it was not possible to withdraw the images in a useful period of time, as Securitas would have to be asked to do it, the images were visualised on site, referring to 06-05-2007 until 24.00 (closing of the area) nothing suspicious being observed.

Repsol Service Station – Barlavento Petroleos, Cerro das Mós, Lote 316, Lagos. When the person responsible was contacted she informed that the CCTV circuit installed there records onto a cassette and that this only holds +/- two days of recording, the same cassette always being used, which made our efforts unfeasible.

Service and Petrol Stations without CCTV circuits:

Total Service Station – EN 125 Lagos exit to Sagres, Lagos.
Total Service Station – Av dos Descobrimentos, Lagos.
BP Service Station – Av dos Descobrimentos, Lagos
Repsol (ex - Shell) Service Station - Av dos Descobrimentos, Lagos
Galp Service Station – Auto Jardim, Portimao.
BP Service Station – Penina, EN 125, Portimao.
Signed

Inspectors Ricardo and Ramos

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[Letter from PJ regarding mouth swabs of seven individuals]

Dated 17 May 2007, this letter to the INML in Lisbon covers the delivery of
mouth swabs taken for purposes of DNA comparison from seven individuals,
requesting such comparison between them and biological trace evidence collected
in various locations, within the scope [authority] of the present case.

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[fax regarding validation of apprehended items]
Date: 18 May 2007; From DIC Portimao; To Court of Portim'.
Subject: Validation of seizures and return of objects.

The court is being requested to validate the seizures made within the scope of
the investigation and reflected in the search and seizure documents and,
further, to authorise the return of the items listed [nine mass storage devices]
to their owner as the results of the direct examinations of those items show
them to be of no interest for the investigation.

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PJ informational documents

Another missive from the National Directorate in Lisbon, this one dated 25 May
2007 and which starts by saying - 21 days into the investigation ' witness
testimony has revealed the description of an individual having been seen
carrying a child next to apartment 5A of the Luz Ocean Club.

It continues by venturing to suggest a press release ' in fact an appeal to the
person fitting the following description "Caucasian person, 35 to 40 years of
age, of medium build, 1,70/75m tall, with short hair on the head but covering
the neck area, wearing a dark-coloured wind-breaker/sports jacket/coat, cloth
trousers of clear colour (beige or golden) and black shoes."
... who was walking in the Praia da Luz area on 3 May 2007, at about 21h30, and
possibly carrying a child, or some object that could be confused with a child,
to please contact the Police to clarify the truth of the situation. The appeal was extended to anyone else having seen the person described, in the area at the time given above, to contact the Police on the numbers provided in
the appeal.
Again, appropriate action was left to the consideration and determination of the
leader of the investigation.

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External Inquiry

Date 10 ' 10 ' 2007

Place: Kelly's Bar, P da L

Inquiry carried out by Inspectors Rui Fernandes and Ricardo Paiva

Description and results of Inquiry

On this date at about 15.00 we went to Kelly's Bar, located in Rua da Calheta, in Praia da Luz. At the site we were received by an employee of the bar identified as L***** A**** M**** who had been on duty on the night of 3rd May 2007.

When questioned whether on the night in question she remembered the visit to the bar by witness Martin Smith and his family, she replied that she does not remember given the lapse of time between the events and because the bar is daily frequented by dozens of clients of different nationalities.

All the available documentation was requested concerning the expenses in the bar on the night of 3rd May 2007 as we were given the cash register from which photocopies were made referring to the period between 20.00 and 24.00, which is annexed to this report.

Signed

Ricardo Paiva

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External Diligence

Date: 2007-05-10

Place: Blocks 4 and 5 of the Ocean Club Resort, in Praia da Luz, Lagos

Person who ordered the diligence: Chief Inspector Mario Antao

Executing Officers: Jos'Luis, Marques Bom, Rui Bandeira, Armenio Pontes and Hugo Ferreira, all PJ inspectors.

Description and Result of Diligence:

The diligence took place at 17.00

An exhaustive search was made with the assistance of the search dog team from the GNR of blocks 4 and 5 of the Ocean Club resort.

As regards Block 4 all the apartments were searched with the exception of apartment 4Q (because the owner had not been located and the Ocean Club manager did not have the key) and nothing of interest to the investigation was found.

With regard to Block 5, a search was made of all apartments with the exception of apartments B5, 5E, 5F and N5 (because the owners were not located and the Ocean Club manager did not have the key), nothing was found of interest to the investigation.

It should be noted that the apartments where the dogs alerted or changed their behaviour minimally were all searched extensively.

The diligence ended at about 21.00.

Comments:

None

Signed

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External Inquiry Report

Date: 2007-05-09

Place: Praia da Luz, Lagos

Requesting entity:

Executing Officers: Inspectors Pedro David, Arm'io Pontes and Hugo Ferreira.


Description and Result of Inquiry:


With the purpose of collecting any information of interest to the investigation, the team mentioned above went to the locations of Praia da Luz and Lagos with the aim of speaking to the taxi drivers who have these localities within their 'places' of work.

In this way and during the afternoon of the present day, we went to these 'places' in Lagos, having shown the taxi drivers who were there, as well as others who were called to the site, the different photo fits (13-2007 to 20-2007) that were elaborated during this investigation. However, from this exhibition it was not possible to gather any response from our interlocutors that constituted any sign of relevance. Nevertheless, they were advised to be alert to any 'abnormal' behaviour within the parameters that were explained to them. Information was collected that, both the taxi drivers who were acting as independent professional workers and those who were associated, do not have any register of services carried out, as a system exists that imposes that any call made by 'radio-taxi' is redirected to one of two taxi drivers. It was established that, as an example, regarding the question of who transported an individual at X time to Y destination, by just making contact with the taxi drivers working at that place, it is possible to find out who carried out the service, which obviously implies that such knowledge depends on the memory of the taxi driver himself, the same occurring for the eventual destination of the given trip, characteristics of the client, etc...However, and because there is

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External Inquiry Report

(Refers to Sighting in Service Information here: 1158


Date: 2007-05-23

Place: Faro.

Requesting Entity: Station Coordinator.

Executing Officer: Inspector Carlos Minga

Description and Result of Inquiry:

On this date, the undersigned officer went, on the request of this police station's coordinator, accompanied by Inspector Paulo Silvestre, to the Hotel Residence 'Sun Algarve', situated in Rua Infante D. Henrique, n' 52 in Faro, with the aim of confirming some information that arrived at this police station, telling of a sighting in the hotel in question at about 18.00, of a girl similar to Madeleine McCann.


At the location contact was made with the receptionist, who informed us that the only girl staying at the hotel was a girl aged about 9 months old and of Australian nationality, who was accompanied by her parents. She also informed us that the Australian family is known to the hotel, as it is the second or third time that they have stayed there.

Signed.

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External Inquiry Report

Date: 2007-05-31

Place: Sra Catarina da Fonte do Bispo ' S. Bras de Alportel

Executing Officers: Chief Inspector Vitor Matos and Inspector Dordonnat.

Description and Result of Inquiry:


On this date, in compliance with superior orders, the undersigned officer, accompanied by Inspector Dordonnat, went to the locality of Sra Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, with the aim of locating an abandoned vehicle, with number 64, existing in front of the church, in which the missing girl Madeleine McCann could have been or could still be.


At the site in question we managed to locate the vehicle, which had number 4 and not number 64, situated at Largo de na Senhora das Dores, on the corner with Rua Joao Ant'io Pacheco. The building consists of two floors, with an entrance at Largo de na Senhora das Dores, there being an iron door which is closed with a chain. The door of the building does not present any signs of having been forced. Neither does the garage door present any damage or any sign of having been forced, even presenting signs of not having been opened for a long time. On Rua Joao Ant'io Pacheco there is a doorway which gives access to a garden, which in turn provides access to the building, both to the ground floor and first floor. Having checked the space no signs of disturbance were found. All of the building's windows were closed, no damage was visible. An external analysis of the property shows it to have the aspect of being abandoned.

The building is situated on a central road in the locality, there are some commercial establishments, as well as a primary school, in addition to the church mentioned earlier.

At the site it was possible to find out that the owner of the house is D. Am'ia who lives in Lisbon, it being certain that the house is not rented to anyone, and that she goes there frequently. D.Am'ia's sons were seen at the site about 15 days ago.

The persons contacted, residents of the surrounding area, state that they have no noted anything abnormal in the zone, namely next to the house in question, neither have they seen strange cars or persons. No disturbances were reported and D.Am'ia's sons did not report any abnormal situation.

Taking into account the location of the building and the scarcity of elements regarding the origin of the information, together with the fact that nothing abnormal has been detected in the area, the information was judged to be lacking in credibility.

Nothing else being found, the inquiry was terminated.
Signed