OFFICIAL INQUIRY FILES and DOCUMENTS
MONICA AZEVENDO COUTINHO MARQUES

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

RECEPTIONIST 05 MAY 07

700 to 701 Witness statement of Monica Azevedo Coutinho Marques 207.05.08
03-Processos Vol III Pages 700-701

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Date: 2007-05-08
Witness Statement

Monica Azevedo Coutinho Marques
Occupation . Receptionist
Place of Work: OC
When asked, she says that she has been employed as a receptionist at the OC for one month.

She works from 09.00 to 19.00. She has Fridays and Saturdays off. She adds that her place of work is essentially the reception area of the OC situated near the Mirage restaurant. In other words the area where she works is quite far from the place the child disappeared from.

As regards the child’s parents, she says that she only has a slight memory of the mother, having seen her in the press. As regards the other members of the family, she does not remember any of them.

On the day of the child’s disappearance she was working, having left as usual at about 19.00 in her dark green Ford Fiesta car, she does not remember the number plate. After having left she says she went to her parents house near Monte Lemus. A few minutes later she went to a friend's house in P da L, where she stayed until about 22.30. When she was getting ready to go home, she passed some guests who asked her to stop her car. She did this and was asked if she had seen a small girl who had disappeared some moments before, near to that place. Given the situation, she began to search, without success.

When it was almost 23.00, she went to the Club reception to pick up some things. Then she went home.

When questioned she said that she did not see anything or anyone suspicious in the preceding days.
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