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SECURITY GUARD
09 MAY 2007 |
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760 to
761 Witness
statement of Piedade Costa Mendes
2007.05.09 |
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03-Processos Vol
III Pages 760-761 |
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Witness Statement
Piedade Costa Mendes
Date: 2007-05-09
Occupation: Security Guard
Place of Work: OC
She comes to the process as a
witness. She has been an employee at
the OC resort since 1987. Although
her work contract describes the
functions of security guard, in
reality her work consists of the
management/maintenance of one of the
resort's swimming pools. Her working
hours are from 10.00 to 18.00 with
Saturdays and Sundays off.
When asked, she says she has heard
about the disappearance of
Madeleine, a situation she heard
about on Friday 4th May when she
dropped her son at the creche and
saw colleagues distributing leaflets
with information about the
disappearance.
The witness says that during the
days before the disappearance she
did not have any contact with
Madeleine or her family. She only
found out who these people were when
she saw them on the news.
When asked, the witness says that it
is normal to walk frequently to the
area adjacent to the location of the
apartment the girl disappeared from
because she would often have to go
and fetch ice for the swimming pool
bar or fetch towels from the
laundry.
When asked whether she saw anything
or anyone strange asking about
guests or children or about the
functioning of the resort, she says
she has no knowledge of this.
She says she is not aware of any of
her colleagues having problems of a
criminal nature, nor vices. She does
not know of any strange people
having frequented the resort. She
says that a lot of new members of
staff have been contracted recently
and does not know what kind of
people they are.
Concerning other strange incidents
at the resort, such as robberies
inside the buildings, the witness
says that during the winter she
heard about a case of robbery but
does not know the details.
She has heard nothing that could
clarify the disappearance of
Madeleine.
Reads, ratifies, signs.
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