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Witness Statement

Silvia Isabel Cunha Azevedo Cravinho

Date : 2007/05/08

Occupation: Laundry Worker

Place of Work: Ocean Club


She has worked at the OC for 3 years. Her work includes everything to with laundering clothes at the establishment from receiving, washing, drying, ironing, folding and leaving it for collection in various sectors such as the apartments and restaurants and the personal clothes of guests who request this service.

She works from 09.30 to 18.00 with a day and a half off each week. She had the afternoon off on 3rd May as well as the whole day off on 6th May and the morning of 7th May.

She arrived at work on 4th May and learned about the disappearance of the girl staying at the OC. She did not know the girl or her family or the group of friends they were on holiday with. Neither does she know which apartment they occupied, but she knows because that the person responsible for cleaning the apartment would be Julia because they talked about it amongst themselves. She has seen photos of Madeleine but does not remember having seen her before. Her daily tasks do not permit contact with the guests.

After the girl's disappearance, she is not sure but believes it was last Saturday, 5th May she received a bag of clothes from MW employees and was told expressly that these were clothes from Madeleine's family. It included adult clothes (men's and women's clothing as well as children's clothing of different sizes, making it logical to presume that it included the girl's clothes given that her younger siblings are twins.

When asked whether she remembers which items of clothing she received that could belong to Madeleine, she says a pink coloured skirt with two layers, one of them having a checked pattern. She remembers that there was nothing abnormal about this piece of clothing or the others, such as blood stains, tears or any other kind of damage.


She has nothing to say about the disappearance, did not see anything strange.

No more is said. Reads, ratifies and signs.