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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 07 MAY 07 |
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353 to 354 Witness statement of Teofilo
Manuel Furtado Castela 2007.05.07 |
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2-Processos
Volume II Pages 353 - 354 |
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Teofilo
Manuel
Furtado
Castela
Date/Time:
2007/05/07
11H15
Administrative
Services
Manager
Portuguese
Concerning
the issue of
the process
said:
. That he
comes to the
process as a
witness;
. That he is
en employee
of 'The
Green Trust,
Inc.' since
1987, the
business
which is
engaged with
the
administration
of the
tourist
complex The
Ocean Club;
. That his
work area is
in the
tourist
resort
situated on
44 Rua
Direita, a
local which
is 500
meters in
distance
from the
apartment
where the
English
child named
Madeleine
disappeared;
.
Questioned,
responded
that he
became aware
of the
childs
disappearance
on Friday,
May 04, in
the morning,
through
communication
with his
work
colleagues,
after
arriving at
his office;
. States
that until
the date of
the
disappearance
of the minor
he had never
seen an
image of
said minor
or of her
family,
parents and
brothers,
who he only
came to
recognise
with the
various
disclosures
made by
social
communication
organs;
. For this
reason
believes
that he
never came
across them
[McCanns] in
the resort,
since their
arrival, or
if he did,
he did not
pay
attention;
. States
that in the
role of his
functions it
is not
customary to
establish
contact with
the tourists
lodged in
the resort;
. Questioned
as to
whether in
past times
he noted or
was aware
through
communication
with
colleagues
of the
resort that
a strange
person/persons
Were seen
around the
resort, or
asked
strange
questions
about the
tourists and
children who
accompanied
them or
about the
proper
installations
of the
resort, the
deponent
states that
only an
employee
named
Bernardino
Silva, told
him on
Friday, the
04 of May,
that the day
prior, the
date the
child went
missing,
that he saw
a strange
individual
around the
resort;
. The
deponent
does not
remember any
details of
what that
employee
told him but
knows that
the same
employee was
already
questioned
by the
Judicial
Police
regarding
these facts;
. Asking,
the deponent
states that
of all the
employees
that work in
the resort
and whom he
knows, he
had no
knowledge
that any one
of them has
criminal or
social
problems.
. The
deponent is
not aware of
situations
where the
employees of
the resort
have brought
strange
people into
the
aforementioned
place;
. States
that only
since March
of this
year, more
than 50 new
employees
were
admitted,
and does not
have any
idea
regarding
these new
people;
. Regarding
other
strange
situations
that could
have
happened in
the resort,
like for
example,
robberies in
the interior
of
apartments,
the deponent
states that
there have
occurred
some but
that he does
not know of
any recent
situation;
. the
deponent
states that
since the
disappearance
of Madeleine
until today,
he has not
heard
anything
which could
help clarify
the motive
for the
disappearance,
and like
this, he has
no more
information
that could
help to this
end.
. And
nothing
further was
said. Having
read the
statement,
he finds it
in
conformity
and signs
it;
. The
document is
duly signed
by me, Luis
Miranda, an
Inspector
with this
Policia
Judiciara
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