OFFICIAL INQUIRY FILES and DOCUMENTS
FINGERPRINTS

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It was released to the public on 4 August 2008 in accordance with Portuguese Law

884 to 885 Lofoscopic Report/Information regarding fingerprint found in 5A 2007.05.04
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WITH THANKS ALBYM / INES

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

POLICIA JUDICIARIA

PORTIMAO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

 

Finger Print Inspection by Technical Police Team

 

 

 

Reg No 129/07

 

Assistant Specialist: Joao Barreiras

 

 

Policia Judiciaria

Portimao Criminal Investigation Department

Legal Identification Cabinet

 

 

At 01 time on 04-05-07, I , Joao Barreiras, Assistant Specialist, proceeded to inspect the location described below.

 

Signature

 

Crime: Disappearance of Child

 

Time:

Date: 03-04-2007 (sic)

Occurrence: About 22H00

 

Location:

Region: Lagos

Street or Place: Ocean Club Resort, Block 5, apartment 5A

Nature: Residence

 

NUIPC 201/07.0 OGALGS

 

Person Offended:

NAME MADELEINE MCCANN

 

VESTIGES COLLECTED

5….. Fingerprints….Inside interior window of the children’s bedroom…..DBT…..Suf

 

1. Methodology and means of operation:

2. Established number of supposed authors:

3. Abandoned objects:

4. Objects or values that were the target of the crime:

5. Importance of the damage incurred:

Observations: The fingerprint traces collected are identified as being the middle finger of the left hand (3x) and forefinger of the left hand (2x), of the missing girl’s mother,
The fingerprint inspection was only carried out on the inside of the window because it was night time, the location was sealed and preserved so that light conditions would permit the inspection of the residence to be finalised.
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963 to 964 Letter from PJ regarding fingerprints 2007.05.22
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Policia Judiciaria

Department for International Cooperation

National Interpol Cabinet

 

Fax

 

Date: 11/05/2007

 

To: The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation, DIC, Portimao

 

Subject: Madeleine Beth McCann

 

Following the collection of samples from the Ocean Club, Praia da Luz da L, which we sent to all Interpol offices, we inform you that:

 

The Interpol General Secretariat Interpol, IPSG Lyon, has informed us that these samples are unknown in the IPSG database.

 

IP Wiesbaden informed us that two of the samples cannot be used for comparison, the other was possible for comparison, nothing being found in our files. However IP Wiesbaden states that this sample could have been left by a woman or a youth, but not by a small girl.

 

With compliments.

 

GNI Chief

 

Ana Mafalda Duarte

967 to 972 Results of lofoscopic inspection 2007.05.04
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B - Pages 967-972 Processo vol 4.
At 11:00am on 4 May 2007 I, IT, assistant-specialist, began to examine the following location:
At apartment 5A, Ocean Club:

- Side of the patio door: One adequate print recovered but not matched to known persons.

- Outside of one patio door: Eight inadequate prints were recovered.- Outside of [the other] patio door: One inadequate print was recovered.- Outside of the external blinds to the children's bedroom: three inadequate prints were recovered.

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1470 Interpol document to PJ regarding messages sent from across Europe
1471 Letter from Vienna indicating digital imprint not matched on their database
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C - Pages 1470-07, 1498 Processo vol 6 Various Interpol communications from police in eight countries around the world re: comparison of fingerprints with those retained in the databases of those countries
Several prints were unusable for comparison purposes; all others were compared with no results.

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1472 Letter from Reykjavik indicating digital imprint not matched on their database 1473 Letter from Dublin indicating digital imprint not matched on their database indicating digital imprint not matched on their database
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1474 Letter from Haia indicating digital imprint not matched on their database 1475 Letter from Rabat
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1476 Letter from Weisbaden indicating digital imprint not matched in their database and likely made by a woman 1477 Email from Interpol Spain indicating digital imprint not matched in their database
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1480 Fax to Amaral indicating person who left fingerprint at scene
1481 Confirmation of fax
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D - Page 1480 Processo vol 6
Request dated 18 May 2007 to stop requests to other countries regarding the fingerprints. An owner had been identified and was not the perpetrator of any crime in apartment 5A on 3 May.

1498 Letter from Wellington indicating digital imprint not matched in their database
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C - Pages 1470-07, 1498 Processo vol 6.
Various Interpol communications from police in eight countries around the world re: comparison of fingerprints with those retained in the databases of those countries.
Several prints were unusable for comparison purposes; all others were compared with no results.

1519 to 1524 Lofoscopic Investigation (fingerprints collected)
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Translation:

Processos Vol VI

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Date: 2007/05/18

Service Information

To: The Coordinator of the Investigation, G. Amaral

From: Assistant Specialist Irene Trovao

Subject: Identification of finger print

I inform you that according to report nº 140/07 there is a single finger print with sufficient value for identification.

It was revealed with Dragon Blood and gathered from the side of
the living room window/door of Ocean Club apartment 5 A on 4th May 2007 after the disappearance of the child.

This morning Officer Silva delivered various
fingerprints belonging to his officers who were on duty at the apartment on the night of 3 – 4 May 2007.

These were compared to the finger print which was
identified as being that of Nelson Filipe Pacheco da Costa of the Lagos GNR.

Signed

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