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As to the present report, and for a better understanding, it will be divided
in to 5 major areas, to know:
- Generic diligences for the localization of the minor, entwined in the main body of
the Inquest, done by the Judiciary Police, the Maritime Police and the G.N.R.;
- Thematic Appendixes, in a total of
nine (sub-divided into 55 volumes) referred to the fls. 3528-a, whose creation allows to complement the main body of the processes
and to follow up all the information received and treated;
- The suspicions about
ROBERT MURAT, and his status
of arguido;
- The Cadaver Dogs Units searches and the subsequent establishment of the parents of the British minor,
GERALD MCCANN and
KATE HEALY as arguidos;
- The forensic and laboratorial exams, done at the Forensic
Science Service and at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, from now on designated as the FSS and INML, correspondingly;
Even
though there is this division in to sub groups, the present report will be done by order of occurrence or information, without
the obstacle of joining by themes, when the chronological order it is not sufficient.
***
As stated before, it was done a presentation of the intervenients in the process
and a brief introduction of the facts. Following, we will do a more detailed explanation, where, likewise, the various intervenients
will match and the actions done by them will take on a procedural relevance.
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Relative to the appendixes, in a total of nine, where divided thematically
as stated:
Appendix I – Forensic Exams – where all the exams and forensics that were carried out
by scientific and technical entities, specifically those who are destined to the detection, collection and traces analyses
that could lead to the understanding of what happened and to the discovery of the culprits in the disappearance of the minor.
pages
9 and 10Appendix II – Analysis of communications – where all the inventory, analysis and pertinent
correlations, which were possible and eventually relevant about the communications and movements that were made before, during
and after the facts, were made;
Appendix III – Inspections, canine, maritime and air searches –
where the specific diligences that were carried out in an attempt to physically locate the minor, especially in the surrounding
areas, are described;
Appendix IV – Searches/apprehensions, direct exams, delivery/deposit of goods –
where the set of diligences that were directed on goods or items that could eventually be connected to the disappearance are
listed;
Appendix V – Supposed sightings and localizations – where the news that had some credibility
and signalled the alleged presence of the child in various locations worldwide, as well as the hundreds of diligences that
were carried out to confirm or dismiss them, are listed.
As it is known, the disappearance of the British minor, under
the circumstances that were described, implied the action of diverse entities, with special relevance for the intervention
of the Polícia Judiciária, which was joined by other forces of criminal police. In parallel, this disappearance concentrated
an unmatched dynamics from the media, both national and foreign, namely and with more emphasis in the United Kingdom, which
filled, for days in a row, their news at prime time with live transmissions from Praia da Luz, and special programmes that
were dedicated to the issue.
pages 11 and 12Some of the information did not merit, due to the circumstances
surrounding it, the least credibility, leaving those, at the other extreme, which required a more solid and effective systemization
and treatment. Those which, by their geography and time-space relevance, seemed credible were thoroughly explored and included
in the documentation and this appendix.
There remains a large, diffuse stain of supposed sightings and localizations
– some receiving notable emphasis, such as those in Belgium and Morocco – which had few, vague, discordant, incompatible
or incongruent elements, which deserved a treatment with a view towards their infirmação or set aside for the future, should
solid elements arise, which all are herein included;
Appendix VI 1 – Information/Lists of Suspects of
Sexual Crimes – where you will find a detailed reviews, from the perspective of the possibility of encountering correlations
with suspects with sexual motives;
Appendix VI 2 – Diligences and Exploration of Information related to
the aforementioned – in which, in conformity with that already expressed and in order to provide a better consultation,
were gathered the information collected about residents in the surrounding areas – temporary and permanent – as
well as a listing of local crime (break-ins and others) and crimes of a sexual nature. The information provided came to this
Police by individual knowledge, through British authorities or by other sources;
Appendix VII - Letters Rogatory
– outlining the diligences performed, at the request of the Portuguese judiciary, in foreign countries;
Appendix
VIII – Transportation, Movement and Location of Sightings – in this appendix are collected and analyzed the
information related to possible means of transportation/flight, by land means (road—trains), sea and air. Also explored
were information related to the delivery of photographs from individuals in the area for holidays and obtained by the Police,
along with various hotel chains, whose examinations yielded nothing useful;
Appendix IX – Juridic Actions
In
addition, and in spite of its irrelevance, there were meanwhile added 22 "dossiers" with notifications of a speculative or
clearly incredible nature, such as psychic visions or divinations, which will not be included with the documentation, but
which you will find carefully organized, in the eventuality that they may need to be consulted in the future.
* * *
DEVELOPMENTThe present documentation originated from
a process elaborated by this Police, having received notice of the disappearance of a minor of British nationality of three
years of age. The occurrence was communicated by the GNR at 00h10 on 4 May 2007.
pages 13 and 14According
to that police force, the disappearance would have occurred at 22H40 (later on it was verified that the detection and the
subsequent alarm of the same, in reality happened, between 22H00 and 22H10 of the day 3 of May of 2007, in one of the apartments
of the tourist resort 'Ocean Club', located at Vila da Luz, Lagos, where a family composed by a couple and 3 children under
aged were staying.
Topologically, the apartment is composed by two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and a bathroom,
with easy access to the street, from the both the front and the back, where there is a small balcony and a sliding door.
At
the time of the disappearance, the children were alone in the apartment. However the couple, during dinner, went two times
to the same, one of those times being the one where the mother (
KATE) noticed that her oldest daughter was no longer
there alerting all for that fact.
Aware of this fact, the police squad went to the place, to initiate the relevant
investigative steps, at that moment.
Immediately they proceeded with the identifications of the progenitors,
GERALD
MCCANN and
KATE HEALY, as well as of the disappeared minor,
MADELEINE BETH MCCANN, born on the 12 of May
of 2003, in the United Kingdom. Besides
MADELEINE the couple has two more children, twins, with two years old, at the
time of the facts, who were also staying in the same bedroom from where the child disappeared.
Informally,
GERALD
MCCANN said that he was on the resort since the 28 of April 2007, on vacation, for a period of time corresponding to a
week. The day after their arrival, 29/05/07, they started doing their meals at the 'Ocean Club' restaurant, which is distanced
a few meters away from the apartment, with the company of three other couples, who had also travelled with them.
Specifically
to what is relative to the day 3, he alleged that:
- they woke up around 07H30, had breakfast in the apartment, going
out at around 09H00;
- soon after, they left their children at the nursery, until 12H30;
- around 14H30, after
lunch, they put their children back at the nursery, this time until 17H00;
- at 17H30 they did the children's hygiene,
and settle them in their respective beds by 19H30, all in the same bedroom;
- at 20H30, the couple went out to the
restaurant;
- at 21H05/21H15 the father went to check the children, noticing that all was normal, the window and the
blinds were closed, however the door to the room seemed more opened than when he had left;
pages 15 and 16-
at around 9.20 p.m., a friend from the group,
JANE TANNER, when heading for her apartment, noticed an individual who
carried a child in his arms, walking down the road. She described him as aged 30 to 40, with dark hair and wearing light coloured
trousers;
- at 9.30 p.m., it was the time for another friend,
MATTHEW OLDFIELD, to go to the
MCCANNS'
apartment to check on the children, but he only saw the twins, given the fact that he did not enter the room. In order to
see
MADELEINE'S bed, he would have to go inside. He detected nothing out of the ordinary;
- at around 10 p.m.,
when
KATE went to the apartment she verified that
MADELEINE had disappeared, and that the window and shutters
of the bedroom were open.
Apart from that, and according to what was established within the investigation in the meantime,
the witness
MATTHEW OLDFIELD assumes that, at around 8.55 p.m., he went near the outside of the window of the bedroom
where
MADELEINE was sleeping – a window that was closed – in order to verify if there was any noise in
the inside that might indicate that the child was not asleep. He heard nothing, therefore concluding that everything was well.
Due
to its relevance, on that very night the Maintenance Director,
SILVIA BAPTISTA, was asked for a list of the resort's
guests and the check outs on the 3rd, as well as the identification of the crèche workers, where the children stayed during
the day.
It should be emphasized that the entire apartment had been searched and rummaged by an undetermined number
of people, with the contamination that it brings and the difficulty that it raises for the collection of residues.
On
that very night, the surroundings of the apartment, and Vila da Luz itself, were intensely searched through, both by the GNR
members and by members of the public.
Concerning that and other searches on subsequent days, the proof is given by
the report that was written by the GNR from pages 3491-a to 3525-a, with the latter being a cartographic remission. The same
procedure was made by the Maritime Police, according to the report from pages 3867 until 3885.
On page 06 the air registration
of the luggage pertaining to the
MCCANN family was appended, as well as the passport that belongs to the missing minor.
From
pages 12 to 23, we can observe the photographic coverage of the location of the facts, which were collected on that night,
as well as a layout of the apartment.
On page 26 the report that was written by the GNR can be found, on page 30 the
photograph of the minor that was given by the parents, taken from a memory card and revealed on a printer that belongs to
one of the nannies, as will be seen further on, and the press communication, on pages 33-B.
It should be pointed out,
in terms of the media knowledge and divulgation, that witness
RACHEL MAMPILLY, at around 2 a.m. on the morning of the
4th, assumes to have contacted the official British television BBC, through someone that she knew, reporting the disappearance
and asking for it to be broadcast.
pages 17 and 18First thing in the morning on 4 May, and already within
the framework of heavy media coverage, an interview of the entire group took place, pages 34-83, interrogations which were
repeated later.
From pages 86 to 118, there are included details relative to the identity of the nannies (
CATRIONA
BAKER and
STACEY PORTZ) and all the officials of the establishment, with the two that dealt with the
MCCANN
children being heard informally; nothing unusual having been reported by them, they were formally interviewed again later.
In
subsequent days, with the participation of over a hundred researchers from the PJ, the enormous collection of diverse notifications
about the disappearance was reviewed, having been already completed innumerable contacts resulting from the ongoing processing
of information.
The collection of notifications was transmitted by a wide variety of sources, coming to the PJ by various
means, requiring the installation of a permanent police post within the Luz village.
The result of such efforts is
found in the documentation and the various appendices, having been spent thousands of hours of work in its completion.
It
should be noted, also, the receipt of an enormous quantity of fantastical notifications, devoid of any credibility, which
forced the research into constant and considerable clarification efforts, all the more important as it was known that time
was of the utmost importance in the fundamental goal of finding the missing girl.
* * *
Resuming the factual description, it is noteworthy that from pages 119
and forward, the witness
JEREMY WILKINS, affirmed that he saw an individual with a strange appearance and behaviour.
This was eventually confirmed to be a guest, who participated in the searches, page 124.
From pages 127 and following,
relates the the sighting of a child, with a face similar to
MADELEINE's, in a gas station. When the images from the
gas station were shown to the parents, they peremptorily affirmed that they did not represent their daughter.
On page
134, is reported a situation, once again resulting from physical similarities with
MADELEINE, later verified as not
being the child. In addition, an attempt was made to locate an individual referred for sexual abuse of minors, later coming
to verify that at the relevant time period, he was no longer in Portugal.
pages 19 and 20There was a
inquest to
DENISE BERYL ASHTON, fls. 136, which reported the presence of two individuals, who she could not identify
or recognize, which, alleged that they were conducting a petitioning in behalf of a children's institution, which would be
fraudulent. Despite that this situation took place on the day 03 May, we could not relate it with the disappearance of the
British minor, nor the description corresponds to the sketch widespread in the media by the press officer of the
MCCANN
couple, issue that will be addressed next .
From the Fls. 140 to 144, it was reported an alleged sighting of the minor,
which, after several diligences, was proved, again, to be another child.
A witness,
DEREK FLACK, heard at page
200, reported the presence of a suspect, who was allegedly looking at the target apartment, near a white truck, pages 145
and following pages. It was not possible to identify this person, despite having been made a portrait-robot, page 205. However,
we believe there are very strong possibilities of being construction workers – who were there making small works - a
gardener (fls. 973), or
BARRINGTON NORTON (fls 833), inquired at page 704. The latter is a regular of Praia da Luz,
engaged in the activity of musician on the streets of the town. Nothing was found relevant to the investigation.
From
the page 161 to 197,
NUNO JESUS, reported a situation connected with his daughter, with clear similarities with Madeleine,
which was the victim of an alleged attempt to kidnap (qualified by himself) by a Polish couple, whose registration of the
hire car and used in national territory, he provided to the police. They were approached when going back to their native country,
nothing was detected that could incriminate them, pages 214 to 216. The car and the place where they had enjoyed their holidays
was analysed in a laboratory, but once again without incriminating results
It was near the report at page 148, where
it's described the approach door-to door taken in 443 houses, all of them in Praia da Luz, which is demonstrative of the gigantic
work that would be carried out. Such approach included the physical entrance, with the agreement of the inhabitants, in many
just to verify completely the eventual presence of traces of the minor disappeared.
LANCE PURSE, inquired at
page 208, did equally a sketch of an individual, page 210, which possessed similar characteristics similar to the one related
by another witness, who also didn't identify himself.
At pages 211 and 212, it is reported another occurrence relative
to an individual referenced for sexual abuse of minors, who, after the approach of the same, nothing of relevance was brought
to the present investigation.
"Mutatis mutandis", [
literally "changes changed", from Latin, in this instance someone
who changes constantly of mood], relative to a guest from the female gender, who revealed a odd behaviour, but with no
vector of correlation to the disappearance of
MADELEINE MCCANN.
At page 220 the hearings of the resort employees
started, from there nothing resulted as being relevant or useful for the investigation at course. From the hearings there
were no elements collected which allowed to follow any line of investigation.
pages 21 to 26
Inquired
employees: -----
A huge list of names which I will not write here for the right to privacy of these people.The
baby sitters that talked to the media in previous interviews are on the list.CATRIONA T. S. BAKER
STACEY PORTZ
CHARLOTTE
E. A. PENNINGTON
Also several G.N.R. Military, belonging to various areas, patrols and binomials (sic) were heard in
declarations -
list of names
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end of page 26 : In the path of the diligences of localization, it was
requested the entry registrar of the Marina de Lagos, place who does not have a system to collect images, usually called by
CCTV, page 290.
pages 27 and 28Information was also collected that the road known as A22, usually known
as “Via Infante de Sagres”, does not have images available either, to match the period of time that would be of
interest.
Diligences were carried out to try to locate and discover the routines of individuals that are related to
criminal practices of a sexual nature, pages 293 to 300, 448 to 451, 452 and 453; nothing was discovered that could be characterized
as relevant.
From pages 309 to 311, and because it could be important, we mentioned the only register of a repair that
was carried out in the apartment that was used by the
MCCANN family, without major relevance.
* * *
The situation concerning the first suspect,
ROBERT MURAT, will
now be approached, thus following a line of the succession of the facts, without prejudice of returning to the description
of occurrences further ahead.
A few days after the facts took place, suspicions were raised concerning an individual
that resides approximately 100/150 metres away from apartment 5A, identified as
ROBERT JAMES QUERIOL EVELEIGH MURAT.
These
suspicions arose initially due to the formulation by a British journalist, who found the special commitment and curiosity
of
MURAT in this case to be strange, which had reminded her of another [case] that had taken place in the United Kingdom
with similar outlines and where the guilty persons had actively participated in searches.
The reasons for said suspicion
are duly listed within the information that is contained in the process, on pages 308, 328, 442, 461, 957, 960, 961 and 986
to 1000, being certain that they ended up being reinforced, some time later, by elements of the holiday group that asserted,
contrary to what MURAT said, that he had participated in the searches on the evening of the disappearance.
In an initial
phase, before the investigation was deepened, this individual gathered the conditions to be pointed out as a suspect. The
conditions that are intrinsical to his suspect status, can be analysed, as stated before, on the routine reports that were
mentioned above.
In order to confirm or dismiss the suspicions about
ROBERT MURAT, searches and telephone surveillance
were requested, pages 995 to 1013, both on the suspect and on the individuals with whom he directly or indirectly interacted,
namely with who he met almost daily and maintained telephone contacts.
Despite the exhaustive and methodical investigation
into
MURAT and the persons close to him, no elements whatsoever were collected to relate him to the crime that was
under investigation, and it should be noted that contrary to what witnesses within the group stated concerning his hypothetical
participation in the searches on the night of the disappearance, other witnesses (like
SILVIA BAPTISTA and elements
of the GNR) asserted that they had not seen him during those diligences.
pages 29 and 30Beyond the communication
interceptions and forensic exams of the computers belonging to them, which pointed to nothing useful, several searches were
also performed in the suspect’s home, as mentioned earlier, with cino-technical assistance and exploration of the subsoil,
both physically and by technological detection means, which also did not allow for the collection of exact evidence.
Be
aware that, in relation to the utilization of very advanced technological means, in the area of the detection of strange bodies
in the subsoil or enclosed [walled in], these were performed specifically by technicians from Aveiro University, using equipment
that allowed a detailed search of the area.
This [research] continued in the same way in relationship to all the vehicles
of the group, with no results.
The homes and vehicles were examined in great detail by the Scientific Police Laboratory,
without finding any relevant vestiges.
The analyses of the telephone and electronic communications (reports in appendix
II) and the resultant correlation, had the same results.
In the interrogation headquarters, the suspect denied any
involvement with the process. The interviews with all the elements, with personal and professional relationships with
ROBERT
MURAT, also did not deliver anything of value as evidence.
In truth, in the unfolding of the searches, several
objects were apprehended, for later analysis, without having obtained any incriminating evidence, which you can better observe
in Volume V of the documentation, where the processual pieces related to the searches are found.
* * *
Returning to the sequence of information which has some relevance related
to finding the minor, there came forth information about the presence of a sack [bag] near a cliff in Ponta da Piedade, Lagos,
pages 316 to 327, whose contents revealed nothing of importance.
Page 463, reveals information related to an individual
who spoke in Castellean, whose involvement was not able to be discovered.
Pages 524 to 531, 740 to 749, provide information
about supposed sightings of the minor, all of them disparate amongst themselves.
On page 800, the interview with
TASMIN
MILBURN SILENCE is presented, who saw on two occasions and on several other days, an individual observing the apartment
from which
MADELEINE disappeared. A photo-fit was created based on the witness' indications . . . diligences were performed
which led to the identification of
MICHAEL ANTHONY GREEN, who was the target of diverse diligences without incriminatory
results, pages 632 to 726 of Volume III, Appendix VI. Beyond this individual, there were other diligences performed at this
level, also without useful results for the investigation, as is explained throughout Appendix VI.
pages 31 and 32Still
on Appendix VI, pages 504 and in the following, it was investigated a situation relative to two individuals,
NEIL BERRY
and
RAJINDER BALU (complementary inquests requested in the letter rogatory), specifically relative with the first one,
whose information was crossed with the above aforementioned witness,
TASMIN SILENCE, namely to what concerns the photo-fit,
having this one made clear that it was not that same individual.
This occurrence was targeted due to an information
given by an employee of the resort, pages 504 and 505 of the Appendix VI, where a somewhat peculiar situation was reported,
supposedly to do with
NEIL BERRY. However, in spite of the diligences done, inclusive in the letter rogatory, nothing
was established that connected him to the disappearance of the British child.
At the pages 801 and the following, an
information was worked relative to a sighting done by a professional taxi driver.
Also relative to the individuals
who do this type of professional work and who have their headquarters in Praia da Luz, page 818, we talked with them but nothing
of relevant for the process was determined.
At the pages 820 to 822, an information from the maritime police was added,
creating several diligences, however had no results.
From the page 825 to 830, we added a report of the G.N.R. police
action. Nothing of pertinent value was deducted.
For the analyses and dismissal of eventual relevant situations, traffic
reports were requested in the places considered of higher interest, page 823, relatively to the days 2, 3 and 4th of May of
2007, and that was object of a highly detailed analytical report (see Appendix II), though without criminal conclusions.
At
page 835, a report of a diligence done in a gipsy camp was done, nothing useful was gathered.
At page 848 and following
and from pages 856 to 857 a synopsis of the interrogations done to the resort employees was made.
At page 859, it’s
related a situation eventually suspicious which leads to nothing of interest for the process.
At page 868, an occurrence
is reported (about a couple who had an argument, where is mentioned the disappearance of a child), after investigation this
did not lead to relevant elements.
From page 870 to 883, it was done the reconstitution of the places outside the nursery,
where the British child and her nanny went.
At page 884 and the following, it was added the lophoscopy [study of fingerprints]
report where only finger traces of
KATE HEALY were found, namely on the window’s frame who would have been opened
at the time of the disappearance, and at page 967, another report describing the same type of exam, this time without any
match, though the diffusion done at an International and national level, page 1470. Later on we verified that that trace wasn’t
of author (sic), page 1480.
Page 33 and 34On pages 886 and following, a typed report can be observed,
which was elaborated by the holidaying group after a detailed joint meeting, that recalls that steps that were made on that
evening, describing the facts both in time and space.
On page 993, there is a report listing the apartments that were
subject to searches, with special attention on blocks 4 and 5.
On pages 983 and 984, the preservation, for visualization
purposes, of images from several petrol stations was requested, but nothing out of the ordinary was observed, page 3191.
On
pages 1101 and following, several pieces of information from Interpol are listed, alerting towards supposed sightings of the
minor, in several European countries, but absolutely nothing was found.
Diverse information concerning other suspects
of crimes of sexual abuse of minors and paedophilia, page 1246 and following, which, after due analysis, did not contribute
with anything of interest for the investigation.
On page 1398 there is an answer to the question from page 1400, informing
that there are no other images from the GALP station, apart from those that were already delivered.
On page 1592, a
divulgation, appealing to the person who on the 3rd of May 2007, at around 9.30 p.m., in Praia da Luz, transported a child
in his arms, to identify himself, in order to dismiss the situation that was narrated by witness
JANE TANNER.
Further
on this issue, the testimony of
MARTIN SMITH was considered, pages 1606 and following, reporting the sighting of an
individual carrying a child, in one of the streets that lead to the beach. It was said that the child could be
MADELEINE
McCANN, although it was never peremptorily stated. Some time later, the witness alleged that, by its stance, the individual
who carried the child could be
GERALD McCANN, which was concluded when he saw him descending the stairs from an airplane,
pages 2871, 3991 and following and 4135 and following. It was established that at the time that was being mentioned,
GERALD
McCANN was sitting at the table, in the Tapas Restaurant.
The workers that carried out construction works in Vila
da Luz were heard, pages 1650 and 1651, who did not detect anything strange, during their works of excavation and placement
of plumbing (also see pages 3983 to 3987), although they carefully verified, on the day that followed the disappearance and
before they started the works, if there was a body hidden next to said works.
From pages 1811 to 1827 we appended two
lab tests and the corresponding reports, which turned out to have no evidential interest for the process.
On pages
1846 and following, a situation of fraud was reported, concerning misleading and fraudulent information relating to the whereabouts
of
MADELEINE McCANN. This individual, who was the author of the fraud, was detained, and confessed to know nothing
about the facts, after detailed and pertinent diligences were carried out by the authorities of the Netherlands, within the
frame of a Rogatory Letter. The main report, which comprises the diligences that were requested and carried out by the Dutch
Police can be found in the corresponding appendix.
pages 35 and 36On page 1897, a Spanish journalist
was heard, who was to have information about the alleged abductor. Once again, nothing was supplied that allowed for the substantiation
of such suspicions.
An attempt was made to obtain identification elements from users of computer equipment in two establishments
in Luz, which was not possible, as explained on page 1900.
On page 2006 and forward, is found the report of an identical
occurance to one that had happened in Holland, coming to be found to pertain to, once again, untrue information about the
child. With the prestigious collaboration of the Spanish authorities, Grupo de Sequestros de Madrid, it was possible to identify
the couple responsible for the false information, with only the male being detained under the auspices of an outstanding detention
mandate.
* * *
Now the question related to the performance of the British dogs will
be covered, along with the consequent quality assumed by the parents of
MADELEINE, once again with the ability to revisit
the description later in the report.
In this way, from pages 1989 and following, one can read the full report by
MARK
HARRISON, whose specialty is the search for missing people or homicide victims, including catastrophe scenarios. He provided
the use of canines, specialized in the detection of vestiges of human blood and human cadaver odor.
This is an inspection
technique commonly used in the United Kingdom, frequently with positive results, consisting of the utilization of two especially
trained dogs.
One of the dogs is trained to detect cadaver odor and the other to detect vestiges of human blood, with
existing knowledge that their prior usage had resulted in significant results, principally in the detection of vestiges, which
had then been, later, confirmed in the laboratory.
After a positive joint meeting with the British police, it was decided
to use this capability and a large number of objects and locations were examined, with these diligences being recorded in
films which are included in the documentation (appendix III).
In some of these locations and objects, the animals exhibited
the behaviour of identification and "signaling", including:
pages 37 and 381 - Apartment 5A, of the
resort 'Ocean Club', place from where the child disappeared.- cadaver odour dog:*in the couple’s
bedroom, in a corner, close to the wardrobe;
*in the living room, behind the sofa, close to the lateral window of the apartment;
-
blood dog:* in the living room, behind the sofa, close to the lateral window of the apartment (exactly as it was signalled
by the cadaver odour dog);
2 – Area of the backyard, close to the apartment 5A: - cadaver odour
dog:
* in a flowerbed, commented by the dog handler the lightness of the scent detected;
3 – Apartments
where the rest of the elements of the group stayed*
NOTHING was detected by any of the dogs;
4 –
House of the
MCCANNs at the date of the inspection
*
NOTHING at the house, was detected by any of the
dogs;
5 - In the area of Vila da Luz*
NOTHING was detected by any of the dogs;
6 –
In the clothes and belongings of the Family MCCANN- cadaver odour dog:* in two pieces of clothing belonging
to
KATE HEALY* in a piece of clothing of the minor
MADELEINE* in the plush toy, possibly belonging to
MADELEINE (it was detected cadaver odour, when the plush was inside the residence – at the date occupied by the
family)
7 – In the vehicle used by the MCCANN family
- cadaver odour dog:*
signalled the key of the vehicle;
- blood dog:* signalled the key of the vehicle;
* signalled the interior
of the vehicle’s boot;
8 – In the vehicle used by a friend of the family, who stayed in the same resort,
matching some of the holiday days. pages 39 and 40*
NOTHING was detected by either dog;
9.
In all the vehicles that were used by arguido
ROBERT MURAT and persons that are close to him;
*
NOTHING
was detected by either dog.
(in a total of ten vehicles, the cadaver odour dog and the blood odour dog only signaled
the vehicle that belonged to the
MCCANN family, which was rented on the 27th of May)
On the locations and the
pieces that were marked and signaled by the blood dog, forensics tests were performed, especially at a reputed British laboratory
(Forensic Science Service – check Appendixes I and VII – FSS Final Report) but also, some of them at the reputed
National Institute of Forensics Medicine (check Appendix I), whose final results did not corroborate the canine markings,
which is to say, cellular material was collected that was not identified as pertaining to anyone specific, and it was not
even possible to determine the quality of that material (v.g. whether it could be blood or another type of bodily fluid).
But
