The McCanns curious behaviour, as witnessed by Inspector Ricardo Paiva, 03 September 2007

The McCanns curious behaviour as witnessed by Inspector Ricardo Paiva Processos Vol X Pages 2533 - 2534 Date: 2007/09/03 For : Goncalo Amaral From Ricardo Paiva, Inspector Subject: Disappearance of Madeleine McCann During the course of the ongoing investigation, various personal contacts were made by the undersigned with Kate and Gerald McCann, within my task of serving as communication element between the police and the McCann couple. Within this context, the undersigned was present during various "strange" behaviours by the couple, who gradually began to react in a very negative manner to the increased investigative activity carried out by this police force, especially during the use of the English sniffer dogs for detecting cadaver odour, when more evidence arose in the investigation for the hypothesis of the death of Madeleine McCann. Several times, the McCann couple said that the attention of the police should be maintained focussing on the abduction hypothesis, which, in the couple's opinion, was the only scenario that occurred and that the police should not forget to continue to investigate the suspect Robert Murat. Strangely, Kate also made several requests, three months after the disappearance of Madeleine, that the police should take blood, hair and nail tests of Madeleine's twin siblings, because, as she said, she remembered that on the day of Madeleine's disappearance, in spite of all the commotion and noise made by the authorities and other persons who were looking for Madeleine in apartment 5ª of the Ocean Club, the twins never woke up, having been transported to another apartment, they remained asleep, due to which she now presumes that they were under the effect of some sedative drug that a presumed abductor had administered to the three children in order to be able to abduct Madeleine, a situation which Kate refers to being possible according to what she read in a criminal investigation manual given to her by the British authorities, that would have been the procedure of the abductor in the real case involving abduction, rape and murder of the girl. Today, when the undersigned went to the McCann's temporary residence to notify them of the need to present themselves at the police station to make statements, being able to take their lawyer with them, Kate McCann immediately reacted in a negative manner, making comments such as "what are my parents going to think" and "what is the press going to say when they find out" and that "the Portuguese police is under pressure from the government to finish the investigation quickly". With regard to Gerald McCann, he constantly insisted in giving the undersigned letters and emails that he was receiving, mostly from psychics and mediums, whom he had selected and which mainly contained information without much credibility about the possible whereabouts of Madeleine and her presumed abductor. More recently, and even before Kate's interrogation, during a telephone call between Gerald McCann and the undersigned, he made a reference regarding the investigation, that he was certain that the police did not have any proof that could incriminate them with regard to the death of Madeleine McCann and he said that the police were wasting their time in directing the investigation around the parents. I bring this to your knowledge. Inspector Ricardo Paiva

Report by Inspector Tavares de Almeida, 03 September 2007

Report by Inspector Tavares de Almeida Processos Vol X Pages 2604 to 2608 Dated 3 September 2007. The police work in the course of an investigation is oriented to the inspection of the place where the crime occurred, and to the recovery of clues, trace evidence and information - documentary and spoken [obtained from people]. The constant analysis of those factors, crossing/joining science with the other things collected that evolve into the reconstruction of the event. It falls to the investigation to determine the causes and circumstances in/under which the event occurred. During the present investigation, in accordance with the premise(s) succinctly enumerated, the recovery of items has delineated the investigation. During the investigation the official case file papers included notice of situations that had been investigated, considering that they could have driven the case to a conclusion. We are not faced with changes to the objective of the investigation. The end [aim] is always the same, the discovery of the truth. There remains, still, part of the investigation that explores all the legalities, to answer all the doubts that can be found. In this way, recently, two dogs, unique in the world, were used. One of the dogs detects the odour of a cadaver and the other detects the odour of human blood. Recourse to [In using] these dogs one had to consider the information gathered by scientific means [methods] which confirm the olfactory capacity of dogs being 200 million detector cells, compared with 5 million in humans, also having to consider the training factor. The use of those dogs, for official record purposes, was recorded on video - image and sound. The work in which the dogs were used included: - in the apartment 5A that was used by the family at the date of the events; - in the apartments that were used by of the rest of the group of friends at the date of the events; - in the residence presently being used by the family; - in the vehicle used by the family; - the clothing of the family; - in the vehicles used by arguido Robert Murat and those used by persons familiar with him [family, friends and associates]; - in the residence and garden of arguido Robert Murat; - in diverse areas in and around Praia da Luz. This work resulted in 'alerts' by both dogs: - cadaver odour [was alerted to]: >> in the lounge, next to one of the windows, of apartment 5A; >> in the current residence of the family, a soft toy of the girl Madeleine; >> on various pieces of clothing; >> on the key of the car used by the family; - blood odour; >> in the lounge, next to one of the windows, of apartment 5A (the same place alerted to by the other dog; >> on the key of the key used by the family; >> inside the boot area of the car used by the family. Before [in front of/faced with] these facts authorised collections were undertaken and the 'pieces' were subjected to laboratory examination, in a manner to confirm the existence of trace evidence and to proceed with its consequent analysis. *** In following this investigation path it is, absolutely, necessary to proceed with other work, especially to perform a canine inspection of the clothing of members of the group of friends. Already all of these people are [back] in the UK, carrying on their normal life. If it is true that, initially, they accompanied the McCann couple, the truth is that presently they show signs of "already they have been [become] sufficiently weary [tired/bored/annoyed] with the situation". On the other side [hand] there is the necessity to perform work that allows us to know [find out] (!!!) objectively [in an objective way/manner] who is the person Madeleine Beth McCann, which, truthfully, can only be done in the place she lives: - the home and the school. It is known that the educators / teachers / nannies / domestic employees know the children, another facet [feature/angle] that refers [alludes] to the side of life in the absence of the parents, when they [the children] are in their 'social' circle with other children of their own age, with the same interests, crucial moments in the formation of the personality, of the person. *** From the perspective of the investigation, heedful of the items gathered up to now, we are in a situation in which the death of Madeleine Beth McCann occurred on 3 May 2007, inside apartment 5A of the Ocean Club resort in the town of Luz, Lagos. The work done by the dog team, in Portugal, brought conviction of this slope [angle] / proposition [theory] of the investigation, not that it had been ignored previously, but because they [the dogs] could have determined the place where clues / trace evidence could be recovered that could be, scientifically, proven. To be certain of/in this angle of the investigation, we had to be in the presence of a death whose circumstances had to be determined, there having been a fan [spread, range] of hypotheses [possibilities] in which such [death] may have occurred, through accident, negligence or crime of homicide. In this way, defining all the circumstantial-ism [taking into account all the circumstances and all the circumstantial evidence], we may be, still [yet], in the presence of other delictual practices, whose punishment is foreseen [prescribed] in the penal law, such as the hiding [concealment] of a body and the simulation of crime. The circumstances of relative isolation, they having found themselves outside [away from] 'their' space / natural habitat, in a foreign country, conditions the behaviour of the group, rapidly turning it [the group] into, possible, perpetrators of / accomplices in the event that occurred. *** Therefore I venture to suggest to you, Sir, that it should be raised for the consideration of the Prosecutor named in the Inquiry, the preparation of two rogatory letters to the British authorities, with anticipated fulfilment, to know [find out]: 1. Considering the manifest will [desire/intention/decision] of non-cooperation with the judicial authorities and police, disputing that they have already done and said everything, it is asked that: 1.1 there be authorised inspection by the dogs of the clothing used by the group of friends of the McCann family, that were in Portugal when the event occurred; 1.2 in the face of the results obtained through the police work if one may inquire of [question] people that are shown necessary and useful to the investigation; 1.3 inspections by dogs be recorded in sound and images [video-taped]; 1.4 the same team be nominated for the work as performed the same type of work in Portugal; 1.5 it be determined [permitted] the seizure of anything that, in the understanding of the investigation, shows itself to be useful for the discovery of the truth or is in any way of interest as material proof [evidence] or should be subjected to laboratory, or other, examination. 2. for the discovery of the truth it is the opinion of the investigation, due to the lack of knowledge about you, your lives and social standing, that: 2.1 entrance to the McCann residence be authorised; 2.2 where shown necessary and being in the interests of the investigation, the taking of pictures of the interior, in any room/building, be authorised; 2.3 it be determined [permitted] the seizure of anything that, in the understanding of the investigation, shows itself to be useful for the discovery of the truth or is in any way of interest as material proof [evidence] or should be subjected to laboratory, or other, examination; 2.4 in the interest of better understanding the personality and affections of the young girl Madeleine, questioning proceeds of: 2.4.1 the teacher of the school that the girl attended; 2.4.2 other persons / teachers with she kept company, in instruction or after- school / extra curricular activities; 2.4.3 the person/people employed in/at the McCann residence; 2.4.4 other persons, non-family, who may be identified and whose association [experience] with the girl Madeleine may contribute to the above objectives. I submit the above to you, Sir, ... Inspector Tavares de Almeida

Intercalary report compiled by chief inspector Tavares de Almeida, for the attention of the Criminal Investigation Coordinator, 10 September 2007

Intercalary report compiled by chief inspector Tavares de Almeida, for the attention of the Criminal Investigation Coordinator, Gonçalo Amaral PJ Files page 2601, Vol. X, of Process NUIPC-201/07.0 GALGS For the attention of the Criminal Investigation Coordinator Madeleine Beth Maccann was born on the 12th of May 2003. She has been missing since the 3rd of May 2007, a fact that took place in Praia da Luz, in Lagos. She is the daughter of Gerald and Kate McCann and her birth was desired and planned. The mother’s difficulty in becoming pregnant should nevertheless be mentioned, as well as the resulting necessary treatments and the ‘cost’ thereof. She was born from ‘in vitro’ insemination, but the tracing of the child’s DNA shows that she is in fact the McCann couple’s daughter. It is a scientific fact that the medical treatments to overcome some of the causes for the lack of pregnancy increase the likelihood of twins being born from a so-called normal pregnancy. In this case, we can see that a pregnancy, although desired and planned, turned a family of three into a family of five. Moreover, caring for one child is not the same as caring for three, all of tender age. *** At around midnight on the 3rd of May 2007, through a phone connection between the GNR in Lagos and this police station, the disappearance of a child, an English subject, was communicated. We went on location in order to perform the necessary judiciary inspection. Faced with the fact, the disappearance of a child, the investigation “drew out” the various possible scenarios. The child’s parents immediately attributed the fact (disappearance) to the action of a third party, defending the ABDUCTION. While [abduction] being one of the possible scenarios, the family’s actions led into that direction, by publicising the fact in a manner that had never been seen before. In fact, on the very next day, English television stations ‘opened’ their newscasts, already advertising the child’s disappearance / abduction. The defence of this scenario was the ‘truth’ of the facts under investigation, for the media. Time went by and that scenario was not confirmed as its presuppositions were not ‘fulfilled’. No ransom was ever demanded in exchange for information or for the child itself. Nevertheless, and considering the deposition by one of the friends, Jane Tanner, we could be looking at said scenario. Meanwhile, diligences continued in order to collect all kinds of information and always with the purpose of working all scenarios that were still a possibility. *** The information that was initially collected with family and friends was uncertain and had been “worked” upon by the group, in order to strengthen the version that had been presented and defended. According to the version of the parents and of the GROUP, they went out to dine and all of them left their children, asleep, in their apartments. The group’s members held a meeting during which they agreed on certain rules that sustained a version of continuous checking of the children, while they dined. The process includes a manuscript by one of the group’s members that supports this thesis. These principles, which in this manner, have been shared by the entire group, have the effect that for the English public opinion the whole GROUP is always cleared, rendering any abnormal event that might last longer than 30 minutes impossible, given the fact that they all agreed that was the time lapse in which the children were checked. The version that someone from the group went to the apartments to check that everything was well, every 15 or 30 minutes, collapses!! Total incoherence results from the GROUP’s statements, which makes it easy to verify that everyone lies. We can verify that one of the group’s elements, wishing to make the group’s version about the checking, more consistent, gives it a personal touch: the checks on the children were carried out in two manners, one just to listen if anyone was crying, and in case of silence all was well, and the other one by actually checking. On his turn to check on the children, one of the group’s elements, Matthew, did just that, as he even told Kate that all was well, with no further explanation. Kate recalls this detail. But the truth is that this information leads the investigation to wander about, to waste time and resources. It is not understandable that this information is given at the beginning and sustained throughout time, despite the fact that anyone can verify the damage that results from it, for the investigation. After all this time, the version is upheld !! as well as the public, insistent statement that what they want most is to “assist the investigation”. The investigation was forced to assume the information was incorrect, and move forward. This only!! results in: If someone checked on the children and all was well, the disappearance took place between 9.30 and 10 p.m.; If the information wouldn’t be counting on said witness (?), then the disappearance would have taken place between 9 and 10 p.m., widening the time period (presuming that the father speaks the truth). But there is another question about the timing which is: The last time that the child was seen outside of the group, by someone who can prove that moment, was at around 5.35 p.m., when the parents went to pick her up at the crèche, which may widen the time lapse between the disappearance and the alert, into four hours. *** Continuing to analyse the information that was offered, we have one of the group’s members, Jane Tanner, becoming a supposedly important witness, due to what she told us: she saw someone crossing the street at dinner time: from the location of the disappearance into the direction of Robert Murat’s house. This information directed and occupied the investigators’ work for a long time. This may be an example of how information that is not correct, may not only delay, but may have led to losing the little girl. By insisting on the information, scenarios were outlined which failed to match said information with reality, but still long and intense work was carried out on that arguido. In the same manner, we can verify the discrepancy about the subject, in statements from Gerald and Jane. How they passed each other at only two or three meters’ distance, yet failed to see each other; can they position themselves in such a reduced space, and both fail to see the same person walking by; more correctly, one sees and the other doesn’t. Even the location where they supposedly crossed ways is not very well defined by both. The moment chosen by the witness Jane to make her statement about what she had “seen” and the explanation for that moment is unreal, which is to say, it is not easy to accept that any witness (from the group) upon seeing someone with a child in the arms getting away from the McCann’s place, hadn’t immediately acted or spoken, being certain that the description of the person was being consecutively altered, “perfected”. Therefore, there isn’t much credibility in this deposition. *** Until now we have been analyzing small distortions in the information that was initially transmitted, “small” alterations (distortions) of the truth taking place, thus relating them with the investigation and with the direction it forced it into. The investigation didn’t follow the command or the will of anyone; the family and group information that is fundamental in this type of crime, was always distorted. The fact that the individuals were foreigners prevented, until now, that direct information about the persons of the GROUP could be collected. *** The parents of the minor live in a society, the British, known through the press, as being very demanding. The profession of both parents, medicine, completed by the fact that the father is a surgeon, increases this degree of demand and consequent tiredness. In a society that is identified internationally and in the Media as being very demanding and with many and tight rules to establish those standards of exigency, it makes it obligatory that people rest; make a professional retreat; take their holidays. Gerald McCann is a cardiovascular surgeon. In many moments of his professional career he had to make decisions in thousandths of a second, which ‘gives’ him a certain coldness, and certainly provokes an increased tiredness. The enjoyment of a period of holidays supposes a rest through non-ordinary practices and freedom and exemption from schedules. The social life in such a holiday, in the present case, was facilitated by the fact that they travelled as a group. But that social life may, in a certain way, be touched by the presence and constant needs of accompanying the minors. This fact and need was clear in the deliverance of the children to the respective child centres and crèches (according to their ages). The holiday time was not shared between parents and children. *** The 3rd of May of 2007 had gone by, until around dinner time, in a natural way according to the adopted style. After fetching the children from the nursery and the crèche they went to the apartment, shortly after 17:35h. But…Kate went running for half an hour on the beach and then went to the apartment and…Gerald went to play tennis. While the tennis match was taking place, another member of the group, who had been in touch with Kate, in the apartment, for a period of time that took between 30 seconds, according to Kate, and 30 minutes, according to Gerald, showed up. In thirty seconds we may ask if everything is well and if anything is needed, little more. In thirty minutes we can go ahead and do something that is requested from us... They put the minors to bed and to sleep, at around 19:30h. They remained at home until around 20:30h, going to the Tapas restaurant afterwards. They were the first to arrive, out of the group. After the entire group was at the table and when the meal started, the “checks” on the children began, in a way that is neither coherent nor acceptable; it could not be confirmed and only the group defends it, in a sort of “unique version”. Although they say in their statements that their strategic position in the Tapas restaurant allowed them, the McCanns, to see the apartment where they’d left their underage children asleep, the examination of the spot reveals it is false. It must be noted, also, that according to the investigation. everything points to their position at the table being with their backs to the apartment. On that NIGHT, around 22:05h, according to her version, it was Kate that went to the apartment to check the children, coinciding with the end of the dinner, at which she had arrived at around 20:30h. So, she returned to the apartment about one and a half hours later, the time lapse during which she didn’t see her children. It took her about 10 minutes!!. She then showed up at the restaurant and told the remaining members about the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine. It must be noted that Kate knew that, going back to the restaurant as she did, she would leave the twins, Amelie and Sean, in the same dangerous situation. It is not understandable why she didn’t use the mobile phone to call Gerald or the group or, even simpler, that she didn’t walk out on the balcony from where she could be perfectly heard by the members of the group. *** The authorities, the GNR, were alerted at around 22:40h, and the alerted population started the searches for the child. The divulgation of the facts wasn’t kept within the authorities and the normal channels. On the following day, British and Portuguese televisions were broadcasting the news. However, the GROUP had been reunited. The search was circumscribed to the interior of the apartment. Even before any search by the authorities in the surroundings started, the news about the possible abduction was already running along. By reasons, they said, of counselling and support, the parents asked for the presence of a priest, at around 02:00h/03:00h on the 04th of May. From the informal depositions they gave, during the judiciary inspection on location, the information immediately induced the thesis of ABDUCTION. Simple things became disinformation: the question of the open or closed window; the shutter up or down; the open balcony door…the front door, merely shut or locked by key. *** Despite everything, until a certain time in the investigation, the family sustained and fed the theory of abduction. However, on a date that cannot be precise it was suggested by the family that a person should be consulted that could, eventually, indicate the probable location of little Madeleine’s cadaver. This fact became inexplicable to the members of the investigation, given the fact that it was the members of the family themselves who raised the hypothesis little Maddie’s death. Nevertheless, for the media they continued (and continue) to declare their hope of finding their daughter alive: the first time that the hypothesis of the little girl’s death was raised it was, effectively, suggested by the McCann couple. *** While keeping several investigation lines open, it was decided to advance in the direction of a new inspection of the spot where the girl disappeared. The inspection technique is commonly used in the United Kingdom and consists of the use of especially trained dogs. Naturally, the dog’s smelling sense is the ‘sense’ at use. In the case of this ‘sense’, the difference between the human and the dog is of 5 million cells to 200 million cells. It must be highlighted that the use to this kind of inspection is frequent in the UK and the success rate is of 100%. One of the dogs is trained to detect cadaver odour and the other to identify traces of human blood. We now stress that the location of the cadaver odours signifies that physically the body (cadaver) is not on the place, marked by the dog, but certainly it has been there, as long as the dog signals it. As can be read in the process files, in this inquiry, the dogs inspected the following locations and items, with the results described below. All the inspections were recorded in sound and image and were directed by our British colleagues that accompany the dogs. Among the great number of items and locations that were inspected, the dogs marked the following locations and items: 1. Apartment 5 A, Ocean Club resort, the place from where the child disappeared: 1.1. Cadaver odour detection dog: * master bedroom, in a corner, by the wardrobe * living room, behind the sofa, by the side window 1.2. Blood dog: * living room behind the sofa, by the side window (exactly the same spot that had been signalled by the cadaver dog); 2. Front garden of apartment 5A: 2.1. Cadaver odour detection dog: * one of the flower beds (the dog handler commented on the “lightness” of the odour) 3. Apartments where the rest of the group were staying: * NOTHING was detected by the dogs 4. McCanns’ present residence (at that time): * NOTHING was detected in the house by any of the dogs 5. In Aldeia da Luz village: * NOTHING was detected by any of the dogs 6. McCann family's clothes and belongings: 6.1. Cadaver odour detection dog: * two pieces of clothing belonging to Kate McCann * one piece of clothing belonging to Madeleine * Madeleine’s soft toy * the cadaver odour was detected when the toy was still inside the residence (the McCanns’, at that date) * it was confirmed under out of the house conditions 7. The vehicle that was used by the McCann family: 7.1. Cadaver odour detection dog: * marked the car key * marked the inside of the car boot 7.2. Blood dog: * marked the car key * marked the inside of the car boot 8. Car that was used by a family friend that was staying in the same resort, on some of the same days: * nothing was detected by any of the dogs 9. All the cars that were used by arguido Robert Murat and the people that are close to him: * nothing was detected by any of the dogs. (In a total of 10 cars the cadaver dog and the blood dog only marked the car of the McCann family, rented on the 27th of May!!!) The locations and items that were marked and signalled by the blood dog are being subject to forensic exams, part of which are already concluded. Not less relevant is the refinement of the results that point towards Madeleine’s DNA as being present in apartment 5A, behind the sofa, a spot that was marked by the cadaver and the blood dog. In every place marked by the blood dog, the laboratory confirmed that DNA was present. *** The media attention that has been given to the case and the search for information by said media has led to an evolution in Madeleine’s parents’ statements. All the information that was made public, has contributed to the rebuilding of the story, adapting it to eventual police questions, and to attempts to justify the indicia and consequent evidence that is being collected. Let’s see: the media suggested the possibility that the children could have been sedated to be kept asleep and allow the parents some rest. Distant in time, Kate’s father, the grandfather of the child, Brian Healy, admits to the press that Kate could have administered some medication to the little girl, Calpol, to help the child (the children??) to sleep, contrary to what his daughter Kate has been stating. Kate, through the PJ inspector that acted as “liaison” with the family, asked why samples weren’t taken from the twins in order to test that hypothesis. She knew well enough at that time, more than 3 months later, that such an exam would be worthless. She went even further and said that we – the investigation – should verify that the abductor had sedated Madeleine, in order to accomplish his action and that he had also sedated the twins…to consummate the act…however she didn’t say that at the right moment. What we certainly know is that the sedatives have timings to act and timings to be expelled, that vary between six and 200 hours. The McCanns’ medical knowledge is enough to know this, even if their professional activity never included performing toxicology exams. When the media informed that blood had been detected “in the car and in the apartment”, Kate and members of her family come to the public with the simple excuse that it had been someone, who had access to the apartment, that had placed the evidence. Now they even admit it was the criminal investigation body that placed the “false” evidence (blood and cadaver odour in the apartment and in the car). In an attempt to justify the blood, Kate went even further, informing, on that occasion, that Madeleine sometimes suffered nosebleeds. *** On the day that the house search was performed, at the McCanns’ residence, written papers were found in the master bedroom, as well as a bible, written in English. It was open on the pages whose copies are annexed to this report, with the translation. *** ABDUCTION is a situation with which, unfortunately, in the United Kingdom, most of the public opinion is acquainted, due to the rate of this kind of crime. Intelligent people should have a minimum of knowledge that publicity damages the investigation of an abduction crime and is especially threatening to the safety of the abducted person. They should wait for the decisions from the police authorities; there is strong evidence that the crime scene was altered, and some furniture was moved around. Those changes are indications of simulation. *** On the night that little Madeleine disappeared, the family was contacted by a lady that identified herself with documents that credited her as somebody that worked with minors in the United Kingdom. She identified herself with documents/certifications that are used in the UK, with hospitals and child care centres. She offered her help in whatever was needed. No doubt this person could have been of valuable help, even about procedures, but she was dismissed. *** From everything that was established, the facts point in the direction that the death of Madeleine McCann occurred, on the night of May 3rd of 2007, inside apartment 5A, at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, which was occupied by the McCann couple and by their three children; There is a coincidence between the marking of cadaver odour and blood, according to the (partial) Laboratory Report that has been annexed to the process files. Said marking occurred behind the living room sofa (cadaver odour / blood / DNA), which indubitably proves that said piece of furniture was pushed back by someone, after the death of Madeleine McCann was verified. Because of the few traces that were recovered on location and subject to examination, it has to be admitted as a strong hypothesis that it was subject to a “washing”, at a moment following the occurrence of death. In the same manner, the soft toy that was used by the dead child, which was found at the top of the bed where she usually slept (cf. photos from the initial inspection) reveals that someone put it there at a moment posterior to death, given the fact that the bed doesn’t have any cadaver odour. This is to say, an intentional modification took place, in order to simulate a “picture” that doesn’t match reality, in an attempt to take advantage for the simulation of an abduction scenario; It must be added that the cadaver odour detection dog strongly signalled the bedroom where the McCann couple slept, which may indicate the moving of the corpse from the actual death spot (living room) into a non visible part of said bedroom; Furthermore a strong marking of cadaver odour was made on Kate McCann’s clothes, which may indicate that she was in touch with the cadaver; There was also a strong marking of cadaver odour in the car that was used by the McCann couple (since the 27th of May 2007), which in conjugation with the blood dog’s marking and based on the forensics that are included in the process files, which indicate the presence of Madeleine McCann’s DNA in the car boot, lead towards not excluding a strong hypothesis that this vehicle may have possibly been used move the cadaver, 24 days after the death; The indication from the cadaver odour detection dog, as well as from the blood detection dog, on the key of the aforementioned vehicle, where the laboratory would confirm the existence of Gerald McCann’s DNA, cannot be dismissed. This last signalling was obtained by the dogs after the key was put far away from the vehicle, in a non visible location. *** From all that was presented, the process results in the following: A) the child Madeleine McCann died in apartment 5A of the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, on the evening of the 3rd of May 2007; B) an abduction was simulated; C) in order to make the child's death impossible before 10 p.m., a situation of checking the McCann couple's children while they slept, was made up; D) Kate McCann and Gerald McCann are involved in the concealment of the cadaver of their daughter, Madeleine McCann; E) at this moment, there seem to be no strong indications yet, that the child's death didn't result from a tragic accident; F) from what was established until now, everything indicates that the McCann couple, in self defence, don't want to hand the cadaver over in an immediate and voluntary manner, and there is a strong probability that said cadaver was moved from its initial location. This situation is susceptible of raising questions about the circumstances under which the child's death happened." *** Therefore, we suggest that the case files are sent to the Republic’s Prosecutor, in the Lagos legal district, for: G) a possible new questioning of the arguidos Kate and Gerald McCann; H) an evaluation of the measure of restraint to be applied in this case; During the house search at the McCann couple’s residence, a diary style manuscript was found, already photocopied, possibly authored by Kate McCann; admitting that it may contain information that may help to reach the material truth of facts, WE PROPOSE THAT: I) the photocopies of said document are presented to the illustrious Judge for the purpose of its apprehension, if legal, its translation and eventual collection of information to be included in the process files, as necessary for the investigation. At this date, I subject the case files to your appreciation, for you to determine whatever you may see as convenient, hence I open: CONCLUSION On the tenth of September, two thousand and seven Chief Inspector (Tavares de Almeida)

DCCB Report to Gonçalo Amaral, 27 September 2007

Processos Vol XI Pages 2945 - 2952 Thanks to 'Ines' for translation Letter from DCCB (Direcção Central de Combate ao Banditismo) To: The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation, Dr Amaral Date 27 September 2007 Information The undersigned, accompanied by Inspectors Ramos, Ricardo, Brigantim, and Dordonnat, in compliance with superior orders, and following information related to the possible arrival in Portugal of individuals of British nationality belonging to a private company linked to various activities, mainly the gathering of information, a company called Control Risks Group, who supposedly have the objective of cleaning spaces/objects related to the McCann family, the following inquiries were carried out in order to check the truthfulness of the facts referred to in continuation: 1. With help from the Winkworth Estate Agency in Lagos, it was established that the residence occupied by the McCann couple in Rua da Flores, lot 27 – Vivenda Vista do Mar, P da L was effectively occupied by them on 02-07-2007, whilst the contract shows that the hire period began on 1st July, according to the copy of the contract we were given. - The McCanns' departure took place on 09-09-2007 and the keys to the house were returned the following day (10-09-2007) to the Winkworth office in Lagos by an English woman named Susan who was the wife of the Anglican vicar who celebrated mass in the P da L church. - With the help of P**** C***** from the Winkworth agancy it was established that after the McCanns left the villa the agency was contacted by a female individual called M***** C++++ from ITV, who claimed she wanted to rent the villa for a few days with the aim of making some films, her request was denied. - In contact with the owner of the villa, Mr A***** M***** of Dutch nationality he said that at the moment the villa was being occupied by some friends of his, of Dutch nationality, surname S************, the husband named R********, the wife J*****, R being the director of the Museo de Arte Antiga. - The owner of the villa said that he had been in the villa after the departure of the McCanns and that it seemed to him that there were new plants at the bottom of the garden, without being able to indicate exactly which plants, a fact that he commented on with the gardener F**** Do S*****. - When the gardener was contacted that in spite of the fact that he does the maintenance of the garden, he had not detected anything abnormal in it, namely the existence of new plants, saying that he had some difficulty in maintaining a dialogue with the owner, because of the language barrier. - From the cleaner who worked in the residence occupied by the McCanns, it was found out that on the previous Monday 10-09-2007, she carried out her normal cleaning routine without noticing anything abnormal, just remarking that two or three boxes with dossiers were in the garage and which were later collected by a friend of the McCanns', Susan. - She says that whenever she went to the house occupied by the McCanns she always found them to be accompanied by friends or family. - On the 11-09-2007, the Dutch owners of the residence were also present at the property. - When they (PJ) contacted Susan, they found out that she was Susan Harboard (sic) and it was confirmed that she had returned the key to the estate agency after the McCann’s departure. - During the period that the key was in her possession, it was not requested by anyone, nor does she remember seeing anything abnormal at the residence. 2. As regards the Renault Grand Scenic, number plate 59-DA-27, it was hired by Gerry from Rent a car AA. Castanheira, with offices in Lagos, on 27-05-2007 and was delivered to the McCann couple at the apartment they were occupying in P da L, from which time it was noted in the contract that a friend of the McCanns, Alexander Cameron, was noted as an additional driver. - At a later date, at the end of August, another additional driver was added to the contract, Michael Terrence Wright. - The return of the car to the rental agency, was done at the agency's offices on 23-09-2007 by a Caucasian individual, who appeared there alone, speaking English, about 1.80 cm tall, with short grey hair, about 60-65 years old, who signed the delivery document for the return of the car, but whose signature is illegible. - When the car was delivered to the McCanns it had 3.114 km on the clock and when it was returned it had 14.443 km on the clock, thus 11.227 km had been travelled during the period the car was in their possession. 3. In relation to the McCanns' stay at the OC, the following was checked: Date of occupation of apartment 5 A 28-04-2007 and the departure date was registered on 05-05-2007, being certain that from 04 – 05 they did not stay in the apartment. They entered apartment 4G on 04-05-2007 and left on 03-07-2007. - After the disappearance apartment 5 A was occupied by the following individuals: 12-06-2007 – 19-06-2007 by R and F. F****** (friends of the owners), from 28-06-2007 – 12-07-2007 by SR, W & CF, 12-07-2007 to 19-07-2007 by BSP and JFP, 19-07-2007 – 26-07-07 by MMS family. 4. It was stated by Silvia Batista that on 20-09-2007, during the morning, three reporters from Sky News, two men and a woman, were seen on the patio of apartment 5 A and that they had forced the external blind to the bedroom that Madeleine had disappeared from, probably with the intention of filming inside, and she told them to leave. But she said that yesterday 25-09-2007 a security guard was asked to come to the same apartment as there was a group of three journalists – two Spanish men and a woman, who had set up cameras on the patio next to Apartment 5 A which was occupied at the time. Their identification was not noted, but given the fact they had filming equipment, they were assumed to be reporters. - With regard to journalists, it was reported by cleaners working in the block containing apartment 5 A that they are often bothered by journalists trying to get access to the apartment, which has always been denied them, the journalists often tried to persuade them or offer money in exchange for access. 5. With regard to the possible sighting of arguido Gerry McCann next to a pink coloured block of apartments at a site opposite the Luz cemetery, we can inform you that this an establishment called "St James Portuguesa Lda", lots 1 and 2 being situated in the positions mentioned, from the outside the spaces corresponding to Lot 1 can be seen of a total of apartment designated as follows: 101-104, 111-114, 121-124, 105-109, 115-119, 125-129. - In Lot 2 there are some apartments with T3 typology. - The buildings in question have 3 pavements, whose access to the different areas is visible from the outside, as they consist of an open perimeter and there are several commercial establishments at ground level. - In view of the number of buildings and given the scarce information provided it does not seem to us to be viable, immediately, to take measures to prove or disprove the elements provided. 6. As concerns the information provided by F***** J**** with regard to a sighting of the McCanns at a residence called Vila d’Arte, in the Melody Urbanisation in Espiche, during the month of July, it was possible to determine which residence this was and that the building is the permanent residence of some citizens from NL or the UK for the past 4 or 5 years. - As regards the sighting itself which occurred at 20.30 – 20.45 on dates that it was not possible to determine more than that this was in July of the current year and that the couple and their two youngest children were transported in small car, that the witness thought to be a dark coloured Citroen C3 or Renault Clio. - Upon contacting the current inhabitants of the residence it was established that they were Dutch citizens who had made their reservation during the days 24-09-2007 and 29-09-2007 via the portucasa.nl website and who were from Amsterdam. - The contract was signed through an intermediary from Winkworth who said that the McCanns never had any relationship with the residence in question because it was always let to friends or family members of the Dutch owners. - The action of the intermediary was informal, there was no register of contracts with the occupants. - The property is normally rented out, the owners do not live there on a permanent basis. 7. Reference is made that with some of the OC employees an attempt is made to obtain information about any strange movements surrounding the apartment initially occupied by the McCann family and we were told that apart from the journalists, they did not notice anything unusual. However, they would like to clarify that given the endless insistence on the part of these journalists, the employees did not really pay attention to details, neither did they register their identification of physical characteristics, limiting themselves to refusing access to the building and not answering any questions about the events that occurred there. - Yesterday at 21.16 the Portimao DIC received a phone call from a security officer who worked for the OC to say that a few minutes ago somebody had forced up the shutters of the window of the bedroom Madeleine had disappeared from. The undersigned, together with two of his colleagues went to the scene, where they saw the shutter was hanging obliquely in front of the window and noted that it had been effectively forced open from the outside. However, there were no signs of anyone trying to breach the window. - These facts were reported by the security guard. - The guard said that the incident happened between 21.00 and 21.05, when he was making his 21.00 round of the block containing Apartment 5 A and then walked down the die of 5 A, down the road to the Baptista supermarket and then returned up the same road, returning to the surroundings of Apartment 5 A and saw that in that short space of time, someone who he cannot identify as he saw nobody around, had approached the window and forced the shutters. At about 21.06 he alerted reception and the GNR. - Immediately before he had been talking to a colleague, opposite 5 A and 5 B and neither of them had seen anyone strange, but a few moments earlier they had seen two journalists - a man and a woman – near the bar, with logos from a Canadian media channel stuck on their camera. - Given the scenario, as well as the way the shutter had been raised as well as the limiting factors that other people had already been at the site and there was no guarantee of its preservation, the procedure to examine for fingerprints was not activated by the Portimao DIC. - Some trips were made to Lagos in order to attempt to identify journalists and TV stations, as well as any other persons suspected, but this activity had negative results. Signed.

PJ Case Files: Intercalary Report, 31 January 2008

PJ Case Files: Intercalary Report Thanks to Ines for translation Processo NUIPC – 201. 070.0 GALGS Vol XV Pages 3948 to 3964 Intercalary Information With the aim of comprehending and linking the circumstantialities found in the process files in a better way, this intercalary report was elaborated. The case refers to the disappearance of an English girl, Madeleine Beth McCann, the daughter of Gerald Patrick McCann and Kate Marie Healy, who would have been 4 years old on 12th May 2007. With regard to place and time, the events occurred on 3rd May 2007 during the time period, according to witnesses, between 21.05 and 22.00 at the Ocean Club resort, in Luz, Lagos, where the girl’s family, together with seven other people, who were friends of theirs, were spending their holiday. The group's arrival in Portugal, via Faro airport, took place on 28th April, arriving from the UK. They travelled in two different groups, given that they live in different areas of the country. The journey from the airport to the resort in Luz was made in a small vehicle provided by the Mark Warner company which was responsible for the management of the resort. During check in they were allocated different apartments, all of them in block G5, close to each other and this had been an imposition or at least a suggestion made by the whole group. The McCann family occupied apartment G5A, located at the left corner of the residential block, which can be said to be the most accessible apartment and with visibility from the outside. This was a group that was in certain way homogenous, given that seven of the members were doctors, trained in various specialties, added to which they all had young children with them. The McCann family consisted of the parents as well as Madeleine and the twins, Sean and Amelie, aged two years old. This holiday trip was organised by the Payne family, namely by David Payne who had previous experience of Mark Warner tourist resorts. This group shared, concomitantly, a friendship that dated from before the holiday, based upon professional relations and other leisure trips. With regard to the disappearance, the intervention of this police force occurred at about 00.10, by means of a communication received from the Lagos GNR, informing of the disappearance of a girl, which led to the immediate departure of the police to the scene (pages 2 and ss). Jointly with various diligences carried out to establish the facts, a photographic report was made of the scene (pages 12 to 23) as well as the diffusion of the disappearances, with photographs and a description of the girl, both to the authorities and to the press, after authorisation from the Public Ministry (pages 32 – 33B and 459). During this night and the during the early morning intensive searches were carried out by this police force, GNR officers equipped with sniffer dogs and by local people organised in groups and employees of the resort. These searches were extended over the following days over a radius of 15 km2 by GNR officers and tracker dogs, locals, marines (page 821 marine control Portimão), civil protection officers, the use of a helicopter as is documented in the report on pages ??? (sic) In spite of titanic efforts, time and methods used, the search for the girl was fruitless. As the investigation was oriented in two initial objectives, the location of Madeleine and the discovery of the truth of the facts, we proceeded to the questioning of the parents and the whole group of friends (page 34) as follows: Gerald Patrick McCann – Apartment 5A Kate Marie Healy – Apartment 5 A David Anthony Payne – Apartment 5 H (1st floor) Fiona Elaine Payne – Apartment 5H Dianne Webster – Apartment 5 H Russell James O'Brien – Apartment 5D Jane Michelle Tanner – Apartment 5D Matthew David Oldfield – Apartment 5B Rachel Mariamma Jean Mampilly – Apartment 5 B In synopsis, from the witness accounts obtained, it is important to emphasise the statements of Gerald and Kate as well as those of Jane Tanner and Matthew Oldfield. With regard to the former, their daily routine was marked by normality, nothing strange or of any relevance was detected during the days before the disappearance. After leaving the children at the crèche, the twins near to the Tapas restaurant (inside the resort) and Madeleine at the main reception, they dedicated themselves to ludical and sporting activities. With the exception of the first day, all day time meals were taken in the apartment. At night the group would dine in the Tapas restaurant, leaving the children asleep in their respective bedrooms, without an effective control, although the Payne family had baby monitors. The children's supper, described as high tea, took place as a group, regardless of age, at a recreation area next to the Tapas restaurant between 17.30 and 18.00. Once this meal was over, they were taken to the apartments, where they were bathed and prepared for bed, at about 19.30. On 3rd May, the daily routine was followed as normal, the McCanns returned to the apartment at about 17.30/18.00 accompanied by their children. After this time and until 19.00, they bathed the children, fed them again, giving them light products, they played a bit and then went to bed, the parents stating that the three of them were asleep at 19.30. Gerald remained at the tennis courts until about 19.00. The parents then consumed some drinks and got ready for dinner, leaving at about 20.30 in the direction of the Tapas restaurant (a journey on foot of a little more than one minute). Upon leaving, as usual, they left by the patio doors, which could not be locked from the outside and which was just pushed to, the reason being that it was the shortest route to go to the restaurant and for consequent return, whether to check on the children or for definite return. The checking of the children by that route was a daily practice and which seems to us to have been carried out daily, carried out at half hourly intervals, although as the case files show, in truth these were extended to periods that were superior to one hour. The McCann couple was the first to arrive at the restaurant table and engaged in a casual conversation with a couple who were not part of the group, but who were also British, whose surname was Carpenter. As time passed, all of the other members of the group arrived. At about 21.00 Matthew and Russell went to check on the children, having first listened outside the window of Madeleine’s bedroom, located at the front of the residential block on the ground floor. Upon his return, Matthew did not report having noticed anything unusual. Russell stayed in the apartment as his daughter was ill. At 21.05, given that Matthew's check did not involve him entering, Gerald went to the apartment. He left through the second reception area, headed up the road for twenty, thirty metres and entered through the metal gate, next to the bedroom, which leads to the garden/patio. He entered the apartment through the sliding patio door, which according to what was mentioned earlier, was not locked. He walked through the living room and headed for the children's bedroom, noticing that the bedroom door was wider open than normal, as it was normally left pushed to. He presumed that Madeleine had got up for some physiological need. He entered the bedroom and saw his three children sleeping calmly. He went to the WC and left by the same means. Upon coming out of the gate he met Jeremy Wilkins, known to him from tennis practice, also British, who was pushing his son in a push chair and who was also on holiday at the Ocean Club. He conversed with him for a few instants and returned to the Tapas restaurant at about 21.15. At about 21.10 Jane Tanner, Russell's partner, given his absence, went to check on the state of her daughter. She left by the reception and went up the road that runs along the entrance to the block. She was not seen either by Gerald or Jeremy although she did see them, she saw Gerald from the side, however Wilkins was facing the place that Tanner passed. At the exact moment that she passed them, she perceived, at the top of the street, an individual on foot who was carrying a prostrate child, barefoot and in pyjamas, heading in the opposite direction to the entrance to the apartments. She thought it was a father carrying his child. She only told of this situation sometime after the discovery of the disappearance and made the association, saying it was Madeleine, as the pyjamas were identical. A photo fit was made without facial features, the description and clothes of the individual were also spread by the media, to see if anyone could clarify what was happening there (page 1592) – no response was obtained. Coming back to the narrative, at about 21.35, half an hour having passed, Kate decided to go and check on the children, but Matthew volunteered to this as he was also going to his own apartment to do the same. He took the normal route and entered by the patio door of the McCann's apartment which was open. When he was in the middle of the living room, which had a slight light, he saw the twins in their respective cots, given that the door was ajar, however he did not enter the bedroom and therefore could not confirm whether Madeleine was sleeping in her bed. Upon his return he said that everything was fine. When he was questioned at police HQ he added that the children's bedroom had more light than would be probable if the windows were closed and the lights off. He cannot clarify the state of the window nor the existing luminosity. Half an hour later (22.00) according to their reports, Kate went to the apartment to check on the children. She entered by the patio door which she closed upon entering and she saw that the door to the children's bedroom was open wider than the way she had left it when she went to dinner. Upon closing the bedroom door, she felt a current of air which led her to observe the bedroom with greater care and this is when she noticed that her daughter Madeleine was missing. The bedroom window was wide open as were the curtains. The bed was practically intact, her daughter's soft toy was at the head of the bed. In a state of alert and with waves of panic, she searched the entire apartment, not managing to find the girl, which led her to go, in an upset state, to the Tapas restaurant, saying that her daughter had been taken. Clear allusion to an abduction, justified by the fact that the window was open, they said. During this time, the twins were in the bedroom, alone and sleeping. Furthermore, they never woke up during this night, in spite of all the commotion. Informed about the disappearance, the whole group went to the McCann's apartment, accompanied by Ocean Club employees, who searched the apartment and the adjacent area several times, without results. The call to the GNR took place at 22.41, according to the list in page 3051. With the arrival of the GNR, the officers of that force again searched the whole apartment including the electrodomestic appliances, no useful results were found inside or outside the apartment. On that night the commander of the Lagos GNR received, supposedly from Gerald, four photographs of the girl, page 2294, poster type, 10 x 15, in two different poses, identical to page 30, their printing/developing must have been done at a moment before the events. Diligences were carried out to establish the origin of these images, pages 2295 and 2296. After 00.00 a team from this police force arrived at the scene and immediately began diligencies, namely fingerprint inspection which only revealed the collection of prints from people who had legitimate access to the apartment. The bedroom was also examined by Scientific Police Laboratory, which collected numerous vestiges for continuous examinations, which up until now have not contributed to a full clarification of the facts. During the course of the collection of elements, on the next day a mobile GNR post was placed in front of the residential block with the aim of receiving/treating and channelling information related to the disappearance, all investigated by this police force in a methodical and strict manner, some were added to the inquiry, others were placed in annexes so that it was possible to visualise what was done. Apart from the information collected by the mobile post, hundreds of other pieces of information from civil society and from the authorities were received by email or telephone and were treated in the same manner. None of this information to date had attained the required result of locating the girl and clarifying the facts under investigation. The British media were alerted to the disappearance, on the night of 3rd May, Sky news opened its news report at 07.00 on 4th May with news about this case. A huge media presence without precedence was mobilised, accompanying all the police work, speculating and imagining scenarios, some of them possible, some of them fantasy. Given this introspective picture, we can be sure that as well as the abduction situation, all other possibilities were open, as they are now. This thesis – abduction – was exhaustively investigated, all information leading to this in every sense, was examined. No ransom was ever demanded. We clarified two situations, with the valuable help of the Dutch and Spanish authorities which led to the detention of three persons who were trying to extort money from the family in exchange for false information about the girl and who were proven to be fraudulent. These facts can be found in two Apenso volumes annexed to the files. We proceeded to question all the OC employees, pages 848 and 856 whose statements did not reveal anything of any relevance in spite of the parsimonious attention used. We carried out diligencies in 443 rooms in Praia da Luz, page 198, nothing useful was found. For the rest, we heard witness accounts relating to incidents with children, which were not possible to link to Madeleine, in particular the case of a Polish couple who were on holiday in Portugal and who were seen taking photographs of a girl who looked like Madeleine. But once again nothing of relevance was found with relation to them as can be seen in pages 213 to 216. Photo fits were elaborated based on the indications of witnesses who reported situations that they characterised as being "strange, most concretely of individuals who were seen in the proximity of the apartment during the day", but again, nothing that could be related to Madeleine. Particular attention was paid to individuals connected to the criminal underworld, those connected to crimes against children, diligences, which to date have not enabled the collection of any relevant data. In order to perceive the Babel of information, we can say that some of the incidences about the disappearance, in particular with relation to sightings, placed the girl at the same time and date in different locations in our country (pages 524 and ss) as well as in places around the world separated by thousands of kilometers, from Japan to the States, passing through Indonesia, Singapore and the African continent. As regards the latter, a sighting was transmitted from Morocco, near to Marrakesh, at a petrol station, by a Norwegian woman. In spite of efforts the images were never obtained, therefore it was partially dismissed. We has reports of sightings in public transport and on motorways all over Europe, in some of these cases it was possible to confirm that these were girls accompanied by their parents and in some cases, girls with physical similarities. The images from petrol stations along the main roads of the Algarve were seen, the result was negative, Gerald and Kate were shown stills from these images, such as those in pages 129 – 133, showing a similar looking girl but who did not correspond to the missing girl. At a determined moment, and because as is known in these cases, it is necessary to have a perfect knowledge of the scene, in order to facilitate procedures and plan actions duly, suspicions fell on an individual who lived metres away from apartment 5 A, Robert Queriol Murat. The suspicions referred to are found in pages 308, 328, 442, 461, 957, 960, 961, and 968 – 1000. During the initial phase, before the deepening of the investigation, this individual fulfilled the conditions to be made a suspect. The intrinsic elements of his condition as suspect can be analysed in the previously mentioned pages. In order to confirm or discard the suspicions about Robert Murat, searches were carried out and telephone interceptions were made, pages 995 – 1013 of the suspect and of individuals who interacted directly or indirectly with him, namely those who had daily contact with him or with whom he maintained telephone contact. In spite of an exhaustive and methodological investigation of Murat and the persons close to him, no elements were collected that could connect him to the crime being investigated. Apart from the analysis of communications and forensic examinations of their computers which did not reveal anything useful, various searches of his home were made with the use of sniffer dogs, the subsoil was examined, physically and using detection methodologies, again with no useful results. The cars of those connected to him were examined, no results were obtained. The homes and vehicles were minutely inspected by the Police Scientific Laboratory, no relevant vestiges were found. The analysis of the telephone and electronic communications (attached in annex) and the resulting correlation, gave no results. At the police HQ the suspect denied any involvement in the events. The inquiries made in relation to the other individuals who had personal or professional relations with Murat did not bring up any data worthy of investigation. In truth, during the searches various objects were taken for analysis without any incriminating result having been found yet. As reported on page 1606 and following pages, a new element appeared, brought by an Irish family, who told of a sighting on 3rd May 2007 at about 21.55 of a man carrying a child who was walking down a road that leads to a zone near to Praia da Luz. They did not manage to recognise the man, however Martin Smith, in subsequent information, page 2871, said that judging by the bearing it could have been Gerald McCann, which upon initial analysis did not seem very viable to us given the time period indicated. However, new questioning of Martin Smith by the Irish authorities was requested in order to check the reliability of his information. A reply is awaited. Concerning the theme of searches referring to the construction work underway in Praia da Luz, page 1650 and ss we collected the statements of the workers, employees and the engineer in charge who did not detect anything unusual and who focused on the impossibility of hiding a body, even a child’s body. *** Meanwhile, I come to the knowledge of this police force about the information relating to the use of the dogs, page 1989 and following pages, specialised in the marking of human blood remains and human cadaver odour, from the UK. This is an inspection technique commonly used in the UK, sometimes with positive results, consisting in the use of two specially trained dogs. One of the dogs is trained to detect cadaver odour and the other to detect human blood traces. Opting to use this resource, a large number of objects and places were examined, where, in some cases, the dogs were seen to show the behaviour of identification and signaling, as follows: 1. Apartment 5 A, Ocean Club resort from which the girl disappeared - Cadaver odour dog • in the couple's bedroom on the floor next to the wardrobe. • In the living room, behind the sofa, next to the lateral window of the apartment. 2. Patio area, in front of apartment 5 A - Cadaver odour dog • in one of the flower beds, the dog handler commented upon the weakness (lightness) of the odour detected. 3. Apartments where the rest of the group was staying • Nothing was found by either dog. 4. Residence of the McCann couple at the time of the date of inspection • Nothing was found by either dog in the villa. 5. In the locality of Praia da Luz • Nothing was found by either dog. 6. The clothes and belongings of the McCann family - Cadaver odour dog • On two pieces of clothing belonging to Kate Healy. • On a piece of clothing belonging to Madeleine. • Possibly, on a soft toy belonging to Madeleine (cadaver odour was detected when the toy was still in the residence (on the date it was occupied by the family)). • Signalling was confirmed in a scenario outside the villa. 7. In the vehicle used by the McCann family - cadaver odour dog • signalled the car key - blood dog * signalled the vehicle's key. * signalled inside the vehicle's luggage boot. 8. In a vehicle used by a friend of the family who was staying at the same resort, coinciding for a few days. • Nothing was found by either dog. 9. In all the cars used by Robert Murat and people close to him • Nothing was found by either dog. (Of a total of 10 vehicles the cadaver odour dog and the blood dog only signalled the vehicle hired by the McCann family on 27th May). The places and objects signaled by the blood dog were tested forensically by the reputed British Laboratory (FSS) whose final results are not yet available. However, there are indications that would show that these will be inconclusive, in other words they do not corroborate the dogs signalling without leaving any doubt. Based upon the action of the sniffer dog team which reveals the eventual existence of a cadaver in the apartment and in the car used by the McCann family and with the aim of enabling Gerald and Kate to safeguard their position in the process they were constituted arguidos, in the face of the mere possibility of their involvement with the eventual cadaver. During the course off their interrogation as arguidos they denied any responsibility in the disappearance of their daughter. ** During the process phase we are in, according to the results of the information already in the case files, we proceeded to elaborate the thematic annexes (apensos) that contain all the information relating to sightings, suspects or suspicious situations, temporary analysis reports and reports on communications and examinations as well as information subject to international cooperation. The investigation continues in the sense of checking all credible information received in the meantime on a daily basis, with particular relevance to information with regard to paedophiles and the authors of sexual crimes which has already exceeded 150 individuals. Reports and diligences will always be carried out in a methodical manner, taking into account the investigation actions and conclusions already carried out in the unrenounceable and unforgettable hope of discovering the truth of the facts. In the wake of what has been mentioned, a proposal was made for the elaboration of a Letter of Request to the British authorities, enunciating the diligences, which are pertinent in our opinion and which could be fruitful for the case. For your consideration. Portimão, 31st January 2008 Inspector João Carlos