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Date: 2007.05.10
Place: Praia da Luz, Lagos
Officer responsible: Manuel Pinho, Inspector
Description and result of diligence
Today (10 May
07), accompanied by Joao Barreiras and Catriona Baker, the
'nanny' responsible for the missing minor, retraced the places
and times at which they left the resort area to go to Praia da
Luz. A photographic report [of this journey] is attached:
- We were told by Catriona that the only days they went to the
beach were Tuesday afternoon (1 May 2007) between 15:30 and
16:30, on Wednesday (the next day) at the same time and on
Thursday between 10 and 11 o'clock (see attached table [of
creche activities]).
- The route taken was
as follows:
1. The parents left the children at "Baby Club", Mark Warner,
situated next to the principal reception and which is open 24
hours;
2. then Catriona, with Madeleine and 4 or 5 more children,
walked toward the beach. The distance is about 100 metres but
not in a straight line;
3. she was always in front with the children behind linked
together in a "summy snake" (the object being to form a snake so
that the children stayed together in Indian file);
4. leaving the "Baby Club" they descended the stairs to the
principal reception, through the front-entrance and crossed Rua
Direita (the main street in Praia da Luz) heading for Beco das
Palmeiras [passageway: called 'alley of palm trees'];
5. then they made a right towards Beco do Nordeste [passageway:
called 'northeast alley'] after which they made a left and went
down a stairway next to a property called "Casa Ortiga", that
has the number 17;
6. at the bottom of the steps is Travessa das Redes [another
street];
7. crossing this they descended alongside the parking lot
towards the esplanade that runs the length of the beach;
8. after reaching the beach they went along the boardwalk to an
area where there was a red awning and several thatched
sunshades;
- On the first two days the children played and did activities
in the sand. On the Thursday they went sailing next to the
beach.
- On that day they sailed in a small yellow "catamaran";
- Alice Standley accompanied the children on the route and on
the boat. Three children sailed with her at one time;
- Chris Unswork transported the children in a red amphibious
boat (life-saving boat) until the boat reached the open sea,
and, a few minutes later, returned them to the beach to pick up
three other children from the group;
- All said that the children did not meet anyone else during
their time at the beach, nor during the trip to it.
- All said that they saw no-one suspicious watching the children
nor in the vicinity.
- Catriona said she noticed nothing abnormal [unusual] along the
route either when going to the beach or when returning to the
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