Statement GNR Nelson da-Costa 07-05-07 re Jane Tanner Sighting & Search of 5A

417-419 Deposition Nelson da-Costa 07-05-07 re Jane Tanner Sighting & Searched 5A
02-Processos Volume II Pages 417-419

Nelson Filipe Pacheco da Costa

Date/Time: 2007/05/07 18H45
G.N.R. Military Personnel

Concerning the issue of the process said;
In the sequence of facts, he was with the patrol of the GNR that went to the Ocean Club Gardens establishment (situated in Para da Luz) on night of May 03, 2007, with the goal of investigating the circumstances that surrounded the disappearance of a minor, of British nationality, that was installed there temporarily, together with the rest of her more direct family, knowing these to be, the respective parents, and two siblings, twins, minors, whose name do not need to be clarified;

Clarifies that the occurrence in question was transmitted to the above referenced patrol via radio, at time when they were located in Odiaxere;

The patrol of which he took part, and now as a witness, went immediately to the principal reception of the aforementioned establishment, where there was encountered the father of the missing child;

Following, this patrol went to the residence where the family of said minor was staying in the 'Ocean Garden' together with the father;

At reaching the location, the two elements that made up the patrol, the current witness and his colleague, Jose Roque, proceeded into the interior of the apartment, with the goal of investigating the contours which eventually surrounded the disappearance of that minor;

In this sentiment, the deponent states that they searched al the dependencies of the residence and all the pieces of furniture, in order to confirm the disappearance - effectively confirming that that she was not in the interior;

The question made, the deponent states that the access to interior of the residence was accessed through a principal door- that is, a wood door which is placed facing north. Inside, the deponent encountered the mother and two siblings of the missing minor. The deponent states that he is unable to specify if that entrance door was found open or closed when he reached the apartment during which he was taking in the facts which the witness is now clarifying.

In the sequence of confirming the facts of the effective disappearance of that minor, he states that this has been communicated prior, for the reason of helping the Polícia Judiciara.

States that other details that may be relevant to the investigation concerns that they were directed to a citizen, of British nationality, who made up the group of tourists together with the family, name of Jane Tanner, and who detected the presence of a suspicious movement of an individual in the immediate area above identified, in the discourse of which was seen transporting a child of an early age;

And nothing more said, having read the statement, finds it in conformity and signs it;

The document is duly signed by me '

Pedro Varanda, an Inspector with this Polícia Judiciara.