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- INQUIRY -
This is the report of the
specialist examination of a
dwelling situated at Apartment
5A, of Block A of the tourist
accommodation building, "Ocean
Club" - Praia da Luz, Lagos,
from where there occurred, on 3
May 2007, the disappearance of a
minor of English nationality.
Photo 1: Orthographic map
of the location with the target
apartment being indicated with a
red circle. |
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Photos 2
and 3:
Displays of the entrance (from Rua Doutor
Agostinho da Silve) and of the apron
[open paved area; car park] existing
in the immediate area of the tourist
accommodation building of the target
apartment, the front door to which is
indicated with a red arrow.
Photos 4 to 6: Displays of the
pathway to the main door of the target
apartment, of that door with the number 5A
being visible, and of the sign at the street
access in front of the referred apartment. |
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Photo 7: Display of the
side and rear of the target
apartment.
Photos 8 to 10: Displays
of the side gate leading to the
apartment, of the small garden
area and of the pathway behind
it. |
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adjacent to sink , fridge behind kitchen
door |
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Initially a
general observation of the interior of the
apartment was carried out it being seen that
it comprised a kitchen, a living room, a
bathroom, a master bedroom and a bedroom
with two single beds and two small cots for
children.
Photos 11 and 12: Displays of the
interior of the kitchen of the target
apartment.
Photos 13 to 15: Displays of the
interior of the living room and of the
hallway to the street door at the front of
the apartment. |
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photo 17: bath
with shower hose |
Photos 16 and 17:
Displays of the entrance and of
the interior of the bathroom of
the target apartment.
Photos 18 to 20: Displays
of the interior of the master
bedroom of the target apartment. |
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Photos 21
to 23:
Displays of the the bedroom with two single
beds of the target apartment.
Then began the detailed observation of the
apartment interior ending with the search
and recovery of forensic trace material
relevant to the present examination.
Initially the search began for latent
shoe-prints it being verified that dozens
existed on the floor, in the various rooms
of the apartment, which invalidated the
attempt of identifying those of the
perpetrator. Also, innumerable tracks
[footprints] that were taken to be
canine in origin mixed with red- and
white-coloured chemical products, as used to
see fingerprints, and an enormous quantity
of hairs probably of animal (dog) origin
that made it difficult to find possible
traces, especially in the bedroom of two
single beds and two children's cots from
where the minor disappeared, and next to the
aluminium window/door leading from inside
the living room to the exterior area behind
the apartment. |
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Photos 24 and 25: Detail
of the red-coloured chemical
existing in the bedroom from
where the minor disappeared. |
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First reference to stain on
bedspread |
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Photos 26 and 27:
Displays of the floor area of
the bedroom from where the minor
disappeared from where were
collected hairs referenced as
trace evidence #1. |
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Photos 28
to 30:
Displays of the floor area of the bedroom
from where the child disappeared from where
were collected hairs referenced as trace
evidence #2 and the top of the bed
from where the child disappeared from where
were collected hairs referenced as trace
evidence
#3.
Photos 31 and 32: Displays of the
upper part of the bed
[i.e. the head of the bed]
from where the child disappeared
there being indicated the hairs recovered
and detail of some of those hairs. |
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Photos of bedspread stain |
Photos 33 to 35: Displays
of the bedroom floor area next
to the single bed opposite to
the bed from where the child
disappeared from where were
collected the hairs referenced
as trace evidence #4
and the area of the single bed
opposite to the bed from where
the child disappeared from where
was taken a piece of cloth with
presumed traces of semen it
having been referenced as trace
evidence #5.
Photos 36 and 37:
Displays of the floor areas of
the living room and of the
street door hallway from where
were recovered hairs referenced
as trace evidence #6
and #7. |
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Finally, there
also proceeded the detailed analysis of the
door and of the windows of the target
apartment there not being detected the
existence of any clues/traces of
break-in/forced entry on them.
Photos 38 to 40: Detail of the lock
of the door of the apartment front entrance
where the non-existence of break-in/forced
entry was verified. |
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Photos 41 to 43: Details
of the window of the bedroom
from which the child disappeared
where the non-existence of
traces/clues of break-in/forced
entry was verified. |
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Photos 44 to 46:
Displays of the front of the apartment where
various people were observed, there being
visible the location of the security cordon
delimiting access to the dwelling and the
access pathway to the garden that also had
not been preserved. |
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Map of flat showing trace
collection locations |
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