Witness Statement

Maria de Jesus R. Almeida

Date : 2007-05-08

Occupation: Waitress/Kitchen worker

Place of Work: Tapas restaurant, OC 

Comes to the process as a witness. 

She is helped in making her statement by Silvia Batista given that she does not read nor write.

She has worked at the OC since 05-04-2007 working as a waitress/kitchen assistant at the Tapas Restaurant. She works from 15.30 to 24.00 with Thursdays and Sundays off.

Her work consists of helping in the kitchen, preparing food or washing up. She is always inside the kitchen restaurant during her hours of work.

She heard about the disappearance on 4th May at 15.30 when she arrived for work. 3rd May was her day off.

She does not know the girl’s family and saw nothing suspicious during the days before the disappearance.

Reads, ratifies, signs.