Witness Statement

Sofia Bento Barbosa

Date: 2007-08-08

Occupation: Cook

Place of Work: OC

She has worked at the OC for about 2 months and is a cook at the Millenium restaurant, her working hours are not defined, she works according to when her services are required. She has two days a week off, in rotation.

Before entering into service she was at home.

As a cook she is responsible for the “cold area”, her work being centred inside the kitchen of the Millenium restaurant.

She heard about the events through a phone call from her mother, and then from the news.

On 3rd May she started work at 09.30 and left the OC at 17.30. She only returned to the OC on 5th may at about 11.30 and worked until 15.00.

She does not remember ever having seen the family of the missing girl and only got to know who they were from their photos in the press.

She did not see anything suspicious during the days preceding the disappearance.

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