Witness Statement

Maria de Fatima Rodrigues Bernardo

Date: 2007-05-09

Occupation: Cleaner

Place of work: OC

She comes to the process as a witness, expressing her intention of making a statement in order to clarify the facts being investigated.

She is a cleaner and has worked at the OC for 3 years.

Her working day begins at 10.00 with a break for lunch from 13.30 to 14.30 and finishes work at 18.00. She normally has Tuesday afternoons and Sundays off.

Regarding her place of work, she is responsible for cleaning the FIJI and DATE blocks, belonging to the Palm Bay group. These blocks are situated opposite the apartment block the girl disappeared from.

She says she heard about the events the day after the disappearance from her colleagues when she started work. When she began work the disappearance was constantly talked about but she did not hear or see anything that could be of interest to the investigation.

On the day of the events, after leaving work, she went as always to collect her 8 year old son from school in P da L and went home afterwards to be with her family, only leaving the following morning.

When asked if she saw anything strange in the apartments where she worked or in the surrounding area on the days preceding the disappearance, she said no.

She did not see anyone with strange behaviour.

Reads, ratifies, signs.