Report of Forensic Examination
No. 200707356 CR/L

Requesting Party: Portimao DIC

NUIPC: 201/07.0 GALGS

Fax No. 414 of 15th May 2007

Examination initiated on : 05 May 2007

Report of forensic examination carried out in an apartment situated in Aparthotel Sol e Mar, Apartment 2C, Burgau, with regard to the disappearance of an English girl.

Observations and Analyses Made

On 5th May 2007 at about 19.30 a team from the Scientific Police Laboratory Local Crime Scene, composed of those undersigned, upon the request of the Policia Judiciaria, went to an apartment situated in the Aparthotel Sol e Mar, 2nd floor, Apartment C in Burgau to carry out forensic examinations of the site.

Photos of the exterior of the apartment to be examined follow as well as details of its entrance.

Photo 1:

Panoramic view of Aparthotel Sol e Mar, a red arrow indicates the entrance door to the apartment subject to examination.

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Photos 2 and 3:

Panoramic views of the ascending and descending access road to Aparthotal Sol e Mar, photo 2 showing by means of a red arrow the external access stairs to the different apartments of the Aparthotel.

Photo 4 and 5:

Shot of the external access stairs to the Aparthotel and the external access corridor that exists on the second floor, the entrance to the apartment subject to examination is shown by means of a red arrow.

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Photos 6 and 7:

Shot of the entrance door to the apartment subject to examination and detail of the letter ‘C’ on the door.

Initially it was proceeded to make a first general observation of the apartment, having verified that it was made up of a kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom.

This was followed by a detailed observation of the interior of the apartment with the aim of proceeding to search and collect forensic vestiges relevant to this examination.

Initially it was proceeded to search for shoe prints or a child’s foot prints, but no relevant vestiges were detected for carrying out this examination.

This was followed by a search for biological vestiges, fibres etc., inside the apartment subject to examination.

During this search several hairs were collected from the following parts of the apartment:

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– Various hairs were collected from the kitchen floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 1B.

– Various hairs were collected from the entrance corridor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 2.

– Various hairs were collected from the bedroom floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 3.

– Various hairs were collected from on top of the bed in the bedroom, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 4.

– Various hairs were collected from the bathroom, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 5.

– Various hairs were collected from the living room floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 6.

– Various hairs were collected from a sofa on the right side of the living room, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 7

– Various hairs were collected from a sofa on the left side of the living room, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 8.

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The search for eventual haematic vestiges resulted in the detection of various brownish red stains that appeared to be of haematic origin, these were submitted to tests to search for the presence of peroxide existing in blood by means of the Kastle-Mayer test, only one stain, situated on a cupboard door in the kitchen reacted positively.

The stain in question was submitted to testing to determine the animal species of the blood and reacted positively as being human blood.

Given the results obtained it was proceeded to collect the haematic stain, by means of a slightly moistened cotton swab and this vestige was referenced as vestige 1 A.

Photo 8: Detail of the test for the determination of animal species.

The search carried out in the interior of the apartment did not detect the presence of other types of biological vestiges or fibres of interest to the forensic examination.

Finally, observation and search for haematic vestiges inside the apartment was made using a chemical product to search for latent haematic vestiges. In the application of this product no results characteristic of haematic vestiges were found.

Photos 9 and 10:

Detail of the entrance corridor from which various hairs referenced as vestige 2 were collected.

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Photos 11 – 13:

Interior of the kitchen and detail of area from which the hairs referenced as vestige IB were collected.

Photos 14 and 15:

Detail of the kitchen cupboard door from which the haematic stain referenced as 1 A was collected.

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Photos 16 – 18:
Detail of the bedroom from which various hairs were collected (floor) referenced as vestige 3.

Photos 19 – 20:
Detail of the bed area from which various hairs were collected referenced as vestige 4.

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Photos 21- 23:

Details of the bathroom from which various hairs were collected referenced as vestige 5.

Photos 24 and 25:

Inside of the living room from where various hairs were collected referenced as vestige 6.
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Photos 26 – 28:
Interior of the living room from which various hairs were collected referenced as vestige 6.

Photos 29 and 30:
The two sofas inside the living room on the right and on the left, from which various hairs were collected referenced as vestiges 7 (left) and 8 (right).

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Conclusions

From the forensic examination carried out on 5th May 2007 in an apartment in Aparthotel Sol e Mar, 2nd floor, Apartment C in Burgau, the following vestiges were collected:

– An haematic stain from the door of a cupboard in the kitchen, this vestige was collected using slightly moistened cotton swab, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 1 A.

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– Various hairs were collected from the kitchen floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 1B.

– Various hairs were collected from the entrance corridor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 2.

– Various hairs were collected from the bedroom floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 3.

– Various hairs were collected from on top of the bed in the bedroom, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 4.

– Various hairs were collected from the bathroom, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 5.

– Various hairs were collected from the living room floor, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 6.

– Various hairs were collected from a sofa on the right side of the living room, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 7

– Various hairs were collected from a sofa on the left side of the living room, they were placed in a paper envelope, according to the instructions of the Scientific Police Laboratory’s Biology Area and were referenced as vestige no. 8.

In accordance with the request of the Portimao DIC the previously described vestiges, referenced from no. 1 to 8 were delivered to the Biology Area of the Scientific Police Laboratory, by means of delivery guide no. 196/2007 – CR/L, a copy is attached, to be preserved there for the carrying out of eventual future laboratory examinations.

The test for the determination of animal species applied to vestige 1 A was placed in evidence bag series A no. 034205 and remitted to the Portimao DIC.

Lisbon, 9th July 2007