Witness Statement
NATALIA PASA
Date/Time: 2007/05/06 22H00
Occupation: Cook
Place of Work : Ocean Club
She comes to the process as a witness. She has worked in Portugal for about 7 years, although she is of Moldavian nationality, she speaks fluent Portuguese and does not require the help of an interpreter.
She has worked at the OC for about 6 years, working as a cook at the Millenium restaurant.
With relation to the facts being investigated, on 4th May at about 06.50 she received a message from one of her colleagues, Alice, as was usual on the days that she worked, who informed her that a little girl had disappeared from the OC on 3rd May.
When asked, she says that she did not know and had never seen the girl, her parents or siblings, she only saw their pictures on the news and on posters all around Lagos.
When asked, she said that this was normal as her work in the restaurant did not imply any contact with clients and that she had only seen the parents’ pictures after the disappearance after a comment by a colleague about their presence in the restaurant.
When asked, she says that on the day of the disappearance (3rd May) she worked in the restaurant from 07.00 to 15.00 according to her weekly working hours (Tuesday to Saturday) and after having finished work she went home where she stayed until 17.00 when she went out for half an hour to some shopping. She then returned home where she stayed until 06.50 the next morning with her family (husband, children and brothers) when she received a message from her colleague and went to work.
With regard to the facts under investigation she says that she only knows what she heard from the press and from conversations with colleagues, never having seen the girl or her family members.
When asked is she knows anything of relevance to the investigation she says that she has nothing to add, only having learned that the girl was on holiday with her family at the resort after the disappearance.
She saw nothing suspicious.
No more is said.
Reads, ratifies, signs.
