External Inquiry
Date: 2007/05/07
Place: Lagos/Ponta da Piedade
Officer who requested the inquiry: Gonçalo Amaral
Officer who carried out the inquiry: Vitor Matos and Jorge Reis, Chief Inspectors, Antonio Brigantim, Carlos Dordonnat and Luis Pereira, Inspectors

Description and Result of Inquiry
—On this day, the undersigned, accompanied by the PJ officers mentioned above, went to Ponta da Piedade, with the aim of recovering a black coloured bag that, in accordance with the information received, was unusual in that location and could be related to the facts currently under investigation;
This is a zone of ravines and caves, and is normally passed by tourists in boats;
At the site, with the help of an embarkation from the indicated ocean zone, and where the black bag could be seen, diligences were carried out that culminated in the localisation and collection of the bag; 
The ravine where the bag was found, a rubbish bag, is in the Camara Municipal de Lagos (CML), and the bag contained another bag usually used for fertiliser as well as a rock ; 
The ravine where this bag was found was littered with rubbish and fishing lines and cigarette buts indicating that it is a zone frequented by fishermen;The ravine is located, in geographic terms, with the following coordinates, 3704750 North (N) and 840124 West (W); 
Given that the fertiliser bag had dark stains on it, after being photographed, it was sent for analysis to the Technical Police/Crime Scene Unit, specialists Mrs. Joao Paulo and Viegas, whose preliminary exams were negative; 
—The attached photographic report was carried out and follows:
Comments and/or proposals by the officer who executed the inquiry: 
It appears to us that the characteristics of the location where the bag was found make it likely that it was an object used by a fisherman who may have discarded the bag and who has no connection with the facts of the ongoing investigation; Signature of the officer.
Signature of the officer.

Pages 323 to 327—Photographic report of collection of back bag