Didn't a policeman see Kate and Gerry out searching at 6am that morning?
Was it this Policeman Alfred, he saw them at 7 so probably coming back from their search -
Date: 27/05/16
Witness Statement
Paolo Jorge Fernandes Neto
GNR Officer
He has been a GNR officer since 2002.
On the night of 4th May at 01.00 after having begun duty at his post, he first heard, from the Patrol Commander, Officer Casimiro, that a girl had disappeared and that he to go and join his colleagues who were there.
At about 01.05-01.20 they arrived at the site. They went to Sergeant Duarte, Commander of the Lagos GNR division, who was on the corner pavement between Rua Agostinho da Silva and Rua Francisco Gentil Martins, where they were informed about the disappearance of a little girl from an apartment at the OC tourist complex.
Afterwards they received a photograph of Madeleine McCann and received orders to search the whole of the Rua da Ramalhete and the access points to Quinta da Bela Vista.
They did not enter the apartment zone nor the parking area opposite.
The patrol he was a member of did not contact anyone, nor were they approached by anyone.
He saw many people, mainly British, who were helping with the searching.
At about 02.15-02.30 and after having helped his colleagues from the PJ who had arrived at the site, they contacted the Commander again and were told to search the area surrounding the resort.
During this search they were approached by two people, one, a Portuguese individual who worked at the Mirage Complex, who asked if they knew anything yet, and by a female who was with the individual and who participated in the conversation.
They were in the area until about 09.00 searching in coordination with GNR team members, at which time they were relieved by other officers who came on duty.
He remembers that he saw the McCann couple at about 07.00 alone in the street next to the site where they were stationed.
He did not enter the apartment where the disappearance took place.
Reads, signs, ratifies.
