A quote from Morais! LOL! About as unbiased as getting advice from Chemical Ali....
Does this ring any bells?
Research began «too late»by José Manuel Oliveira
05 October 2004It is widespread feeling among the population of the village of Figueira, in Portimão, that the authorities' investigations to try to locate the child missing since September 12 have principled 'too late'. And many have lost hope that the body of Joan gets to be found, or, as admit relatives of the girl, that, after all, alive.
After being alerted by a neighbor of the smaller elements of the GNR Portimão moved that night to Figueira, in order to take account of the occurrence and talk with the family of Joan.
The next day, Joana's mother, Leonor Cipriano (preventatively detained on suspicion of murder), formalized in GNR Registry daughter's disappearance. A day later, already evening, officers of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of that security force then began to interrogate inhabitants of the locality to help clarify what happened.
In the official version of GNR, started searching that night, with sniffer dogs throughout the village and neighboring rural areas.
But the fact is that only the next morning is that these operations were detected by population. No clues, no means to go further, the GNR transferred, after five days, the process for the Judiciary Police of Portimão. And next week, the case went to the PJ in Faro.
"The first few hours are important. If the investigation had started earlier, maybe Joan had already appeared. Dead or alive. We are dealing with a child eight years, which should have deserved greater concern of the authorities, and not a 16 year old, "observed DN to the father of a girl living in that village. The population of Figueira still eagerly waiting for an outcome for this mysterious case.
