The coordinator having notified the local Interpol office on 4th May was then in their hands and could not influence events other than by chasing them up which he appears to have done. Short of closing borders himself there was little else he could do frustrating though it may have been to all concerned. So the crux of the matter where the coordinator is concerned is "did he make the application to the appropriate office within the timescale demanded by the protocol?" And the matter for O.C (repeating myself) is "did it make any difference in this particular instance?". Delay in phoning the police may have been slapdash on the part of all concerned but did it influence the net result in any deleterious manner? As there is no evidence of what happened to MM that would be a difficult call.
I will answer this Alice, but it is now OFF topic.
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G Amaral, was instructed by Sandra Marques,on 7th May, to request a Yellow Alert and send the information and description of Madeleine to the Interpol Office, which he done on the 8th may.
The yellow alert was not requested before this time, but please check it yourself, I may be wrong.
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From the Lagos Court
Report via Fax to PJ Portimao of the interpreters indicated above with address and phone number.
Summon them by the quickest means for their statement of compromise.
Ask the PJ to provide via Fax the names, addresses, phone numbers of the interpreters mentioned on the previous page.
Afterwards contact them for their statement of compromise in this Court within a maximum delay of 46 hours, according to article 91, number 2 of the CPP:
The present case files begin with the news of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, born on 12-05-2003, female sex, white daughter of Gerald Patrick McCann and Kate Marie Healy.
The disappearance occurred on 03-05-2007 from a ground floor apartment of the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz between
21.30 and 22.00.
As it is relevant to discovering the whereabouts of the child, I authorise and request the GNI to divulge the identification of the girl in order to establish her whereabouts, this should be done by means of a yellow alert.
Please copy this communication to the PJ.
Organise the translation of these files.
Make a copy of the present files, with a copy of everything that has been processed, as quickly as possible and deliver it to the hand of the Public Prosecutor.
7/5/2007 (17 hours)
Signed
Sandra Marques
516
FAX
Date: 8th May 2007
VERY URGENT
To: The Director of the National Interpol Office
From: DIC Portimao, PJ
Subject: YELLOW ALERT
Missing Person: Madeleine Beth McCann
We request a YELLOW ALERT for the disappearance of Madeleine Beth McCann, whose complete identification is attached.
The diffusion of the yellow alert is requested according to the dispatch from the Prosecutor of the Comarca Court in Lagos, Sandra Marques, which is also enclosed.
With best compliments
Signed
The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation.
G. Amaral
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Name: Madeleine Beth McCann
Date of Birth: 12 May 2003
Sex: Female
Passport: UK
Unchangeable characteristic: White
Nationality: United Kingdom
Daughter of: Gerald Patrick McCann and Kate Healy
Date and time of disappearance: 03-05-2007 at about
22.40 from the Ocean Club, Praia da Luz, Lagos.
Physical description (at the time of disappearance):
Height: 90 cm.
Hair: Light chestnut, blond.
Weight:
Eyes: blue green eyes with tones of brown in the retina.
Teeth:
Particular markings:
Clothing (on the date of the disappearance):
Presumed causes for disappearance: Disappeared from the Ocean Club, Praia da Luz, Lagos where she was on holiday with her parents. The disappearance occurred at a time when the girl was alone in the apartment.
Any information should be communicated to the following address:
DIC Portimao
Rua Pe da Cruz 2, Portimao
Telephone: 282 405 400
Email: dic.portimao@pj.pt
Or any PJ police station.
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