Can we finally work something out? John Hill says it was Lyndsay who informed him.
With regard to the facts of the investigation. Statements show that he knew of these facts by means of a phone call from Lindsay, head of the child care service, who told him about a female child staying at the resort who had disappeared. This phone call was made to the deponent's mobile phone at about 22.28 on 03-05-2007. About 5 minutes later the deponent presented himself at the resort, because Lindsay had told him that she had initiated the procedure for missing children used by the company and the child had not been found. Upon arriving at the scene he saw about 100 people, employees, guests and residents searching the grounds, the beach and adjoining areas calling out the child's name.
Initially the deponent thought that the child had got lost or disorientated, but as the searches did not produce any results he became increasingly worried.
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The deponent went to the main reception to see if the authorities had been alerted
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/JOHN_HILL.htmLyndsay says Amy informed her.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/LYNSAY-JAYNE.htm She indicates that on May 3rd 2007, at around 10.20pm, she was informed by her colleague Amy T. that Madeleine McCann had disappeared. At that, she immediately launched the "missing child" procedure.
Who informed Amy T?
She confirms that, on the night of the disappearance she was on duty and immediately went to the bedroom to see if the girl was hiding. She saw that the shutter was raised and that the window was partially open. It was then that she began to look in the wardrobes to see if the girl was hiding.
The first idea that occurred to her was that the girl could have left by her own means, however after checking that the window was open and the shutter raised she asked the parents whether Madeleine's shoes were there, to which they replied that they were, these facts led her to think that Madeleine could have been taken by someone.
So she doesn't say who informed her. Was it Matt? The first thing she does is confirm MM is missing and then rings around.
It must have been early, for she got back to the McCann's apartment when the window was still open and shutter still raised.
She thought it was an abduction (taken by someone) but she does not call the police??? I find that weird.
What does her rogatory statement say? Rogatory statement is all about the photos but she does say where she worked from
"When on the night of 3rd May, at about 24.00, she was at her desk at the Tapas bar, inside the resort,..."
So was she the person that rang Helder in the first place? From Helder's statement:
All his work takes place at the main reception.
He knows about the situation that happened at the Ocean Club concerning the disappearance of a little given that on the day in question (03/05/2007) he was on duty and was contacted by a member of staff from the Tapas Restaurant between 09.30 and 22.00 who informed him that the daughter of some guests who were dining there had disappeared.
That he immediately contacted the GNR in Lagos, shortly after this the child's father and John Hill arrived at the reception and he phoned the GNR again.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/HELDER_LUIS.htmSo if immediately means straight away there was some call to GNR around 10:22 PM if not before. And further calls after John hill and Gerry arrive (10:42 and 10:52).
Still we can't be certain where Amy was when she was first informed. Was this at the creche? Or the secondary reception? Did Matt have a role in informing her? We are not told.
With John Hill being informed a 10:28 one would assume Amy had completed her check and rung Lyndsay (10:22). It was said it was Lyndsay who phoned John Hill.
John Hill had assumed the authorities had already been rung when he arrived, they had been rung but not arrived yet so they were rung again 10:42 and again 10:52 for some reason.