http://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/CARLOS-LACAO.htm
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The route initially taken was from the front entrance door to the passageway between Blocks 4 and 5, along the corridor and then along the passage that leads past the entrance to the small reception to the resort's swimming pool. After that the whole of the area surrounding the resort was searched.
With regard to the indications transmitted by his dog Numi, he says that at the beginning he was only "a little interested", he let the dog "get on with it" .
They finished the searches at about 07.00 AM.
His dog's speciality is patrolling (Maintenance of Public Order) although the dog also has some training in "tracking".
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http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/ARMANDO_MORAIS.htm
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After having established exactly where the girl had disappeared from, he was given a piece of her clothing by one of his colleagues, whose name he does not remember.
From the door of the apartment, accompanied by his dog, he walked the entire perimeter around the above mentioned blocks of apartments and also checked the exterior of various houses on that area.
As he did not obtain any results in the area close to the resort, he extended the perimeter of the search to a distance of 1 km.
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IMO those two statements fail to corroborate that the Patrol dogs were following Madeleine's scent at any stage.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/ANTONIO_SILVA.htmThe deponent states that:
- He comes to the process in the role of
Chief of the GNR Search and Rescue Team. He coordinated all the work carried out by the two sniffer dogs in the Luz zone and the immediate areas relating to the disappearance of the English minor Madeleine McCann from the Ocean Club.
He stated:
- Taking into account the aforementioned results, he states that it can be confirmed with a certain degree of certainty that the missing child passed by that location, on that day or on a previous day. This situation can be explained by the nature of the terrain, that is, it is a small space enclosed by walls and as such lingering scents would take longer to dissipate.
The route was described as:
- That after having smelt the aforementioned towel, next to the residence of the missing girl, more specifically next to block 5’s apartment 5A, the first tracker-dog headed toward the door of that apartment, soon whirled about in the direction of block 4, bypassing block 5 along a route (the corridor) that goes around that block and gives unto a path that runs between this block and the resort’s leisure area (pools, restaurants, etc). The dog went into the path on the left, heading toward the main road (Francisco Gentil Martins). Once there, he crossed the street and close to block 6’s wall, turned right, heading toward the contiguous parking area, more particularly toward a light post where he sniffed the ground. After this, he crossed the street again and headed toward the resort’s access zone, sniffing the door which was closed at that time. He again went to the parking zone, but finally lost interest in the search, i.e lost the scent.
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It there a strong reason to doubt the above statement?
