Opinion (Rogerio COPETO / Oficial da GNR): DISAPPEARED: EVERY HEAD SENTENCE.
Last week news was the disappearance of a girl of Portuguese origin in France and an adult in Portugal, they deserved the different authorities ways of working, as would be expected, is not normal yet, in the case of the girl the authorities immediately assumed the commission of a crime and if the adult does not know what they assumed.
Rogério COPETO
Lieutenant Colonel of the GNR
Master in Law and Security and Homeland Security Auditor
Head of the Education Division / Command Doctrine and Training
A girl 9 years of Portuguese origin disappeared from a wedding party, na localidade Pont-de-Beauvoisin, on France, on 27 August by 3 am, as the Journal News News 28 August with the title "missing Portuguese origin girl in France", which state that "research leans now for abduction theory".
Also on day 28 August or Observer, in the article "Photographer Pedro Palma disappears after publishing enigmatic video on Facebook", He realized that the photojournalist and cartoonist Pedro Palma disappeared on 24 August, with his sister attended his disappearance to PSP, where did recent photographs delivery brother and also the vehicle data that would have disappeared, having this car was found on 29 August in Sintra, Saturday article as of that day with the title "Found the car disappeared photographer".
Said vehicle has been transported to the station premises Alcabideche GNR, having on 30 August been the subject of expertise by PJ, They eventually found the body in the car boot, according to the Morning Post reported the same day in the article "Photographer disappeared body found in the car itself", which states that "For Sister, Rosario Palma, the hypothesis of suicide does not make sense. 'He was in the best phase of his life. I had improved, I had work projects. One must realize what happened '", sister ends up accusing the authorities of neglect, according to the Sun article 5 of September, with the title "Pedro Palma's sister accuses authorities of negligence", stating that "the sister of Pedro Palma does not accept the explanation and accused the authorities of negligence: 'Inspectors Lords of the Judicial Police know who acted not well. There was negligence from the day I attended '", also concludes that "Pedro Palma was alive in the trunk in the park of GNR".
Given this accusation it is necessary to know what happened, as it is necessary to know what were the procedures that the authorities have taken to find the missing photojournalist, provided that the contribution of his disappearance was made in PSP on 24 August, until the day 30, when he was found dead in the trunk of his car, and if it could be saved, because it wants the authorities to devote disappearances necessary and sufficient attention, immediately starting procedures in order to meet the, knowing however the procedures are different when it comes to an adult or a child.
The two occurrences, back described, They are an example of the different ways in which disappearances of people are seen, while considering that the response of the authorities in both cases, They caused some surprise, because in the first the French authorities have from the outset the possibility of the commission of a crime of rape, what is not normal, due to the social alarm that this causes in populations, and immediately put on the ground a muscular police contingent and held a press conference, in order to take account of developments in the investigations since the disappearance.
Having the abduction theory was reinforced on 31 August, as observer noticed in the article "Detained man suspected of abducting Portuguese descent girl in France"And the next day the arrest of a second individual workpiece according to SIC NotÃcias relates"Second man arrested in the case of the missing lusodescendente in France", however on 1 September were both released and on 3 He was arrested again the first of the individual, who was in custody, as the portal Sapo24 realize in the article "Man is in custody for disappearance of lusodescendente girl in France", these steps that relevaram to the insufficient time to find.
In the second case, strangeness cause the eventual absence of steps taken by the Portuguese authorities, including having the car disappeared photojournalist was found by reporters Morning belt, who performed some simple investigative steps, in particular request the tickets in the Via Verde of the car and visits to places frequented by photojournalist, culminating in the discovery of the car, close to a cafe frequented by gone, since the day he disappeared, in other words 5 days later.
On this subject we wrote several articles, having no 2 year old, in June 2015, in the article entitled "missing persons and the myth of 24 hours", realized that the activation of efforts to locate missing persons is not limited by any timeframe, are 24, 48 or 72 hours, as usual to hear talk, is an elderly, adult or child.
Whenever it is made known to the GNR or PSP, that a person is missing, is child, adult or elderly, these have the obligation to initiate the procedures and diligênciais leading to their location, in the shortest possible time.
So, provided that no evidence of abduction, kidnapping or murder linked to the disappearance of that person, East, by itself does not constitute crime, It can be immediately investigated by the GNR and the PSP, and that in such cases should communicate the disappearance to the Judicial Police, Research leading to.
However, there is no existence of a crime will have to be assumed the possible danger to life or physical integrity of the missing person, whereas in the case of children that presumption should always be made.
Any criminal police body to know a person's demise, report that fact immediately to all his disposivo, also informing all other police, so that information reaches the whole national territory, It should be an assessment of the situation according to each specific case, depending on whether a child, adult or elderly disappeared.
The framework is made of a missing child is different from what you do for a missing adult. For a child should be assumed that his disappearance is not of his will, knowing however that most children disappearances are willingly, and that quickly are located in the home of friends, so it is very important, all parents know who the friends of their children, the disappearance of a teenage Aveiro, an example of this, that after missing state since 23 August, eventually deliver on 31, He realized as the Sun in the article "missing teenager in Aveiro surrenders to authorities".
So, whenever a family member or friend, It gives a person's disappearance account, You must go to the Police Station or closest to your residence, as fast as possible, providing all data on the missing person, if possible a photo, as well as the context of the disappearance and the place where he was last seen.
Immediately the investigative steps should be initiated, starting with the determination of the usual routine of the missing person, collecting information about their normal travel, by establishing a performance perimeter, higher or lower in accordance with the disappearance time, requesting the collaboration of corporations to local fire and alerting the population, to help, especially those who know the missing person and the theater, where under the commander's orders territorially search teams consist, reinforced by the binomial cinotécnicos.
In the location of missing persons it is still possible to use technology will be, including cell phone location, in possession of the missing person, feature that has greatly helped to find a vast majority of missing, should still appeal to the media to disappeared from the photo's release, as well as using up the information panels of highways and resort to social networks, because when you're concerned to find missing persons, every minute counts and nothing can stop being used.
