Portugalin tutkintajohtotriosta 2 oli sekaantunut myös Joanan tapaukseen

Tapauksella on siis 3 johtajaa ja heistä 2 tutki myös Joanan tapausta. Guilhermino Encarnação, 59 sekä Goncalo Amaral, tämä joka joukkioineen hakkasi ja kidutti Joana Ciprianon äitiä, jotta tämä tunnustaisi murhanneensa lapsensa.



At the forefront of one of the most intensively scrutinised investigations in recent history is Guilhermino Encarnação, 59, the director of the Judicial Police for the Algarve.

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Described as a " desk strategist" in the Portuguese media, a police spokesman admitted early in the case that Mr Encarnação' s experience of abduction cases was limited, saying: " He has a background in detective work but this case is unique, so he has only a bit of experience in this area."



He is said to be working closely with Goncalo Amaral, the head of the regional Judicial Police in Portimão. Both officers were involved in a controversy over a previous inquiry into a missing child.



Joana Cipriano disappeared in the village of Figueira on September 12, 2004, only seven miles from Praia da Luz.



In echoes of the McCann case, the hunt for Joana got off to a false start when the Republican National Guard, another police body, failed to seal off the house where she was last seen. It was only five days later - after hundreds of police and friends of the family had trampled over the scene and after relatives had cleaned the house with bleach - that the Judicial Police took over.



Joana' s body was never found, but the case was solved. Leonor and Joao Cipriano, her mother and uncle, were convicted of killing her and sentenced to 16 years in jail, but they never confessed.

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