84. On October 30, 2013, the Prosecutor sent a letter to the Chief of the Judicial Police of Pichincha stating that he was aware that the investigator in charge of this case had been transferred to a different unit, thus it was necessary to designate another police officer to continue with the investigation. 161 85. In January 2014, the Prosecutor requested the undertaking of various proceedings, such as: i) taking declarations from the hospital personnel; ii) the appearance of Ms. Chimbó; and iii) the DNA match of Ms. Chimbó with the unidentified cadavers in Pichincha. 162 86. On January 21, 2014, the chief of NCB-INTERPOL notified the prosecutor about Mr. Guachalá’s yellow notice, with the objective of communicating the disappearance of a person to the international level. 163 87. There is information about the search in shelters and a flyer posting carried out between April and May 2014. 164 In June 2014, the Prosecutor of the Specialized Unit in Investigation of Missing Persons carried out a raid of the hospital with the objective of gathering relevant documents of the case at hand. 165 In July 2014, the prosecutor ordered the undertaking of proceedings such as: i) to determine whether there are travel tickets purchase in the name of Mr. Guachalá; and ii) matching the registered finger prints of Mr. Guachalá with unidentified cadavers in January 2004, among others. 166 88. In September 2014 the prosecutor requested: i) to order the social worker of State’s General Attorney to carry out an “assessment of the social and family environment”; and ii) to receive statements of the hospital doctors, among other proceedings. 167 In January 2015, the Prosecutor requested statements from the hospital’s nursing assistants. 168 In February 2015, the Prosecutor ordered the National Directorate of Crimes Against Life, Violent Deaths, Disappearances, Extortion and Kidnappings (DINASED) to review at the Department of Legal Medicine of Pichincha the records of cadaver removals since 2004 and verify whether there are similarities between the unidentified bodies and Mr. Guachalá. 169 89. In June 2015, the Prosecutor ordered the commanders of the Police of various districts to carry out a census of homeless people, beggars, alcoholics and “other people that wander the streets.” 170 One of the commanders stated that “they cannot fulfill the request (…) due to the unavailability of vehicles because there are three vehicles with damages.” 171 90. On July 16, 2015, the prosecutor received a letter from the chief of the Unit of Person Disappearances in relation to the declaration of Andrés, the brother of Mr. Guachalá, who stated that: 161 Letter of Prosecutor 4 of the Unit of Administrative Operations of Pichincha, 4 November 2013. Annex to the communication of the State of January 7, 2015. 162 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 163 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 164 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 165 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 166 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 167 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 168 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 169 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 170 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 171 Annex 15. Letter of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, 21 March 2016. Annex 9 to the communication of the State of May 20, 2016. 14