have “to wait at least 24 hours” before being able to report that Claudina Velásquez was missing.41 54. From 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. Claudina Velásquez’s parents continued their search with the help of family members and friends. At around 5 a.m., her parents went to the police station to report her disappearance. There, they were again told that they had to wait 24 hours. 42 At around the same time, the Guatemalan Voluntary Firefighters received an anonymous call reporting the discovery of a corpse in Colonia Roosevelt and, therefore, went to the place indicated. Also, two PNC agents went to Colonia Roosevelt at approximately 5.30 a.m. At around 6.30 a.m., members of the Public Prosecution Service also arrived. Lastly, it is on record that it was only at 8.30 a.m. on August 13, 2005, that the report that Claudina Velásquez was missing was received in writing in the PNC Sub-Station San Cristóbal 1651.43 B.2. Discovery of the body and initial procedures 55. Following orders given by the radio operator on duty of the central communications office of the 14th Precinct, at approximately 5.30 a.m. on August 13, 2005, two members of the PNC went to 10th Avenue, in front of the house numbered 8-87 “A”, in Colonia Roosevelt, Zone 11, to make inquiries regarding a woman who “was possibly deceased.” On their arrival, they recorded that “a lifeless female” was lying on the pavement. 44 Also present, were two members of the Guatemalan Voluntary Fire Service who had arrived based on an anonymous call received from a public telephone at around 5 a.m. (supra para. 54); they recorded that they were unable to identify the person “as the individual had no personal documents.”45 At approximately 6.30 a.m. the assistant prosecutor arrived, together with the forensic physician and the criminal investigation experts of the Public Prosecution Service, as well as members of the Crime Scene Protection Unit and the Unit to Combat Murders of Women of the PNC Criminal Investigation Service.46 The evidence reveals that at 6.30 a.m. the area had already been cordoned off. 47 56. The body was identified “as XX”48 and, as noted in the forensic record of the crime scene, was lying “on the pavement covered with a white sheet, with a bullet casing and blood” and “there was a strong smell of alcohol in the air.”49 The woman was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a Cf. Statement by Elsa Claudina Paiz Vidal of September 22, 2005, before the assistant prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 16); Psychiatric assessment of Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán of October 21, 2009 (evidence file, folio 198), and Statement by expert witness Álvaro Rodrigo Castellanos Howell during the hearing before the Inter-American Commission of March 27, 2012 (evidence file, folio 2723). 42 Cf. Statement by Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán of January 24, 2006, before the assistant prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 3871), and Psychiatric assessment of Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán of October 21, 2009 (evidence file, folio 198). 43 Cf. Record of the reported disappearance of August 13, 2005 (evidence file, folio 21), and Resolution of the Ombudsman of July 20, 2006 (evidence file, folio 124). 44 Cf. Communication No. 2544/2005 of August 13, 2005, PNC Station 142, Zone 11, Guatemala City (evidence file, folio 23). 45 Cf. Record No. 828.09.2005 of the Guatemalan Voluntary Fire Service (evidence file, folio 33), and Statement of December 6, 2005 (evidence file, folio 3859). 46 Cf. Communication No. 2544/2005 of August 13, 2005, PNC Station 142, Zone 11, Guatemala City (evidence file, folio 23); Report of August 16, 2005, of the Criminal Investigations Expert of the Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 56), and Report of August 19, 2005, of the Criminal Investigation Experts of the Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 40). 47 Cf. Photographic album of the actions taken on August 13, 2005, at the place where the body of Claudina Velásquez was discovered (evidence file, folio 2797); Statement of the forensic physician of January 20, 2009, before the assistant prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 2880), and Video of the actions taken at the scene on August 13, 2005. 48 Cf. Communication No. 2544/2005 of August 13, 2005, PNC Station 142, Zone 11, Guatemala City (evidence file, folio 23), and Form on the Removal and Transfer of Corpses dated August 13, 2005, Public Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 25). 49 Cf. Report on external medical examination and forensic processing of the crime scene dated August 30, 2005 (evidence file, folio 35). 41 20