D.2 Investigations conducted by the Civil Police in relation to D.D.P.M., M.D.M., L.B.S. and A.G.A.M. 82. On October 1, 1998, the Public Prosecutor’s Office advised the supervising judge in charge of the investigations related to the involvement of D.D.P.M., L.B.S., A.G.A.M. and M.D.M., in the homicide of Márcia Barbosa de Souza, of the need to extend the term of the investigations to clarify individual aspects of the conduct of each suspect in relation to her death and concealment of her body, as well as all the facts, and made a series of specific requests.153 On the same day, the judge authorized the inquiries requested by the Prosecutor, on the understanding that the required evidence was essential, and ordered the investigation files to be sent to the police authority to comply with those procedures.154 83. On December 14, 1998, the Prosecutor again requested that certain tests be conducted by the police, which in his opinion had not been carried out, without specifying what these would be.155 During 1999, there was no significant progress in the investigations, due mainly to the substitution of three prosecutors in charge of the investigation, two of whom alleged impediment for personal reasons.156 84. On June 19, 2000, the forensic medical report requested by the Prosecutor in October 1998, was sent to the judge.157 On August 8, 2000, the Prosecutor asked the judge to order the police authority to conclude the investigations.158 The judge complied with this request on August 14 of that same year.159 On December 26, 2000, the new Commissioner of the police station investigating the case requested an extension of the deadline for the completion of the required investigative procedures and the preparation of the final report.160 85. In the absence of news, on March of 2001, the Public Prosecutor’s Office again requested that the police carry out certain procedures.161 On April 2, the Police Commissioner The prosecutor requested the opinion of a forensic medical expert to determine whether the information contained in the autopsy report would suggest that Marcia did not die by strangulation, but by asphyxiation caused by an overdose, given some testimonies claiming that she was a drug addict. Also, in view of the possible contact between the victim and the then deputy Aércio on the night of her death, he requested the list of vehicle entries and exits on the date of the event from several motels, including the Trevo Motel. He also requested statements from the owners and managers of the Trevo Motel, as well as the doorman and other employees who had worked in the early hours on the day of Marcia’s death. In addition, he requested that handwriting tests be carried out on the notes found in Márcia’s pockets and belongings, which recorded the telephone numbers used by Aércio Pereira de Lima and others to clarify whether these notes had been written by Ms. Barbosa de Souza or by a third party. Cf. Written opinion of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of October 1, 1998 (evidence file, folios 269 to 274). 154 Cf. Decision of the judge of October 1, 1998 (evidence file, folio 5478). 155 Cf. Statement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of December 14, 1998 (evidence file, folios 254 and 255). 156 Cf. Statements of August 6 and September 20, 1999 (evidence file, folios 5546, 5554 and 5555). 157 Cf. Official letter Nº. 278/2000 of June 19, 2000 (evidence file, folios 5568 and 5569). 158 Cf. Statement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of August 8, 2000 (evidence file, folio 256). 159 Cf. Decision of the Judge of August 14, 2000 (evidence file, folio 257). 160 Cf. Note of the Commissioner of December 26, 2000 (evidence file, folio 5575). 161 On this occasion, the Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the owner of the Trevo Motel to hand over the complete list of vehicles that entered and left the Trevo Motel between June 17 and 18, 1998; that the person in charge of the computer department of the motel be questioned so that he could report who had changed or not submitted the complete list of vehicles previously requested, since the list that had been sent contained numbers that were strangely below the average number of clients per day; the search for and return to the records of a cassette tape that had disappeared; that the witness who had seen Márcia's body thrown from a car on the morning of June 18, 1998, A.L.B., be heard again to ask him how many people were present in that vehicle; the cross-examination of D.M., owner of the car that was on loan to Deputy Aércio, to know the details of the return of the vehicle; further questioning of M.D.M. to find out whether Aércio Pereira de Lima's advisor, "Carlos", had gone to wash the vehicle before returning it or picking it up elsewhere; the cross-examination of C.A.O. to clarify the reasons that led him to omit M.D.M.'s statement that he was in possession of the vehicle used in the disposal of Márcia's body; the questioning of the son 153 -26-