The only detainee of the suspects in the kidnapping, robbery and disappearance of the administrator of a luxury restaurant, in Vale do Lobo, in the Algarve, says he does not know the man’s whereabouts or health status. To the criminal investigating judge, this Friday afternoon, he claimed that he only gave information about the victim, in exchange for a car, so that two others could plan and execute a plan to kidnap and extort him.
The criminal investigating judge was unable to give clues about the whereabouts of the luxury restaurant administrator, .
O he secretly left the court, promising to return on Monday for further questions.
Former employee of the restaurant in Vale do Lobo, had a romantic relationship with the victim.
During interrogation, he assured not knowing what happened to Ricardo Claro. He claimed that, in exchange for a car, he merely provided information that allowed two other individuals to devise and execute a plan to kidnap and extort the missing man.
He had been arrested at the end of Wednesday, hours after the Judiciary had located the victim’s vehicle parked on a street in Olhão. Not far from there, inspectors would come to find the keys, two coats and the broken cell phone.
In addition to the 39-year-old man arrested, the PC will already have the identity, but does not know the whereabouts of the other two suspectsone of them already outside the country. The possibility that others may have had a hand in carrying out the plan cannot be ruled out.
Richard was last seen on the 13thwhen he had dinner with his mother in Faro. The last cell phone signal was recorded this morning in Olhão.
On the ground, between Faro, Loulé and Olhão, there are inspectors and friends looking for any trace of the man in areas close to his home, work and the place where the car was found.
