EVIDENCE FOUND IN ROBYN GARDNER DISAPPEARANCE?

THE BIZARRE disappearance of Robyn Gardner on Aruba has led cops on the island to an abandoned phosphate mine. The pretty blonde from Maryland vanished Aug. 2 on a clandestine trip to the island with an older suitor, Gary V. Giordano, also of Maryland.
Now, cops and firefighters are searching the mine and there was some grim evidence: a pink shirt and sandals. The mine is near where she went missing on a supposed snorkeling expedition.
Solicitor General Taco Stein said: "As long as we don't have a body, you can question whether or not she is dead. On the other hand, with all the publicity on the case, if she were still alive she would have made herself known."
Robyn and the 50-year-old lothario arrived in Aruba July 31 and shared a room
at a resort. Cops have video of them eating at a restaurant, not far from where he says she disappeared while snorkeling. No one saw them go into the water. Giordano, shown below, with cops is being held. The case is eerily similar to the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway. her body has never been found. The son of an island judge, Joran Van der Sloot is suspected of killing her. He is being held on murder charges in Chile for the slaying of another young woman. Coincidence? We think not.



Giordano speaks with Aruba's police detectives as they search for Gardner. (Elton Malone/AP)

Aruba became familiar to Americans after the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. Authorities repeatedly detained individuals suspected of involvement but then later had to release them for lack of evidence. That case was never solved.

ROBYN GARDNER TEXT RECEIVED AFTER DISAPPEARANCE

AS THE ROBYN Gardner case in Aruba drags on, cops there now seem to be classifying the pretty 35-year-old blonde from Maryland's disappearance as a homicide. But there's more: her jilted boyfriend claims he received a text from Robyn AFTER she disappeared. Cops on the Caribbean island are still holding her traveling companion. His lawyer--big shock--says he had nothing to do with it.

ROBYN GARDNER DISAPPEARANCE: MAN QUESTIONED

IT HAS been a summer of disappearances of young women and girls. Now, in a disappearance eerily similar to the case of Natalee Holloway detectives in Aruba are questioning the traveling companion of pretty blonde Robyn Gardner who vanished on the Caribbean island on the weekend. The clip is above. Prefer words? GO TO THIS CNN FEATURE

JORAN VAN DER SLOOT'S LAWYER QUITS

FLORES

KILLER?

DOUBLE murder suspect Joran Van der Sloot's lawyer has given up on him and quit defending him against murder allegations in Peru - citing unspecified differences over strategy.     
The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, has now been abandoned by his legal adviser in his murder case in the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores.
The pretty Peruvian's body was seen entering in in his hotel room, but never left. 
His lawyer, Maximo Altez, however withdrew from the case saying: "I can not defend this case in the way he wants me to."

He refused to elaborate on his client, who he had been defending on a pro bono basis, although he made it clear that money was not a factor in his decision to quit.
He added: "I thought this case would be a good opportunity to show the world that in Peru detainees are abused, and the Peruvian justice system is very informal."
It's thought a public defender will be applied to the case.
Police say Van der Sloot took Flores' money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested a few days later, although they have yet to file formal charges against him. 
Once the discovery phase of the case ends, prosecutors will file charges and a trial date will be set.

DUTCH CREEP: JORAN VAN DER SLOOT COULD GO HOME

KILLER?

HOLLOWAY

NATALEE Holloway's accused killer Joran Van Der Sloot could return to Holland, even if he is convicted for the murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman.
The Dutchman has been questioned twice in the death of the gorgeous high school student who was celebrating her graduation with a holiday on Aruba in 2005. But each time he was released.
Then, four years later the body of 21-year-old Stephany Flores was found in a hotel room registered to Van der Sloot in Lima, Peru. Cops say Van der Sloot admitted he attacked Flores after
she read an e-mail on his computer connecting him to the case of Holloway.
He took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested a short time later.
If convicted he could return home to serve his sentence thanks to an extradition treaty signed this week between the Netherlands and Peru.
His lawyer Maximo Altez said: "Joran knows about the treaty. Whether he requests an extradition will depend on his sentence."
The treaty allows Dutch residents people who have been sentenced to prison by final and unappealable judgment in Peru to serve their sentence in the Netherlands, Holland's foreign ministry explained on its website.
Van der Sloot's trial date will likely be in the next few months, according to Altez.