Dogs search for U.S. woman missing in Aruba

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A team of cadaver dogs searched through cactus and scrub brush Tuesday for the remains of a Maryland woman who was reported missing by her travel companion during a trip to Aruba.

The dogs and their handlers, from a private foundation in the Netherlands that regularly assists police, worked for several hours before ending their efforts for the day without any apparent success. Solicitor General Taco Stein said they would be in the Dutch Caribbean island through the end of the week.

They planned to focus their search in a southeastern section of the island known as Seroe Colorado, not far from where 35-year-old Robyn Gardner of Frederick, Maryland, was reported missing on August 2nd by Gary Giordano, her travel companion.

Giordano has been jailed since shortly after reporting her missing because authorities doubted his account of how she disappeared. He has denied wrongdoing and said Gardner was swept out to sea while they were snorkeling off the southern tip of the island.

A judge ordered Giordano, a businessman from Gaithersburg, Maryland, detained on Aug. 31 for 60 days while investigators seek evidence to charge him with her presumed death.

Stein said that prosecutors will ask the judge to extend the detention order when it expires at the end of October.

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[SandiWithAnI]

I'll bet they find her. I hope they find Natalee too. Cadaver dogs indicated on charred wood in one case that was buried and quite possibly used to burn a body. We don't have that testing completed in the Susan Powell case yet, but I am betting they find DNA on the charred wood. Those dogs are sensitive but they can only work for limited amounts of time. Their noses have to be rested.

[tsigili]

It's a little late for that. Might have been a good idea, IF the law had thought of it, weeks AGO!

[andie52]

What took them so long? Just like Natalee Ann Holloway Robins remains will probably never be found

[Hutterite]

This could be the next missing attractive blonde story that captures our attention and hopefully knocks amanda knox out of the picture until the book comes out.