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Maryland Woman Goes Missing in Aruba

Disappears from same town as Natalee Holloway

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 9, 2011 3:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Maryland woman has gone missing while visiting the same Aruba resort town where US teenager Natalee Holloway was last seen six years ago, Fox News reports. Four days after the disappearance of Robyn Gardner, 35, police arrested a man they called a suspect in the case. Gary Giordano, who was also the first to report Gardner missing, said the two had been snorkeling together, the Aruba Herald notes.

When he returned to shore, he realized she wasn’t with him, he said. But he has allegedly changed his initial story multiple times. Gardner’s boyfriend, Michael Forester, says he didn’t know she was going to Aruba with the man—also from Maryland, he says—until she arrived there. He says he hasn’t heard from her for a week, the Washington Post reports. Police are investigating her iPad and sending her BlackBerry to Belgium for examination.

This undated handout photo, released by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on Tuesday, shows Robyn Gardner, 35, of Frederick, Maryland. (AP Photo/Natalee Holloway Resource Center)

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babygirl530

Sep 20, 2011 7:18 PM CDT

ALL OF YOU ARE DOUCHE BAGS! YOU THINK BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TATTS OR ARE UNFAITHFUL THAT THEY DESERVE TO DIE? SO SHE CHEATED ON HER BOYFRIEND. THAT STILL DOESNT GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO KILL HER. EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU ARE SINNERS SO DONT GO JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE!

YesISaidItBitch

Aug 11, 2011 7:50 PM CDT

Well, let's see, bleached blonde, tattooed up slut goes to Aruba to get drunk and slut around...ends up missing...hmm...perhaps she should have thought twice about her vacation plans. Or, maybe she just shouldn't have been such a ho!

dawnarun

Aug 10, 2011 8:56 PM CDT

I hope they find her safe and sound, even if she's an idiot.

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