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Aruba Orders Murder Suspect Released

Gary Giordano still suspected in missing woman case

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 25, 2011 2:08 PM CST

(AP) – Gary Giordano, the US businessman suspected in the August disappearance and presumed death of his traveling companion Robyn Gardner in Aruba, must be released from jail next week and will be free to leave the island, a judge ruled today. The 50-year-old employment agency owner from Maryland is scheduled to be freed Tuesday without any conditions.

He has spent nearly four months in custody while investigators have sought more time to gather and evaluate evidence in the death of 35-year-old Gardner, whose body has not been found. Prosecutor Taco Stein says he has appealed the judge's decision, but if Giordano leaves Aruba, prosecutors would later request his extradition from the US if they could find sufficient evidence to persuade a judge to order him rearrested.

This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo provided by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center shows Robyn Gardner, 35, of Frederick, Maryland. (AP Photo/Natalee Holloway Resource Center, File)

In this file photo provided Thursday Aug. 11, 2011 by Aruba police, US citizen Gary V. Giordano, 50, of Gaithersburg, Maryland is shown in an Aruba police mugshot in Oranjestad, Aruba. (AP Photo/Aruba Police, File)

Maryland's businessman Gary Giordano, left, is escorted by Aruba's police officers while leaving an appeals court in Oranjestad, Aruba, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz)

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