French Quarter/ Philipsburg:-- The team of divers who have been searching for the remains of the Leta Lynn Cordes over the past few days have decided to resume the search in another area close to the Etang de Poisson (Fish Pond). Prosecutor Rienk Mud in a press release said the team comprised of 15 divers from the Netherlands, France and America have been searching for the bodily remains of Leta Lynn Cordes, who went missing in January 2008. Mud said extensive searches were conducted on the French side of the island of St Maarten in an area known as ‘ Etang de Poisson’, including the mangrove area’s surrounding the water. The whole area was divided in to sectors and thoroughly searched. In some cases waters were very shallow and could be searched on foot.
Based on information gathered during these searches, it was decided to execute another search attempt in the vicinity of Etang de Poisson.
Sources close to the investigators said the search team would be conducting the other search at the end of Le Galleon Beach. Part of the beach has been closed off by the Natural Reserve and that area was not thoroughly searched in the past the source said.
