Philipsburg: --- The teams of investigators that have taken over the investigation of missing American Leta Lynn Cordes are back to square one since there have been no major leads during the one week search that took place on the French Side of the island last week.
Last week friends of Leta Cordes arrived on the island with cadaver dogs and searched mainly the Le Galleon Beach to see if they would come up with her body, which would have helped solved the case. Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein said the search has been stopped over the weekend and nothing major was found. He said due to this nothing has changed in the case. Asked if the taped interview with Frank Cordes shed any light into the investigation Stein said he did not think so. Last week local journalist Lisa MacKay Brown was also questioned by the detectives but that too did not lead to anywhere.
Leta Lynn Cordes disappeared on January 11 2008 after she allegedly left her home to go over to the Westin Casino to gamble. Her husband Frank Cordes who remains a suspect in the case said she was drunk at the time. He also admitted on more than one occasion that the two had an argument the day she disappeared. Frank Cordes spent close to four months behind bars during his pretrial detention but was released on the request of the prosecutors since they only have circumstantial information on the case.
The case of Frank and Leta Lynn Cordes brings to mind the case of Laci nd Scott Peterson. Laci Peterson disappeared on December 4 2002 she was seven and half months pregnant when she disappeared. Her husband Scott Peterson was convicted on first degree murder of his wife and second degree for his unborn son. He is now on the death row at the San Quentin Prison.