Philipsburg: --- It seems more than likely that the judge of instruction is convinced that the police on St. Maarten may have their man in the disappearance of American citizen Leta Lynn Cordes who vanished on the night of January 11 2008. The judge of instruction yesterday granted the prosecution their request to keep her husband Frank Cordes behind bars as they try to piece the investigation together. The judge ruled that Cordes will spend the next sixty days in pre-trial detention as the investigation continues confirmed Prosecutor Rink Mud.
Leta Lynn Cordes an American citizen as well as her husband Frank Cordes owned a vacation home in Dawn Beach. The couple would spend most of the year on the island since they purchased their home. According to sources as well as Frank Cordes the couple was having marital problems. Frank told SMN News in earlier interviews that his wife loved to drink and gamble. On the night she disappeared he told police that the woman went on foot to the Westin Casino to gamble in a drunken state. However, management of Westin in a statement said the woman never reached the casino that night after reviewing their surveillance tapes.
After 10 months police on St. Maarten arrested her husband for having knowledge of his wife's disappearance. The case is handled by the RST and not local detectives.