Missing woman wasn’t at resort
A woman who disappeared this month while reportedly walking to a casino on the Caribbean island St. Maarten never arrived at the resort, a spokeswoman said.
Frank Cordes, 42, said his wife, Leta Lynn Cordes, 49, left their island vacation home about 11 p.m. Jan. 11 and walked to the Westin St. Maarten Hotel, about 10 minutes away. But surveillance tapes from that evening show that she never entered the hotel or casino, said Westin spokeswoman Karen Gee-McAuley.
On Tuesday, Cordes said he had been stymied in his efforts to obtain information from Westin officials because they refused to talk to him. Gee-McAuley said Cordes should be talking to police because they are in charge of the investigation.
St. Maarten police declined to comment Tuesday.
-- H.G. Reza
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