I agree with your husband.
My first thought when I heard this- White slavery. Shipped off to some third world country. Isn't she the second this happened to there? First was never found.
New Orleans? Born and raised here, wouldn't go downtown for ANYTHING. It's much worse than even 10 years ago. I consider walking the Vieux Carre at night suicidal. Teens are too trusting- think it's all a big party. Trust me, there are loads of people waiting to take advantage of the 'out for fun' types here. I'd steer all tourists- especially teens and college type girls- elsewhere.
Here are my observations as a Texan recently returned from a 13 year stint as an Aruban resident.
Ditto the Aruba is safer than most large american cities comments. Most violent crime exists among the scumbag sector of Aruban society.
Carlos and Charlies as a dining and dancing establishment?Yeah,right. Catatonic drunken teenage tourist girls are routinely carried away from such establishments. What goes on here stays here.
What kind of parents send their kids off to a place famous for such activity, and since when is it routine to send a squadron of F.B.I. agents overseas to hunt for a missing person?
Finally, if the worst occured, a body could easily be washed away without a trace by the prevailing strong winds and currents. Without a body it will be nearly impossible to get any convictions in the Aruban/Dutch court system.