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.
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?
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Well, as has been established, this is not a family of poor working stiffs like most of us. These folks have used their money and influence to make sure that everything that can be done will be done to locate their daughter. And as I said, it's not so much that Aruba may want U.S. help, but they have been made to see that it is in the country's best interest to accept that help.