SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Maryland man who claimed his travel partner apparently drowned during a getaway to Aruba has now become a suspect in her disappearance because his response to the incident raised suspicions of police.
Gary V. Giordano was in jail on the Caribbean island Wednesday as authorities looked for clues to what happened to his friend, 35-year-old Robyn Gardner. He has said she disappeared while they were snorkeling near the southern tip of the island, the Aruban prosecutor’s office said.
Aruban Solicitor General Taco Stein said Wednesday that authorities had called off the active search for Gardner because they had no more leads to pursue, but that they planned to question Giordano again.
“The suspect is standing by his story that they went snorkeling and that Robyn did not resurface,” Stein said.
Earlier, the prosecutor’s office said it decided to detain Giordano on Friday, as he tried to leave Aruba, because of questions about information he gave police about the disappearance. Prosecutors have not said what prompted their suspicions.
Gardner’s younger brother, Andrew Colson, said Giordano seemed too calm when his mother came to Aruba to help find her daughter.
“He didn’t seem very sorrowful. He wasn’t mournful or anything,” Colson told
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