Summary - Murder & Crime on Aruba
Most Recent Year first - As of 01/09/2007Does not include all incidents, but does include all violent incidents posted on previous pages, and selected other posts.
In most cases, more detail is available on previous pages of this thread – although incidents are not in chronological order, and there is duplication.
A note about “room invasions” – Although many thefts from rooms, rental cars, and the beach, are posted, this Summary references only those posts indicating that guests were in their rooms at the time of a room invasion – and also provide some indication of a date of the occurrence or posting.
SM - Scared Monkeys web site, Natalee Holloway Forum
LCD - SM, Lively Case Discussion thread
M&C - SM, Important Case Documents, Murder and Crime thread
BFN - Blogs for Natalee web site
Thanks to:Anna – For starting the Murder & Crime thread, and writing letters!
sandy leiva – For translating Papiamento!
bleachedblack – For reconnoitering the Aruba and travel message boards.
Leslie – For posting links to Aruba publications faithfully, daily, and often giving a heads-up on murder and mayhem.
klaas – For doing everything! well! graciously!
All the Monkeys for keeping their eyes on Aruba, and posting here!
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200701/03/2007 –
Diario reports that a man was attacked by a group of men, with baseball bat, at Las Vegas bar.
Diario 01/03/2007
Posted 01/03/2007 at LCD by bleachedblack; copied to M&C by msmarple. * * *
01/07/2007 --
Diario 01/08/2007 reports that Camilo Andres Romero Heredia (Camilo Romero), 25, a cameraman for ATV, was found hanged; died on 01/07. Apparently considered a suicide. Graphic photo. The second hanging within ten days.
Posted 01/08/2007 at M&C thread by klaas. Comments by Cat on LCD, posted 01/08/2007:Look at his hands,no blood from a struggle,No sign of soiled light pants,how did he get up there,and he doesn't shows signs of brutal struggle(no Broken Neck)just an observation/when you have a hanging,you see how brutal they can be.Cat
Comment by msmarple on M&C thread: His head seems too "upright".
Comments by Anna on M&C thread: … shoes neatly right under his body … Rope is too short …
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01/09/2007 -- From
Amigoe - January 9, 2007:
Two teenagers stabbed during torchlight procession near Crystal Casino. One was stabbed in his chest and throat. The other was stabbed in his stomach and a lung was punctured. Critical condition.
http://www.amigoe.com/english/Posted at M&C 01/09/2007 by Leslie* * *
2006Note: we believe there were 14 murders that we know of, on Aruba, in 2006. The dates of those included in this count are in red font.01/06/2006 – “An American couple is raging on Aruba. The couple was robbed yesterday … The Americans victim had become of a overval, where the robbers thousand dollars, credit card and the drivers license of the man buitmaakten. The
victims were treated brutally with violence and incurred thereby light wounds.”
Amigoe.com 01/06/2006
Posted 9/14/2006 at M&C thread by msmarple, credit BFN * * *
01/06/2006 – “A report which is circulating in Holland caught
Diario’s attention, related to a declaration from the High Command of the police in Utrecht. Among other things, it is mentioned that with suicide cases, it is desired for all these cases, that DNA tests be conducted on the bodies.
“Two unsolved cases were illustrated, in the first instance the
victim committed suicide but it resulted later after the test, that this was not the case.”
Diario 01/06/2006
Posted 08/14/2006 at M&C by msmarple; from LCD * * *
01/12/2006 – Date of message board post: “ … there was a couple mugged outside of our resort while we were there …” They apparently were staying at Mill Inn Resort.
http://tinyurl.com/t6ujkPosted 11/16/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack * * *
01/23/2006 – Man found dead on boat near the Marriott.
From
Bon Dia 2006 “Year in Review” issue:
http://tinyurl.com/y2efz2* * *
01/23/2006 – From a message board post dated 02/02/2006: “On the third night (still with many of the problems unresolved) the villa was broken into while we were sleeping. The thieves were actually in two of our bedrooms while we were asleep!!! We lost everything that was not in the safe in a different bedroom ... “ They were staying at Villa Alexandra.
http://tinyurl.com/y36nhuPosted 11/01/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack * * *
02/12/2006 – Alberto Augusto Peral (Peralta?) apparently killed by a gang.
From
Bon Dia 2006 “Year in Review” issue:
http://tinyurl.com/y2efz2* * *
03/20/2006 – The ship
Rachel S arrived in Aruba the Sunday of Carnaval Grandi with a dead person, Bernard Ramsaran, on board, and a local autopsy determined that the man died of natural causes (heart failure). However, an autopsy conducted in his country of Trinidad - Tobago disclosed that he died of traumatic asphyxia; e.g. strangled and choked. The body had visible marks of violence. As
Diario asks, how did Aruba miss this one? (Interpol is investigating as a High Seas case.)
DiarioPosted 8/28/2006 at M&C by msmarple, from Getagrip. Update posted 9/13/2006 by Anna. Also 9/13 by Appeals * * *
03/??/2006 – American tourist robbed and beaten in an alley in San Nicolas.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
03/??/2006 – Dave Billy Aubert, 20, a local, killed in a hit & run.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
04/05/2006 - Dinesh ‘Pitbull’ Djoegan, found on/in Guadirikiri cave. His body was mutilated, crucified, and set on fire. Death initially ruled a suicide and/or overdose. SM has photos. There were convictions in this case.
Amigoe Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to SunFreak2. Update posted 8/19 by msmarple * * *
04/18/2006 – Raul Croes attacked, killed in a restaurant by a man with a machete.
Solo di Pueblo Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to leslie * * *
05/23/2006 – Enrique Reynier Loefstop, 51, beaten to death by his(?) son, with a baseball bat. Apparently an altercation over the son’s drug use.
From
Bon Dia 2006 “Year in Review” issue:
http://tinyurl.com/y2efz2* * *
06/??/2006 – Igor Richardson killed outside Las Vegas bar, San Nichols.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
06/??/2006 – Man beaten with baseball bat at Malboro Ball Park.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
06/??/2006 – Couple detained for something about a baby. What does “doodslag” mean? Couple’s initials: FCEF and FAPD. “Circumstancio poco strano.” Could this be the "Baby D" case? Ferdinand Alexander Dijkhoff? (See 12/16/2006)
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
??/??/2006 - 33-yr-old Colombian man sentenced for molesting an 11-yr-old mentally +++++++ girl. Dates mentioned in the article are November 2005 and
June 2006; cannot determine when the incident(s) occurred, however this case is not listed in the SM 2005 Summary.
From
Bon Dia 2006 “Year in Review” issue:
http://tinyurl.com/y2efz2* * *
06/23/2006 – Unknown, unclothed woman found in trash pile;
Bon Dia prints graphic photo of corpse.
Posted 8/13/2006 at M&C by msmarple; update posted 8/14 by msmarple * * *
06/??/2006 – Male corpse found floating offshore; reportedly a fisherman, wrapped in tarp. No further detail available.
Diario ?
Posted 8/22/2006 at M&C by lexie. Update from Hotshot via msmarple posted 8/29 * * *
06/24/2006 – U.S. tourist “bothered” by “false polis” attempting to exchange sex for a “fine” for an undisclosed, not revealed, offense.
Amigoe Posted 8/28/2006 at M&C by msmarple, from LCD thread * * *
Leslie posted on LCD 01/22/2007 (edited):
07/01/2006 - Elvis Zavala-Maduro (Elvis Zara), a Valero employee, in an apartment in San Nicholas.
Bon Dia:
Page 6 -
http://www.cspnv.com/archivo/pdf/Jan/20/A-20-1-07.pdf and
Page 16 -
http://www.cspnv.com/archivo/pdf/Dec/30/D-30-12-06.pdf * * *
07/27/2006 – Gang rape and cell phone taping of 16-yr-old girl at school. Tape was uploaded to internet. Girl’s parents not pressing charges; polis make no arrests. Girl was sent to live with relatives on another island.
Diario Posted 8/14/2006 on LCD by sandy leiva on LCD; to M&C via msmarple * * *
08/21/2006 –British woman reports attempted rape.
Diario Posted 8/22/2006 at M&C by SunnyInTx, from Refugees Unleashed (RU) * * *
08/21/2006 – Local female attacked at her Wayaca home by two men who hold knife to her throat; rob the house; demand to know where the woman’s husband, a polis officer, keeps his gun.
Amigoe Posted 8/25/2006 at LCD by Sharon; at M&C 8/25 via msmarple * * *
08/29/2006 –
Diario reports the arrest of a man for attacking a female tourist at a restaurant.
Posted 10/17/2006 at M&C thread by msmarple; posted on LCD by SunFreak2 10/16/2006 * * *
09/03/2006 – U.S. tourist with 4 other people including 3 females, was assaulted by the bouncer and 5 patrons at Cafe Bahia. The tourist had 3 ribs broken and his left shoulder was fractured. Tourist says some of the patrons who attacked him were from the Curacao racing team.
Posted 10/16/2006 at M&C thread by 2NJSons_Mom * * *
09/18/2006 –
Diario reports that a public employee working as a bouncer at a night club battered a tourist who subsequently required medical attention at the hospital. The bouncer was arrested and fired. The tourist returned home. This may be a follow-up on the 09/03/2006 incident at Café Bahia (above).
Posted 9/14/2006 at M&C thread by msmarple, posted by klaas and Easywriter on LCD 9/18.* * *
09/??/2006 – Mysterious death at Tanki Leendirt (near “Euro Kitchen”?) of chef/cook of Eagle Hotel. Cause of death unknown.
From
Bon Dia 2006 “Year in Review” issue:
http://tinyurl.com/y2efz2* * *
09/??/2006 – Man convicted, sentenced to 24 yrs for killing of Pino Suarez. No indication of when this crime occurred. Suarez may have been one of the unidentified men found dead earlier (see 01/23/2006 and 06/??/2006).
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
09/??/2006 – Pascualito Geerman found dead at Baco Prins. Cause of death not noted.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
10/??/2006 – over 3,000 kilos (over 6,613.8 lbs) of drugs seized.
From
Solo di Pueblo 2006 “Year in Review” issue, A section, Starting on Page 16:
http://tinyurl.com/y4uhlb* * *
11/14/2006 –
Bon Dia reports death of Igmar Camallo. Polis investigating; cause of death not known; disposition unknown.
Bon Diahttp://www.cspnv.com/archivo/pdf/Nov/14/A-14-11-06.pdfPosted 11/14/2006 at LCD by leslie; * * *
11/15/2006 -- A woman lodged a sexual assault complaint against Ramon Lee, Minister of Labour, Sport, and Culture. Prime Minister Nelson Oduber stated, “It’s a very sensitive matter and I regret the way everything is now in the media. I also regret the fact that I had to hear the woman cry again telling her story on several radio stations today (Friday, editor).”
Amigoe.com 11/15/2006 and 11/27/2006.
Posted 11/16/2006 and 11/27 M&C by msmarple* * *
11/16/2006 – “We have no alien necessary that ounce come say how unsafely our island is. An Aruban who such call things, calls I to a country traitor, lets stand to an alien who gives a bad name to Aruba abroad. That is still more terrible. That says to minister Rudy Croes (MEP) of justice on remarks of Jorge Pesquera, director of Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA).”
This is a rough translation, from a Dutch version of
Amigoe.com.
Posted at BFN by PearlinUSA on 11/16/2006* * *
11/17/2006 – Date of post on SM LCD; a screen shot of a SM Front Page post by an Aruba resident (excerpt):
“Carlos ‘n’ Charlie is the worst place to go. Of course they wait for the girls who are spending their “last night in Aruba” - night. This date raping or gang raping is going on for a long time now. The local victims don’t even go to police, cuz they’re too embarrassed about the situation.”
Brought to M&C thread by dkpen 11/17/2006* * *
11/24/2006 –
Diario reports that Pedro Arthuro Gomez-Torres, 39, was murdered at the Bongo Bar in San Nicholas. He worked at Valero Palm Beach.
http://www.diario-aruba.com/2006/11/24/Posted by Leslie on M&C thread 11/24/2006* * *
12/04/2006 –
Diario reports that Hoben Mayron Bayne was killed outside of Carlos & Charlies. Occurred during the night of 12/02/2006-12/03/2006.
Posted by Grande at Truth4Natalee (T4N), and by klaas and msmarple on M&C thread 12/04/2006* * *
12/16/2006 –
Diario reports that Ferdinand Alexander Dijkhoff is accused of killing his four-month-old baby. (He was convicted.)
http://www.diario-aruba.com/2006/12/16Posted by msmarple on M&C thread 12/16/2006; subsequent posts by Leslie and Florida on the LCD clarify the man’s name.* * *
12/27/2006 –
Diario reports that the body of Carlos Arturo Moreno Castro (Carlos Moreno) was found on the beach. He was minus an ear. 20 kilos (44 lbs) of cocaine are somehow involved. Polis do suspect foul play.
http://www.diario-aruba.com/2006/12/27/Posted by klaas on M&C thread 12/27/2006.* * *
12/27/2006 --
Diario reports the apparent suicide of Brigitte Christine Katelaan, 37, a producer for Tele Aruba. Death by hanging.
http://www.diario-aruba.com/2006/12/27/Posted by klaas on M&C thread 12/27/2006.* * *
2005Note: Note: we believe there were 7 murders that we know of, on Aruba, in 2005. A comparison to U.S. Murder Statistics for the year 2005 is on Page 7 of this thread.
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01/21/2005 – Date of post to a message board. Visitor reports that on first night of stay at Paradise Beach Villas, “we got robbed in our room while we slept.”
http://tinyurl.com/y6jsk6Posted 10/31/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
03/??/2005 - Brazilian man murdered by another Brazilian man.
BonDia? No details available now.
Posted 8/16/2006 at LCD by Shizaru; to M&C via msmarple * * *
04/30/2005 - Fatal shooting (victim “E.F.”) during a party near hotel La Cabana.
Amigoe.com Posted 8/20/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *
05/20/2005 – Tracy Allen (US tourist) assault attempt near Marriott Fisherman’s Huts (Hadacurari Beach). Provided composite sketch to FBI in December 2005 (sketch also provided to Aruba Polis). Ms. Allen told her story on Fox Big Story (Rita Cosby on March 12, 2006).
Transcript at Hyscience:
http://tinyurl.com/o8h5l SM has a comparison photo of a local who looks exactly like the sketch –
http://tinyurl.com/r84vyPosted 8/28/2006 at M&C by msmarple, after mrs. red & san mention on LCD 8/28* * *
05/30/2005 – Natalee Holloway last seen with 3 locals leaving C&Cs.
On FBI site “Seeking Information” -
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seekinfo/seek.htm * * *
05/??/2005 – Visitors who were on Aruba at the same time as Natalee’s class; email to Greta Van Susteren (“On the Record,” Fox News): “We were burglarized while we were sleeping in our bedrooms in Aruba House.” The email also says: “There is one comment that is continually made by Arubian authorities in regard to the
low crime rate in Aruba. Could this statistic be due to the record keeping of the same authorities that are also responsible for the current investigation?”
http://tinyurl.com/y6dfwdPosted 10/31/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
05/31/2005 – Rastaman “C.E.M.” fatally stabbed another man (victim Juni Tromp) on the beach.
DiarioPosted 8/19/2006 at M&C by Sharon; credit to dkpen & BLEACHEDBLACK. Also by Appeals 8/29 * * *
??/??/2005 – U.S. tourist, female, with friends, same week Natalee went missing. Odd incident resembling an attempted kidnapping.
Posted 9/14/2006 at M&C by SunFreak2 * * *
06/10/2005 – Aru-Bay videotapes from afar, the curious incident of rock painting in broad daylight (!) by Visibility Police and Polis. Also captured in this tape is what appears to be the
recovery of a body. It is eventually claimed to be that of a 7-yr-old illegal immigrant from Columbia, and also that the body “had been found”
a year earlier. Why was he there, not in cemetery? SM has access to the videos, and still shots of this questionable activity.
Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by msmarple. SunFreak2’s timeline quoted 8/13 at M&C by msmarple * * *
06/18/2005 – Rene Michel van Heyningen found at a cemetery; partially decapitated; wife was charged, convicted.
Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to SunFreak2 * * *
06/20/2005 – Body found on a boat. No further details available now.
Posted 8/29/2006 at M&C by Appeals * * *
06/23/2005 – This is the date “Combat Jack” posted about an armed gang robbing several casinos (including one he was in). He was told the next day that Polis caught them and most were killed. (Not sure of the credibility of this story. Also no idea of when the alleged incident occurred, but taken in context, it was before Miss Holloway disappeared.)
http://www.byroncrawford.com/2005/06/combat_jacks_gu_1.html Posted 9/10/2006 at M&C by Sharon * * *
Summer 2005 – Two security guards jumped off building (separate episodes). La Cabana Hotel was the site of one (maybe both) of them. That there are two instances, same occupation, maybe same building, make this suspicious. There were at least two other reported suicides that summer – one “on the beach”, one “30-yr-old woman”.
Posted 8/16/2006 at M&C by Tidycat; and 8/29/2006 by Appeals * * *
11/04/2005 - Margarita Nedd-Panaqua, 35, from Dominican Republic. Stabbed by a jealous boyfriend.
Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to SunFreak2 * * *
11/04/2005 - Galyson Lucas Winster, a 27 year old, reportedly a drug addict, shot in the head.
Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to SunFreak2 * * *
11/16/2005 - Robert Wayne Benson, 56 year old American expat, a Harley Davidson mechanic, found dead, locked in a storage container behind the shop in Cura Cabay where he worked. (Have read that it was a suicide and natural cause – but it’s the locked container that that seems strange. Have read that it was locked on the inside, and also that it was locked on the outside.)
Diario Posted 8/10/2006 at M&C by Anna; credit to SunFreak2 * * *
11/22/2005 – Date of post by visitor who rented a house near California Lighthouse. On the second night, the house was broken into with a crowbar and the safe was ripped from the floor. Another poster at the same message board responded that in 2004, a thief ripped the room safe from the wall.
http://tinyurl.com/wbwy4Posted 10/31/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
2004 ??/??/2004 – A
USAToday story of 6/14/2005 implies there were
five homicides in 2004, per Martijn Balkestein of the Central Bureau of Statistics. “Police have not provided a breakdown of offenses since 1995.”
Posted 9/11/2006 at M&C by msmarple And from another source:
In 2004 ... “There were
five regret
deads as a result of violent offences.”
In 2004 ... “Also the cases of
suicide have been registered by the Stohd. In 2004, of living have deprived himself
eight persons.”
Amigoe.com 07/11/2005, posted at BFN here:
http://tinyurl.com/yb7yryPosted 11/01/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *
??/??/2004 – Dave Holloway stated on Dana Pretzer’s radio show of 10/01/2006, that another girl went missing on Aruba a year before Natalee.
Posted 10/01/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *
01/??/2004 – Brian Battjer’s “Ikeepa Diary” web album records his and a friend’s vacation on Aruba 01/2004. The photo journal includes “the attempted abduction of Brian's friend Scott, by a gay local named ‘Ramses’, with local ‘polis chief’ in attendance.” The abduction was foiled by Battjer, who intercepted car w/ unconscious Scott in passenger seat, by running after vehicle and physically accosting Ramses.
Posted 8/30/2006 by the big hammer on LCD with credit to BLEACHEDBLACK; to M&C by msmarple 8/30 * * *
03/26/2004 -- Authorities detain four Dutch marines on drug-smuggling suspicions, sending two back to the Netherlands and keeping two in custody in Aruba. The four suspects, who have not been identified by name, were low-ranking marines serving in a 200-strong military presence at the Savanega base.
Posted 12/28/2006 by Tyler on M&C * * *
05/12/2004 – U.S. tourist Max DeVries, 14, traveling with his mother and younger sister (father was recently deceased). Reportedly Max drowned; body never recovered. David Stacey Sr. (56, U.S.) is the older man Max went windsurfing with. Max’s mother was not satisfied with the investigation and was suspicious of Stacey. She started a foundation in Max’s memory to benefit a hospital in their hometown. Meanwhile, some on Aruba claim it was an insurance scam, and/or that the foundation was a fraud, and that Max & his family are living well somewhere in S. America.
Station WXYZ in Detroit did a follow-up story with Max’s mother in the aftermath of the Natalee Holloway story; it was at this link, but is no longer available:
http://tinyurl.com/hst9o That story IS available at the top of Page 6 of this Murder & Crime thread; posted by SunFreak2.
Family’s web site (some information is obsolete):
http://www.maxtothemillions.com* * *
07/30/2004 – Security Guard suicide.
http://bb.visitaruba.com/archive/index.php/+-580.html Posted 8/29/2006 at M&C by Appeals * * *
2003 ??/??/2003 – U.S. tourist from North Shore Boston told a local TV station that on her last night on Aruba in 2003, a local man "… took me to … Carlos and Charlie's. He bought me drinks, and after we left the bar, he proceeded to take me to a parking lot where he assaulted me." Reported to Aruba Polis; no result.
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
2002 01/29/2002 – U.S. tourist Gary Makings disappeared. Last seen when he left to go snorkeling. Was staying at the Arubahouse.
http://www.visitaruba.com/facts/newsdesk/missing.htmlPosted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
2001 01/22/2001 – On third night of nine or ten day visit, at Villa Alexandra; thieves broke into “two of our bedrooms while we were asleep.”
http://tinyurl.com/y36nhuPosted 10/31/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
03/09/2001 – Bulgarian Poli Pantev shot in an elevator at Sonesta Hotel; shooting captured on security camera. Appeared to be drug-related.
http://tinyurl.com/khue2 Posted 8/24/2006 at M&C by msmarple. Updates 8/25 by msmarple. Also by Appeals 9/14 and SunFreak2 9/14 * * *
03/17/2001 – Begin date of visit; message board post states: “Armed bank robbery at the Aruba bank near the high-rise hotels on Palm Beach. One of the bank tellers was actually
killed. They arrested 20 or so people but didn't get all of them.”
http://www.visitaruba.com/guestarea/tripreports/trip256.htmlPosted 11/02/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
12/24/2001 – U.S. tourist “Marie” from Boston was dragged into a car as she was leaving Carlos ‘n’ Charlie’s; the car drove away from the area and she was raped.
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
2000 ??/??/2000 - Registered deaths due to suicide in 2000: 6; due to homicide, 0. (Pan American Health Organization Special Program for Health Analysis - Core Health Data Initiative - Dept. of Public Health, Epidemiology & Research).
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by ldstlou * * *
??/??/2000 – “
Five years ago a childhood friend of my husband was
murdered in Aruba, a screwdriver was the weapon. As far as I know the murder was never solved, we were told it was drug related and the murderer was a local boy so the government did not do much of an investigation.” -- Ann Graham, Houston, TX (posted in
2005 to a message board; see
http://tinyurl.com/mgrqx)
Posted 9/04/2006 at M&C by yapperz1 * * *
1999 ??/??/1999 – Registered deaths due to suicide in 1999: 2; due to homicide, 3. (Pan American Health Organization Special Program for Health Analysis - Core Health Data Initiative - Dept. of Public Health, Epidemiology & Research).
http://www.ops-oms.org.ve/site/aruba/aru-core-data_1999.htm Posted 8/28/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *
06/09/1999 – U.S. tourist Willard “Bud” Larson disappeared after a dispute at the Windsurf Village Board Shop.
http://www.visitaruba.com/facts/newsdesk/missing.html Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
1998 02/06/1998 – Italian boy Gianni Ferrara was kidnapped from Aruba and taken to Venezuela. Through Venezuelan efforts, the boy was forcibly freed on 04/22/1998; 38 people were arrested.
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
03/24/1998 – U.S. tourist Amy Lynn Bradley vanished from cruise ship just after dawn, while docked at Curacao. According to her parents, crew members had tried to get her to go with them to Carlos ‘n’ Charlie’s in Aruba, on the night before she vanished.
http://www.visitaruba.com/facts/newsdesk/missing.html Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic. Updated 9/14 by msmarple * * *
199704/??/1997 – Date of message board post. Couple visited Aruba for one month. Just before their arrival (in February), a shop apparently within the Marriott (“Colombian Emeralds”?) was robbed by men with machine guns. Further, there was an attempted “hit” on someone, but the gunman
shot the wrong person. Finally, the visiting couple was robbed of miscellaneous items from their beach bag.
http://www.caribtravelnews.com/c0497_02.htmPosted 11/02/2006 at M&C by bleachedblack. * * *
1996 ???/??/1996 – U.S. female tourist was shot and murdered by two robbers while in ARUBA.
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic* * *
08/24/1996 – Richard Henriquez last seen on Aruba. He was being treated for a nervous condition at a local facility. Possibly in South America.
htt
http://p://www.visitaruba.com/facts/newsdesk/missing.html Posted 9/16/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *
??/??/1996 – U.S. couple traveling with four friends - the two of them were drugged and taken from the hotel casino. Husband was locked in a back room of The Rio Grande. Wife was taken “out to the desert” and raped and beaten. The group was staying at Holiday Inn. Reported to Polis, but no results.
Posted 8/27/2006 at M&C by yapperz1, link to Free Republic * * *
1987 – 1993 One female in the 15-24 age range was murdered. Pan American Health Organization Special Program for Health Analysis Core Health Data Initiative
http://www.paho.org/English/SHA/prflaru.htm Posted 8/28/2006 at M&C by msmarple * * *