US $25,000 reward for
info about Leta Cordes
~ Permission received to search on French side ~
PHILIPSBURG--The family and friends of missing American citizen Leta Cordes have raised and are now offering a US $25,000 reward for her safe return or for the conviction of anyone who might be responsible for her disappearance.
Cordes’ family and friends had earlier offered a $5,000 reward for information about her whereabouts.
Cordes, who was reported missing on Saturday, January 12, was a frequent visitor to the island and was vacationing here with her husband Frank when she disappeared.
The husband said he had last seen her on around 11:00pm Friday, January 11, when she left their home on foot to go to the casino at the nearby Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort & Spa.
She has not been seen or heard from since and extensive searches involving the police, members of the Voluntary Corps St. Maarten VKS and volunteers in several parts of the island have found no trace of her.
A source close to the Cordes family told The Daily Herald late Monday, that Dutch side officials had “finally got permission from the French side” to allow searches for Leta Cordes to take place there.
The report could not be confirmed with the police last night.
The source noted that such permission was only now being granted, one month after Leta Cordes had disappeared. The Cordes family, the source said, was concerned about the seeming lack of a sense of urgency in the matter.
