Update-Gary Giordano to Remain in Custody in Robyn Gardner Case

 

Gary V. Giordano is still in custody following the disappearance of Robyn Gardner in Aruba, and will be for another 16 days, according to reports.While authorities continue to investigate his suspected involvement in the vanishing of his travel partner, authorities will not release Giordano.Giordano's lawyer, Michael Lopez, said a 16-day extension was granted because the judge felt, "there are too many open questions as of yet."

The active search was called off for the missing Maryland woman, suggesting that officials believe she may not be recovered by rescue efforts.Just how convinced they are of Giordano's involvement is unclear.

Nearly two weeks after Gardner, 35, went missing, Lopez pleaded for the release of his client, arguing that authorities don't have "hard proof."Her family members aren't objecting, however."We continue to be pleased with the way [Aruban authorities] have handled our daughter's case," Gardner's mother Andrea Colson said."We are still hoping to find out what has happened to our daughter, Robyn, as we have not given up hope that she may still be alive."Giordano was taken from a police station in Aruba to KIA prison, the same place Joran van der Sloot was held in the Natalee Holloway case.

Robyn Gardner, a 35-year-old Maryland woman, has vanished from Aruba after taking a snorkeling trip with a friend, according to MyFoxDC.

Her disappearance comes six years after Alabama teen Natalee Holloway vanished from the same resort town, sparking a massive search.

A man she was with, Gary Giordano of Frederick, Md., reportedly told police they took a snorkeling trip – and Gardner never returned to shore.

The family and friends of a Frederick woman who is missing in Aruba have begun speaking out about her as two high-profile morning television shows, “Today” and “Good Morning America,” began covering her story Thursday.

Andrew Colson, Robyn Gardner’s brother, told ABC 7 that he believes Gardner is still alive, despite having been missing since August 2. Gardner’s companion on the trip, Gary Giordano, is being held in connection with her disappearance, but he has not been charged with a crime.

“My gut feeling and instinct is that she is out there somewhere to be found,” Colson said.

He described Gardner as a “very loving, caring and kind person.”

Giordano, of Gaithersburg, told authorities that Gardner disappeared during a snorkeling trip.