Philipsburg: --- The husband of missing American Leta Lynn Cordes, Frank Cordes who is now considered a suspect in her disappearance never grieved he was a man who enjoyed every bit of his life in exotic dance clubs and even paying to have prostitutes at his home for two to three weeks at a time.
Just days after Frank Cordes reported to police that his wife Leta Lynn Cordes had went missing on the night of January 11 he was seen in a particular house of prostitution one source said that Cordes did not show any signs of grief instead he was spending monies lavishly on himself and women. Frank Cordes would pay club owners as much as $350 to $400 a week to have the dancers sleep over at his house claiming he was afraid to stay home alone.
Cordes allegedly even proposed to one local businessman who is operating an exotic dance club to be partners in his business since he have contacts with several yachtsmen who would utilized the services of good looking women. The source said this conversation took place shortly after Cordes reported his wife was missing.
According to another well placed source Cordes had said on more than one occasion that he allegedly had a number of police officers on his payroll so that they can give him all the necessary information on how the case was proceeding. The source said that he Cordes had said that because of this the investigation stalled. Further he considered St. Maarten Police to be slow and corrupt. Cordes had allegedly said on more than one occasion that if his wife disappearance had taken place in the United States he would have already been behind bars.
The source further claimed that Cordes told him he got his monies through his wife Leta Lynn Cordes who is now missing. "The couple was having severe money problems because he Frank wanted to have full access and control over his wife monies. Something she disagreed with due to his unfaithfulness." On January 10 2008 the couple argued heavily about some sort of insurance monies and during that argument the woman had threatened to leave him, she also indicated to him that she would be the one to keep their vacation home on St. Maarten.
SMN News reported earlier that the man had knowledge on what police was doing and how they were dealing with the case as such he managed to know when the conniver dogs were going to be used. Having such information gave the man enough time to remove the body of his dead wife where he had it hidden in his neighbor's yard the source said.
Cordes even went as far as hiring boats and had divers from overseas and locally combed certain sea beds. He admitted to this reporter that he knew he was searching for a needle in a hay sack but wanted to make sure he did everything possible to find his missing wife.
Based on the developments of the case it seems that Frank Cordes did everything he taught he could to steer police away from him since he knew his alibi was not too solid. That alibi was that his wife went to the Westin Casino. The man wanted to report his wife missing less than six hours after he claimed she went missing. On top of that he said she was drunk and walked to Westin Casino where she is accustomed of gambling. Police reviewed the Westin surveillance tapes and later said the woman never visited the casino on the night of January 11. This of course made Cordes angry because he was desperate for an alibi.
It is expected that Frank Cordes will appear before the judge of instruction on Friday this week as he is still in police custody as the investigation continues.
