Philipsburg: --- The husband of Leta Lynn Cordes will have to spend another eight days behind bars as the judge of instruction upheld the request of the Prosecution which will last the next eight days. Cordes is held a suspect in his wife disappearance. The 49 year old American disappeared on January 11 2008. Her husband claimed that she went to the Westin Casino to gamble in a drunken state after spending the day in Grand Case having fun.
The prosecution believes the man is responsible for his wife disappearance, even though they are still treating the case as a "missing person". Frank Cordes managed to evade police for ten months prior to him being arrested ten days ago. 
During that time the husband who obviously did not show any signs of grief hired boats to conduct under water searches, he insisted that cadaver dogs be used to see if his wife remains were going to be found but so far these searches did not yield anything positive. Frank Cordes even went as far as hiring someone to act as a private detective to see if his wife remains were found on the French side.
The German American and his wife is the owner of a vacation home in Oyster Pond Cordes said in prior interviews with SMN News.
This media house also learnt that the couple was having problems in their marriage mostly related to monies. SMN News also understands that the couple argued heavily the day before she disappeared on money issues and that she had threatened to leave him and keep their vacation villa on St. Maarten.
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