Lawyer Michael Lopez expressed he was annoyed at authorities and said this was not the way to treat someone who has given all cooperation in the investigation.
An American man, Gary Giordano said he met the woman he gave up as disappeared after a snorkeling trip at Nanki, San Nicolas, on a dating website. They used to meet twice per month in the U.S.
The morning of his arrest, on Friday, Giordano met with the disappeared woman’s mother as well as the Consul of the U.S. for the Dutch Caribbean. The mother deemed it unnecessary for Giordano ta remain on the island, as did the Consul. He was also questioned that same morning again by investigators; he gave and signed a nine-page declaration and told investigators he was to travel, asked if he should stay longer on the island, but got no answer. The conversation with investigators took place in the presence of his lawyer.
When Giordano was detained at the airport, now considered a suspect in the disappearance, he called his lawyer while being transported to the precinct. His lawyer instructed him to use his right to remain silent as he had given extensive declarations to police already.
The suspect owns a type of job agency in the U.S., is divorced and has two children who live with their mother, to whom he pays alimony.
He declared that he and the woman had indeed bought insurance before they left the U.S., but this was just a regular travel insurance and the woman’s mother is the beneficiary on hers.
Giordano will probably be seen by a prosecutor on Monday.