the only suspect in the disappearance of 35-year-old robyn gardner. this evening prosecutors ordered giordano held for another 16 days, here in aruba's kia prison. that's nearly twice as long as they'd originally pushed for. >> it was a good day, yes, but it's not yet the moment to declare a victory, of course. >> reporter: investigators suspect foul play in robyn's disappearance. friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted to get away after having recently lost her job. >> when she came to me and said, hey, i'm going to aruba, i was like cool, i'm so happy, get out of town, why wouldn't you. and then she said she was going with gary, and it just became a -- you know, a why. like why? you know, are you sure? >> reporter: christina jones said she was wary of who her friend was leaving with. >> well, i know that she met gary over a year ago online. it's been a real roller coaster friendship. it's pretty hot and cold. one day nice and the next day not so nice. >> reporter: authorities now know she landed here with giordano on july 31st, planned

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one he took out on himself, the other he took out on robyn gardner. we know that beneficiary he named for himself was his own mother. when i asked authorities, well, who was the beneficiary for robyn gardner, they wouldn't give me any comment. they said they would have to talk to gary further on that particular issue. right now, he's not talking. >> martin, thanks very much. obviously they still have not found robyn gardner at all in aruba. >>> still ahead, serious threats against comedian david letterman. why a jihadist web site is urging followers to kill him. more details on that. also what caused me to lose it last night during last night's ridiculist. oh, good. here we go. >> sorry. this has actually never happened to me. [ laughter ] >> we'll be right back. on the powerful c300 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends august 31st. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the enti

for robyn gardner? >> reporter: yes, they are. and in fact they are looking on land, even though gary giordano had said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of that island that lasted six hours and found nothing. >> well, so sad. martin savidge, thanks very much. we'll be right back with the latest in the resignation of apple ceo steve jobs. bum-pa-d♪ a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. >>> i'm isha sesay here with a 360 news and business bulletin. steve jobs is bowing out as ceo of apple. and his resignation letter he said he could no longer meet his duties and expectations as ceo. jobs, you'll rememb

for robyn gardner? >> reporter: yes, they are. and in fact they are looking on land, even though gary giordano had said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of that island that lasted six hours and found nothing. >> well, so sad. martin savidge, thanks very much. we'll be right back with the latest in the resignation of apple ceo steve jobs. vrrooom...vrrroooomm vroom vrrooom vrrroooomm vrrroooomm vrroom vrrrooomm vrrroooooooommmmmm mmmm mm. ♪ i look all tough and uncaring. but when i see an rv roll in with a big family... well, it fills my heart. but, as affordable as it is, it just makes sense to get everybody up and go on a vacation together. whoa, i didn't mean all of us. [ boy ] it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. see for yourself at gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving.

for robyn gardner? >> reporter: yes, they are. and in fact they are looking on land, even though gary giordano had said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of that island that lasted six hours and found nothing. >> well, so sad. martin savidge, thanks very much. we'll be right back with the latest in the resignation of apple ceo steve jobs. vrrooom...vrrroooomm vroom vrrooom vrrroooomm vrrroooomm vrroom vrrrooomm vrrroooooooommmmmm mmmm mm. you've been stuck in the garage, while my sneezing and my itchy eyes took refuge from the dust in here and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. where we belong. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" toget

this, by the way, is the last time we will see robyn gardner. and i asked the authorities, first of all, they're releasing them because they hope people on the island will see them in the clothes they were wearing, and this will have more eyewitnesses come forward and tell them how they may have seen this couple later. but i said, well, who took these pictures? i mean, who takes pictures of people walking away? the authorities said, actually, it was a worker at the bar whose daughter has ha toos, noticed the tattoos that robyn gardner has that are quite prolific and decided to take photos as she walked away. it sounds a bit bizarre. but those are the photographs, and they're out there now, and that is, as i say, we watch robyn walk away to a fate unknown. >> they're still searching for robyn gardner? >> yeah, they are. in fact, they are looking on land, even though gary giordano said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of the island that lasted six hours and found nothi

gardner, what happened to robyn gardner. that's where it stands right now, t.j. there was also a search on the island itself if what they call some old phosphorous mines. they did find some articles of clothing and some flip-flops, but we do not know if they're actually linked to this investigation. but it's another woman disappearing in a beautiful place. t.j.? >> all right, martin savidge for us in aruba, thank you so much. we're getting close to the top of the hour here. in a moment, we'll reset and give you the very latest on all the developing stories this morning, including the latest on an american abducted in pakistan. stay with me. splenda® essentia™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis

. >> but let's get right to robyn gardner, the american woman still missing and feared dead in aruba. a judge there ordered the prime suspect to be held for at least 16 more days of questioning but suspicion mounts on gary giordano. he stopped cooperating with police and matt gutman is on the case for us in aruba. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. 11 years ago gary giordano was so close to freedom, now he'll spend the next 16 days locked up here at aruba's prison and probably, george, about 60 days more than that, the most recognizable face among the 110 inmates awaiting trial here. a moment wrapped in shame for gary giordano who still claims he's innocent and one of momentary triumph for aruba's prosecutors securing that 16-day

as for robyn gardner drifting away and drowning, investigators really do not believe this saying the currents were nothing, and the water clear and they have glenn hill -- they have flown helicopters to venezuela and back. they say her body would have surfaced by now. >> and the suspect has a court appearance in aruba on monday. is there a chance he could be released? phil: there is a chance. giordano is being held, and the judge will hear arguments for and against holding him for an additional eight days but he is not criminally charged as this point. one of the last communications known from aruba from robyn gardner according to her boyfriend in maryland that says simply "this sucks," on facebook and the next day she disappeared. he has two restraining arrests in his past and an ex wife who claims physical abuse but a couple women he dated have different accounts. >> he became physically aggressive, why remember exactly, he tried to pull me to the ground or i went to the ground, on the grass, and he thought that we were going to be intimate. >> at any point not once did i feel thre

we sent those photos to robyn gardner's family and moments ago i spoke to her family. they recognize that dress she was wearing and hope that everybody out there will pray for her. >> let's bring in dan abrams right now and starting with these photo, of course, they're not conclusive but do back up -- seem to back up many of the stories of the witnesses. >> the key becomes this intoxication issue, i think, because, again, if they were intoxicated you would think that if this had happened the way giordano laid it out he would say, we were drunk, then we went snorkeling and i don't know whathaed. now, we don't have any indication that he told the authorities that. he basically as far as we know told the authorities, look, we went snorkeling then there were these big tides that basically swept her away. >> and the time line, snorkeling before or after, it's hard to get a handle on that, meantime, they spent eight hours in the brush yesterday turning up nothing and it brings up all kinds of memories. >> when i see the video here of them searching the island it is so remini

robyn gardner was last seen august 2nd. the man she was with said they disappeared shortly after they were together. police started talking to giordano shortly after they began talking, looked at his watch and said, she might be dead now. when you talked to the aruban authorities, what do they make of him saying she might be dead now? >> at first, he laughed. he thought the minutia of the phrases were getting crazy. that said, he said we don't really see that as being incriminating. the search had been going on for a couple hours, it was dark, she was not an expert swimmer. so for gary giordano to look at his watch after two hours, and saying, she might be dead now, they look at it as a fatalistic comment and not a damning statement. >> they said he was so drunk investigators couldn't even talk to him. do we know anything about his demeanor or condition in the hours after gardner disappeared? >> we know first of all they didn't administer a breath analysis, so we don't know if he was legally drunk. investigators say there w

too soon to be acquitted of killing her two year old daughter robyn gardner went missing in aruba two weeks ago and shocking news that mainstream media misses yet again this time for getting a little three year old while looking for hot in the laws for big headlines. good evening it's friday august nineteenth i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and you're watching our t.v. well more stock market turmoil today and what has been needless to say a volatile week meanwhile gold keeps soaring to new highs reaching almost nineteen hundred dollars an ounce today remember once upon a time gold was thirty five dollars an ounce also u.s. treasury yields have collapsed to seventy year lows this week two and a venezuela's hugo chavez has his solution he says he wants his gold out of the u.s. and the u.k. for good so what does all of this really say about the u.s. and the global economy also countries debts and the banking system well here's a little trivia we like that gives you some perspective maybe recall that just before the debt ceiling deal was reached by u.s. lawmakers it came to a po

. >> the news continues >>> that is robyn gardner, the american tourist who disappeared in aruba. she is still missing. the key suspectight now a man she met online and of course it's so much like the case of natalee holloway and her loved ones are now reaching out to natalee holloway's family. >> and beth holloway has been outspoken about all this as we say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning and have an exclusive conversation go what it's like inside the world of polygamist cult leader warren jeffs. a revealing interview with of all people his niece. >> inside the world of "jersey shore" from gtl to "gma." snooki will be here liveve >> she'll talk to lara in our next hour. >>> now to that desperate search in aruba for a 35-year-old american woman robyn gardner vanished at sea while reportedly snorkeling vacationing with a man she met online. he h h been detained because he tried to leave the island and andrea canning has all the latest on this. >> good morning, they are looking at this one man. he is behind bars now as bliss investigate this mysterious disappearance

new clues about the last hours before robyn gardner disappeared in aruba. inside the room she shared with the prime suspect. and what he reportedly told police as they started their search. >>> baby on board. beyonce reveals that she's pregnant. how she stole the show on one of music's biggest nights. >>> and good morning, everyone. want to get right to some live pictures from our abc station here in new york. our wabc chopper up over pompton lakes, new jersey, entire neighbors are under water. this house is on fire. they're having great difficulty because it's surrounded by flood waters to get to it. massive flooding is such a huge concern all over to northeast. and so many towns, these flash floods have raged after the storm. >> you see it right there. the winds weren't as bad as people feared. this was such a big storm and it dumped so much water on places that have already been saturated by water this summer. almost 5 million people lost power. it could take into the weekend to restore it in many places. there are at least 22 deaths being blamed on the

. >>> new developments in the disappearance of robyn gardner. an american missing in aruba where she was vacationing with an american man she met on line. police say that man, gary giordano, took out an insurance policy on gardner. a bloody hand print was found on a stone where the couple had been snorkeling. marty, what details do you know about a bloody hand print on a stone where they were allegedly snorking? >> reporter: this is coming to us from a couple of different sources. when i talked to investigators directly about them finding blood evidence at the scene there, they said only that they couldn't confirm it. they couldn't deny it. they called it interesting which of course would be a lot more than interesting. it could be absolutely key to their investigation. sources we talked to close to that investigation say it was blood on the rocks or blood on stones and some said it was actually a bloody hand print. the reason this all works out is they need to know if it was human, is it robyn gardner's blood or someone unrelated. if he's telli

when it comes to robyn gardner as to who the beneficiary is there, they won't say. there has been some speculation. at this point, though, we did have a conversation with american express, and they said, you can't just take out a policy on somebody else and list yourself as the beneficiary. they would in fact say, robyn would have to sign a document that says, yes, i make gary giordano my beneficiary. now, did she do that? could she have been fooled into doing that? we're still digging on that one. >> he's been in jail two weeks now. do we know where he's being held and what his conditions are like? >> reporter: he's at the kia prison, and what's interesting about that, authorities say he's living a lot better than he was in the local jail. apparently it's a much bigger room he's in. 33 by 33 feet. now he's got to share it with two other men, but at least he gets to move around during the day. he gets to interact with other prisoners, which he never had the opportunity to do. he's got visiting days twice a week, although authorities say nobody has visited him. he do

learning a lot more about how robyn gardner and gary giordano met for the first time. it was online. and we're waiting to hear if he's going to be released this morning. that is coming up. >>> we begin with the wildfires raging through the southwest right now. oklahoma and texas. dozens of homes have already been destroyed. hundreds more have been evacuated. steve stower is right in the fire zone. >> reporter: the flames are out of control. this home no match burning to the ground in seconds. this resort area just west of ft. worth, reduced to rubble. at least 25 homes destroyed. nearly 200 more threatened along thousands of acres. my colleague, jim douglas, was in the middle of it. >> these apartments are going to clearly come to the ground. these already did. there are burned foundations all around here. the lights in the middle of the flfles, the volunteer firefighters, trying to save them. >> reporter: the dense smoke so thick it is cutting off highways. >> you can't see through that stuff. and it's very scary. >> reporter: some fire crews surrounded. three dozen d

. >>> now to that new twist in the disappearance of american robyn gardner in aruba. the main suspect still detained there after reportedly trying to cash in an insurance policy just days after she went missing. abc's ashleigh banfield is back and tracking this yet again. >> the suspect in this case, it seems like the case is mounting against him. brand-new evidence potentially some pretty damning stuff too if you try to build this case and this latest evidence, by the way, could keep him on the island even longer and actually could prove some motive in a very serious crime. just two days after robyn gardner mysteriously vanished law enforcement sources tell abc news her travel companion, gary giordano, began the process of collecting on the $1.5 million policy he took out on her life. >> insurance companies are going to wonder if somebody starts making phone calls about money when they should be just overcome with grief. >> reporter: the coalition against insurance fraud says suspicious activity after a new policy is not uncommon and sources in aruba say the insuranc

phil: robyn gardner's companion is locked up in jill not too far from the beaches that he and robyn gardner went to enjoy and the reason is his alibi does not add up according to the solicitor general. he is seen here with the police the day after reporting her lost at sea while snorkeling together, and on one of the richest snorkeling spots saying the ocean current must have taken her away. and here is an attorney. >> the body goes deep immediately and very deep and you can see it there and it goes under the water and the current will take it away. phil: a big hole? the police say that there was no current that night. nothing. another hole? so far, not one witness says he or she saw the couple go snorkeling last tuesday. a 35-year-old maryland woman is described as "trusting," person, loyal, hard working, one of the glass half full types with several tattoos one on her rib cage, and her mother released her first statement since being enoughed last week by authorities that her daughter is missing. "our daughter has been missing since august 2nd,2011 and we can only bray she will soon with b

. >>> all right, it's the decision day now for the man held in aruba for the death of robyn gardner. >>> plus, a man catches a burglar in his own home. >>> markets up right now, dow up 77 points, s&p 9 and nasdaq up 10. we'll be right back. >>> first, breaking news out of washington right now, the justice department announced it's suing to block at&t's take over of t-mobile. it claims the combined companies would lead to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. in response, at&t says it is surprised and disappointed by the lawsuit. more on that coming up after a break. (announcer) everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust. and our improved formulas neutralize odors better than ever in multiple-cat homes. so it's easier to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why

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when it comes to robyn gardner as to who the beneficiary is there, they won't say. we don't know. there has been some speculation. at this point, though, we did have a conversation with could be telling the truth. however, there are three things that are sort of stacked against him, two of which are his own doing. number one, he did take out a hefty insurance policy on a woman who's now missing and he did it just days before she vanished. number two his track record when it comes to dealing with other women and the accusations they've made against him is not very good. then number three, this is arue parks the island where six years ago natalie holloway vanished without a trace and many americans still believe that case was bungled. so the last thing aruban authorities want is to be perceived as being soft on another american case. however that said. a lot of legal experts on the island say unless they come up with something better than just an insurance policy, in two weeks it is quite possible that gary giordano will go home free. >> interesting. martin savidge, appreciate it. t

they went into robyn gardner's home. they checked out other witnesses or at least those who have given statements about giordano's history and past. the authorities are waiting to hear back on that. they want to know what evidence was gathered, especially from computers. because if there was any pre-planning, any pre-motive on this, maybe the computers hold that information. that's what they're waiting to hear back on. >> it's amazing what you can find on computers these days. martin salve ij in aruba. marty, thank you so much. >>> coming up, a stunning discovery. 300 feet long under american soil. nope, this is no ordinary drug tunnel. wait until you hear what this is all about. the bells, the whistles, how long it took to build it. also this. >> he said well don't be surprised if you see a lot of policemen in your backyard. and i said oh, what's going on? >> one woman wakes up to a big surprise in her backyard, a surprise that weighs 3600 pounds. that's next. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we des

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they knew that gary giordano had taken out insurance for himself and robyn gardner. i said how did you find out? they said he told us. this was information that came to light in the very first interrogation that they did of gary giordano. it was in the first statement he made. apparently he admitted he took out insurance. he called it and it's what authorities call it. travelers insurance. in other words, if you got sick or ill while traving on a vacation you would be transported back to the united states. the real question is there an accidental death benefit and who would benefit as a result of that? the authorities don't talk about the amount and they don't talk about who would benefit. we talked to other people who again are close to this investigation and say that gary giordano told authorities that it wasn't he that was going to benefit but the money if robyn were to die would go to her mother. >> is he in custody now or what's his situation? >> reporter: he is in custody. prior to the first -- i believe it was 12 days that he was in custody, he was actually he

the search was still on for robyn gardner. and giordano was still answering investigators' questions. but yet he started that process of trying to cash in on this policy. by some reports it was worth more than $1 million. giordano for his part remains locked up in prison here in aruba. prosecutors got another 16 days a couple days ago to try to gather more evidence. giordano was questioned by prosecutors yesterday at length with his attorneys present. there's also interesting information about items that have been seized from gary giordano, including his digital camera which by some accounts contained very graphic, disturbing images of robyn gardner. that camera along with his cell phone and his laptop have been sent off to a nearby island for further analysis. they're looking very closely now at the insurance policy. whether he had a financial motive back home. there are reports he lives in a million dollar house and that his small company took in less than $100,000 last year. that's something that u.s. officials are assistin

gardner has not been seen in five weeks. we have janet shamlyian with the latest on this. >> the judge said that gary giordano be held for another two weeks because he was somehow involved in the missing of robyn gardner as the two were snorkeling in an area called baby beach. yesterday after the hearing giordano was moved from the he had been held for ten days to aruba's prison which gives the prosecutors additional time to seek more evidence against him, because frankly, they admit, they don't have anything firm that ties him to the disappearance of robyn gardner, and beyond the fact that they say that his story does not make sense. he has said that they were snorkeling, and that the waters were becoming rough, and that he signaled her to come back to shore, and when he arrived at shore, he know longer saw her there. people in thatter a ya tell us that this is unusual place to go snorkeling and unusual time of day, sundown, so there are doubts on his story, but in 16 days prosecutors will have to find something solid to co

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they don't know robyn gardner's whereabouts, and frankly even after a plea for witnesses, they haven't found many. there are little details coming out here about a rock with a hand print and blood on it near the site where robyn gardner was last seen, so there are a number of leads authorities are following but really looking very closely at this travel policy. richard, back to you. >> thanks so much for that. >>> now to a major development in the case of a missing missouri girl topping our look at stories around the "newsnation" today. remains believed to be the body of a 3-year-old breeann rodriguez had a van found near a series of ditches. rodriguez's neighbors are accused of dumping her bod they after suffocating her with a plastic bag. eight people have been wounded after a lightning strike at seaworld in florida. three guests and five employees were in a patio arabia in a nearby cabana when they were injured by the lightning. other guests were evacuated. >> we were actually outside, but they made us go under the bathroom, made us go in there. >> ail eight of those wound have had

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her name is robyn gardner. now police are saying that the man who reported robyn missing may have something to hide. >>> and a new twist in the casey anthony investigation. she's been acquitted her daughter caylee's murder, you all know that, but we'll hear what florida department and children and families has to say about her in the new report, that and the ridiculous when we continue. >>> tonight's crime and punishment report. new details in the disappearance of robyn gardner. a young woman from maryland missing now in aruba. if your first thought is of natalee holloway the alabama teenager disappeared in 2005 in aruba. you're certainly not alone. like holloway, gardner was vacationing in aruba when she vanished, seemingly without a trace and even visiting the same town. the 35-year-old gardner was last seen on the beach with her friend a guy named gary gordauno. he was the same man that reported her missing. police say the story doesn't add up. martin savidge is in aruba tonight. >> reporter: the last time a

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robyn gardner disappeared august 2nd on the island and last night the fbi searched the maryland home of the man with whom she was traveling. ron claiborne is back with us with the very latest on this case. ron? >> josh, law enforcement officials in aruba are talking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance tapes hunting for clues as to what happened to robyn gardner. now, the investigation into her traveling companion gary giordano has expanded to the u.s. fbi agents are seen here searching gary giordano's maryland home overnight. >> we're here this evening to execute a federal search warrant. >> reporter: at least 15 cars arrived at his residence to o execute the warrant. authorities can be seen carrying out boxes. giordano remains in police custody back in aruba. it has now been ten days since giordano's traveling companion, robyn gardner, was last seen on this idyllic beach in aruba. police, firemen and search and rescue crews are seen here working into the night combing a desert area filled with thick brush and deep caves. friends say thatatardner and giordano have had an on and o

they knew that gary giordano had taken out insurance for himself and robyn gardner. i said how did you find out? they said he told us. this was information that came to light in the very first interrogation that they did of gary giordano. it was in the first statement he made. apparently he admitted he took out insurance. he called it and it's what authorities call it. travelers insurance. in other words, if you got sick or ill while traving on a vacation you would be transported back to the united states. the real question is there an accidental death benefit and who would benefit as a result of that? the authorities don't talk about the amount and they don't talk about who would benefit. we talked to other people who again are close to this investigation and say that gary giordano told authorities that it wasn't he that was going to benefit but the money if robyn were to die would go to her mother. >> is he in custody now or what's his situation? >> reporter: he is in custody. prior to the first -- i believe it was 12 days that he was in custody, he was actually he

. >>> well, robyn gardner is still missing in aruba this morning. authorities say they believe the maryland woman is in longer alive, but they have many unanswered questions about what's happened to her. nbc's janet shamlyan is in aruba this morning. what's the latest from there? >> reporter: alex, you know, there have been a number of developments i want to tell you about in the last 24 hours. first of all, gary giordano has stopped cooperating with police. initially he was full of information telling them what happened. he is now not talking whatsoever. yesterday at this his home in maryland fbi agents late at night spent about two hours inside. they came out just before midnight with bags and boxes. things that could be potential evidence in this case. meanwhile, another investigation here in aruba found authorities yesterday on an isolated stretch of beach near an abandoned phosphate mine. they came out of that mine with a couple of items of interest that may or may not belong to robyn gardner, a pink t-shirt and a pair of sandals. they haven't

two days reportedly after his traveling companion, robyn gardner, went missing, gary giordano, instead of focusing on the search for her, was instead starting the process of redeeming the proceeds from an accidental death penalty that he took out on her, that he took out on both of them, through the form of travel insurance, ahead of their trip. that comes as word that authorities are also now looking at his digital camera which is said to contain very disturbing pornographic photos of robyn gardner. that camera, his cell phone and laptop has been sent to the curacao for analysis. yesterday, here in the prison will he will be held for another two weeks, he was questioned by authorities with his attorneys present for several hours. his attorneys said he is no longer allowed to speak publicly on behalf of his client. all along, he has insisted his client is not guilty but all of these things are adding up and they are looking at this very closely. next week, they will also be launching a more extensive investigation solely to try to find the body in aruba. without that, they have very li

robyn gardner vanished earlier this month when her traveling companion reported her missing. patti ann has more on that. >> reporter: well, rick, robyn gardner of maryland disappeared in aruba while on vacation with gary giordano. he's being held by aruban authorities, and investigators say his camera contains images of robin that are graphic and disturbing and, quote, beyond pornographic. those quotes given to nbc news. they did say robin, who is 35, did not appear to be in danger, and there was no indication of duress. gardner is now presumed dead having not been seen since august 2nd, and authorities have postponed their search for her remains until next week. they need more time to coordinate such a large-scale effort. they plan to search near the area where gardner was reported missing by jordan know who claims she vanished while snorkeling. they're also testing against evidence they may uncover. meanwhile, authorities are still investigating an insurance policy that he took out against gardner reese accidentally death. he bought the policy from american express reported

the fbi may finally be close to tracking the case -- cracking the case of missing american robyn gardner and what really happened to her. matt gutman is live at the scene with the exclusive information you'll only hear here on "gma." good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. finally, a possible motive. multiple law enforcement officials have confirmed to abc news that gary giordano took out an insurance policy before robyn gardner disappeared that could have been worth up to $1.5 million and that her disappearance and possible murder may have been linked to an elaborate plot to collect insurance money. this morning authorities here are investigating an insurance policy taken out by gary giordano as a possible motive in the disappearance of robyn gardner, the aruban solicitor general confirms exclusively to abc news. the 35-year-old maryland woman has been missing for two weeks, reportedly after snorkeling with giordano o o this isolated beach on august 2nd. abc news learned the policy could be worth up to $1.5 million. the fbi is also investigating the policy and is here on t

gardner went missing. so bizarre coincidence that two blondes disappeared there over a span of several years and sad though it may be twenty four people were shot during a particularly bloody forty eight hours in detroit and we don't see the national m.s.m. sending out the news choppers and in the. us every day seven women and children die just from abuse and it's just like deja vu earlier this summer we were doing the same kinds of stories about casey anthony another pretty white woman whose murder trial captivated the mainstream media is the expense of so much else and i gotta say it won't be long before we're doing another as the mainstream media continues to ditch hard hitting stories that affect so many more people in favor of sad but sexier sensational stories that sell lauren lyster r.t. washington d.c. . and so that story gives you a good reason to turn off the mainstream media and to be sure to tune in to our team next week for a brand new line up first it's a gold rush as we've seen as u.s. marke