In a sensational breakthrough in the disappearance of ROBYN GARDNER, Aruba police have two witnesses who saw a violent attack on a woman who looked like the Maryland beauty, which they believe ended in her death.
“The cops believe a local couple actually witnessed the beginning of what turned out to be Robyn’s murder,” a source close to the investigation told The ENQUIRER.
An Aruban couple, out for a drive, told authorities they spotted a violent confrontation between a man and a woman inside a car similar to the one Gary Giordano – suspected of killing Robyn – was renting during their Caribbean vacation.
Giordano, 50, claimed Robyn had been swept out to sea on Aug. 2 while they were snorkeling at Baby Beach – but investigators didn’t buy his story.
They arrested the financially strapped Maryland technology expert and suspect he killed his victim in a coldblooded, murder-for-money insurance scam.
The badly shaken couple finally came forward Sept. 17 to tell their chilling story to police, according to an insider.
“Just before 5 p.m. on Aug. 2, the couple saw a white Toyota RAV4 just like the car Giordano rented parked in the eerie Dog Graves Beach pet cemetery,” the insider told The ENQUIRER.
“They noticed it because vehicles are not allowed to park in that area, where Arubans have been burying their pets for generations. In fact, the car was parked on some of the pet graves.
“As the couple drove along the road, they saw the man beating the woman in the face. He was slapping her really hard, then punching her with his fist and beating her on the head. She was screaming.
“The couple stopped their car, yelled at the man and asked what the hell he was doing. When the man saw them, he started his vehicle and drove off in the opposite direction. The shocked couple drove on to nearby Baby Beach. Then they thought about what they’d seen for a few minutes and drove back to Dog Graves Beach but didn’t find any trace of the other couple or their vehicle.”
The insider went on to explain that Arubans usually don’t like to get caught up in problems with tourists.
“They forgot all about it until they saw photos of the car Giordano had rented while in Aruba and remembered they had seen the struggle,” continued the insider. “They told police that the argument was
so violent that the car was rocking from side to side from the struggle going on inside it.
“Now, cops are convinced this was the beginning of the end for Robyn.”
Dog Graves Beach now has become the focus of an intensive search, noted the other source.
Police brought Giordano from his prison cell to the area for intensive questioning twice – and they are planning to bring in cadaver dogs, hoping to locate Robyn’s body.
“They believe Giordano may have dug into a recent dog’s grave, stuffed Robyn’s body inside and covered it up again,” the source revealed. “However, Giordano has refused to fully cooperate with police.”
Dog Graves Beach looks like a spooky set for a horror movie.
At least 1,000 pets are buried in the large cemetery by the ocean. They rest beneath faded stuffed animals and crude wooden crosses bearing their names.
“There is a stench of death about the place, but cops believe cadaver dogs will be able to tell the difference between a dead pet’s body and a human corpse,” explained the source.
Police have doubted Giordano’s tale of Robyn’s drowning since she first disappeared because the currents would have carried her body back to land.
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