Family of George Smith, Missing Honeymoon Groom, calls for CEO of Carnival Cruise to Resign

As if the cruise ship industry did not have enough black eyes of late, a long comes the CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines with a completely insensitive and ignorant comment. Carnival president Bob Dickinson made the following comment at a cruise industry conference, “It’s a non-event,” it’s more entertainment than anything else.

(Read more of the PR nightmare at Missing & Exploited)

Continued Legacy of Natalee Holloway Disappearance in Aruba

More and more parents and schools are discussing the events of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba and its impact on this years Spring Break. Parents and educators alike must now factor in a new element that had been taken for granted for so many years when planning educational trips this year.

Anita Micich, principal at Roosevelt High School, said Holloway’s disappearance last year seems to be influencing some parents’ decisions about trips. Micich understands their concern.

“I worry about kids every day,” she said. “I worry about kids every weekend. I worry about kids all those times when they’re not in school and they’re gone for long periods of time.”

Read more of the fine line between the increased popularity of traveling abroad and they caution taken from the Natalee Holloway effect.
(Des Moines Register)

Baffling Mystery of Missing Stivers family in Oregon

Authorities are completely baffled over the disappearance of the entire Stivers family. They were headed to the coast on March 4 in their motor home and have not been heard from.
(The rest of the details at Missing & Exploited)

Rita Cosby, ‘Live & Direct’; Steve Cohen, “Dompig and Fred have established a strong rapport”

‘Rita Cosby Live & Direct’ for March 15, 2006

So this is what it takes to be asked to come to Aruba eight weeks later to search for Natalee Holloway. Although Steve Cohen’s comment makes about as much sense as Gerold Dompig’s decision. Dompig waits eight weeks and his decision is Fred Golba. It is truly sad that the search for a missing girl has to play second fiddle to thin skinned personalities. If this is the image that Aruba wishes to present, then so be it. It is unbelievable pathetic that searches and offers to search have been put off for months due to nothing more than ego and pride.

Cohen: Dompig and Fred have established a strong rapport and a great deal of trust between them, and that’s why he is there.

And Aruba still does not have anyone there with ground penetrating radar to search the dunes. As Steve Cohen would later states, there are still others that will search. Wonder how long we will need to wait from them to show?

But of course he’s not the only person that’s going to be searching. Dompig is coming back with a very meticulous search grid, and understanding, as well, in terms of the specialized dogs. They’re going to do some cadaver searching.

The rest of the interview:
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US & Iraqi Forces Launch Largest Iraq Air Assault Since 2003

Breaking News: (AP) US forces and Iraqi troops have launched the largest air assault since the US led invasion in 2003. The area being targeted is insurgent strongholds north of the capital in Samarra.

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