St. Maarten Private Eye

I personally know one of the three men who found the body. I have spoken with him and several others who were there on 31 October.

No fireman from Saba entered the mine to recover the body. Two of the three men, both of them tourists, and a policeman re-entered the mine to recover the body.

It took less than five minutes to get from the opening to the body. It was found approximately 50 meters from the opening.

While I know not what really happened when the firemen searched the mine in late December or early January, in light of what happend on the day of the body's discovery, the claims the firemen made that they searched deep into the mine seem to be suspect.

The firemen claimed early in the search that they had gone 200 meters into the mine (while trailing a rope behind them) and searched all of the passageways. If this were true, it seems that they should have found the body in December.

For goodness sake, don't let your house catch on fire in Saba!