I have to say that the possibility that Robyn was involved in her own staged disappearance for financial gain is probably one that I don't think should be entirely discounted. IDK, but the possibility of this has been in the back of my mind off and on since we discussed it in a previous thread. Now that it's been brought up again I just can't totally dismiss it.
No one knows, of course, but one thing I do firmly believe, is that Gary Giordano was definitely involved firsthand with whatever happened to or with Robyn.
My opinions about what has happened to Robyn have run full circle I suppose, changed as the case has evolved over time. This is partially because of the lack of information and evidence in the case; as well as the suspicious and questionable circumstances in the day or two prior to her disappearance that can be interpreted in a variety of ways.
In the beginning stages of this case, I first believed more than anything that Robyn was most likely a victim of sex trafficking. Then I came to the belief that there was at least a 50/50 chance or more that she had probably been murdered by GG, either outright for the insurance money, or as a result of GG feeling rejected and going into a rage.
Then, the insurance policy was somewhat of a problem, so I thought that maybe GG had started routinely taking out these policies on his travel companions because he was working up to something like this, and trying to make the taking out of policies appear to be the norm, i.e., his routine, in order to cover himself when the time came. My rationale was that maybe he had just been waiting for the right place, the right time, the right opportunity, the perfect plan. Plus, it takes some "nerve", to put it lightly, in order for an average person to get to the point of actually being able to kill someone in cold blood. Not saying that GG is an average person, or that he even has a conscience, not much of one anyway, just saying that if he had never killed someone before, it couldn't be the easiest thing, even for him.
Now, the more I have thought about it I have more doubts that Robyn was trafficked. Partially because I find it hard to believe that GG would be so stupid to bring this possibility up on national television, if it were in fact what really happened. If anything, one would think that he would completely avoid drawing attention to the subject of trafficking.
As far as her being murdered and deceased, then where is her body. As far as we know, GG had no means to carry her body out several miles from Aruba into deep waters, like JVDS supposedly did with Natalee's, in order to insure that her body would not come ashore in Aruba. Also, the time was not there for him to accomplish this, meaning that for this to have happened there would have to have been an accomplice; though this possibility has never been completely ruled out either AFAIK.
A couple of problems I have: One, the tattoo, which makes it so easy to identify her. The other, why would GG openly make the statement that Robyn had taken a sleeping pill if he had in fact, planned this from the beginning. Was that just a huge, careless blunder on his part, maybe a result of the influence of drugs and alcohol? Is he like the evil version of Barney Fife who can never really do anything right?
As Blueskies pointed out, it appears that Robyn had few family ties, and very little to lose. And, from what I've read and has been reported, she wasn't exactly "the girl next door" kind of girl. But it's still difficult to fathom how someone could "disappear" forever, change their identity, totally give up their life as they know it, and live the rest of their life in a foreign land. Who knows, maybe being a "kept" woman was that important to her.
One other thought, if Robyn knowingly but naively went along with a scheme such as this, who knows if she didn't leave with someone on a boat to SA or elsewhere, then something really did happen to her afterwards, as in the ultimate double cross. Would GG and/or whoever else was involved consider it too risky for her to remain alive? :twocents:
