Update on Susan Rash
Yes, the good new is out since last evening. Susan has been found in a secluded area known as Cueva del Agua near the old Marble Mine on the road that leads to Boca Del Diablo. I saw and spoke to her this morning before she was flown out by chopper to LAIA to catch her flight to her hometown Ft Worth TX. Her husband David is in TX. A local foreigner (German), Peiter found her after doing some snooping around. The facts are not quite out, but it appears that they are local Tigres that are involved. Samana has its fare share of evil people. We should wait for the final report.
What is amazing to me is the lack of news coverage this sad event has had. Dominican Today had 3 short articles on the matter, in which most the information was incorrect. It appears to me that there is an intentional attempt for this to be HUSHED, not to bring a black eye to the area. Crime is a very relative term. Violent crime is a specific term. With that in mind, A major crime wave in Las Galeras is not happening. There are specific violent crimes that have happened in the are in the past month to Americans (US Citizens), Gringos, if you will, that concern me. Susan?s is the most recent. Less than a month ago, Joe Cooper was almost assinated by two masked hitmen with shotguns armed with slug ammo. Missed Joe?s face by 4 inches. Pictures are available. What concerns me is that these two incidences happened within 100 yards of each other. Joe?s matter was not publicized, but was taken to the higest authorities in the Capital, both Dominican and American. Nothing was done or it appears that way. Joe has since left the country and back in the USA. Perhaps if authorities would have acted in Joe?s case and rounded up all the truely bad actors that live in the Las Galeras-El Frances-Samana corridor, maybe last Friday evenings event that involved Susan, may have been circumvented. But please be advised, until Dominican authorities make the area safer for GRINGOS, be very careful in Samana. I know. I live here!