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Here's what I know and it comes from Max's Mom Yvonne and my own research.
Prior to the trip to Aruba in 2004, Max's Father George died. This occurred 18 months before the trip. Yvonne had two children with George. Max and Dominique. These are Yvonne's only children. Max was the older and Dominique about few years younger. Dominique was born a premature baby and has had some challenges related to that.
After the death of George the family began to heal and celebrate that they were still a family and a strong one at that. They decided to take the trip to Aruba to celebrate they were all still together and going strong. Losing the Father had to be a big blow to young small children.
When they arrived on Aruba they were booked at La Cabana and were having a terrific time. A few days into the trip a man named David Stacey Sr. (age 52 approximately) and his adopted son David Stacey Jr (Age 31 approximately) indicated that they had been watching the kids on a pool slide and in the rec room. Yvonne found out that David Stacey had recently adopted David Stacey Jr. I'm not sure when she discovered he adopted Mr. Stacey Jr. She thought it was odd that an older man was adopting a fully grown man. I do not know David Stacey Junior's given name.
The Staceys inserted themselves in the daily activities of the DeVries. David Stacey Jr. asked Max to play pool in the rec room and Yvonne said that would be ok. Yvonne indicated that she felt later (looking back) that they were stalked by the two. Perhaps the Staceys thought Max might be an easy mark as there were no older men around - no father.
Yvonne budgeted the trip and felt that doing each water sport activity would be sufficient. She did not plan on two or three adventures on each of the activities. Some of these can be rather expensive. Jet-Skiing is about 35 dollars for a half an hour.
Max had already done the majority of the water activities when David Stacey Jr asked Max to go Jet Skiing. Yvonne said no. He had already gone and she didn't want to pay. DS Jr said he would pay. Yvonne reluctantly agreed. When Max returned from the Jet Skiing he told his mom that they had broken the rules of the Jet Ski company and had gone beyond a sand bar. Yvonne was disappointed that Max had broken the rules but glad he had told her the truth. Max always told the truth according to Yvonne and she was glad to know he had that character.
A few days later (could be even the following day) David Stacey SR. asked Max to once again to go Jet Skiing. Max said he could not. He had already been twice and he said no way would his mother allow it after he had broken the rules and she would never pay for it.
David Stacey Sr said he would ask Yvonne and he would pay for it. Yvonne was approached by David Stacey Sr and she reluctantly agreed to keep from disappointing Max. She did not want Max to go again, but did agree.
Max promised that they would not go beyond the allotted time or distance. David Stacey Sr and Max departed.
Approximately 45 minutes later Yvonne was starting to worry as they should have been back a few minutes prior. They did not return. Yvonne alerted Beach Patrol and they started to inquire where the two were. I guess they radioed around to find them and no luck. The Jet Ski company then started to also look. They knew they should have been back by then. The Jet Ski company knew were missing first as the time had expired on their session. Yvonne was getting very worried as Max had said he would not break the rules.
The Jet Ski company gave instructions prior to departure about what to do in case of a stalled Jet Ski. They were to tie the skis together front to back.
David Stacey Sr was found in possession of both Jet Skis roughly six miles out and off shore and six miles down from La Cabana. This would be off the southern coast of Aruba in the area of Savenata. The Jet Skis were not tied in the proper fashion.
When David Stacey Sr was found he had scratches all over his body and a few bruises. Yvonne was told that ONE person was found. Yvonne immediately knew it was not Max or they would have told her Max was found to relieve her worry. Yvonne and Dominique were taken to the Polis station. I'm not sure which one, most likely Bubali as that was the closest station to La Cabana.
When she arrived at the station David Stacey Sr. was not around. Yvonne asked where Mr. Stacey was and a polis officer told her he was in the shower. She asked why he was allowed to take a shower and was told he was cold and they allowed it. She immediately knew all evidence was most likely gone. This is when she discovered the scratches and bruises on David Stacey Sr.
David Stacey Jr. is not indicated to be at the polis station at this time. David Stacey Sr said that Max has fallen off of his jet ski and went under the water and did not re-surface.
Yvonne gave a statement and David Stacey Sr also gave his version of the events. The "loss" of Max is considered an accident. There was no desire to investigate David Stacey Sr or David Stacey Jr. by the polis investigators. It was all over lickity split. Yvonne decided it was time to leave. She did not wish to stay on Aruba. While at the airport she saw the Staceys leaving also. David Stacey Sr only had a small bag and no other luggage. She wondered how someone could be on a trip for a week or ten days and have no luggage.
To date, almost 4 years, Yvonne has received no official documents from anyone on Aruba. Max is not classified as dead and there is no death certificate. Again, NO DOCUMENTS. Yvonne has indicated to me she is wrought with worry that Max is / was a sex slave, and could be a drug mule.
After returning to the States and Michigan, Yvonne started the Max to the Millions foundation in Max's name.
http://www.maxtothemillions.com/Several posts from my blog about Max DeVries.
http://zoltanzion.blogspot.com/2007/05/max-devries.htmlhttp://zoltanzion.blogspo(...)llions-reminder.htmlhttp://zoltanzion.blogspo(...)llions-reminder.htmlThis one has a good bit of info
http://zoltanzion.blogspo(...)-propaganda-and.htmlMore info here
http://zoltanzion.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-aruba-hiding.htmlDirty Cops involved in Natalee's and Max's cases respectively.
http://zoltanzion.blogspo(...)lack-of-it_7767.htmlMax to the Millions helps others
http://zoltanzion.blogspot.com/2007/03/pay-it-forward.html
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