In this episode of Greta Wire, Greta Van Susteren sits down with Yvonne DeVries, the mother of Max DeVries, a 14-year-old American boy who vanished in Aruba in May 2004.
Many Americans know the name Natalee Holloway, whose disappearance in Aruba captured national attention one year later. But before Natalee, there was Max — a young teenager on what was supposed to be a healing family vacation after the death of his father.
Yvonne recounts the disturbing details of the day Max disappeared after going out on a jet ski with an older man the family had met at their hotel. The man returned. Max did not.
Greta and Yvonne discuss the unanswered questions that still haunt the case: conflicting accounts, alleged failures by authorities, questions about the investigation, the search that followed, and the agonizing pain of a mother who left Aruba without her son.
More than 20 years later, Yvonne is still fighting for answers — and Greta is taking another look at a case she says never received the attention it deserved.
Topics covered:
Max DeVries’ disappearance in Aruba in 2004
Why the case was overshadowed by Natalee Holloway’s disappearance
Yvonne’s account of the final day she saw her son
The jet ski trip, the sandbar, and conflicting stories
Questions about the Aruban investigation
A mother’s grief, persistence, and search for justice
Greta’s continuing interest in missing Americans abroad
Listen now to hear Yvonne DeVries tell Max’s story — and why Greta says something about this case still does not feel right.
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