They stashed the body in one of Saddam's mobile labs
Is this the same man whose kidnappers were caught or killed at a gas station, and it was originally reported the body was in the trunk of their car?
Experts Fail to Recover Body of U.S. Hostage in Saudi
Thu Jul 15, 2004 07:23 AM ET
By Sami Aboudi
RIYADH (Reuters) - A search by U.S. and Saudi authorities for the body of a beheaded American hostage is drawing to a close after experts failed to find his remains, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday.
Experts who had come to Saudi Arabia to help search for the body of engineer Paul Johnson, killed nearly a month ago, have left the country after collecting evidence which will be analyzed in Washington, spokeswoman Carole Kalin said.
A Saudi newspaper said on Thursday that Johnson's family were seeking a meeting with Saudi officials in Washington to push for the search to continue.
"It (the search) is drawing to a close certainly," Kalin told Reuters.
"Our experts who had come for that specific purpose have now departed. And there was significant evidence collected during the stay that is being examined. But we don't have the expectation that there will be a recovery of the body at this time," she added.
