July 04, 2005
Brothers Released in Aruba in Natalee Holloway Case
By CK Rairden--
Reports from the island of Aruba say a judge on Monday has ordered the release of two Surinamese brothers in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway. Prosecutors asked the judge to order all three held for another two months while police continue their search for Holloway. The judge declined on Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe and ordered then to be released.
They are now free.
That leaves 17-year old Joran van der Sloot as the lone suspect still detained. Broadcast reports and the AP are citing "court officials" that say the 17-year-old son of a justice official on the island -- has been ordered held for 60 more days.
Brothers may leave Aruba?
Fox News is reporting that the mother of the two brothers has said that Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18, the young men just released, may flee the island now that they are out of prison and return home.
The three young men were scheduled and appeared today in the Caribbean island's only courthouse where the judge decided to allow the two brothers their freedom, while holding Joran van der Sloot. It's not clear what happened inside the courthouse as it is closed to reporters. Even Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, and stepfather, George "Jug" Twitty, went to the courthouse Monday but weren't allowed inside the hearings because the hearings were closed.
Trip to Beach on Sunday
Yesterday the three young men were taken to a stretch of beach near the Marriott hotel in Aruba separately between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Aruba time. The goal of the mission was to see if the suspects' stories could be matched in separate visits.
It's not clear if that is the reason the brothers were allowed to go free.
Other broadcast reports say that Joran van der Sloot still has not been charged. According to those on the island, he was seen smiling and joking in the back of the police car as he left the courthouse to head back to prison.
The Holloway family is said to be distraught at the releases and has tentatively scheduled a press conference for 6:00 p.m. EDT.
Natalee Holloway has now been missing for exactly five weeks.
"Other broadcast reports say that Joran van der Sloot still has not been charged. According to those on the island, he was seen smiling and joking in the back of the police car as he left the courthouse to head back to prison."
Seems he knows that there really is no evidence against him. And that the brothers finally got the story straight. POS