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'Rita Cosby Live & Direct' for Jan. 19th

Guests: Beth Holloway Twitty, Wally Zeins, William Gallegos, Rocky Sickman, Hamid Mir, Jackie Spinner

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COSBY: ...And a new lead in the Natalee Holloway case as her family takes a new tactic, looking for answers. Beth Holloway Twitty is going to join us live.

Snip...And later, developments in the Natalee Holloway investigation. Her family is watching closely as a tip from the prime suspect‘s friend has investigators working again. Could this be the big break? Beth Holloway Twitty is going to join us live.

And, of course, we have some other stories going on. Natalee Holloway‘s mother is watching every move in Aruba as police are investigating the new lead: a tip from one of Joran Van Der Sloot‘s friends. Natalee‘s mother‘s going to join me live, coming up.

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COSBY: Tonight, a new development in the Natalee Holloway case. The attorney for the missing teen‘s family has a new demand for Aruban authorities. Meanwhile, could a potential new lead in this case be the breakthrough that Natalee‘s family has been waiting for?

LIVE & DIRECT tonight is Natalee‘s mom, Beth Holloway Twitty. Beth, I want to play real quick—this is what Jossy Mansur, of “El Diario” newspaper, told us yesterday about the new lead pointing to the sand dunes.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JOSSY MANSUR, EDITOR, “DIARIO”: The police did talk to quite a range of Joran‘s friends in the last few weeks. And one of them apparently turned out to be of interest to them. They questioned him further. He gave them some kind of an inkling, some kind of a clue that they believe in, that the girl was buried or is buried somewhere in the dunes.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSBY: Beth, what do you know? What have you been told about how credible this new search is? Jossy and your attorney last night seemed to be putting some stock in it.

BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, MOTHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: Well, Rita, really nothing more than—that what we have just heard from Mr. Mansur. And, you know, I certainly hope this is a credible witness, although I‘ve become very skeptical of any actions that they‘re taking, just because usually we‘ve been misled all along. But, you know, I‘m just hoping that this really—there really was a witness that came forward. And if it was a friend of Joran‘s, is seems kind of farfetched to me that that would happen at this late date, but...

COSBY: Yes, we can always hope for the best. You know, Beth, you and I have talked about some of Joran‘s friends when I was down there in Aruba. They were sort of rounding them all up. We heard that they‘re talking to them again. Do you believe some of them know more than they‘re saying?

TWITTY: Oh, absolutely, I do, Rita. There‘s at least three or four of them that—they know exactly what happened that night. And it just amazes me that they have been to—hanging on to this secret this long. I know that at least—like I said, at least three or four of those boys know exactly what happened.

COSBY: You know, your attorney, John Q. Kelly, has asked—there was a letter that we just got asking that he be in court during a hearing for Paulus Van Der Sloot, Joran‘s dad. Why does your attorney—why does he think it‘s critical to be there?

TWITTY: Well, you know, they‘re very secretive in the criminal proceedings, but surely they‘re not going to be so secretive in a civil proceeding as this. And I think it is important that he be there. And I don‘t see why they would have to have this under the lock and key like they do the criminal proceedings.

I think he has every right to be there. I think he has more so of a right to be in that courtroom than Paulus Van Der Sloot does, to be filing this motion. It‘s just reprehensible that Aruba would even hear Paulus Van Der Sloot in this case.

COSBY: A lot of people are pretty stunned, Beth. You know, real quick, there‘s also a search—we talked about what‘s going on in the sand dunes. There‘s a search in the water. We know that EquuSearch is back out there looking into the fisherman‘s hut.

Are you optimistic and, at least, are you happy to see that they‘re going back out there?

TWITTY: Oh, well, I mean, I am. And I really feel that this has been something that has needed to be addressed a long time. I mean, the FBI and I spoke about this early in—end of August or first of September, that there was a concern that this fishing trap or crab trap, as they call it, was missing, was reportedly missing, along with a knife.

And, you know, Tim Miller was just never able to conduct the search. He was never able to finish it because of the depth of the water. And I feel that he and Mr. Whitaker have laid the foundation, and they‘re ready to come in, and hopefully they can either rule this in or out, Rita.

COSBY: We‘re going to be keeping an eye on it. Beth, thanks so much.

It‘s always good to have you on. We appreciate it.

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Natalee Holloway Book

ORANJESTAD-Father of Natalee Holloway, Dave Holloway is writing a book on the disappearance of his aughter. "Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise" is the title of the book.

According to Dave the book tells the complete story on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The book gives details on the different investigation paths that led the case to possible rape, murder and even sex slavery.

Dave Holloway did not write the book completely by himself, co-authors are R. Stephanie Good and Larry Garrison. Garrison is also producer of different television programs. Women between the ages of 28 and 56 that often view Greta van Susteren, Rita Cosby and Inside Edition are the target market for the book.

The publisher will generate much attention for the book by using talk radio and television shows. Dave Holloway is scheduled to appear on different talk shows, including that of CNN's Larry King a day prior to the release date of the book. The book will be released on April 11th at a price of US$ 26. The money will be used to help in the search for Natalee Holloway.