Posted on 05/21/2006 12:26:45 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Dutch police have arrested a new suspect in last year's disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, the Netherlands' national broadcaster reported Sunday.
NOS said police in Utrecht had arrested the suspect, but it was unclear where and when. The new suspect was said to be of Aruban nationality and an acquaintance of Joran van der Sloot, another suspect in the case.
Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was 18 when she disappeared in May 2005 during a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island with classmates. She was last seen leaving a bar with three young men on May 30.
Utrecht police spokeswoman Danielle Friedman said she could not confirm any arrests in the case.
"If there was an arrest, it was on the orders of the Aruban prosecutors and all information will be transmitted through them," she said.
Authorities have arrested eight people — including two last month — in connection with Holloway's disappearance but released them all for lack of evidence.
Van der Sloot is the last person known to have seen Holloway alive. He says he left her alone on a beach after the pair kissed.
Holloway's parents are attempting to sue Van der Sloot, 18, in a New York court. Their suit alleges he imprisoned and sexually assaulted Holloway and caused her disappearance.
Dutch marines, the Aruban Coast Guard, the FBI and hundreds of volunteers have searched the island and coastal areas of Aruba for Holloway.
They filed the lawsuit so they could question him under oath. And yes, they probably feel they could do a better job than Aruba.
It's interesting that this suspect is a first cousin to Arlene Schippers, Aruban lawyer and mouthpiece for the Aruban government.
I wonder if Greta, who is on a first-name basis with Arlene, is feeling a little bit duped right now.
sure, skeeterboy, they wish the case would go away so they could get away with yet another crime against an american and still be able loot the future victims vacationing there...and if that is what happened with the OD then its time for the boys to say it, stop lying, stop continuing to torture the family, and stop committing additional crimes in a coverup
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