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Aruba Detains 2 in Case of Missing Teen
Yahoo!News ^ | June 5, 2005

Posted on 06/05/2005 5:22:32 AM PDT by Kaslin

SAN NICOLAS, Aruba - Authorities detained two men Sunday in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager, who went missing nearly a week ago in Aruba while on a high school trip, the attorney general said. ADVERTISEMENT

Caren Janssen called the men "suspects" in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 18, but declined to provide further details. The men were not among the three described earlier by police as "persons of interest."

Police officers and three FBI agents, who are playing a supportive role in the investigation, took the two men into custody at two different houses in the southeastern town of San Nicolas, according to an AP photographer at the scene.

Police knocked on the door of one house, put the suspect on the floor and handcuffed him. Officers later detained a second man. They both were led to an unmarked police car and taken away.

Neighbors described the men as security guards who worked at a hotel closed down for renovation near where the 18-year-old blonde was staying at the Holiday Inn. Police and FBI agents searched the hotel Saturday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: missing; nataleeholloway
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To: neutrino
A rather broad statement, don't you think?

No, I don't think so. If I did, I wouldn't have written it.

141 posted on 06/05/2005 11:24:27 AM PDT by Hildy ( The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue)
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To: demkicker

It's Bush's fault.




142 posted on 06/05/2005 11:28:50 AM PDT by MudSlide
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To: demkicker

The smart rich girl was stupid.


143 posted on 06/05/2005 11:29:46 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: norraad
The smart rich girl was stupid.

You're an asshole.
144 posted on 06/05/2005 11:31:04 AM PDT by demkicker (It's clear that Frist cannot heard those Senate cats!)
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To: demkicker

Opinions & ?, everybody has 1!


145 posted on 06/05/2005 11:32:31 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: All

I was just on the phone with my cousin -- she has two sons, now grown, and I asked her if her sons went on senior/graduation trips similar to this one. She mentioned that her older son did take a cruise with his classmates to Greece and Italy right after his graduation. The trip, she said, was heavily chaperoned, and the chaperones were very stringent in enforcing certain rules with these kids, one of which was that the kids had to be in their cabins after a certain hour (10:00 or 11:00???? -- not sure) in the evening. The chaperones actually went around with the ship's security to check every cabin to be sure the kids were there. One boy violated the curfew twice. After the second violation, the chaperones booted the kid off the cruise and sent him home. The kid's parents were livid and threatened to sue. However, they, like my cousin and her husband, and the other parents, had signed a consent form essentially giving the chaperones the right to set rules and to enforce them, including sending home any kid who violated them. So I don't believe they were able to pursue any sort of claim or suit. But anyway, my cousin's son and his classmates generally had a good time and all of them came home safely.

Now in this case, I'm wondering what rules, if any, were the chaperones allowed to make (or maybe the school or someone else made the rules), and if so, whether the rules included a curfew for these youngsters, and if so, whether a similar consent or other legal document giving them the right to enforce the rules was signed by the parents.


146 posted on 06/05/2005 11:32:32 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: neutrino
I wonder if this was the one with the bloody mattress? No doubt he had a good reason for it, since everyone assures me that Aruba never has crime. (/sarcasm)

I don't recall anybody on this thread "assuring" you that "Aruba never has crime". Many people, however, have assured you that Aruba is an extremely safe place and NOT, as you insist, a "third world armpit". If you cannot reconcile the difference, that is your problem.

Any place on the planet is dangerous if you are at the wrong place at the wrong time and use bad judgement, but this crime, no matter how horrific, doesn't support your assertion. In fact, all the evidence shows you have no idea what you are talking about.

147 posted on 06/05/2005 12:23:38 PM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: TomB

The blood on the mattress has been determined to be of animal origin. It's not human blood so she may be alive still.


148 posted on 06/05/2005 12:25:25 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: cyborg

They have test results already? Wow!

The news websites must be behind...all Fox says is that the mattress is being tested.

This has to be so difficult for the family. Talk about an emotional roller coaster.


149 posted on 06/05/2005 12:28:07 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

I saw that on another thread. FR is always ahead of the lazystream media.


150 posted on 06/05/2005 12:29:21 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: cyborg
Thank God.

Our "third world" friend seems to have a problem with Aruba.

I wonder what that is? ;-)

151 posted on 06/05/2005 12:30:51 PM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: demkicker

http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/WN0000183.txt


An online newspaper, AM Digital, hosted at Aruba.com has reported that the three men involved in the Natalee Holloway disappearance claimed to have had sexual relations with the 18 year old Alabama high school senior at the beach prior to returning her to her hotel at approximate 2 AM. A pdf file of the publication is available on this page. Look for the AM Digital link at left.

http://www.aruba.com/news/index.html


152 posted on 06/05/2005 12:32:19 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: TomB

I wish neutrino would be honest and say it's because it's a 'non-white' country. It's not even that anyway. It's very mixed and Dutch. Oh well...


153 posted on 06/05/2005 12:32:24 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: neutrino; Doe Eyes; wardaddy; fatnotlazy; cyborg
Money does not a clean armpit make.

OK, so what, exactly, does make Aruba a "third world armpit"?

154 posted on 06/05/2005 12:33:18 PM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: cyborg

I just checked CNN and MSNBC's sites -- they don't have it either.

MSNBC however says that three cars were also seized and that forensic tests were being done on them as well. I don't believe I saw that in any of the other media reports.

Takes a while I guess to get the information on the news websites. I'm at work, so I don't have a tv or radio...have to rely on the websites and/or the Freepers.


155 posted on 06/05/2005 12:34:29 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: TomB

Haiti is a third world country by the very definition of third world. Aruba is not. I know what that freeper means and it's no use debating. Some people just love to be ignorant.


156 posted on 06/05/2005 12:35:57 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: cyborg
It sounds like Aruba may be one of the seldom-mentioned "second-world" places; you know, maybe not all the latest modern stuff, but basically clean and civilized.
157 posted on 06/05/2005 12:40:15 PM PDT by MrNatural (..".You want the truth?!"...)
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To: MrNatural

It is what you say, an in between country.


158 posted on 06/05/2005 12:41:11 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: Kaslin

Two reasons there is an all-out search for Natalee:

1) Her family is wealthy;
2) She is an attractive white woman

Had Natalee been blaek or hispanic, we probably wouldn't be hearing about it in the news.


Just my .02


159 posted on 06/05/2005 12:46:07 PM PDT by Sundown2005
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To: jimbo123
An online newspaper, AM Digital, hosted at Aruba.com has reported that the three men involved in the Natalee Holloway disappearance claimed to have had sexual relations with the 18 year old Alabama high school senior at the beach prior to returning her to her hotel at approximate 2 AM.

Sounds like Al Jazerra type of news to me. I don't believe that for one minute.
160 posted on 06/05/2005 12:47:22 PM PDT by demkicker (It's clear that Frist cannot heard those Senate cats!)
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