Posted on 06/13/2005 2:01:55 AM PDT by bd476
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - The mother of a missing Alabama teenager said Sunday that she believes three young men who were with her daughter the day of her disappearance know what happened to her. Beth Holloway Twitty said Aruban authorities should pressure the young men to reveal what they know about the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway.
"All three of those boys know what happened to her," Holloway Twitty said during a 45-minute interview with The Associated Press in her room at the Holiday Inn, the same hotel where her daughter was staying before she disappeared on May 30. "They all know what they did with her that night."
Holloway Twitty, 44, declined to say what she thought the boys had done or whether she thought her daughter was still alive. She also said she thought that two former hotel security guards detained in connection with Holloway's disappearance were innocent and should be released.
The three young men — the 17-year-old son of a Dutch justice ministry official and two Surinamese brothers — have told police they brought Natalee Holloway to a lighthouse beside the island's Arisha Beach, but didn't get out of the car. The brothers, Satish Kalpoe, 18, and Deepak Kalpoe, 21, also told police that Natalee and the Dutch boy had been kissing in the back seat of the car. They said they dropped her off at her hotel about 2 a.m. and last saw her being approached by a man in a security guard uniform before they drove off, a lawyer for the brother's has said.
The three young men were detained on Thursday. Two former hotel security guards who worked at a hotel not far from the Holiday Inn have been detained since June 5. Lawyers for all five have insisted their clients are innocent, and no one has been charged in the case.
Holloway Twitty said she appreciated all that Aruban authorities have done but added, "I will not be satisfied until they give me back my daughter. I want her and I want her now."
But Holloway Twitty also said that she reviewed all of the security videos from the Holiday Inn and that she has concluded that the young men never brought her daughter back to the hotel as they told police.
"That story was a lie," she said. "I don't believe they ever brought Natalee back to the hotel."
Authorities have said they are pursuing all leads, while Prime Minister Nelson Oduber has said that "no one stands above the law" on the island.
Natalee Holloway vanished hours before she was expected at the airport following a five-day trip to the Dutch Caribbean island with 124 classmates and seven chaperones celebrating their graduation from Mountain Brook High School, near Birmingham, Ala. Her U.S. passport and packed bags were found in her hotel room.
Defense lawyers for the former security guards said there wasn't enough evidence to continue holding them.
"This is turning into a game, an illogical investigation," said Noraina Pietersz, the attorney representing Antonius "Mickey" John, 30. John and Abraham Jones, 28, had been detained a week as of Sunday, and have denied any connection to Holloway. "The prosecution is pretending it has information that we don't have."
Attorney General Caren Janssen said Sunday that wasn't the case but declined to give details. "We are still in the middle of an investigation," she said.
A confession reported by a polic chief and its subsequent retraction by the attorney general fueled rumors of the young woman's demise. The family has said no body has been found, and islanders and tourists attended church services Sunday to pray for the teen.
Valerie Stanton, a 35-year-old computer technician visiting from Washington, D.C., prayed Sunday at the Alto Vista chapel outside the capital. "This could happen in any city and it's unfortunate a dark cloud is now over the island because people here are so nice," she said.
At the Santa Ana Catholic church in the town of Noord, also outside the capital, the Rev. Rudy Lampe told about 300 parishioners to "pray to give the family an oasis of peace."
Holloway Twitty said she she will not leave Aruba until her daughter is found.
"I have no choice but to stay strong. I was somehow chosen for this (situation) and I've got to see it to the end."
Whether adults act sensibly or not is not germaine to the topic here. That is like defending Michael Jackson by saying a lot of African American men do not molest children. What does one have to do with each other?
This was a high school trip where they were supposed to be watched, where drinking and gambling should have been not only discouraged, but punished.
Once they are out of the parents' home they can screw, get blued and tattooed. That is what the real world is for.
Natalee was a very pretty girl; those sadly are the ones most vulnerable to stalkers and unwanted attention. What young man would not want to get her attention? Being pretty sure had tragic consequences here.
I can't figure out the point about Girl's Gone Wild being filmed in Aruba? SO??? New Orleans, and Florida are just a couple of other places they are filmed.
Do you want your daughter showing her tits for all the men in America on a DVD?
Well number one, we call them breasts in our home. Besides that, you completely missed the point, they are filmed lots of places besides aruba.
Number one, I can care less if you call them jars, sweater meat, ta-tas, tee-tees, melons. Don't give me your smug domestic serenity act with me. Second, what does the fact they are filmed in other places have to do with the fact Aruba is a major spring break place, where many students are known to "let loose." So my point is germaine, correct, and conclusive, and YOU are merely a whining troglodyte.
ok, instead of stooping to your level with the stupid insults, I'll let you think you won.
Unless she was slipped a date-rape or other drug, which is well within the realm of possibility.
A friend in NYC was legally blind. His 8 -year-old daughter did all kinds of errands for him, going to the grocery store, the dry cleaner, etc. My heart was in my mouth watching that little girl navigate the streets on her own, but she was enormously competent and careful well beyond her years. They'd schooled her to be quite the urban and urbane little citizen. Of course, that was a couple of decades ago in a very nice neighborhood, but still it was unusual.
The point is, it is possible to teach your children to act like adults. Few parents feel the need to do so.
Well, I won on facts, but this is not about winning or losing. That is childish. This is about a missing teen which all of us are Monday Morning quarterbacking.
"Downtown DC after dark is a far more dangerous place than Aruba."
Aruba is known for drug smugglers. DC elects their's mayor. LOL
As parents, raising children to be independent adults capable of operating on their own is the single most important responsiblity we have.
Well said!
Welcome to FR.
It is morally objectionable to be promoting your blog by using Natalie's disappearance for personal gain.
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