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."
Thanks, I hadn't seen that report.
Aruba is going to have to make a decision.
If these men know what happened, then until they reveal what happened and where the girl is located tourism to Aruba is 100% dead.
This is not the only girl to go missing in Aruba, per Fox News. I suspect the Media is now going to start doing a laundry list of people who go missing in the caribean.
Thanks, I thought it was 18 but was corrected that she was 17. I tried to pull up her birthdate but was unsuccessful.
That being said, turning 18 doesn't magically make someone mature and responisble.
Neither does turning 30. However, we need a cutoff age in which you become responsible for your actions.
Appears I may have had a bum date. (Still researching.)
However, nearly every report that I have seen states her age as 18.
That is so cool.
I saw the kittie on your page. My mother was also dragged out to sea....... with her adult cats in her arms. ;-)
I love your page.................... yes, I know you are married. Me too.
I have two cats who are identical to your sweetie on your page!
Be wewll ...............
She and the VanDerSnoot kid (one of suspects) had been talking etc a couple of days before she left with them so I assume it was a deal to say goodbye etc- I wonder if they put something in her drink? Also 18 yr olds can be very trusting-at 52 I would never leave with 3 guys who I don't really know but at 18 no one thinks anything could happen that is bad. Right?
Do you know if search dogs were used?
The Dutch experts arrived at Aruba on Sunday. The local chief of the search team of police in The Netherlands, Jan van der Straten, confirmed this report on Sunday.
Mr. Van der Straten did not go into details about the type of experts that were sent. He only informed that the experts that were sent did not go with search dogs and that they were going to carry out specific detailed operations.
Van der Straten told the press that he was not going to disclose specified information, because this would obviously lead to (justified) assumptions of the direction the investigation is heading in. He said: "I cannot say more, otherwise it will be clear in which direction the investigation is going".
When following the link from one blog site to another, my IE crashed - so link omitted.
Thanks!
I have three more putty's besides my Tessio. I just did not have time to put them all up. I had a picture of me up but I got all paranoid from a post on our Daily Terror Thread. Someone had mentioned that a Jihad was checking out the pages and it freaked me out! LOL Yes I am a nut!
I love your pussy........... or should I say, I love your 'putty'.
;-)
I have four pussies today............. and they're all arrogant and......well ............cats! I love my animals.
;-)
I doubt Alabama law would allow Natalie into a bar with a CCW.
Very plausible theory. I know someone whose boyfriend slipped X into her drink and she had a serious reaction that nearly killed her.
Sounds like mine 8-) I couldn't believe the big parties people were having. I have fond memories of my dad bringing a couple of magazines to read during my graduation ceremony. He did it for every graduation in the household 8-)
I was responding to the woman in the article who was from Washington DC, who obviously does not carry ccw. For her, she might think it could happen in any city, because she cannot defend herself in any city.
As far as it being silly, the crime rates against armed women, esp kidnapping and murder, are practically zero. I dont call not dying : "silly".
This woman was fortunate that she was from Alabama, a state that allows women as young as 18, even if they are still in high school, to carry a concealed weapon. It isnt silly if no other 18 year old woman in Alabama or Florida was NOT killed over spring break because they were armed.
I doubt Alabama law would allow Natalie into a bar with a CCW.
I dont think Natalie was killed in a bar.
I have two theories about parents sending their kids on these trips. I think parents confuse TV and real life and/or, most likely, they're too lazy to fight with their kids.
I think you can look at being armed as more than having a physical weapon. You an be armed with the wisdom not to put yourself in risky situations. Anyplace in the world can be deadly when one engages in wreckless behavior. And many places that are considered dangerous can be safer if one is cautious.
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