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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:50 pm
savaneta is southeast toward San Nicholas about half way between there and the airport which is south east of oranjestad. radio is reporting developments in the case will be available shortly
Aruban copter search fails to find body
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A helicopter equipped with infrared technology searched unsuccessfully for the body of a missing Alabama teenager, an official said Thursday, as investigators sifted through items seized from the island home of a justice official whose son was with the young woman the night she disappeared.
Also Thursday, a judge was to rule on a petition from the justice official, Paul van der Sloot, to see his jailed 17-year-old son, Joran. The judge was expected to rule as well on a request from lawyers defending the youth and his two Surinamese friends to see any evidence authorities have gathered. Van der Sloot, from Holland, is training to be a judge in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island.
More than two weeks after 18-year-old Natalee Holloway went missing, numerous searches by authorities, volunteer islanders and tourists have led nowhere, and no one has been charged in the case. Authorities have refused to say whether they think Holloway is dead.
On Thursday, however, Police Supt. Jan van der Straaten told The Associated Press that they used the helicopter "to search for possible remains - but found nothing."
He declined to say where the helicopter searched or whether authorities believed there was a body to find.
More here: http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/2487853p-10831534c.html
Modified: Jun 16, 2005 4:59 PM