Posted on 07/18/2005 9:55:55 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Blond Hair Found on Aruba Shore to Be Tested in Case of Missing U.S. Teen By Margaret Wever Associated Press Writer
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Investigators will conduct DNA tests on blond hair attached to duct tape that was found along the northeast coast of Aruba to see if it came from missing U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, authorities said Monday.
A park ranger found the duct tape while collecting trash Sunday on rocks at Boca Tortuga, an inlet in front of a series of caves, said National Park Ranger Service spokeswoman Dilma Arends.
Boca Tortuga is on the opposite side of Aruba from where Holloway, was last seen in public.
The hair will be sent to the Netherlands for DNA analysis, said police spokesman Edwin Comemencia. Aruba, a Dutch protectorate, doesn't have a lab to conduct the genetic testing.
Extensive searches by Dutch marines, Aruban police, and some 2,000 volunteers have found no trace of the 18-year-old Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Ala., who was last seen in public in the early hours of May 30 - at the end of a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island.
A volunteer group from Dickinson, Texas, that had searched for three weeks left the island on Sunday.
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Really?
I've got bad news for you. Everything that you listed is a criminal death.
I didn't suggest it wasn't a criminal death, Cardozo. I just was explaining how it could be accidental, that's all.
Based on that theory it takes more than one person to prepare the body.......who helped SCOTT PETERSON????
Good sleuthing.
BTW, her name is Natalee HOLLOWAY.
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Vinny, criminal conduct cannot be synonymous with accidental.
It's not synonymous, but I didn't say it was.
I am saying that an accidental death can be criminal. That's not to say all accidents are criminal, of course.
Why is this complicated?
Sure. Someone may accidentally cause a death and be criminally culpable for the death. Add a coverup, and that could likely be a crime, too.
Because the two examples you gave in post #39 are both a crime. First, having possesion of illegal drugs, giving same to a person and your third from example two is forcing illegal drugs on another person. Any of these alone equals jail time. Add a death and you may be looking at felony time in the joint.
Apparently hurricanes do not go near Aruba. That's one of the tourist selling points for the island.
I hear they found a bone with flesh attached to it too.
I have wondered if the hurricans have passed near there and if this might reveal her location.
I believe there's a lot of sharks there!?!
I think there are new tests now that don't require the root, like in the past.
I cannot believe it has taken these island yahoos this long to come up with potentially damning evidence. The Arubans are the Laurel and Hardy of law enforcement.
Why is it any more ridiculous than any other story being covered?
Some of us would like to see those responsible held accountable and punished. The story is of interest to us. If it is not of interest to you, why even bother reading these posts?
I explicitly said it was a crime. I was illustrating how a death can be accidental, and yet still be criminal.
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