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Blond Hair Found on Aruba Shore to Be Tested in Case of Missing U.S. Teen (attached to duct tape...
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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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aruba; deepak; holloway; joren; jorenvandersloot; kalpoe; missingteen; natalee; nataleeholloway; satish; vandersloot
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To: HitmanNY
"Giving a person a recreational drug"

Really?

I've got bad news for you. Everything that you listed is a criminal death.

42 posted on 07/18/2005 12:40:05 PM PDT by Deguello
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To: Deguello

I didn't suggest it wasn't a criminal death, Cardozo. I just was explaining how it could be accidental, that's all.


43 posted on 07/18/2005 1:02:21 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: Congressman Billybob
Seems like the body was wrapped in duct tape, perhaps with weights, and dumped off the far side of the island. That suggests that more than one person was involved in "preparing" and dumping the body.

Based on that theory it takes more than one person to prepare the body.......who helped SCOTT PETERSON????

44 posted on 07/18/2005 2:15:11 PM PDT by stopem
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To: Congressman Billybob

Good sleuthing.

BTW, her name is Natalee HOLLOWAY.


45 posted on 07/18/2005 2:20:41 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: HitmanNY
Agree, Hitman. Could very well have been "accidental". But if there was a coverup, then it becomes a crime..I would guess :)

sw

46 posted on 07/18/2005 2:21:16 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: HitmanNY

Vinny, criminal conduct cannot be synonymous with accidental.


47 posted on 07/18/2005 2:58:45 PM PDT by Deguello
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To: Deguello

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?


48 posted on 07/18/2005 3:03:10 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: spectre

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.


49 posted on 07/18/2005 3:04:04 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: HitmanNY
"Why is this..."

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.

50 posted on 07/18/2005 3:14:07 PM PDT by Deguello
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To: HitmanNY; Deguello
Well, I'd say both of you are right..:)
51 posted on 07/18/2005 3:16:52 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: nmh; F15Eagle

Apparently hurricanes do not go near Aruba. That's one of the tourist selling points for the island.


52 posted on 07/18/2005 3:21:53 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: NathanBookman
WOW!

Thank you for going to the trouble of giving me such a detailed analysis. I appreciate it.

Thank you again!
53 posted on 07/18/2005 9:09:36 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: NathanBookman

I hear they found a bone with flesh attached to it too.


54 posted on 07/18/2005 9:12:58 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: F15Eagle

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!?!


55 posted on 07/18/2005 9:17:28 PM PDT by danamco
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To: Congressman Billybob
" If the hairs were ripped out of her head, the bulbs at the bottom will supply the DNA for an exact match with Holloway. If they are just loose hair, the best that can be said is "the hair is consistent with the hair of the subject."

I think there are new tests now that don't require the root, like in the past.

56 posted on 07/18/2005 9:22:52 PM PDT by blam
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To: spectre

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.


57 posted on 07/18/2005 11:19:48 PM PDT by stm
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To: Sub-Driver
send little Urrin to Gitmo....
why? terrorism against an American girl.
58 posted on 07/19/2005 12:18:44 AM PDT by injin
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To: Cathy

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?


59 posted on 07/19/2005 12:26:37 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: Deguello

I explicitly said it was a crime. I was illustrating how a death can be accidental, and yet still be criminal.


60 posted on 07/19/2005 9:34:44 AM PDT by HitmanLV
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