Aruba Police Chief Discusses Missing Teen Case During Visit to Phila.
by KYW's Amy Kaplan An Aruban police official, visiting Philadelphia to learn about how local authorities here fight crime, suggests the sophistication of our DNA lab could help solve the case of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who disappeared in May during a graduation trip with classmates.
Rolando Bernadina (left), chief police commissioner of Aruba, says because the island is relatively safe they don't have the resources police here in Philadelphia have to solve serious crimes:
"We just went to the lab. I hope I could take the whole lab to Aruba and we could solve that case. But we don't have the money."
Bernadina says because of judicial constraints, DNA has to be sent to Holland for evaluation and results can take several weeks -- although he admits the FBI can turn around results more quickly and is aiding in the investigation.
Bernadina calls the Holloway case "difficult and strange," but he remains hopeful that it will come to a "happy end."
What an exceedingly stupid thing to day.
"Bernadina calls the Holloway case "difficult and strange," but he remains hopeful that it will come to a "happy end."
The only "happy end" would be that Natalee is alive and gets to come home!
Yet they already have results that are negative?