[spectre]

8 more days? Humm? Maybe Beth and Jugg should hold a presser and tell what they have, in..lets say, another seven days?

I'm off to do some laundry..ugghh. Check back later..

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[TexKat]

Family lawyer says tip led to draining pond in Aruba

7/27/2005 1:07 PM

By: The Associated Press

A lawyer for Natalee Holloway's family said a tip from a witness led authorities to drain a pond in Aruba.

The lawyer said the witness told police last week he'd seen a 17-year-old Dutch teen and two Surinamese brothers driving near the pond the morning the Alabama teen vanished. The lawyer said the three young men previously told police they were at home at that time.

The pond is near the hotel where the teen was last seen nearly two months ago.

The family's attorney said investigators "consider the witness to be very credible."

Officials expect to have the pond drained later today.

Joran van der Sloot remains in custody. The two brothers were released by authorities.

Holloway was on the final night of a high school graduation trip when she disappeared.