Posted on 04/15/2006 8:25:57 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Authorities have made an arrest in the case of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, an Aruban official said Saturday without providing details about the development in the high-profile case.
Mariaine Croes, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office, said Aruban authorities were not prepared to disclose why the person was arrested or how they are allegedly connected to the disappearance of the American teenager on the Dutch Caribbean island nearly a year ago.
Croes would only say that the person who was arrested is 19 and has the initials "G.V.C." Authorities in Aruba typically only release a suspect's initials upon their arrest.
Holloway, 18, was last seen in public leaving a bar with three young men on May 30, the final night of a high school graduation trip to Aruba.
The three young men who were with her when she left the bar were arrested. But they were later released after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to hold them.
Throughout the investigation there have been a number of false leads and at least three other people were detained without being charged in the case.
Dutch police said Wednesday that they had received 60 tips in the disappearance of the Alabama teenager after a television program appealing for help from the public aired the night before in Aruba and throughout the kingdom of the Netherlands
In recent weeks, Aruban police have searched sand dunes on the northern coast of the island.
will this story ever end.
I guess Greta is boarding the Fox News jet to Aruba right about now.
What do people think about the kalpoe brothers anyway
The alphabet channels dilemma: Duke Lacrosse team pushed to "page 2"?
If Holloway was black this story would have been buried on the back of a newspaper and that would be the end of it.
yeah right, like this is the first anyone on Aruba has heard of the case. G.V.C. = Guys Viable for Conviction.
Yikes! Strange case.
Maybe they decided to give the "Blame the black secuirty guards" story another try
Greta just said that the person arrested is a "beach bum".
The other boards are reporting that he is not connected to Joran Van Der Sloot.
This is what has been reported, but has not been confirmed yet:
"His sister is a Police Officer, just sworn-in last August. His father seems to have something to do too with technical stuff in a small section of Law Enforcement."
yup, FNC covering it live now.
Very true. If she were a Mooselimb, the Jews would be blamed for her death.
Greta is giving a Fox News Alert right now. Doesn't know anything except there's been an arrest.
The most recent leads I have read about that were new had to do with a woman who was assaulted a week or so before Natalee went missing. A drawing of this man was released on the news show recently. Perhaps this is where the arrest came from.
Natalee's mother seemed very uninterested a few days ago in this or any lead that did not point to Van der Sloot or the Kalpoes. It will be interesting to see her reaction if compelling evidence is forthcoming.
Is this a game -- Name that Crook?
if its proven that someone other then Joran and the Kalpoe's commited this crime - the Holloway's should be sued for every penny they have, their book revenues, everything.
Already? Nothing on their website.
the guy taken in may be a material witness.
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