[Andy'smom]

Just found this:


More From The Birmingham News Mountain Brook family, friends keeping faith
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
HANNAH WOLFSON
News staff writer
PALM BEACH, Aruba - The mother of a Mountain Brook teen missing here says she couldn't survive the ordeal without her faith that her daughter is alive and without the aid of friends here and back home.

Beth Twitty and her husband, Jug, a manager for Phoenix Metals in Birmingham, have been here since the evening of May 30, the day Natalee Holloway disappeared on a graduation trip to the Caribbean island.

In an interview with The Birmingham News, the couple thanked the ever-changing crew of friends and family from Alabama who have joined them as they search for their daughter.
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[bonfire]

In an interview with the mom last night: said they are staying in the same room as Natalee at the Holiday Inn.

I found that so sad.

[Quilla]

Natalee's stepfather and mother were initially flown to Aruba on a McWane International jet. Although I don't find Phoenix Metals listed as a subsidiary of McWane, I believe the businesses have worked in conjunction in the past. I was told that Mr. McWane has offered to pay any ransom should Natalee's disappearance be the result of kidnapping or sale into slavery.

Additionally, Natalee's biological father is said to have worked in a special ops division of the military.