The Birmingham Times
Judge Set To Rule On Motion By Teen's Father
UPDATED: 10:50 am CDT June 16, 2005
NOORD, Aruba -- Police investigating Natalee Holloway's disappearance made a helicopter survey of Aruba before dawn Thursday after seizing cars and other items at the home of a judicial official whose son was with the Alabama teen the night she vanished.
The son, Joran van der Sloot, 17, is one of three young men in custody who say they were with Natalee Holloway before she vanished May 30.
Aruba's attorney general, Caren Janssen, will not publically reveal what, if anything, investigators found in the search of the home.
Asked why investigators waited more than two weeks to search the house, the attorney general said, "You can't just go in there like a cowboy."
She said officials need to "build up an investigation" first.
Officers carried two garbage bags filled with items out of the house. They also towed away two vehicles.
Police made a helicopter flight over the island before dawn on Thursday. A statement last night said the helicopter would conduct "technical investigations."
A judge is due to rule Thursday on the Dutch man's request to see his son, and defense lawyers' requests to see evidence against the three.