Your post gave me pause to think. I do think that the events of detaining persons in this case have been very suspect, even considering the differneces of Aruban law vs. American. One cannot discount two events.The first one being the letting go of the three boys and then detaining them a week or so later(thus losing valubal forensic evidence) and the holding of two innocent suspects. The second being the very aggresive move of detaining Paul Van de Sloot. If he were involved in any way given the allowances of the Aruban Justice system they should have held his son immediately. If "God Forbid" Natalee had been dumped in the ocean the most likely route to finding her would be sooner rather than later. Still, I do see your point, I just wish the "officials" had handled things differently in order to give more credibility.