Paul van der Sloot Seeking Money for Jail Time, Update on Search
Notes:
- Paul van der Sloot: Was at court house today (not sure if he is in Aruba or in the Netherlands). He is seeking money for the time he spent in detention over the summer, when he was a suspect in the case. He was only in detention for 3 days. The amount of money he is seeking is unknown.
- Search: Cage was found in the water, it is described as a chicken cage. Jossy Mansur said it is big enough to fit a body in it. It has been reported missing for some time, however it is not known if it was reported missing before May 30. Again, the cage was found in the water on the shores outside of Aruba.
CORRECTION: Jossy said that a cage was “found missing” the same time that Natalee went missing! Language and accent caused it to be hard to understand. I listened to the video over and over to make sure.
- Progress: Jossy reports the government says they have made progress since there has been less media coverage in the way.
Beth Returning to Aruba in November (VIDEO)
Notes:
- Talks about Natalee’s 16th birthday
- Dave Holloway: focusing on searches in Aruba, specifically the water
- Boat: connection of Joran and a boat possibility of taking Natalee’s body off shore and dumping it. Two individuals talked about, one of course is Steve Croes.
- Beth has set a date to go back to Aruba. She is going to return November the 1st. She is going to check up how the investigation and what they are doing. She is going to make sure they have the taped interview and various other items.
Tribute Sites made by BFN members
Hat tip: Debbie
Member: SingerCrlyn
http://www.dublincounselingcenter.org/Misc/Bday.html
Member: Lousw
http://home.comcast.net/~lls-fm1/nhwebpage.html
Member: Cowgirl1330
http://ashvickers.tripod.com/
Happy Birthday Natalee
… from Blogs for Natalee.
Dave Holloway on Greta: Divers, Boat (VIDEO)
Dave Holloway called in on Greta last night to talk about divers searching the Aruba coast. Greta seemed skeptical about this since a Hurricane just came by the area and several ones have come by in recent months. The two also discussed Joran’s close friend owning a boat.
Holloway: Aruba Chief to Start Over
Hat tip: Debbie
SOURCE – “Do you have children?”
That’s the way Dave Holloway, formerly of Clinton, responds when people ask him how he’s coping with the disappearance of his daughter, Natalee.
“If you do, you know exactly how I feel,” he said, referring to tightly strung emotions tinged with loss and frustration since his daughter went missing May 30 on the last night of her senior trip to Aruba.
Instead of preparing to celebrate Natalee’s 19th birthday today, Holloway was packing for his fifth trip to the Caribbean island to personally take part in the search for the missing teen with the help of Texas EquuSearch volunteers and Aruban investigators.
Natalee Holloway, who grew up in Clinton, moved to Mountain Brook, Ala., after seventh grade when her mom, Beth, married George “Jug” Twitty. The teen had traveled to Aruba with Mountain Brook High classmates and chaperones.
“With the new Aruban deputy police chief (Gerold Dompig) in place, it’s like starting all over,” Dave Holloway said in a phone interview. “He says he’s going back to the beginning and going forward from there.
“Even if I’m not searching for her in Aruba or following up on tips on the computer here in Meridian, she’s still on my mind,” he said. “It’s hard to concentrate on anything else.”
She remains on the minds of many of her friends and former neighbors in Clinton, including Clinton High Principal J Reeves. Reeves and his wife, Wanda, were neighbors when Natalee and her brother Matt, now a high school junior, were growing up in the Cascades subdivision.
“We continue to pray for Natalee and her family. Hopefully, they will soon be able to get the answers to the questions that have to be haunting them daily,” Reeves said.
Part of what keeps the story of Natalee’s disappearance front and center is the mystery surrounding it, he said. “The answer could be very simple, or it could be very complicated. No one can figure it out.”
While Beth Twitty worked to spread the word, Holloway concentrated on a physical search. He spent days and nights combing the island that stretches 20 miles long and 5 miles wide.
“It’s a small island, but it’s surrounded by ocean. Then there are other islands and other countries,” he said. “Is there more to it than just these three (suspects)? I can’t say. I don’t have evidence that points one way or the other.”
