Aruba Prosecutors End Investigation Into Disappearance of American Teen Natalee Holloway
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Associated Press
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Prosecutors in Aruba say they have closed the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
The search for the blond, blue-eyed Alabama girl who went missing the night of May 30, 2005 spanned more than two years and involved hundreds of volunteers, Aruban soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets laden with search equipment.
The investigation has revolved around the same three suspects: Joran van der Sloot, a 20-year-old Dutch citizen and the Kalpoe brothers, Deepak, 24, and Satish, 21, from Suriname.
They were the last people known to see Holloway before she vanished, and all three have denied any role in her disappearance. They have been arrested several times — the latest arrests coming last month — but released after different judges ruled there was not enough evidence to keep holding them.