New Evidence Emerges in Natalee Holloway Case
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Fox News
New evidence has emerged in the Natalee Holloway case that could shed light on how the Alabama teen died and the method by which her body disappeared, the prosecutor in Aruba said Thursday.
The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Aruba said in a statement that it has intensified its investigation after receiving new information from Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries.
The prosecutor’s office said it is working with the Aruban Police Corps to determine the validity of the new details in the case. The statement did not specify what the latest information was.
De Vries had a testy exchange earlier this month during a televised interview in the Netherlands with Joran van der Sloot, a young Dutch man who was a suspect in the case.
Van der Sloot, who was among the last people seen with Holloway, threw wine at De Vries after the reporter challenged his credibility.
Last month, prosecutors dismissed their case against Van der Sloot and two other suspects, brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, saying they didn’t have sufficient evidence to charge them or even prove a crime was committed. They cited the lack of a body as a major reason for ending the investigation into the role of the three young men in Holloway’s
Authorities have said the case could be reopened if new evidence surfaces.
Holloway was on a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island in May 2005 when she vanished without a trace. She was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers, who have been arrested a number of times but never charged with any crime.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.