Re: Source: Arrest in Holloway case made in the Netherlands
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Source: Arrest in Holloway case made in the Netherlands
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/21/dutch.arrest/index.html
From Eric Marrapodi
CNN Sunday, May 21, 2006; Posted: 3:13 p.m. EDT (19:13 GMT)
(CNN) -- Dutch police have arrested an acquaintance of Joran van der
Sloot, who was once a focus of the investigation into last year's
disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, a source close to
the case told CNN. The arrest was carried out last week in the
Netherlands, said the source, who did not have any other details.
Dutch authorities have cooperated with Aruba, a self-governing Dutch
protectorate, in the ongoing investigation. Karen Janssen, the chief
prosecutor in Aruba, declined to comment on the arrest. Under Dutch law,
police can hold a suspect for more than 100 days before filing
charges.The arrest was the eighth in the case. The other people
detained, including van der Sloot, have been released.
Holloway, then 18, was last seen leaving a nightclub in Oranjestad,
Aruba, on May 30, 2005, with three young men -- Dutch national Joran van
der Sloot, the son of an Aruban judge, and Surinamese brothers Deepak,
21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. The three men -- who have maintained their
innocence -- were arrested the following month, but released after a
judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to hold them.
Suspect held in death of Holloway
Dutch police say man aided killing in Aruba
Monday, May 22, 2006
Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch police have detained a man on suspicion of
participating in the kidnapping and killing of Natalee Holloway last year in
Aruba, the suspect's lawyer said yesterday.
Gerard Sponge said his client, whose name was not disclosed, was suspected
of "assisting in the murder" of the Alabama high school senior.
The charge is the most severe "in our criminal code," Sponge said on the
Netherlands national television broadcaster, NOS.
Holloway was 18 when she went missing in May 2005 during a graduation trip
to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba with classmates. She was last seen
leaving a bar with three young men on May 30.
Dutch marines, the Aruban Coast Guard, the FBI and hundreds of volunteers
have all searched the island and coastal areas of Aruba for Holloway, to no
avail.
The suspect was arrested Wednesday and is being questioned in the city of
Utrecht, Sponge said. The suspect has not been formally charged. The
questioning was to continue today, he said.
Sponge said he planned to file a suit today to prevent his client from being
extradited to Aruba.
Karin Janise, a prosecutor in Aruba's public prosecutor's office, declined
to comment on the arrest.
Authorities have previously arrested eight people in connection with
Holloway's disappearance and then released them for lack of evidence.
Sponge said the suspect is a friend of Jordan van der Slot -- the last
person known to have seen Holloway alive. Van der Slot says he left Holloway
alone on a beach after the pair kissed.
The suspect was questioned three times in Aruba shortly after Holloway's
disappearance and twice later by Dutch authorities, Sponge said.
Utrecht police spokeswoman Danielle Freedman said Dutch officials will not
comment on the investigation, which is being carried out under the authority
of Arabian prosecutors.
Holloway's parents are attempting to sue Van der Slot, 18, in a New York
court. Their suit alleges he imprisoned and sexually assaulted Holloway, and
caused her disappearance.
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