Posted on 09/06/2005 7:23:43 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - An 18-year-old Dutch man who had been held by police on the Caribbean island of Aruba in connection with the disappearance of an American tourist arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
Joran van der Sloot and his father arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, ignored questions from reporters, and quickly departed. The 18-year-old was to attend college in Holland, his mother said.
Van der Sloot, a resident of Aruba, and two Surinamese brothers who were suspects in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway were released on condition they remain available to police.
Holloway was last seen May 30, on the last day of her high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island, leaving a bar with van der Sloot and the two brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe.
The three were arrested June 9 on suspicion of involvement in Holloway's disappearance. All denied any connection to the disappearance. Van der Sloot acknowledged spending the evening before with Holloway, but denied any wrongdoing.
The release of all three suspects on Saturday was a serious setback to the prosecution. Police insist the investigation into Holloway's widely publicized disappearance will continue, but legal observers in Aruba say the release indicates the government has no case.
Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, left Aruba for her home in Mountain Brook, Ala., on Sunday, saying she had ``exhausted all my avenues'' after pressuring authorities since shortly after her daughter's disappearance.
Lord send your justice.
He will. We will hear about this guy again in the news.
did ANYONE seriously believe that the Arubans would ever do anything with a Dutch boy who murdered an American girl?
Tragic isn't it? These established liars walk free. I hope the impact to Aruba is massive and negative. The Aruban government was a total disappointment during the entire process -- but we should not give up hope.
They banked their entire position on the body NOT being found. So far, they have won...
Just disgusting. Unbelievable.
Well... I gotta say that there is simply no evidence against this guy. I mean he is more than likely guilty, but there is simply no evidence to prosecute him. You can't continously hold the guy in jail if they have nothing on him to build a case. There was probably bungling on the part of the Aruban authorities in the beginning of the investigation.
Not me. Once I saw how they were trying to frame some poor security guards, I knew the fix was in. It's a shame, but the hard, cold fact is that a lot of murders go unsolved, and killers go unpunished--in this life.
The burden was on the prosecution to prove that a crime had been committed Obviously, they couldn't prove that. So, he was let go.
Correct, innocent until proven guilty.
Well... I gotta say that there is simply no evidence against this guy.
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As far as you (we) know. Other than the FACT that all three of these guys LIED and changed their stories multiple times. This is the problem with Aruba -- they can and do withhold information from the public. It all smells of fish to me....
'/sarcasm
I'm convinced that just as Michael Schiavo will, these 3 will
eventually do the same thing again. Justice is sometimes slow but they will pay in this life and in the next.
I think so too.
Agreed.
To me, because they lied probably means they more than likely had something to do with the disappearance of Natalie Holloway.
But simply telling the truth didn't give the prosecutors enough to go on for a prosecution. There wasn't anything to hold them on.
I'd be willing to bet the the father coached his son on what to say and not to say. As I said in the other post, there was bungling in the investigation at the very start when they failed to look at these guys as suspects.
TIME TO BOYCOTT ARUBA. I WILL BE TAKING A CRUISE SOON - WILL NOT LEAVE THE SHIP THERE.
Prayers for the extended family.
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