Joran van der Sloot interviewed on Dutch TV
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...bU1XazYsA.cspxJoran van der Sloot is still waiting to find out if a three judge panel will throw out his murder confession, but he's been using some of that time to be interviewed by Dutch TV.
According to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, van der Sloot has been interviewed by a Dutch crime reporter, John van den Heuvel, at the infamous high security Miguel Castro Castro prison in the Peruvian capital Lima.....
Preview of van der Sloot interview
Joran van der Sloot is spending his time teaching English to his Peruvian prison guards, according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
The newspaper’s crime reporter John van den Heuvel’s exclusive interview from van der Sloot’s cell in Lima’s Castro Castro prison is being previewed in the weekend editions of the Dutch paper and will also appear Monday on the RTL television network in The Netherlands as a 90 minute special titled "RTL EXTRA: JORAN SPEAKS"......
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...YqTCBPPpw.cspx
WTF!!???!! Joran wanted to get back at the Holloway's for making his life miserable for the past five years! I'm pretty sure it was Joran that made their lives miserable for the last five years (and for many years to come!)
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...feSjNq4ng.cspxThe Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway's parents and says he did it to get back at them, according to an interview published Monday.
The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf quoted Joran van der Sloot as confessing to taking money from the family of the teenager in return for revealing the location of her body. He was indicted in the U.S. in June for extortion after being caught in an FBI sting, though the place he indicated as her burial site site turned out to be bogus.
Holloway was last seen alive with him on the Caribbean resort island of Aruba in 2005, and he has publicly said he killed her and then retracted his confession several times.
"I wanted to get back at Natalee's family - her parents have been making my life tough for five years," the paper quoted him as saying from prison in Peru. "When they offered to pay for the girl's location, I thought: 'Why not'?"
U.S. prosecutors say that in the sting earlier this year, Natalee's mother sent $10,000 in cash to Van der Sloot through an FBI witness, and a wire transfer of $15,000 to Van der Sloot's bank account in the Netherlands. He took the money and flew to Latin America.
He has been charged with killing Stephany Flores in his hotel room in Lima, Peru on May 30 - 5 years to the day after Holloway's disappearance. He met both women in casinos.
Van der Sloot initially confessed to killing Flores to Peruvian police, but later said he only did so because he was intimidated and had been promised he would be extradited to the Netherlands.
His requests to have the confession retracted have so far been denied and he awaits trial.
van der Sloot "thinks a lot" about murder victim's family
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...XVZVaMbOQ.cspxJoran van der Sloot says he "thinks a lot" about murder victim Stephany Flores family.
“I think that the things that happened are horrible for them,” he says, quoted by RPP Radio.
That's the latest bombshell from an special airing tonight on Dutch television and previewed by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
According to the website Living in Peru, van der Sloot says he will take his responsibility on this killing, according to an interview published by "De Telegraaf."
Van der Sloot, who no longer claims his innocence, says in this interview that he “thinks a lot” about the Flores family. “I think that the things that happened are horrible for them,” he says, quoted by RPP Radio.
Peruvian police found Flores corpse in van der Sloot's Lima hotel room. They have a confession where he admits killing her saying he was enraged when she found material relating to Natalee Holloway on his laptop.
Holloway is the Mountain Brook teenage who disappeared on a 2005 graduation trip to Aruba. She was last seen with van der Sloot who is the prime suspect in the case but has never been charged.
Flores body was found five years to the day of Natalee Holloway's disappearance.
Van der Sloot is appealing to a three judge Peruvian panel to have his confession thrown out claiming he was coerced, and didn't have an adequate translator or proper legal representation at his interrogation.
Waiting in the wings is a federal indictment delivered here in Birmingham charging van der Sloot with wire fraud and extortion. U.S. prosecutors say that in the sting earlier this year, Natalee's mother sent $10,000 in cash to Van der Sloot through an FBI witness, and a wire transfer of $15,000 to Van der Sloot's bank account in the Netherlands.
He never came through with the information he promised the Holloway family about Natalee's fate. "I wanted to get back at Natalee's family - her parents have been making my life tough for five years," the paper De Telegraaf quoted him as saying from prison in Peru. "When they offered to pay for the girl's location, I thought: 'Why not'?"
Van der Sloot: I've 'misused' Holloway case 'for my own advantage'
In a jailhouse interview with a Dutch television station, Joran van der Sloot said he is remorseful for telling so many stories regarding the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, but once again denied culpability in the case.
"For everything that's happened since 2005, all the things said in the media and everything, I feel guilty for, yeah," van der Sloot, 22, said in the interview, portions of which were aired on NBC's "Today" on Tuesday.......
.....In the interview, van der Sloot said he feels guilty about his father's fatal heart attack, for not listening to his mother and for telling lies, as well as his past behavior.
"I was doing a lot of things that I shouldn't have been doing, and mostly only going out all the night and sleeping all the day," he said, describing himself as "impulsive."
Asked why he's told so many different stories about the Holloway case, he said, "There were people who were paying me to make up stories, and I was really good at making up stories. Everybody keeps coming at you asking questions ... if you want something, I'll tell you whatever you want to hear, sure."
Still, he said, he has "misused the situation for my own advantage." He said he feels bad about that and would take it back if he had the opportunity.
It's a familiar refrain, said John Q. Kelly, an attorney for Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty.
"He's always a victim. He's always seeking attention. He's always misunderstood and someday he's absolutely going to tell the truth," Kelly said on NBC. "... He's a pathological liar."
He said it was van der Sloot who contacted him about revealing the location of Holloway's body in exchange for payment. "We knew he was going to lie, and was going to make up the basis for wire fraud," Kelly said.
"It's attention-seeking behavior, as simple as that," he said. "He wants to be in the spotlight ... he just can't help himself."
Van der Sloot would not answer questions about the Flores case, saying it is "not in my best interest to talk about it at all." But he maintains police tricked him into making a confession, saying they would not let him call his mother, talk to anyone or arrange for an attorney.
Police said van der Sloot admitted that he attacked Flores, 21, on May 30 after she read an e-mail in his computer connected with the Holloway case. After killing Flores, police say, van der Sloot took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested June 3.
He was returned the next day to Peru.
Asked about the extortion case, van der Sloot said, "I have had five years long that people have just been blaming me for something, and yeah, I have a lot of anger built up because of that." He said the Holloway family kept insisting he had information, and wanted to give him the money, so he thought, "I've already told a lot of different stories. I'll do it again." He added, "I know it's very wrong."
On Twitty's reaction to that statement, Kelly said, "I think in deference to Beth, I won't repeat what she said about what he had to say."
He said he isn't surprised that van der Sloot admitted the extortion, saying he has more than three weeks of e-mails between himself and van der Sloot, as well as audio and videotapes.
Van der Sloot said in the interview he wished he'd gone along with his mother's plan and sought psychiatric treatment, but instead he took the money and went to Peru to gamble, according to NBC.
Van der Sloot also spoke about Flores' family, saying, "I feel really bad that her family had to lose a daughter. It really does hurt me. I think about it all the time."
Asked if he will ever disclose what happened, he said, "When I speak to the judge, and the time is right, I'm going to tell the whole truth, absolutely."
"I've got 20 e-mails where he says he's very sorry for what happened, he's going to tell the truth, absolutely," Kelly said. "... He's just incapable of it."
He said if van der Sloot ever does tell the truth, he believes it will be out of a sense of self-preservation and fear -- not his conscience or respect for either Holloway's or his own family.
In the interview, van der Sloot acknowledged he has a "web of problems. But I created all of them myself, so yeah, I have to deal with it now, deal with the consequences."
Van der Sloot also admitted he extorted money from Holloway's family in an interview with a Dutch newspaper. His attorney in the Flores case suggested Monday that his comments may have been mis-translated.
In that interview, van der Sloot told the Telegraph he wanted to "get back at Natalee's family. Her parents have been making my life tough for years."
"When they offered to pay for the girl's location, I thought: 'Why not?'" he said.
"Maybe there were some mistakes in the translation," said attorney Maximo Alteza, who said he is not involved in the Holloway case.
Also Monday, a Peruvian court voted 2-1 to reject van der Sloot's contention that he is being held unlawfully, but the court requires three votes to secure a decision. Alteza said that a fourth jurist will hear the case and cast a vote at a public hearing next week. If that judge votes in favor of van der Sloot, a fifth judge will hear the case to break the tie.
Alteza said that van der Sloot's constitutional rights have been violated and he "could be released because of the mistakes made by the police during the investigation."
But Kelly pointed out Tuesday that if he is released, van der Sloot will be held in Alabama on the charges related to extortion.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/07/...ss_igoogle_cnn
Everything van der Sloot from last 24 hours
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...nL1TggNRw.cspxIt was a hectic holiday weekend on the Joran van der Sloot/Natalee Holloway/Stephany Flores beat. So here’s a quick digest of the stories that broke in the past 24 hours.
Joran van der Sloot admits he extorted money from Natalee Holloway’s family for revenge. "I wanted to get back at Natalee's family - her parents have been making my life tough for five years," the paper De Telegraaf quoted him as saying from prison in Peru. "When they offered to pay for the girl's location, I thought: 'Why not'?"
What will that confession mean to efforts to extradite him to Alabama to face federal wire fraud and extortion charges? CBS42.com talked with legal expert Doug Jones.
Van der Sloot also told Dutch paper de Telegraaf that he regrets the death of Stephany Flores and that he “thinks a lot” about them. “I think that the things that happened are horrible for them.”
Other excerpts from the interview that aired Monday night on Dutch TV: van der Sloot feels he’s generally well treated in prison; he’s teaching English to some of the guards at Castro Castro, he talks to his mother weekly but is estranged from his brothers and his mother doesn’t visit him in prison. RNW has clips with subtitles.
Almost lost in the quotes from the cell block interview by Dutch journalists is a significant legal development. Van der Sloot is trying to get his murder confession thrown out on appeal. His trial judge denied the first attempt. On Monday, a three judge panel ruled 2-1 to keep the confession. But Peruvian law requires three judges for a binding decision. So, according to van der Sloot’s lawyer Max Altez, a fourth jurist will hear the case and cast a vote at a public hearing next week. If that judge votes in favor of van der Sloot, a fifth judge will hear the case to break the tie.
Altez went on to say that the Peruvian police have bungled the case and his client should be freed: "It doesn't matter if he is innocent or guilty," says van der Sloot lawyer.
Joran's interview excerpts....
http://www.rnw.nl/english/video/jora...rviewed-prison
OKAy so I read an article about van der Sloot in The National Enquirer about a week ago... The article was pretty much about his mom hiring an older Dutch woman to come and give him supplies and money. It said she would bring him extra cans of beans and Dutch books. Apparently she was to come once a week and she visits him for hours day now. She supposingly told her sources that he tells her he loves her and they are forming some sort of relationship while him being locked up.
I have searched all over the net for any confirmation on this story but cannot find anything. I know NE has some BS stories floating around a good hunk of the time... Just curious if anyone else heard anything about it? I know there a lot of loonies out there mailing him love and fan letters but this particular woman is supposingly visiting him to replace Mom for having to show up.
If I would have to describe myself as an animal it would be a snake. However, I want to be a lion and one day I will be a lion.
—Joran van der Sloot (wiki )
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Nancy Grace has reported that Beth twitty went to the damn prison where Joran is with peter divries. Apparently, she has now been arrested! Not much more info than that.
I sure hope she hasn't gotten herself in over her head
Beth and Peter de Vries caught trying to enter Castro Castro with hidden cameras
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7...n__.html?p=2,1
google translation
Thu September 16, 2010, 18:33
Peter R. de Vries caught by undercover operation Joran van der Sloot
From our reporters
LIMA - Beth Twitty, the mother of Natalee Holloway, has unsuccessfully tried the Castro Castro prison in Lima to enter. According to Peruvian media Twitty was wearing a hidden camera with him.
The mother of the American teenager, who vanished in Aruba in 2005, was with crime reporter Peter R. Ferris went to the complex for a visit to the Dutchman, who still is associated with the disappearance of Natalee. Van der Sloot is in Peru for the murder of Floris Stephany.
Beth Twitty, after a brief interrogation prison turned off.
Video (Spanish):
http://www.youtube.com/user/pantelpe.../0/qmnr8mvKxdQ
http://scaredmonkeys.com/2010/09/16/...oway-arrested/
BREAKING NEWS: Beth Holloway Arrested?
This says Beth was NOT arrested.
Comment on Gretawire;
Gretawire has picked it up now:
http://gretawire.forums.foxnews.com/...rested-in-peru
Nancy Grace just said that Joran van der Sloot is having conjugal visits with many women while in Castro, Castro.
SHE NEEDS TO FIND OUT!
NANCY GRACE
Was Natalee`s Mother Just Arrested at Joran`s Prison?
Aired September 16, 2010 - 20:00:00 ET
NANCY GRACE, HOST: We are taking your calls. I want to go out to Marc Klaas, president and founder of Klaas Kids Foundation. You had your daughter taken away from you, brutally.
MARC KLAAS, KLAAS KIDS FOUNDATION: Yes.
GRACE: What do you think -- just like Beth Holloway. What do you think she`s doing over in that jail, making her way toward Van Der Sloot?
KLAAS:I know exactly what she`s doing there. She`s trying to find out what happened to her daughter, nothing more and nothing less. Now, she may have been brought in by these other people, but she needs to find out. She has been told lie after lie after lie after lie for five years now.
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1009/16/ng.01.html
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...Z96AF1iIw.cspx
New van der Sloot book due out
Last Update: 8:12 pm
Birmingham, Al (WIAT) A new book titled Joran's Murder Mysteries promises "The complete story about the true role of Joran van der Sloot in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and the killing of Stephany Flores."
Other breathless prose and promises in an ad in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf's website include:
• Filled with countless previously unpublished material from secret police files.
• Latest new facts and witness statements.
• Unique and revealing images.
• The facts behind the disappearance of Natalie Holloway.
• The secret conspiracy behind the murder of Stephanie Flores.
• The dubious role of the FBI in both cases.
• Exclusive pictures of Castro Castro prison in Joran.
The book, due out October 19, was co-written by Bert Huisjes and John van den Heuvel, the reporter who recently interviewed van der Sloot in his Castro Castro prison cell in Lima, Peru. That interview which appeared in De Telegraaf as well as on Dutch television contained little about the Natalee Holloway case beyond van der Sloot's admission that he scammed Natalee's family out of $25,000.
"I wanted to get back at Natalee's family - her parents have been making my life tough for five years," the paper quoted him as saying from prison in Peru. "When they offered to pay for the girl's location, I thought: 'Why not'?"
Van der Sloot is still awaiting results of an appeal to throw out his confession to murdering 21 year old student Stephany Flores, reportedly because she found matrial relating to Natalee Holloway on his laptop. Flores was found dead in van der Sloot's Lima hotel room five years to the day of Holloway's disappearance on Aruba. The Mountain Brook, Alabama teen was on a graduation trip to the island and was last seen with van der Sloot.
The Dutch national also faces U.S. charges of wire fraud and extortion relating to the money for information scam he pulled on Natalee's family....the extortion he confessed to in van den Heuvel's jailhouse interview.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39225781...news-americas/
Natalee Holloway's mother sneaks into prison to confront suspect
Tells Joran van der Sloot she has 'no hate in her soul,' according to reports
NBC, msnbc.com and news services
The mother of missing teenager Natalee Holloway sneaked into the Peruvian prison where suspect Joran van der Sloot is being held and confronted him about fate of her daughter, according to local news reports.
Beth Holloway-Twitty arrived at Castro Castro Prison with a Dutch journalist, Peter de Vries, who is investigating her daughter's disappearance for Dutch television, the Peruvian news program 24 HORAS reported.
Holloway-Twitty was reportedly able to speak to Van der Sloot for five minutes Wednesday before she was removed by the authorities because she did not have permission to talk to him.
Van der Sloot is being held in the prison on charges that he killed another woman, Stephany Flores, in his hotel room in Lima, Peru, on May 30 — 5 years to the day after Holloway's disappearance.
Holloway was last seen alive with him on the Caribbean resort island of Aruba in 2005 and he has publicly said he killed her and then retracted his confession several times.
Direct questions
Gyofred Munoz Care, a reporter with 24 Horas, told NBC News that Holloway-Twitty traveled to Peru expressly to talk to Van der Sloot with de Vries and other Dutch journalists.
"Beth Twitty and Joran van der Sloot met and they spoke for five minutes," Munoz Care told NBC. "But when Beth Twitty asked direct questions about the crime, he refused to answer without having his lawyer present."
However Van der Sloot's lawyer, Maximo Altez, told NBC News that the face-to-face meeting had lasted "less than one minute."
Altez told NBC that "the Dutch media is using Beth Holloway to create a TV special which would include her, the Flores family, and an interview with Joran van der Sloot."
According to Altez, the Dutch media "snuck Beth Holloway-Twitty into Castro Castro without identifying who she was and put her face to face with van der Sloot."
She told Van der Sloot that she had "no hate in her soul" for him, at which point he handed her Altez's business card, claiming that he could not speak to her without his lawyer present.
Prison officials then removed Holloway-Twitty, de Vries and the rest of the Dutch news team from the jail.
Contrary to some reports, Twitty was not arrested, Altez said. Colonel Gamarra, director of information for the Peruvian police, confirmed that there were no arrests made, NBC reported.
Jose Camarena, lawyer for the Flores family, said the Dutch production group approached the Flores family to do a story with Ricardo Flores Sr., father of Stephany, and Holloway-Twitty.
Ricardo Flores Sr. declined to participate but his son Enrique met with Holloway-Twitty on camera.
Camarena said that "Beth Holloway is being paid by the Dutch media to participate in a soap-opera-like special."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39225781...news-americas/
Natalee Holloway's mother sneaks into jail, confronts suspect
'She's still looking for answers ... she wants to bring her daughter home'
NBC, msnbc.com and news services
Share Print Font: +-Missing teenager Natalee Holloway's mother sneaked into the Peruvian prison where suspect Joran van der Sloot is being held and confronted him about fate of her daughter.
Beth Holloway-Twitty's lawyer confirmed that the woman arrived at Castro Castro Prison with a Dutch journalist, Peter de Vries, who is investigating her daughter's disappearance for Dutch television.
Holloway-Twitty reportedly spoke to Van der Sloot for about five minutes Wednesday before authorities removed her because she did not have permission to talk to him.
Peruvian authorities are holding Van der Sloot on charges that he killed another woman, Stephany Flores, in his hotel room in Lima, Peru, on May 30 — 5 years to the day after Holloway's disappearance.
Holloway was last seen alive with Van der Sloot on the Caribbean resort island of Aruba in 2005. He has publicly said killed the teen several times before retracting his confessions.
John Kelly, attorney for Holloway-Twitty, confirmed she had met Van der Sloot. It was her first face-to-face meeting with him since the night after her daughter disappeared, he said.
She's still looking for answers about her daughter," Kelly told NBC News. "She wants to bring her daughter home."
Asked if it was a good idea for Holloway to have this meeting, Kelly said: "I can give her legal advice. She's a mother without a daughter. I know she didn't tell me ahead of time because I would have asked her to exercise a little more caution."
Gyofred Munoz Care, a reporter with Peruvian news program 24 HORAS, told NBC News that Van der Sloot "refused to answer" Holloway-Twitty's direct questions about her daughter's disappearance.
However, Van der Sloot's lawyer, Maximo Altez, told NBC News that the face-to-face meeting had lasted "less than one minute."
Altez told NBC News that the visit was intended "to create a TV special which would include her, the Flores family, and an interview with Joran van der Sloot."
According to Altez, the Dutch media "snuck Beth Holloway-Twitty into Castro Castro without identifying who she was and put her face-to-face with Van der Sloot."
She told Van der Sloot that she had "no hate in her soul" for him, Altez told NBC News, at which point the Dutchman handed her Altez's business card, claiming that he could not speak to her without his lawyer present.
NBC Today Show has JQK on:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/261848...28890#39228890
http://www.peterrdevries.nl/nieuws/p...loway-in-peru/
Dutch to English translation
Peter and Beth Holloway in Peru
Following several - false - press releases, please let Peter know the following:
* Yes, he has been some time in Peru - Lima - along with Beth Holloway and a camera crew.
* Yes, he is with Beth in the Castro Castro prison where Joran van der Sloot is.
* No, neither Beth nor Peter, nor any other member of the crew has been detained or put down. Every message that states or suggests is completely untrue.
* No, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, Beth, Peter and the crew seized associated with hidden camera equipment or recording thereof.
* There is Beth, Peter and the crew nothing, absolutely nothing, made or done that was contrary to previous agreements and rules in Peru and / or the Castro Castro prison.
* By Peter and director Kees van der Spek will be a documentary on the activities with Beth Holloway, who soon will be broadcast by SBS 6. This will be explained for what purpose exactly Beth and Peter have traveled to Peru and what the findings are.
Editors Peter R. de Vries
http://www.peterrdevries.nl/nieuws/p...loway-in-peru/
picture at site.
Soon a documentary on the activities with Beth Holloway
Holloway and de Vries leave Aruba
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localne...sWgf6cPJw.cspx
Prison Guards Who Sold Pot To Joran Van Der Sloot Being Probed By Peru Cops
Embarrassed Peruvian law enforcement authorities are investigating how confessed killer Joran van der Sloot scored dope from a worker while inside his jail cell.van der Sloot was nabbed in a hidden video sting talking to a drug dealer who asked him if he'd be interested in buying pot.
"I have marijuana, are you buying? Oe, Oe, Oe gringo! Gringo Van der Sloot," the man said, to which van der Sloot replied, "Can you sell it to me for five soles?"^ yeaaah, riiiiight. ^ I think he is still getting special treatment for the most part. He is bringing fame and money to this particular prison. He may live in a shitty cell but I still think he gets his rocks off once in a while and get what he wants when he wants it."The matter is being taken very seriously," said one source in Peru.
"The authorities have learned that an officer of National Penitentiary Institute, or INPE, was the one who sold the drugs to Joran.
"Those involved in the shameful fact are fully identified on the tape and will be brought to justice.
"The investigation is being handled by the head of the institution, Wilson Hernandez, who has ordered a thorough investigation of all the staff at the prison, under orders from the Ministry of Justice."
Van der Sloot's attorney, Maximo Altez, has claimed the drug bust was "staged" and he wants his own investigation.
But in a dire warning, the former head of Peru's INPE, Wilfredo Pedraza, has said, "The issue of selling drugs within prisons is severe, but is a reality."
For the most part, van der Sloot is living in hellish solitary confinement, a windowless cell - barely large enough to fit a mattress and a hole in the floor for a toilet.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusive...obed-peru-cops
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Cops test jawbone for Natalee Holloway link
.Police are investigating whether a jawbone found on Aruba is linked to the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, a Dutch newspaper reported Tuesday.
According to De Telegraaf, forensic experts in the Netherlands will carry out tests on the remains.
The bone was found Friday on a beach near the Caribbean resort island's Phoenix Hotel, close to the Bubali swamp, the paper said
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40210187...news-americas#
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I just seen a pic of the jawbone. It certainly looks human!Originally Posted by hellsbells
http://refugeesunleashed.net/post-1032350.html
(oh, that pic isn't of the jaw bone found... it is a misc. pic) lol.........
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I sure hope this is Natalee, since most of us believe she is in fact dead. The family and this country as well as Aruba, needs closure. I am actually praying it is her jawbone. Then maybe they can try to locate the rest of the remains or at least bury what they have. It is so sad. She really was a beautiful girl.
Can't wait to hear the update on the results of the tests.
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It is human , They wouldnt be testing it for Natalee Holloways DNA if it wasnt.I just seen a pic of the jawbone. It certainly looks human!
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The condition of the teeth is quite good, isn't it? I wouldn't have thought they would have remained so good after five years.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktl...,7638342.storyProsecutor: Jaw Bone Found in Aruba Belonged to Young Woman
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- -- A jaw bone discovered on a beach in Aruba belonged to a young woman, an Aruban prosecutor revealed on Thursday, further fueling speculation it is linked to Natalee Holloway.
The information is based upon an initial examination of the bone, according to WSFA News in Alabama.
DNA tests and dental records will be used to determine if the remains are in fact Holloway's.
The bone, found November 12 on a beach in the Caribbean island of Aruba, was turned in to the front desk of the Phoenix Hotel.
The bone, said to be part of a lower jawbone, included an intact molar.
Holloway father, Dave, says authorities have requested her dental records.
Dave Holloway said Thursday that he is in the process of providing the records and added that he has received no new official information on the case.
Holloway disappeared in 2005 while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba.
[...]
If the bone turns out to be from Holloway, it would be the first concrete evidence of her death.
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, who faces separate murder charges in Peru, is the last person seen with Holloway and is suspected in her disappearance.
[...]
Van der Sloot has told several people he was involved in Holloway's disappearance, only to later retract his confessions.
He has also admitted in interviews that he is a pathological liar.
[..]
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/22/...ion=cnn_latestOranjestad, Aruba (CNN) -- Aruban prosecutors plan to release Tuesday the results of tests conducted on a jawbone found on an island beach and disclose whether it belongs to missing teenager Natalee Holloway, officials said.
The tests, conducted at the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, Netherlands, were to first determine whether the bone is that of a human or that of an animal. If the bone is human, authorities said, they would attempt to determine through DNA testing whether it belonged to Holloway. The Alabama 18-year-old was last seen on the island in 2005.
Aruba Solicitor General Taco Stein said prosecutors will issue a statement Tuesday with test results.
Holloway's dental records were sent to the forensic institute last week, according to the FBI.
Part of a jawbone with a tooth was found this month by an American tourist near the Phoenix Hotel, a large resort on the western side of the island, Aruban prosecutor Peter Blanken said. The hotel referred questions to local authorities.
The prosecutor said the bone was initially examined by a forensic expert in Aruba, who determined that it was from a young woman. But Blanken cautioned the final determination would be made by the forensic institute.
Meanwhile, police on Monday collected a second bone that was found this month on the beach by a New Jersey family, said Ana Angela, spokeswoman for Aruban prosecutors. However, "it does not appear to be human," said Richard Roy, general manager of the Westin Hotel.
The bone was found in the same general area as the first. The family, who was staying at the Westin, put it on their hotel balcony. They told CNN that once they returned home and heard media reports on the jawbone, they called the FBI and then contacted the Westin. Staffers at the hotel found the bone on the balcony and notified police.
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Yeah I saw on the news they said they had found another bone in same area
But on one news cast they said not human
And on the second they said was sent for testing b.c was found in same area
So I personally figure tomorrow will answer all the questions about that bone(if its important or not)
"Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" - Unknown
For every murdered child
We fly with all prevailing winds of change,
For any quirk of fate we may arrange.
We are not "meek" or "mild";
Don't turn your back when twilight dims the sky -
We'll haunt the perpetrators till they Die
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