Missing Alabama Teen

Natalee Holloway,was a story that caught Dan Riehl's eye from day one. His coverage would extend from the Mt. Brook teens, Beth & Jug Twitty and even the chaperones. No body was found and Dan kept going day after day. In Aruba Joran van der Sloot, his father Paul van der Sloot and the Kalpoes would be seriously examined. Aruban papers the Diario of Jossy Mansur and also the Amigoe would be used as sources. Even occasionally Dan would look on line to Scrux for news. When the boycott of Aruba was suggested by Dr. Phil Dan Riehl would see outrage as would others. Dan still allows posters to chat about the case even four years later, although Dan himself has moved on to the news of the day.

June 2005

Thursday, June 2, 2005

Natalee Holloway

FBI Searching For Natalee Holloway - Reward Offered

Update: Arrests Made

The family of eighteen year old Natalee Holloway is now offering a reward for her return, though the amount of the reward remains unspecified. The FBI is in Aruba leading the search for the blond honor student and high school senior who failed to show up for the return flight for her high school class on Monday.

Three Aruban men were questioned and released in the disappearance. They have not been labeled suspects and claim to have dropped the teenager off at her hotel early Monday morning.

Witnesses say that she was last seen getting into a car with an Aruban male upon leaving a popular night club late Sunday night. The family has been unable to identify her in hotel security tapes which were provided for review.

It's unclear if foul play was involved, or if something transpired in the early hours of Monday morning causing the teen to opt out of her return flight and drop out of sight.

See index for new and existing updates. Also, additional material available at Scared Monkeys.

Saturday, June 4, 2005

Natalee Holloway: Three Men Labeled "Persons Of Interest"

New reports have clarified the identities of the three men last seen with Natalee Holloway and they are now being called "persons of interest" in the case for the first time.

As first reported, with image here, the men were thought to be Arubans and to have claimed to have dropped the Alabama honor student off at her hotel early Monday morning. New reports suggest they claim to have first taken Holloway to a beach before returning her to the hotel.

Additional FBI resources as well as local law enforcement, including the Coast Guard still searching the tiny island and surrounding waters.

Justice Minister Rudy Croes said police questioned and released two Surinamese nationals and a native of the Netherlands who said they dropped Holloway off early Monday at the Holiday Inn where she had been staying, rectifying police reports that the three men had been Aruban students. He said the three men were residents of Aruba.

... police are investigating the story of three men who say they dropped her off at her hotel. A deputy police chief on the Dutch Caribbean island is calling the men their "most important lead." He describes them as "persons of interest." An official close to the investigation says the men told police they had taken the teen to a beach, then to her hotel.