Sunday, June 5, 2005

Rumors of Sex And Kidnapping Surface In Natalee Holloway Disappearance

Update: Arrests Made in case. Seen below

An online newspaper, AM Digital, hosted at Aruba.com has reported that the three men involved in the Natalee Holloway disappearance claimed to have had sexual relations with the 18 year old Alabama high school senior at the beach prior to returning her to her hotel at approximate 2 AM. A pdf file of the publication is available on this page. Look for the AM Digital link at left.

Also, Aruba and Travel Advisory message boards are abuzz over the disappearance, and one poster purportedly from Alabama posted the curious post below.

Alert: Just wanted to warn everyone: My best friend and her husband chaperoneed a senior trip of 160 kids down to Aruba, and she returned last night. Her husband had to stay b/c they think that one of the girls was kidnapped, and is possibly in Venezuela now. Her parents flew down, and the State Dept., DEA and several other groups are involved now. She left with a guy from Carlos and Charlie's, and the cops found out that he is a local drug dealer. Just wanted to let everyone know to please stay safe. If anyone in Aruba has any info., please let me know. I should know more later today. Just please say a prayer.

The above would fit with details in a report here claiming there were "disturbing" circumstances surrounding the disappearance which resulted in a request for ten additional agents of the FBI, now in Aruba. However, it should be noted that the bullentin board message can not be verified as genuine, or credible.

There was also another unconfirmed bullentin board report that some forensic evidence was gathered from a vehicle associated with the three men. It is known that at least some of the additional FBI support now involved in the search would be capable of evaluating such evidence; however, that is not unusual.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Suspects Arrested In Natalee Holloway Case

Fox TV is reporting that two men have been arrested as suspects in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the two are not any of the three men originally questioned in the Alabama high school senior's disappearance.

The two men were security guards employed at a hotel near where Natalee was staying and are being interrogated. Dutch Common Law requires a reasonably strong case even prior to arrest; it is assumed there is solid reasoning behind these arrests.

They were taken in handcuffs from private homes and transported in an unmarked car at approximately 7 AM EST.

The search for Natalee Holloway is ongoing.