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Chapter: six DNA was requested from the suspects
Following the finding of the duct tape and hair the district attorney of Aruba would order DNA samples taken from Joran van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers. This request would not be taken lightly by the attorneys from each, and they would quickly react with a motion to contest the DNA from being used, saying that the request was not legal. Within a week the court would come back and block the use of these samples, stating that the
prosecutors failed to clarify what his DNA samples would be compared with. the court did not feel there was enough evidence to warrant even the use of the suspects DNA>
Going for DNA tests
Joran
Deepak
DNA sample will be taken from hair found on beach
July 20, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Investigators said Monday they will conduct DNA tests on blond hair attached to duct tape that was found along Aruba’s coast to see whether it came from Natalee Holloway, the American who disappeared seven weeks ago.
Holloway has been missing in Aruba since May 30. Strands of long blond hair were recently found on a piece of duct tape along the coastline.
A park ranger found the duct tape while collecting trash Sunday on rocks at Boca Tortuga, an inlet near a series of caves on Aruba’s northeast coast, National Park Ranger Service spokeswoman Dilma Arends said.
Boca Tortuga is on the opposite side of Aruba from where the 18-year-old was last seen in public. Her father expressed little hope that the find would yield any important information.
“We’ve had a lot of information that turned out false,” David Holloway said as he prepared to leave Aruba and return home to Meridian, Miss.
Natalee Holloway, Suspects Released - 6
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