Source: Body of Natalee Holloway Found in Aruba???

[sarahhod]

Source: Body of Natalee Holloway Found in Aruba

By Thomas Francis in Breaking News (http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/breaking_news/), Crime (http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/crime/)
Friday, Mar. 20 2009 @ 10:56AM

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/assets_c/2009/03/Natalee%20Holloway-thumb-240x328.jpg (http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/Natalee%20Holloway.jpg)

Natalee Holloway Details remain vague, but The Juice has just learned that authorities believe they have found the body of Natalee Holloway, the 18-year-old from Clinton, Miss., who vanished in the Caribbean island in May 2005.

A Miami-based flight attendant for American Airlines tells The Juice that a cadaver dog was aboard a Miami-to-Aruba flight. The officer with the dog told the flight attendant that the dog was going to search for the remains of Holloway.

"They think they've found where Natalee Holloway's remains are, and they're taking the dog down to confirm that," said the flight attendant, who lives in Fort Lauderdale. "They're not telling anybody because Aruba is trying to keep this quiet."

A tabloid media sensation, Holloway's case had lately gone cold. Aruba investigators have been criticized for failing to find a body or a suspect in the teenager's disappearance.

More details to come as they become available.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/03/natalee_holloway_body_found_aruba.php

[sarahhod]

Hope it's true.

[foxfarmboxers]

Oh, Lord, please let this be true. I can only imagine what the family must be going through. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

[Roamer]

I really thought they'd never find her. Can the dog sniff out a body after all this time, though?

[Tracian]

I hope it is true, after everything that the family has been through, another media hype report would be cruel.

[Grande]

Report: Cadaver Dog Dispatched to Aruba to Search for Natalie Holloway
Friday, March 20, 2009

DEVELOPING: A cadaver dog reportedly has been flown to Aruba to aid authorities there in locating the body of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, according to a report Friday in the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach, Fla.

If confirmed and her body indeed is located, it would end an exhaustive four-year search on the Caribbean island where the 18-year-old disappeared while on a graduation trip with friends.

A flight attendant for American Airlines told the New Times, an alternative weekly, that the specially trained dog was aboard a plane originating in Miami and bound for Aruba.

The officer accompanying the dog reportedly told the airline employee that they were going to retrieve what was believed to be Holloway's remains.

"They think they've found where Natalee Holloway's remains are, and they're taking the dog down there to confirm that," the flight attendant told the paper. "They're not telling anybody because Aruba's trying to keep this quiet."

In January, Aruban prosecutors said their investigation into the disappearance of Holloway was nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office still needed "at least another few months" to investigate statements made by the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, during a hidden-camera interview which was broadcast on Dutch television last year.

But he then said prosecutors "are approaching the end of this lengthy investigation."

"If you have relevant information — no matter how small or uninteresting it may seem — please notify my office or the police," Mos said in January.

Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen in May 2005 leaving a bar in Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba, with Van der Sloot on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the island.

No trace of Holloway has ever been found, despite extensive searches involving hundreds of volunteers, soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets with special equipment.

Aruban investigators reopened the case last year based on the hidden-camera recordings made by Dutch television crime reporter Peter R. de Vries.

But judges rejected an attempt to re-arrest Van der Sloot for statements he made on the Dutch TV show. The hidden-camera recordings showed Van der Sloot saying he was with Holloway when she died on the Dutch Caribbean island and that he had a friend dump her body at sea.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509967,00.html

[packy]

Hope it's true and not a hoax.

[sarahhod]

Praying this is not a hoax and they find Natalee. :innocent0001::innocent0001:

Thanks Grande for another link.

[Battnt]

Natalee Holloway's dad sends search dog to Aruba

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD9720JJ80

[sarahhod]

Report: Cadaver Dog Dispatched to Aruba to Search for Natalee Holloway

Last Edited: Friday, 20 Mar 2009, 9:44 PM GMT Created: Friday, 20 Mar 2009, 9:44 PM GMT


http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/myfox/photo_servlet?contentId=8382879&version=1&locale=EN-US&subtype=MIMG&siteId=1051&isP16=true

03/20/2009 -- DEVELOPING: A cadaver dog reportedly has been flown to Aruba to aid authorities there in locating the body of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, according to a report Friday in the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach, Fla.
If confirmed and her body indeed is located, it would end an exhaustive four-year search on the Caribbean island where the 18-year-old disappeared while on a graduation trip with friends.
A flight attendant for American Airlines told the New Times, an alternative weekly, that the specially trained dog was aboard a plane originating in Miami and bound for Aruba.
The officer accompanying the dog reportedly told the airline employee that they were going to retrieve what was believed to be Holloway's remains.
"They think they've found where Natalee Holloway's remains are, and they're taking the dog down there to confirm that," the flight attendant told the paper. "They're not telling anybody because Aruba's trying to keep this quiet."
In January, Aruban prosecutors said their investigation into the disappearance of Holloway was nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office still needed "at least another few months" to investigate statements made by the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, during a hidden-camera interview which was broadcast on Dutch television last year.
But he then said prosecutors "are approaching the end of this lengthy investigation."
"If you have relevant information — no matter how small or uninteresting it may seem — please notify my office or the police," Mos said in January.
Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen in May 2005 leaving a bar in Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba, with Van der Sloot on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the island.
No trace of Holloway has ever been found, despite extensive searches involving hundreds of volunteers, soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets with special equipment.
Aruban investigators reopened the case last year based on the hidden-camera recordings made by Dutch television crime reporter Peter R. de Vries.
But judges rejected an attempt to re-arrest Van der Sloot for statements he made on the Dutch TV show. The hidden-camera recordings showed Van der Sloot saying he was with Holloway when she died on the Dutch Caribbean island and that he had a friend dump her body at sea.

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8382880&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1

[sarahhod]

More Information on Newspaper's Holloway claim

Last Update: 4:21 pm
(http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/03/natalee_holloway_body_found_aruba.php)
http://www.cbs42.com/media/news/e/f/d/efd31339-24ff-487e-86cc-32751dce29e0/Story.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:void(0);) (AP)


The website for a newspaper in Broward County, Florida is claiming a source says authorities in Aruba have a lead in the almost four year old disappearance of Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway. The Associated Press is reporting that Natalee's father hired a search team but that Aruban officials are denying there's any new lead.

New Times of Broward-Palm Beach says their source is a flight attendant who observed a cadaver search dog being flown from Florida to Aruba. The unnamed flight attendant is quoted: "They think they've found where Natalee Holloway's remains are, and they're taking the dog down to confirm that," said the flight attendant, who lives in Fort Lauderdale. "They're not telling anybody because Aruba is trying to keep this quiet."

CBS42 contacted Natalee Holloway's mother Beth Twitty Friday afternoon but Ms. Twitty would only say "I shouldn't have answered the phone."

http://www.cbs42.com/content/breaking/story/More-Information-on-Newspapers-Holloway-claim/osQ31syv5kOV1gTdPqjzOQ.cspx

[Orchid Corsage]

I really thought they'd never find her. Can the dog sniff out a body after all this time, though?

Roamer, that is a good question. I remember many cases back, I had a lot of info about the different types of seaching dogs ect. I don't have it now.

One article stated they were going to search a a reservoir because of witnesses.

I sure hope this isn't another false lead. My heart goes out to Beth and Dave. Praying they find out something soon.

Maybe Greta will have something about this tonight.

[foxfarmboxers]

Natalee Holloway's dad sends search dog to Aruba

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD9720JJ80

Good for Dave.....Never give up hope, and exhaust all possibilities......

[grammybears]

I pray that this is true. Her parents have been through so much in the last four years. They need answers and they need to give their daughter a proper resting place.
I can just bet that the authorities do not want anybody to know anything especially if it is true.
Another hoax is not something this family needs.
I guess time will tell for sure.

[Battnt]

Holloway's dad sends search dog to Aruba

With no new leads in sight, Natalee Holloway's father flew a search dog to the island Friday in hopes of uncovering his missing daughter's body, the AP reports.

Dave Holloway's attorney told the AP he wanted another search of a small reservoir in the northwestern region after a witness, that passed a lie detector test in the U.S., said her body could be found there.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/03/holloways-dad-s.html

[DestinySearchOps]

Sounds more like another search. If they had found remains they would not need a cadaver dog to confirm it.

[AmyE]

Local man, dog search for Holloway

Latest search based on witness tip

Last Edited: Saturday, 21 Mar 2009, 10:13 PM EDT
Created On: Saturday, 21 Mar 2009, 8:49 PM EDT

CHICOPEE, Mass. (myfoxboston) - It's been almost four years with no signs of Natalee Holloway, but a Chicopee man and his dog are on the hunt for her body.

Fred Golba and his dog, Rhino, were hired by Natalee's dad, Dave Holloway, and have been to Aruba eight times already to look for her.

They're conducting the latest search this weekend, after a tip from a witness who said he saw Joran van der Sloot coming out of a pond with only one shoe on. Van der Sloot is believed to be one of the last people to see Holloway.

"What I want to do is stick my arms in from elbows to shoulders and feel for bones and his sneakers," Golba said.

Golba has found hundreds of missing people in his career and says he won't give up hope.

He says the witness passed an FBI polygraph and he has no reason to doubt the new information.

"I have more confidence in this pond then anything I have done in eight trips to this island," he said.

Holloway was last seen in May of 2005.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/032109_Local_man_dog_search_for_Holloway

[d.fletch316]

Oh i am praying that this will be the last trip for Fred and his dog Rhino and she will be found. Natalee needs to come home where she belongs. This has been a very long and sad 4 years for this family. "God Bless you Natalee"

[LiveLaughLuv]

Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office still needed "at least another few months" to investigate statements made by the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, during a hidden-camera interview which was broadcast on Dutch television last year.
But he then said prosecutors "are approaching the end of this lengthy investigation."

Hans Mos better get cracking. Joran is the one responsible for Natalee's demise. If Rhino finds Natalee I so hope he left something behind, although after all these years she will be skeletonized...poor Natalee...:cray:

I wonder why no one checked this pond before? Is this a new lead?

I can't imagine the pain this family feels, the emotional roller coaster they've been on for the past four years. God Bless you Natalee. :give_rose:

I too never thought they'd find Natalee's body, I felt for sure Joran placed her in the ocean...hoping this isn't another hoax and they find Natalee.

God Bless Natalee and her family. They have moved the ends of the earth to find you baby girl..:1187603408.CR.Mothe

[grammybears]

I can well imagine the authorities in Aruba are taking their time with any new information. It sounds like to me and me only that the police department has been bought off by the father of this guy.
The truth will eventually come out and if Joran is smart he will tell what he knows. I know he thinks he got away with this but justice will come one day.

Blessing to this family.

jmoo

[sarahhod]

Aruba: New search for teen who disappeared in 2005

By DAVID McFADDEN

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The father of a U.S. teen who went missing nearly four years ago in Aruba said Sunday that a private investigator will scour a retention pond for answers that have eluded the family throughout numerous false leads and fruitless searches.
Dave Holloway said tracker dog specialist Fred Golba, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, will begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance early Monday. He said the tracker, who has searched for her eight times before, must be accompanied to the pond by Aruban police escorts, who delayed an anticipated weekend search.
Natalee Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Alabama, was 18 when she was last seen leaving a bar in the Aruban capital on the final night of a high school graduation trip. No trace of her has been found despite extensive searches involving hundreds of volunteers, Aruban soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets with special equipment.
But Dave Holloway said a witness last year alleged that he saw the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, coming out of the brackish pond in northwest Aruba with only one sneaker on after Natalee's disappearance. He said the witness has passed a polygraph test.
"I've been looking for (nearly) four years and I intend to search all the evidence and every lead," said Holloway, speaking to The Associated Press from his home in Meridian, Mississippi. "(The witness) saw what he saw — or he believed he saw what he saw."
Sections of the remote pond area have been searched previously and no evidence was ever found.
Holloway said he had been waiting for the retention pond to dry up before commissioning this latest search, "but the weather has not been cooperative."
Ann Angela, a spokeswoman for the Aruba Prosecutors' Office, said neither police nor prosecutors have any new information in the case, but they gave Dave Holloway permission to search the pond, which is about a kilometer (mile) away from where she was last seen.
Before he left for Aruba on Friday, Golba told Fox 25 television in Boston that he planned to stick his hands into the pond's muddy bottom and feel around for "bones and his sneaker" while his tracking dog searches the marshy scrubland.
"I have more confidence in this pond then anything I have done in eight trips to this island," Golba told the TV station.
In early January, Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office was "approaching the end of this lengthy investigation" and appealed to the public for help.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD973AVB80

[Bayou Lass]

I heard this on GMA this morning. I hope that the pond will be dried up enough for the cadaver dog to find her body. A witness took a polygraph test and passed it........he was the one that saw Joran leaving the pond. I hope that do find Natalie and can find the closure that this family needs and that Joran will finally be brought before the courts for taking Natalie's life.

[TigressPen]

I heard this on GMA this morning. I hope that the pond will be dried up enough for the cadaver dog to find her body. A witness took a polygraph test and passed it........he was the one that saw Joran leaving the pond. I hope that do find Natalie and can find the closure that this family needs and that Joran will finally be brought before the courts for taking Natalie's life.



I heard of this effort to locate Natalee's body in the pond over the weekend. I pray they do find her remains. But sadly, I am not holding my breath that Joran will finally go to trial. The courts there keep sending him home. :(

[killerqueen]

I hope she is found, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm saddened that there may never be justice for Natalee.

[nicky]

I hope that they do find her. The Aruban authorities wanted to dismiss the claims that witness made that he saw Joran but he did pass a poly, I hope they have to eat crow now and I hope the family gets justice. jmo

[Luke Davis]

It is just so sad, that after all this time, there are still leads which may lead to no where. And soon comes another movie to bring it all back again.

[sarahhod]

New witness provides new hope in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance
http://media.nbc13.com/wvtm/img-story/images/uploads/retention_pond.JPG
Courtesy: Julia Renfro
Retention pond in Aruba that private investigator plans to search

By Jen Hale (jhale@wvtm.com)
Reporter and weekend anchor
Published: March 23, 2009


A new witness is giving the father of missing Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway new hope of solving her cold case, but Aruban officials are warning the witness’ story doesn’t add up.
The new witness points to a retention pond close to Natalee Holloway’s hotel.
It is an area that’s been searched before, but it also has deep, hard to reach places.
A private investigator working the case says this is the best lead he’s had in four years.
The new witness says the night Natalee disappeared, he saw main suspect Joran van der Sloot emerge from the pond, wet and missing one shoe.
The witness passed an American polygraph test while telling this story.
“Joran van der Sloot waded out here in the water and you know when out chest-deep and let her body go in this retention pond,“ theorizes private investigator Fred Golba.
Golba is now in Aruba to search the retention pond, at the request of Natalee’s father Dave Holloway, but Aruban officials say the witness’ story doesn’t fit.
“They think that the witness is telling the truth, it’s just that he saw somebody else. It was not Joran van der Sloot,“ says Julia Renfro, the editor-in-chief of Aruba Today.
Renfro explains the witness’ story doesn’t match the timeline detectives have established for the night Natalee disappeared.
Mainly at the exact time the witness says he saw someone emerging from the pond, internet records show van der Sloot - or someone with his log-on name - was at the van der Sloot home connected to the internet.
Also the witness says the man emerging from the pond walked in the opposite direction of the van der Sloot home, not toward it.
Renfro says detectives think the man the witness saw had nothing to do with Natalee’s case.
“There’s a bar very near there it’s open until 4 or 5 so it’s possible someone just kind of rolled into the pond,“ says Renfro.
Perhaps time will tell.
Whether the witness’ story turns out to be true, Renfro says the Aruban people understand and welcome the efforts of Natalee’s family to find answers.
“Anything that we can do to help Natalee’s family get results, we’re here for that,“ she says.



http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/new_witness_provides_new_hope_in_natalee_holloways _disappearance/64874/

[sarahhod]

Posted on Mon, Mar. 23, 2009

Holloway's dad says pond search may take 2 weeks

The Associated Press


ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- The father of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway said Monday that a U.S. private investigator has begun scouring a pond in Aruba for signs of his daughter and the search may take up to two weeks.
Dave Holloway said the Aruba Prosecutors' Office has asked the investigator, Fred Golba of Chicopee, Massachusetts, to not speak to reporters during his search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance.
Holloway said the tracker dog specialist will comply with the request.
Golba will be searching the pond for "10 days to two weeks maximum" in search of any answers that have eluded the family, Holloway said from his home in Meridian, Mississippi.
Golba has searched for her eight times before on the Dutch Caribbean island. Sections of the pond area have been searched previously and no evidence was ever found.
Natalee Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Alabama, was 18 when she was last seen leaving a bar in the Aruban capital on the final night of a high school graduation trip. No trace of her has turned up despite recurrent searches and extensive publicity.
Dave Holloway said a witness last year alleged that he saw the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, coming out of the brackish pond in northwest Aruba with only one sneaker on after Natalee's disappearance.
On Monday, telephone calls to the prosecutor's office went unanswered.
Aruban police referred calls regarding the Holloway case to their office.
In early January, Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office was "approaching the end of this lengthy investigation" and appealed to the public for help.


http://www.star-telegram.com/468/story/1274855.html

[LiveLaughLuv]

Hans Mos is not trustworthy IMO. Look at how he moved mountains to get ANS her residential status in Aruba..:duh:


Joran's father is a judge and IMO, an outsider needs to come in and do this investigation. I think Hans Mos will look the other way instead of truly trying to assert pressure on Joran, he is the last one with Natalee. He knows what he did with her.m

A psychopath will easily pass a LDT, with flying colors.

I truly hope they find Natalee and end this emotional rollercoaster for her family.

If Natalee is found what will become of Joran?

Too bad the undercover video of Joran and that Dutch guy where he has him on camera giving his "confession" can't be held against him. I thought for sure that would buy him a ticket in the hokey.

[LiveLaughLuv]

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s a new search today for Natalee Holloway. Again, she disappeared during a high school class trip to Aruba. That was almost four years ago, believe it or not. But her dad not giving up. Dave Holloway sent a search dog to Aruba on Friday, and today a private investigator`s checking out a retention pond.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This witness came forward and he has given his statement to the local authorities, as well as he flew to Texas and took a lie detector test, which he passed. The local authorities have checked his -- his statements, and they don`t really match what they know that Joran did that night. So although the focus is still very heavily on Joran, they don`t believe that Joran was in this particular pond.

His story is that he was awoken by dogs. He got up to see what the racket was about and he saw someone that looked very similar to Joran`s stature walking in the dark. And when he got underneath the lightpost, he could, you know, basically tell what he was wearing. He only had one shoe.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

GRACE: Aruban authorities have apparently ignored a witness that has passed two polygraphs, a witness that claims he sees a young man the night Natalee Holloway goes missing, wet from the chest down, missing a shoe. The man re-emerges later but with an older white male driving the vehicle, obviously identified as Paulus Van Der Sloot, the judge, Joran Van Der Sloot`s father.

We are taking your calls. I want to go quickly to Tracy Sargent and her dog, Cinco. She`s a K-9 handler, a search, rescue and recovery specialist. Tracy, so much time has passed since Natalee`s body was hidden somewhere on or around the island of Aruba. Is it possible for the cadaver dog, the dog searching tonight, now, right now, a new search for the body of Natalee Holloway -- is it possible this much later to find the body with a cadaver dog?

TRACY SARGENT, K-9 HANDLER: Yes, ma`am, it is. Certainly, the water recovery aspect of that search is challenging. But as long as scent is there, it`s basically impossible to hide scent from a dog. So there is a possibility that the dogs will respond to scent at that retention pond, if there is something there.

GRACE: Even under water, correct, Tracy?

SARGENT: Yes, ma`am, that is correct. And fortunately, this pond is not that deep. So that`s certainly going to help the scent conditions.

GRACE: And before your demonstration, very quickly, Tracy, what about the fact that Aruba is somewhat isolated there in the water? It is surrounded obviously by water, but very strong winds. How would that affect this much later the possibility of a cadaver dog actually hitting on Natalee`s remains?

SARGENT: Well, one advantage the searchers have is the fact that it is a pond and it`s a relatively small pond, which interestingly, contains a scent source. The wind conditions -- what will happen, handlers will approach the search area based upon wind conditions and try to get the dog where the wind is coming into the dog`s face, so if there`s any scent there, the scent will come into the dog. And that way, the handlers can see how the dogs respond to that and work the area accordingly.

GRACE: Right now, specialists called back to the island of Aruba to search, search for Natalee`s body. They`re also searching for articles of clothing, specifically a shoe belonging to judge`s son Joran Van Der Sloot.

Tracy, I believe you have a demonstration for us?

SARGENT: Yes, ma`am. What we`re going to do is we`re going to show you how the dog responds to cadaver scent. Cinco, hunt! And what he`s telling us by his trained alert -- in this case, a sit -- he`s telling us there`s human remains scent here. And this is what`s going to happen down in Aruba. If there`s human remains, the dog will do a physical response and tell the handler, Hey, you need to check this area right here.

GRACE: Tracy, what are you using tonight in studio for the dog to search for?

SARGENT: Interestingly, when you mention articles -- this is a piece of article that has been removed from a body bag, from a decomposing body. So there is human remains scent in this container that the dog is responding to.

GRACE: So that`s a piece of the body bag?

SARGENT: No, it is a piece of sheet that the body was in, and that sheet was inside of a body bag.

GRACE: Pretty impressive, Tracy Sargent and Cinco.

We`re take your calls. To Joanne in Florida. Hi, Joanne.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, Nancy. I just want to say thank you. I think you`re a great champion of victims` rights. And without you, I don`t know where a lot of victims would be.

GRACE: Thank you. Thank you. What`s your question, dear?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, my question is the Holloway family, what they`ve gone through and what they`ve endured. Are they home waiting for, you know, some sort of closure, justice?

GRACE: Good question. Susan Candiotti, CNN correspondent on the case since the very beginning, where is the family, if we know?

CANDIOTTI: Well, I`m not certain. I know that Dave Holloway decided not to accompany this gentleman with the cadaver dog who`s gone down to the island again and is waiting to see what he comes up with before, evidently, he wants to speak more publicly about this.

I want to say that the prosecutor`s office told me today they are not disregarding what this man said, but they felt as though since they had already examined the pond before, that they have included this man`s...

GRACE: Really?

CANDIOTTI: ... information, they did interview him...

GRACE: Susan? Susan?

CANDIOTTI: ... and included it in their report...

GRACE: Susan, before we go to break...

CANDIOTTI: Yes?

GRACE: ... what type of examination did they do of the pond, the Aruban government?

CANDIOTTI: They told me that they went through -- a search of the pond, draining it and looking through it.

GRACE: It`s my understanding that they drained...

CANDIOTTI: I`m not sure, actually -- let me take that back. I`m not sure if they drained it.

GRACE: They drained...

CANDIOTTI: But they said that they searched the pond.

GRACE: ... a different pond. This pond has not been drained.

Everyone, right now, cadaver dogs there in Aruba searching for Natalee Holloway`s body.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He`s hurt us tremendously, other families tremendously, and some innocent people of Aruba. He has no remorse, no -- total disregard for anyone else except for himself.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRACE: Breaking news tonight in Aruba. Cadaver dogs and searchers searching again for the body of Natalee Holloway. Just when so many people had given up on justice in the Natalee Holloway disappearance, now is there a break in the case?

Back to Jossy Mansur, owner of "Diario" magazine. Jossy, our very first caller tonight, Adelaide in Washington, wanted to know was there some type of cover-up? Because all the evidence clearly indicates Joran Van Der Sloot`s involvement in her disappearance, yet nothing has been done.

MANSUR: Well, I think that from the beginning, there was some kind of a hush on the case. There was some kind of an attempt to let this Joran Van Der Sloot off scot-free. And we`ve seen it grow as the investigation goes on. And I believe that there was a cover-up.

GRACE: Jossy, has this pond ever been drained?

MANSUR: No, this pond was never drained. The pond across the street from the Marriott Hotel was drained. This pond was searched superficially in the past.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TWITTY: They have really had just such a botched investigation from the beginning. And whether that was due to incompetence or corruption or cover-up, I mean, we don`t know.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0903/23/ng.01.html

[sarahhod]

Published: March 24, 2009 10:44 am

(10:50 a.m.) Natalee Holloway update
Holloway trying to cover all the possibilities

By Brian Livingston

blivingston@themeridianstar.com

Dave Holloway, the father of missing teenager Natalee Holloway who disappeared four years ago while on a senior trip to Aruba, said this morning he really doesn't think his daughter's body will be found during this latest search.

But he didn't want to spend the rest of his life wondering, "What if", either.

"The guy whose claims prompted this latest search at the pond has been bugging me for some time," said Holloway of Meridian. "He is convinced he saw something and he passed not one but two polygraph tests conducted by reputable technicians. Now, I'm not really sure just how accurate polygraph tests are but I kept thinking what if he is right. I just couldn't see any reason why he would lie about what he believed he saw."

The latest search is centered around a water run-off retaining pond on the island. Aruban police say previous searches of the marshy area have turned up nothing. Holloway admitted all indications have pointed to the ocean as to where his daughter's body is likely located. But the little bit of doubt placed in his head by this "witness" gave Holloway pause.

Holloway contracted a tracker dog specialist to begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance early Monday. Nothing was found during Monday's search.

Natalee Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Ala., was 18 when she was last seen in May 2005 in the Aruban capital Oranjestad on the final night of a high school graduation trip. She reportedly left a bar with Dutch man Joran van der Sloot. No trace of her has been found despite extensive searches involving hundreds of volunteers, Aruban soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets with special equipment.

http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_083114849.html

[Nysa]

I feel so bad for Dave and the rest of the family. Dave and I live in the same town, and work in the same industry. This is such a sad story :( I hope they find her.

[emmeblu]

:1222423: Natalee Holloway

I really had high hopes that Natalee's remains would be found this time.
Dave Holloway and Beth Twitty have both worked tirelessly to find their daughter. I cannot imagine their pain. Praying they are able to find some measure of peace in the days to come.:1222423:

[sarahhod]

Natalee Holloway update: potential problems for search parties bound for Aruba

By Jen Hale (jhale@wvtm.com)
Reporter and weekend anchor
Published: March 25, 2009


Tensions are building between two search parties involved in the search for missing Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway.
Right now, private investigator Fred Golba is currently in Aruba, searching a retention pond.
Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch are planning a deep water search on the ocean floor in the next few months.
They’ve raised $1.5 million dollars to go back to Aruba to finish a search that began last March, then stalled when funding ran out.
Underwater rovers will inspect suspicious containers on the ocean bottom that could hold Natalee’s remains.
“We still have 140 plus targets over there. We’re going to be bringing in a 360 ft boat from Trinidad,“ says Miller.
But Miller is worried Fred Golba is damaging relationships with Aruba’s government—- possibly for all future search parties - because he allegedly isn’t following Aruba’s rules.
Golba allegedly did not get permission beforehand from Aruba before arriving on the island for his current search. Plus, Aruban officials learned about it through the media.
“When people do this, and take off over there like a Rambo, how in the world can we expect to get any future cooperation from the Aruban authorities?“ wonders Miller.
Miller doesn’t think there’s much chance Natalee’s remains are in the pond Golba plans to spend the next two weeks searching. He also doesn’t think much of Golba’s efforts.
“All he’s doing - and Nancy Grace is letting him do it - is turning Natalee’s disappearance into entertainment. This is just putting on a show as far as I’m concerned and ruining relationships we do have with authorities in Aruba,“ warns Miller.
But some Aruban insiders says - although there were tensions when Golba first arrived - he and government officials have now worked everything out.
These insiders say relationships are good on all sides and that the Aruban government is helping Golba however it can, including arranging for a car for Golba and his cadaver dog.
Fred Golba arrived in Aruba last Friday and planned to start searching Saturday.
However, Golba wasn’t allowed to begin until he met with government officials Monday to explain his plan and issue a promise not to talk to the media.
For that reason, NBC 13 has not been able to ask Golba about Miller’s concerns.



http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/natalee_holloway_update_potential_problems_for_sea rch_parties_bound_for_aru/65265/

[sarahhod]

US investigator will continue search for Holloway


ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — An Aruban official says a private investigator will continue scouring a pond for signs of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, even though he has not found any clues into her 2005 disappearance.
Ruben Croes, president of the Aruba Search and Rescue Foundation, said investigator Fred Golba told him Tuesday that he "hasn't found anything of interest" in the drained pond and plans to search for another week.
Aruban volunteers are aiding the investigator as he searches the pond that witnesses previously identified as a possible location for her remains.
Golba was hired by Holloway's father to search the pond even though it has been scoured before.
Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Alabama, vanished here in May 2005.


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