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Aruba May Bust Holloway Suspect Again

Dutch teen claims he lied about dumping her body after sex

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2008 11:04 PM CST
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(Newser) – Aruban police may rearrest a Dutch teen after he admitted on camera to dumping the body of Natalee Holloway, CNN reports. Joran Van der Sloot claimed today that his confession was a lie, but Aruba's main public prosecutor has reopened his probe and awaits a judge's ruling on the arrest this weekend. Officials had closed the case for lack evidence until a Dutch reporter showed them the video.

The interview, to be aired on ABC Monday night, reportedly shows Van der Sloot saying he dumped Holloway's body with a friend after having sex with her. "It is true I told someone. Everybody will see it Sunday" on Dutch television, Van der Sloot said of the video. "That is what he wanted to hear, so I told him what he wanted to hear."

Joran van der Sloot, center, one of the last people to see missing American teen Natalee Holloway before her 2005 disappearance, is pictured in the early hours of Friday Feb. 1, 2008, at a night club in Arnhem, central Netherlands. Van der Sloot, who has in the past been detained...
Joran van der Sloot, center, one of the last people to see missing American teen Natalee Holloway before her 2005 disappearance, is pictured in the early hours of Friday Feb. 1, 2008, at a night club...   (Associated Press)
Paulus van der Sloot, forensic scientist Michael Archer, Anita van der Sloot and attorney Joseph Tacopina are seen early Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, before the release of Joran van der Sloot, in Oranjestad, Aruba. A judge in Aruba ordered the release Friday of the last of three suspects re-arrested last...
Paulus van der Sloot, forensic scientist Michael Archer, Anita van der Sloot and attorney Joseph Tacopina are seen early Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, before the release of Joran van der Sloot, in Oranjestad,...   (Associated Press)
Paulus van der Sloot, right, greets his son Joran, as Anita van der Sloot looks on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, in Oranjestad, Aruba, during Joran's release from jail. A judge in Aruba ordered the release Friday of the last of three suspects re-arrested last month in the disappearance of American...
Paulus van der Sloot, right, greets his son Joran, as Anita van der Sloot looks on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, in Oranjestad, Aruba, during Joran's release from jail. A judge in Aruba ordered the release Friday...   (Associated Press)
A missing poster for Natalee Holloway, a high school graduate of Mountain Brook, Alabama, who disappeared while on a graduation trip to Aruba on May 30, 2005, is seen on Palm Beach, Aruba, in this June 10, 2005 file photo. A renewed investigation into her disappearance has revived her family's...
A missing poster for Natalee Holloway, a high school graduate of Mountain Brook, Alabama, who disappeared while on a graduation trip to Aruba on May 30, 2005, is seen on Palm Beach, Aruba, in this June...   (Associated Press)
This poster which was prepared and released by the Holloway family after their daughter Natalee went missing is seen in this image originally made available by the Holloway family Friday, June 3, 2005. Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, were arrested Wednesday,...
This poster which was prepared and released by the Holloway family after their daughter Natalee went missing is seen in this image originally made available by the Holloway family Friday, June 3, 2005....   (Associated Press)
Joran van der Sloot, right, sits in a car with his father, Paulus Van Der Sloot, after Joran was released from custody near Oranjestad, Aruba, in this Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, file photo. Aruban prosecutors said Friday that they are reopening their investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee...
Joran van der Sloot, right, sits in a car with his father, Paulus Van Der Sloot, after Joran was released from custody near Oranjestad, Aruba, in this Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, file photo. Aruban prosecutors...   (Associated Press)
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