Dutch man admits selling American teen on Aruba in 2005, then switches stories
Radio Free Netherlands Nov 25, 08 1:25 PM CST
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After claiming—then denying—he dumped Natalee Holloway’s body in the Caribbean, Joran van der Sloot confessed to Fox News he watched her being hauled away on a vessel after selling the drunk teen in 2005 to a Venezuelan man seeking “a blonde girl.” The interview, which aired yesterday, went sour, and van der Sloot later told the network he made the story up.
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Alabama teenager disappeared in Aruba; witnesses emerge
CNN Nov 18, 08 6:15 PM CST
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Authorities in Aruba say they have new leads in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway that could lead to an arrest before the end of the year, CNN reports. Dutch student Joran van der Sloot remains the prime suspect. A new witness says she saw van der Sloot and his father near a pond the night Holloway disappeared. And one of van der Sloot's former girlfriends says he made suspicious comments about the case.
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Holloway, Levy cases among high-profile whodunits for students
CNN Jun 11, 08 6:22 PM CDT
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A college club is using cold cases to instruct criminal-justice students in techniques of investigation—and perhaps uncover that crucial piece of evidence missed by police, CNN reports. The Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, counting students at three Southern schools, uses high-profile cases like Natalee Holloway and Chandra Levy, to bring “textbooks to life,” in the words of founder Sheryl McCollum.
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Van der Sloot says he was stoned during taped confession
ABC News Feb 9, 08 1:54 PM CST
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Joran Van der Sloot, the elusive top suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, told Dutch police he was stoned when he confessed to a reporter that he was involved in her death, reports ABC News. Police picked him up for questioning after the apparent confession was caught on a hidden camera and shown on 20/20 last week. Aruban prosecutors said he steadfastly disavowed the confession and said he'd been smoking pot at the time.
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Prime suspect says friend dumped body
ABC News Feb 5, 08 10:14 AM CST
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A man linked to the death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway denies having anything to do with disposing her body, reports ABC News. Suspect Joren Van der Sloot told a Dutch journalist on a hidden camera that his friend dumped Holloway's body in the waters off Aruba. He "put me in trouble for nothing," said Van der Sloot's angry Aruban buddy.
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Undercover confession video isn't enough; prosecutors will appeal
ABC News Feb 4, 08 4:47 PM CST
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Dutch police searched the home of Joran van der Sloot today, a day after Dutch TV broadcast his video confession that he dumped Natalee Holloway's body, but a judge in Aruba denied police a new arrest warrant, ABC News reports. The judge "put the threshold very, very high because, he said, this is the third time you have asked me for a rearrest,'' said chief prosecutor Hans Moss.
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Dutch teen claims
he lied about dumping her body after sex
CNN Feb 1, 08 11:04 PM CST
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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.
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Aruba prosecutor reopens case of
missing Alabama teen
ABC News Feb 1, 08 5:44 AM CST
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Aruba's chief prosecutor has reopened the case of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway after seeing new evidence uncovered by a Dutch journalist, ABC News reports. The high school student vanished in 2005 during a graduation trip with her class. Her body wasn't found and investigators failed to find any evidence against the last three men seen with her. Now, reporter Peter De Vries says he used hidden cameras to find new evidence.
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Still not enough to hold anyone, judge ruled
CNN Dec 21, 07 5:00 AM CST
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Though the case has been closed in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, one of the men detained in her suspected murder wrote in an internet chat room that she was dead shortly after she vanished, an Aruba prosecutor has revealed. That evidence was used last month to rearrest three suspects in the Alabama high school student's disappearance. But a judge ruled it was not enough to hold them, CNN reports.
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Aruba police admit
they have nothing against 3 suspects
CNN Dec 18, 07 3:38 PM CST
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After arresting and releasing the same three suspects twice, authorities in Aruba admitted today they have no case in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. A Dutch 20-year-old, Joran Van der Sloot, and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, 20 and 21, were arrested first in 2005 and then again last month, when police said they had "new evidence."
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Lack of new evidence spells doom for prosecutors' argument
CNN Dec 7, 07 4:06 PM CST
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A judge in Aruba today freed the last suspect jailed in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, telling prosecutors they had no case. Jordan Van der Sloot walked free days after his two fellow suspects, CNN reports. Police re-arrested all three last month after prosecutors claimed to have new evidence related to Holloway's 2005 disappearance. Chances of a trial now appear bleak.
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Judge rules insufficient evidence to detain suspects
CNN Dec 2, 07 11:50 AM CST
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The two brothers arrested a third time last week in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway walked free yesterday in Aruba, CNN reports. A judge ordered Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, who are from Suriname, to be released after deciding the evidence presented against them did not merit pretrial detention. A third man, Joran van der Sloot, is still being held.
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Release follows Kalpoe brothers' third arrest
Associated Press Nov 30, 07 4:56 PM CST
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Brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, arrested as suspects in the kidnapping of Natalee Holloway, will be freed this weekend after what prosecutors called "new incriminating evidence" failed to solidify the case. It's the third time the brothers have been arrested and let go since Holloway disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005, the AP reports.
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Attorney says jail restrictions 'like
Nazi Germany'
CNN Nov 28, 07 3:03 AM CST
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One of the three men arrested in the Natalee Holloway murder case is complaining about his treatment in an Aruban jail. Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot, 20, is not allowed newspapers or magazines—not even the Bible—and no visits from his family, CNN reports. "These are tactics reminiscent of Nazi Germany," said his US lawyer.
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Men were the last seen with missing American student in Aruba
Associated Press Nov 21, 07 3:42 PM CST
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The last three people seen with missing American teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared on a graduation trip to Aruba in 2005, were arrested again today on suspicion of manslaughter. Dutch teen Joran van der Sloot was detained in the Netherlands, where he attends university, the AP reports; he’s expected to be extradited to Aruba. Surinamese brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were arrested on the Caribbean island.
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Parents in tabloid tragedies now an
item, Fox reports
Fox News Jun 4, 07 5:08 PM CDT
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The father of slain pre-teen beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is dating the mother of missing Aruba tourist Natalee Holloway. Fox News broke the romance today, offering its detail-hungry viewers only that the bereaved pair met at a fundraiser and have "been spotted openly holding hands and kissing" in Alabama.
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