Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
[15] On October 18, van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the extortion charges and confessed to killing Holloway by blunt force trauma after she rejected his sexual advances.[22] At the time of their daughter's disappearance, Dave Holloway was an insurance agent for State Farm in Meridian, Mississippi, while Beth Twitty was employed by the Mountain Brook School System."[45] On June 5, Aruban police detained Nick John and Abraham Jones, former security guards[46] from the nearby Allegro Hotel[8] (which was then closed for renovation)[47] on suspicion of murder and kidnapping.[29] He stated that close observation of the three men began three days after Holloway was reported missing, and the investigation included surveillance, telephone wiretaps and even monitoring of their e-mail.[29] As the investigation continued, David Cruz — spokesman for the Aruban Minister of Justice — falsely indicated on June 11 that Holloway was dead and that authorities knew the location of her body.[54] The next morning, prosecution spokeswoman Vivian van der Biezen refused to confirm or deny the allegation, simply stating that the investigation was at a "very crucial, very important moment".[58] After a local gardener[59] came forward with information, a small pond near the Aruba Racquet Club, close to the Marriott Hotel beach, was partly drained between July 27 and 30, 2005.[74] On January 17, Aruban police searched for Holloway's body in sand dunes on the northwest coast of Aruba, as well as areas close by the Marriott Hotel beach.[29] Shortly before leaving the case, Dompig gave an interview to CBS News in which he stated that he believed Holloway was not murdered but probably died from alcohol and/or drug poisoning, and that someone later hid her body.[89] According to Jossy Mansur, managing editor of Aruba's Diario newspaper, investigators were following up on statements made during early suspect interrogations regarding communications between the Kalpoe brothers and van der Sloot."[93][94] Citing what was described as newly discovered evidence, Aruban investigators rearrested van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers on November 21, 2007, on suspicion of involvement in "manslaughter and causing serious bodily harm that resulted in the death of Holloway.[100] The prosecution appealed their release, which was denied on December 5, with the court writing, "Notwithstanding expensive and lengthy investigations on her disappearance and on people who could be involved, the file against the suspect does not contain direct indications that Natalee passed away due to a violent crime.[103][104] The prosecution indicated a continuing interest in van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers (though they legally ceased to be suspects) and alleged that one of the three, in a chatroom message, had stated that Holloway was dead.According to Dutch news service ANP, van der Eem, who had already signed a book deal, "was furious" after learning of the taping and "threatened" the interviewer, who sought legal advice."[124] In March 2010, underwater searches were conducted by Aruban authorities after an American couple reported[125] that they were snorkeling when they photographed what they thought might be human skeletal remains, possibly those of Holloway.[126] On March 29, 2010, van der Sloot contacted John Q. Kelly, Beth Twitty's legal representative, with an offer to reveal the location of Holloway's body and the circumstances surrounding her death, if he were given advance of US$25,000 against a total of $250,000.[140] On June 7, Peruvian authorities said that van der Sloot confessed to killing Flores after he lost his temper because she accessed his laptop without permission and found information linking him to Holloway.[145] In a September 2010 interview from the prison, van der Sloot reportedly admitted to the extortion plot, stating: "I wanted to get back at Natalee's family—her parents have been making my life tough for five years.[149] A hearing was held on September 23, 2011, at which time Probate Judge Alan King ruled that Dave Holloway had met the requirements for a legal presumption of death.[152][153] On November 23, 2010, Aruba Solicitor-General Taco Stein announced that based on dental records, the jawbone was not of Holloway, and it was not even possible to determine whether it had come from a man or woman.In February 2018, Elizabeth Holloway sued the producers, alleging this and other claims are fictional and harmfully lurid, and that she was misled into providing a DNA sample for comparison without being made aware of plans for a show.[26] In televised interviews and in a book, Beth Twitty alleged that van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers knew more about Holloway's disappearance than they have told authorities and that at least one of them sexually assaulted or raped her daughter.Following the airing of the De Vries programme on Dutch television, Twitty adhered to the position that the tapes represented the way events transpired and told the New York Post that she believed her daughter might still be alive if van der Sloot had called for help.[169] After the court decision not to rearrest Van der Sloot was affirmed, Twitty stated, "I think that what I do take comfort in, his life is a living hell,"[170] later adding, "I'd be good with a Midnight Express prison anywhere for Joran.[180] An unofficial Aruban-affiliated spokesperson and commentator on the case said that the uncut videotape showed that Kalpoe had shaken his head and said, "No, she didn't", thereby denying that Holloway had sex with him and the other two men.According to an MSNBC report, the crucial words are inaudible, and presenter Rita Cosby questioned if it could be substantiated that Kalpoe had ever made the statements attributed to him in the Dr. Phil version of the recording.According to Renfro, she and another American went to a drug house where Holloway supposedly was, bringing money, but found that Jug Twitty had already been to the area, spreading "a lot of uproar and panic in the direct vicinity", and nothing could be accomplished.[199] Early in the case, political commentator and columnist Arianna Huffington wrote, "If you were to get your news only from television, you'd think the top issue facing our country right now is an 18-year-old girl named Natalee who went missing in Aruba.[70] Dave Holloway stated in his book: Hurricane Katrina had left the door open for the boys to be sent on their way with little publicity and few restrictions because it took the world's focus off of Natalee, but only for a brief time.The huge amount of publicity had waned and, during that time of quiet for us, Joran and the Kalpoe brothers were sent home ... All of the news shows that had followed our every move only a day before had now become fixated on the next big ratings grabber: the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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