NATALEE HOLLOWAY - 19 yo (2005) - Mountain Brook AL/Aruba

jawbone found - netherlands testing it

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FBI: Aruba studying missing teen's dental records

By DANICA COTO - Nov 19, 2010 12:15 PM GMT+1300Thu Nov 18 23:15:05 GMT 2010
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dutch authorities are reviewing the dental records of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway as they analyze a jawbone with a tooth in it that was found in Aruba last week, the FBI told The Associated Press on Thursday. The girl's father, Dave Holloway, said earlier that he provided the records but added that he had received no new official information on the investigation on the Dutch island in the Caribbean. "The authorities haven't confirmed anything with me," he told the AP in a telephone interview. "It's pretty much total silence." Paul Daymond, an FBI spokesman in Birmingham, Alabama, said the agency sent some records electronically Wednesday and shipped the remaining dental impressions. It is unclear when those would arrive. A tourist found a jawbone last Friday and took it to the front desk of the Phoenix Hotel, said Ann Angela, spokeswoman for the Aruba prosecutor's office. It was then sent to the Netherlands for analysis, though there has been no announcement on whether the bone is human. "If it turns out to be a human bone, the investigation will continue," Angela said. "We cannot say when the results will be in." A forensic scientist in Aruba, however, has said that the bone is from a human female, Dave Holloway told the AP. Holloway said he received the information from a friend who spoke to the scientist. He did not identify either the friend or the scientist, and did not say whether the scientist is involved in the investigation or otherwise is in a position to know details of the case. Natalee Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was 18 when she disappeared while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. She was last seen leaving a bar with Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in her disappearance, on the final night of her trip. Aruba prosecutors have repeatedly said they lack evidence to charge Van der Sloot, who is currently in jail in Peru acused of killing a 21-year-old woman last May 30 — five years to the day after Holloway's disappearance. The search for Holloway has seen numerous possible leads that turned into dead ends. Earlier this year, police conducted an underwater search expedition after a couple from Pennsylvania took a picture of what they thought might have been a skull and bones. Divers found nothing but rocks and coral.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-18/fbi-aruba-studying-missing-teen-s-dental-records.html

Jawbone analysis results to be announced Tuesday in Holloway investigation
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 2:20 PM EST Updated: Nov 22, 2010 3:20 PM EST
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ARUBA (WBRC) - The results of the forensic analysis on a jawbone found this month in Aruba will be announced Tuesday. This may potentially provide the first piece of concrete evidence in the death of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway.

Dutch forensic experts at the Hague have been comparing the bone to Holloway's dental records since it was found on the island on November 12th.

Holloway disappeared during a high school trip to Aruba in 2005 and her remains have never been found, despite extensive police searches.
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jawbone doesn't belong to natalee

Oranjestad, Aruba (CNN) -- Part of a jawbone with a tooth attached, found earlier this month on an Aruban beach does not belong to Natalee Holloway, an Alabama teenager last seen on the island in 2005, Aruban prosecutors said Tuesday.

Part of a jawbone with a tooth was found earlier this month by an American tourist near the Phoenix Hotel, a resort on the western side of the island, Aruban prosecutor Peter Blanken said.

The bone's discovery triggered the investigation into whether it belonged to Holloway, who was 18 when last seen.

The bone is human, said the Aruban Public Prosecutor's Office. But when compared to Holloway's dental records, sent to the forensic institute last week, testing "excludes the possibility that the bone material found in Aruba is that of Natalee Holloway."

Investigators tested the bone at the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, Netherlands. Their job was to determine whether it was a human or animal bone and -- if it proved to be human -- figure out who it belonged to.
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Joran van der Sloot could serve part of his sentence in the Netherlands if he is convicted of murdering Stephany Flores.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Under an agreement signed Thursday, Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot could serve part of his sentence in the Netherlands if he is convicted of the murder of Peruvian Stephany Flores.
The foreign ministers of the two countries agreed that Dutch prisoners in Peru and Peruvians jailed in the Netherlands can apply to complete their prison terms in their homeland once their appeal process has been completed.
Peruvian prisons now hold 117 Dutch citizens, mostly serving time for drugs offenses. It was not immediately clear how many Peruvians are in Dutch jails.
Van der Sloot is awaiting trial on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of 21-year-old student Stephany Flores on May 30, 2010.
Van der Sloot, 24, also is the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba.
Flores was killed five years to the day after Holloway disappeared. Her body was found in van der Sloot's Lima hotel room, and a coroner's report said she had been bludgeoned and asphyxiated.
Under the accord, if a prisoner received a longer sentence in Peru than the maximum under Dutch law, the sentence would be reduced, the Dutch ministry said. But each country has the right to deny the prisoner's transfer request.
The deal signed must be approved by both countries' parliaments.

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Joran Van Der Sloot Expected To Enter Plea: Murder Trial (LIVE UPDATES)
Updated: 1/11/12 08:45 AM ET

Joran van der Sloot is expected to enter a plea today in Peru on charges that he killed Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel room in 2010.

The trial began Friday amid heightened expectations that van der Sloot -- who is also the lone suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba -- would plead guilty to killing Flores to avoid the more serious charge that he committed a premeditated homicide.

But after a hearing before three female judges and no jury in which the prosecution laid out its allegation against van der Sloot, the Dutch national instead requested and received more time to decide his plea. The trial resume today at 10 a.m. ET.

Prosecutors say that van der Sloot, 24, killed Flores, a 21-year-old Peruvian business student, in his hotel room after the two met while gambling in a casino on May 30, 2010 -- exactly five years after American teenager Holloway disappeared on Aruba. Flores' body was found on June 2 and van der Sloot was soon arrested, having crossed the border into Chile. Prosecutors say he tried to cover up the crime while stealing Flores' bank cards and cash.

Van der Sloot admitted to killing Flores in a videotaped confession. He said he flew into a rage and broke Flores' neck when she allegedly used his laptop to research his role in the Holloway case.

If convicted of "qualified murder" and robbery, van der Sloot faces 30 years behind bars.

His defense attorney Jose Luis Jimenez, says his client was in a fragile mental state from years of being labeled a killer in the international press. Jimenez hopes to reduce the charges from first-degree homicide to manslaughter.

If van der Sloot enters a guilty plea on Wednesday, the sentencing phase would begin immediately, according to CNN. If he pleads not guilty, the trial continues.

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An Alabama judge has scheduled a hearing in Birmingham on whether to sign a court order declaring Natalee Holloway dead more than six years after the 18-year-old woman disappeared in Aruba.Thursday afternoon's hearing was scheduled before a suspect questioned in Holloway's disappearance, Joran van der Sloot, decided to plead guilty Wednesday to killing a young woman in Peru.
Probate Judge Alan King is hearing a request by Holloway's father to have her declared dead. The judge ruled in September that Dave Holloway had met the legal presumption of death for his daughter and it was up to someone to prove she didn't die in Aruba. He set the hearing Thursday to allow time for anyone to come forward.




The father's attorney, Mark White, says no new evidence has emerged.

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A judge signed an order Thursday declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the American teenager disappeared on the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Judge Alan King signed the order at the end of a hearing in a Birmingham courtroom that was attended by the missing woman's divorced parents, David and Beth Holloway.

David Holloway told the judge in September he believed his daughter had died and he wanted to stop payments on her medical insurance and use her $2,000 college fund to help her younger brother. Thursday's hearing was scheduled before a suspect questioned in Holloway's disappearance, Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Peru to the 2010 murder of a woman in Lima.


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Natalee Holloway disappeared on a high school graduation trip to Aruba on May 30, 2005. The 18-year-old was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot early that day. Her body was never found and the case garnered intense media scrutiny and international attention.

King acted on a petition by David Holloway to have the missing 18-year-old declared dead.

The teen's mother originally objected, but her lawyer, Charlie DeBardeleben, said she subsequently changed her mind once she understood her husband's intentions. Natalee Holloway's parents were divorced in 1993 and Beth Holloway sat in the back row of the courtroom, mostly staring at her hands in her lap during the hearing Thursday afternoon.

She declined comment, but her attorney said, "She's ready to move on from this."

Mark White, an attorney for Dave Holoway, told the judge just before he announced his decision, that there was no evidence that Holloway was alive.

"Despite all that no evidence has been found Natalee Holloway is alive," he told the judge, noting that exhaustive searches, blanket international media coverage and even the offer of rewards had turned up nothing new.

King had ruled in September that Dave Holloway had met the legal presumption of death for his daughter and it was up to someone to prove she didn't die on a high school graduation trip. He had set the hearing now to allow some months for anyone to come forward.

Dave Holloway said he had expected to hear the judge would declare his daughter dead because he had no doubt about that.

"We've been dealing with her death for the last six and a half years," he said.

He added that the judge's order closes one chapter in a long story, but added: "We've still got a long way to go to get justice.

Authorities have long worked from the assumption that the young woman was dead in Aruba, where the case was officially classified as a homicide investigation.

That investigation remains open, though there has been no recent activity, said Solicitor General Taco Stein, an official with the prosecutor's office on the Dutch Caribbean island.

"The team that was acting in that investigation still is functioning as a team and they get together whenever there is information or things are needed in the case or a new tip arrives," Stein said in a phone interview Thursday.

In Peru, Van der Sloot, 24, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the murder of a 21-year-old woman he met at a Lima casino. Stephany Flores was killed five years to the day after Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old from the wealthy Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook, disappeared. She was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot.

Shortly after Flores' death on May 30, 2010, van der Sloot told police he killed the woman in Peru in a fit of rage after she discovered on his laptop his connection to the disappearance of Holloway. Police forensic experts disputed the claim.

Dave Holloway said he hopes van der Sloot gets the 30-year sentence sought by Peruvian prosecutors.

"Everybody knows his personality. I believe he is beyond rehabilitation," Holloway said.

Attorneys said both parents said they hope van der Sloot's next stop is Birmingham, where he faces federal charges accusing him of extorting $25,000 from Beth Holloway to reveal the location of her daughter's body. Prosecutors said the money was paid, but nothing was disclosed about the missing woman's whereabouts.

"I expect to see him in Birmingham," Dave Holloway said.



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Peru Considers Extraditing Joran Van der Sloot


Published April 24, 2012

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Peru is evaluating a U.S. extradition request for jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, according to his attorney.

Van der Sloot is the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. He is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for killing a woman he met in a Lima casino.

The 24-year-old also faces extortion charges in Alabama for allegedly receiving $25,000 from Holloway's mother to tell her where to find the remains of her daughter, who was 18 when she disappeared while on vacation.

Attorney Máximo Altez said Monday the U.S. extradition request "is in the process of being evaluated" by Peruvian authorities.

The lawyer says his client fears extradition because U.S. prisons have a reputation for being "very hard" on inmates.

Altez told Peruvian daily El Comercio he believed that Van der Sloot had appealed his sentence. Once that process resolved, Altez said, his client would most likely be extradited to the United States to be tried and would return to Peru to serve the remainder of his sentence.


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