Is a Bone Fragment Found on a Beach in Aruba the Key to Solving the Natalee Holloway Case?
The fragment found, a jaw bone, was quickly determined to be that of a young caucasian female because of specific anthropological evidence, and was sent to the Netherlands Forensic Institute for further testing and identification. A representative said results of the testing will be announced, but didn't give a timetable. It is possible however, that investigators will know as early as today if the bone belongs to missing American, Natalee Holloway.
Holloway disappeared five years ago on a trip with friends to the island, and the last person to see her alive, Joran Van der Sloot, has been under suspicion ever since. He has given several different recollections of the night Holloway disappeared, and even gave a Dutch journalist a controversial taped confession.
On the fifth anniversary of Holloway's disappearance, Van der Sloot is accused of killing Stephany Flores in a Peruvian hotel. He is currently being detained in a Peruvian jail awaiting trial for her murder. He was also charged in the United Stated for extortion after requesting payment from Holloway's mother Beth, for information on the whereabouts of her daughter.
Great guy, huh.
The bone was found near the Phoenix hotel in one of several locations Vandersloot has mentioned in his many stories. Experts will test to confirm that the bone is human, and then match it up against the DNA of Natalee Holloway.
While I've always hoped Natalee was alive somewhere and needed to be found. It's just too hard to accept that a sleaze like Joran Van der Sloot could be responsible for her death. But for her family's sake, I do hope this gives them the answers they have been so desperate for. I couldn't imagine not knowing what happened to my daughter, and never getting to say good bye.
If the bone does in fact, belong to Holloway, the issue then becomes what to do about Van der Sloot. Many are concerned about him being imprisoned in Aruba because of his family's connections and the ease with which he might escape custody. Many want him to spend his days in the Peruvian prison system because it is the least comfortable of the three countries where he could stand trial.
Nonetheless, even with answers, this story ends tragically for the Holloway family.
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