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Title: Natalee Holloway's father discovers human remains in Aruba: 'I was shocked'
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URL Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/na ... mck?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
Published: Aug 16, 2017
Author: Scott Stump
Post Date: 2017-08-16 22:05:20 by BTP Holdings
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Comments: 6

Natalee Holloway's father discovers human remains in Aruba: 'I was shocked'

TODAY

Scott Stump

10 hrs ago

© TODAY Natalee Holloway's disappearance still unsolved after 10 years Twelve years after Natalee Holloway's disappearance on a graduation trip to Aruba, her father is hoping a recent discovery will yield a major break in the case of what happened to his daughter.

Dave Holloway and private investigator T.J. Ward announced on TODAY Wednesday that an 18-month investigation has led them to discover human remains that are being DNA tested to confirm if they are Natalee's.

"When we determined these remains were human, I was shocked,'' Holloway told Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie. "I know there's a possibility this could be someone else, and I'm just trying to wait and see."

In May 2005, Holloway vanished on a trip with friends following her graduation from an Alabama high school in a disappearance that remains an unsolved mystery. No one has ever been charged in her disappearance.

The Dutch man Natalee was last seen with outside a popular tourist bar, Joran van der Sloot, is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for killing business student Stephany Flores. She died on the fifth anniversary of Holloway's disappearance in 2010.

An informant known as "Gabriel" put Ward and Holloway in contact with a man they claim had direct knowledge of Natalee's disappearance.

"We have a person who states he was directly involved with Joran van der Sloot in disposing of Natalee's remains,'' Holloway said. "I thought, you know, there may be something to this."

Ward and Holloway are featured in a new Oxygen series premiering on Saturday night called "The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway," which follows their search to find out what happened.

"We've chased a lot of leads and this one is by far the most credible lead I've seen in the last 12 years,'' Holloway said.

The men have been back and forth to an unspecified location behind a house in Aruba that was provided to them by the informant, ultimately digging up remains that were found to be human after they were tested. The DNA test will take several weeks to a month to determine if they are Natalee's remains, Holloway said.

A year after Natalee's mother said on TODAY that "justice has not been served" in Natalee's death, her father is hoping for some closure if the remains are determined to be his daughter.

"It would finally be the end,'' he said.


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They need closure in this case.

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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

They know who killed her,and I know for a fact he is in a South American prison and now that his father (a prominent judge) has died,he is unlikely to ever get free to stand trial for her mudrer.

Especially since I have read he know has AIDS from being raped while in prison.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.

sneakypete  posted on  2017-08-17   15:22:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: sneakypete (#1)

Paybacks come in many forms and they are always a bitch. LOL

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-08-17   15:34:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BTP Holdings (#2)

Paybacks come in many forms and they are always a bitch. LOL

Yup,but I do understand the "closure thing". Having someone actually found guilty in a court of law for murdering her allows you to mentally "close a door" that needs to be closed so you can start healing.

Just believing you know who did it and knowing they are in prison for murdering someone else just ain't good enough.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.

sneakypete  posted on  2017-08-18   15:03:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: sneakypete (#3) (Edited)

Having someone actually found guilty in a court of law for murdering her allows you to mentally "close a door" that needs to be closed so you can start healing.

Oh, yes. There are a lot of doors that keep opening for me considering the meningitis which caused me to lose much of my memory. Closing some of them will allow me to continue forward in making a new life for myself, even at 62 years. Some of my memory is returning, but slowly. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-08-18   18:50:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: BTP Holdings (#4)

Closing some of them will allow me to continue forward in making a new life for myself, even at 62 years.

It sounds trite,but that doesn't mean it isn't true. Every day you wake up is the beginning of a new life. It's up to you to make the most of it.

Some of my memory is returning, but slowly. ;)

Don't focus so much on your old memories that you don't have the time to make new ones.

I had amnesia once for a number of months from a motorcycle accident. This was 50 years ago and I'm still not what I was and will never again be what I was,but like Popeye,"I yam what I yam" and it's up to me to make the most of it.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.

sneakypete  posted on  2017-08-18   21:41:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: sneakypete (#5)

Don't focus so much on your old memories that you don't have the time to make new ones.

I make new memories all the time, but recalling the good old days is something I am starting to do more often. I was tough back then and I am still doing it better than most. ;)

The damage to the Meninges was a result of my illness. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meninges

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-08-18   22:14:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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