Aruba authorities arrest suspects in Halloway case
Natalee Holloway suspects charged with voluntary manslaughter based on new evidence.

Aruba authorities arrest suspects in Halloway case

Posted Nov 21, 2007, 6:00 PM ET

Natalee Holloway suspects charged with voluntary manslaughter based on new evidence.


Three men who were previously detained as suspects in the 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway have been re-arrested in the case, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said Wednesday.

Dutch teen Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in manslaughter and causing seriously bodily harm that caused the death of the 18-year-old American, the prosecutor's office said in a brief statement.

Van der Sloot was arrested in the Netherlands, where he is attending a university, and is expected to be extradited to this Dutch Caribbean island. The Kalpoe brothers were arrested in Aruba.

Natalee Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005, hours before she was scheduled to fly home to Alabama. The 18-year-old was last seen in public leaving a bar with Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers.

All three, who have denied any primary responsibility in the disappearance, returned to the spotlight after prosecutors in Aruba said a review of the case by Dutch officials found "indications" that authorities should take another look at their homes.

A team of about 20 Dutch forensic experts dug outside the home of van der Sloot's family for two days in late April, and in May a group of Dutch and Aruban authorities conducted an "inspection" of the property where the Kalpoe brothers live with their parents.

The missing girl's father, Dave Holloway, called the renewed activity "a move in the right direction."


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