Here's a good explanation about the law in Aruba that will explain all the 'mis-statements' coming out in this.
Just reading Dr. Drew transcript that someone posted a link to above.
Stacey, the legal process in Aruba versus the U.S. is different. Can you tell us how different they are?
STACEY HONOWITZ, FLORIDA PROSECUTOR: Well, here you can hold them if there`s reasonable suspicion to think that they were involved in the murder. You can take them in and hold them.
And if you remember the Joran van der Sloot case, Dr. Drew, they were taken in custody, then they were released. Then the Kalpoe brothers were put in custody and released. And it was a back-and-forth type of situation.
In the United States, they are charged, they`re held, they`re given a bond. If they can`t make bond, they stay in custody. That`s the difference.
Here, what Marty Savidge was saying is 100 percent right. The prosecutors had to go in, and there had to be some form of better evidence than the last time they went in, in order for the judge to hold them. And now the judge is saying, I think I`ve seen enough now to hold another 60 days, but you`d better come up with something more in order for us to charge him and to try him.
Now, there`s a lot of evidence and circumstantial that we have been hearing that anybody hearing this would say, listen, it`s got to be him. Here`s a guy that takes her down to Aruba. He`s got a history, he`s got a violent background.
Two days after she goes missing, in a presumed snorkeling accident, he tries to cash in the insurance policy without searching, without trying to find her. And so all of this points to him being the prime suspect.
Is it enough, though, without a body? And that`s what we`re waiting to see.
Now, there`s other witnesses that have come forward and said, we saw them arguing on the beach. I think a witness came forward later on that said -- there was something to the effect of he said, "I`m going to kill her."
So this might have been some of the evidence that was presented today in order for this judge to keep him another 60 days.
PINSKY: Stacey, are we going -- you`re saying maybe. Is there some point where the public is going to get access to what`s going on in the courtroom, or is that going to be only after this is all done?
HONOWITZ: I think it`s probably it`s going to be after it`s all done, and the reason why is because I think they realize what went on in the Natalee Holloway case. We dissected it every single night on the air, little bits and pieces were coming out, evidence was spoken about that really wasn`t there.
And so I think they`re going to keep everything very close to the vest and they`re going to wait until an actual charge is brought down, or if he`s released, he`s released. I mean, right now, we are just hearing bits and pieces. And like I said, the public is just wondering, why isn`t he being charged?
Well, right now, there just isn`t enough. There`s a lot of circumstances that lead us to believe he is the prime suspect. But of what?
And until maybe a body is found, or there`s something concrete, we`re just going to have to wait and see. Right now it is being kept very secretive, and I think they are doing that on purpose.
I don`t think they want it to be another situation like it was with Holloway. If you remember, Dr. Drew, they were boycotting traveling to Aruba because of what was going on. They don`t want another situation like that.