Aruba - Natalee Holloway, 18, Oranjestad, 30 May 2005 #1

[redheadedgal]

thanks for update. i haven't seen anything about this on the news.

i just cannot believe it's been almost 4 years since her disappearance. she'd be graduating from university this spring...

 

[fran]

It was on Greta On The Record last night. The rumor that they found Natalee is wrong. They have NOT found her body.

This search was planned a long time ago by Dave Holloway.

Unfortunately, I don't have much hope they'll find anything. It's been too long.

JMHO
fran

 

[Tonia]

It was on Greta last night,they did not find her.

 

[STEADFAST]

I'm not sure what is confusing you. Could you elaborate?

 

[thefragile7393]

It was on Greta last night,they did not find her.

Will the search continue with the dog? I don't get Greta sadly...no cable here.

 

[Tonia]

It seemed the search had been planned for some time by Natalie's father and that they did not know how much it cost or how long the dog would be on the island searching.

 

[LiveLaughLuv]

Report: Cadaver Dog Dispatched to Aruba to Search for Natalie Holloway
Friday, March 20, 2009

DEVELOPING: A cadaver dog reportedly has been flown to Aruba to aid authorities there in locating the body of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, according to a report Friday in the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach, Fla.

If confirmed and her body indeed is located, it would end an exhaustive four-year search on the Caribbean island where the 18-year-old disappeared while on a graduation trip with friends.

A flight attendant for American Airlines told the New Times, an alternative weekly, that the specially trained dog was aboard a plane originating in Miami and bound for Aruba.

The officer accompanying the dog reportedly told the airline employee that they were going to retrieve what was believed to be Holloway's remains.

"They think they've found where Natalee Holloway's remains are, and they're taking the dog down there to confirm that," the flight attendant told the paper. "They're not telling anybody because Aruba's trying to keep this quiet."

In January, Aruban prosecutors said their investigation into the disappearance of Holloway was nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said his office still needed "at least another few months" to investigate statements made by the only remaining suspect, Joran van der Sloot, during a hidden-camera interview which was broadcast on Dutch television last year.

But he then said prosecutors "are approaching the end of this lengthy investigation."

"If you have relevant information — no matter how small or uninteresting it may seem — please notify my office or the police," Mos said in January.

Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen in May 2005 leaving a bar in Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba, with Van der Sloot on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the island.

No trace of Holloway has ever been found, despite extensive searches involving hundreds of volunteers, soldiers, FBI agents and even Dutch F-16 jets with special equipment.

Aruban investigators reopened the case last year based on the hidden-camera recordings made by Dutch television crime reporter Peter R. de Vries.

But judges rejected an attempt to re-arrest Van der Sloot for statements he made on the Dutch TV show. The hidden-camera recordings showed Van der Sloot saying he was with Holloway when she died on the Dutch Caribbean island and that he had a friend dump her body at sea.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509967,00.html

 

[STEADFAST]

Dave Holloway said tracker dog specialist Fred Golba, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, will begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance early Monday. He said the tracker, who has searched for her eight times before, must be accompanied to the pond by Aruban police escorts, who delayed an anticipated weekend search.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD973AVB80

Here we go again.

 

[Lovejac]

Dave Holloway said tracker dog specialist Fred Golba, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, will begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance early Monday. He said the tracker, who has searched for her eight times before, must be accompanied to the pond by Aruban police escorts, who delayed an anticipated weekend search.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD973AVB80

Here we go again.

Good Lord! As if this family hasn't suffered enough.:furious:

 

[Kat]

Continued prayers for Natalie's family. May God Bless them and bring resolution to them soon. raying:

 

[lizzybeth]

Unfortunately, the only way I think the Holloway family will find resolution is if Joran confesses and sticks with it, or the Aruban authorities stop covering up evidence. Somehow I don't see either one happening.

It makes me sick that they can get away with this. I say they because Joran may have been the one to actually cause Natalee's death, but he's had plenty of help in keeping his secrets.

JMO

 

[fran]

Dave Holloway said tracker dog specialist Fred Golba, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, will begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance early Monday. He said the tracker, who has searched for her eight times before, must be accompanied to the pond by Aruban police escorts, who delayed an anticipated weekend search.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM4lWnpFfSI8U0EzxCHT8WVehRowD973AVB80

Here we go again.

Why am I NOT surprised the "Aruban Police" delayed any search for Natalee, AGAIN!!!!!!!???????

Of course they want to accompany the searcher from the U.S.. Because IF they find anything, the Arubans will take custody of it to 'test forensics' and it will go where all the other NON-evidence of this case has gone. ::::: DISAPPEAR::::: .............and IF anyone follows up on it, they will be told 'It's not relevant.'

Been there, done that, time and time and time and time and time AGAIN.

Just sayin'
fran

 

[Curious J]

http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_082003204.html

Published: March 22, 2009 11:33 pm
A new search begins
staff and wire reports



Meridian’s Dave Holloway — father of missing teen Natalee Holloway, who hasn’t been seen since her high school trip to Aruba in May 2005 — says a private investigator will once again be on the island to search for his missing daughter.

Holloway said Sunday that tracker dog specialist Fred Golba, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, will begin his latest search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's disappearance early today. The focus of the new search: a retention pond, one that has been searched before with no evidence found.

 

[kant]

I wish the media would be more careful and accurate. I read a report that "BODY IS FOUND IN HOLLOWAY CASE!" and almost bit my tongue. It was incorrect, but it sure got my attention and freaked me out for a second... which in retrospect, was probably the whole point. *sigh*

 

[kant]

I got this pond confused with the one that was drained previously by the authorities. (There are different ponds right?)

The one near the Marriott was already drained; Then there's anohter one closer to the VDS home..... (?)

 

[Leila]

I got this pond confused with the one that was drained previously by the authorities. (There are different ponds right?)

The one near the Marriott was already drained; Then there's anohter one closer to the VDS home..... (?)

That's what I understand. Nancy Grace emphasized tonight that it's a different retention pond - not the one that was partially drained back in 2005.

From what was said on NG, this sounds like a promising lead.

 

[Tadpole12]

oh. Well I can't say I'm overly optimistic .... but I still hope for the Holloways.
God Bless Dave Holloway for not giving up.

NG Transcript;
New Search in Natalee Holloway Disappearance
Aired March 23, 2009
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0903/23/ng.01.html

GRACE: Breaking news tonight in Aruba. Cadaver dogs and searchers searching again for the body of Natalee Holloway. Just when so many people had given up on justice in the Natalee Holloway disappearance, now is there a break in the case?

Back to Jossy Mansur, owner of "Diario" magazine. Jossy, our very first caller tonight, Adelaide in Washington, wanted to know was there some type of cover-up? Because all the evidence clearly indicates Joran Van Der Sloot`s involvement in her disappearance, yet nothing has been done.

MANSUR: Well, I think that from the beginning, there was some kind of a hush on the case. There was some kind of an attempt to let this Joran Van Der Sloot off scot-free. And we`ve seen it grow as the investigation goes on. And I believe that there was a cover-up.

GRACE: Jossy, has this pond ever been drained?

MANSUR: No, this pond was never drained. The pond across the street from the Marriott Hotel was drained. This pond was searched superficially in the past.

 

[Tadpole12]

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/03/holloways_dad_says_pond_search.html



Holloway's dad says pond search may take up two weeks

AP, March 23, 2009

ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- The father of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway said Monday that a U.S. private investigator has begun scouring a pond in Aruba for signs of his daughter and the search may take up to two weeks.
Dave Holloway said the Aruba Prosecutors' Office has asked the investigator, Fred Golba of Chicopee, Massachusetts, to not speak to reporters during his search for evidence into Natalee Holloway's May 2005 disappearance.
Holloway said the tracker dog specialist will comply with the request.

 

[Tadpole12]

http://tv.popcrunch.com/natalee-holloway-lifetime-movie-preview-promo-video/

NH Lifetime movie Preview.

Natalee Holloway story that will air April 19 on Lifetime Movie Network; the movie preview video shows the story of Natalee Holloway story, who disappeared in Aruba in 2005.

 

[Tonia]

Natalee Holloway update: potential problems for search parties bound for Aruba

Tensions are building between two search parties involved in the search for missing Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway.
Right now, private investigator Fred Golba is currently in Aruba, searching a retention pond.
Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch are planning a deep water search on the ocean floor in the next few months.
They’ve raised $1.5 million dollars to go back to Aruba to finish a search that began last March, then stalled when funding ran out.
Underwater rovers will inspect suspicious containers on the ocean bottom that could hold Natalee’s remains.
“We still have 140 plus targets over there. We’re going to be bringing in a 360 ft boat from Trinidad,“ says Miller.
But Miller is worried Fred Golba is damaging relationships with Aruba’s government—- possibly for all future search parties - because he allegedly isn’t following Aruba’s rules.
Golba allegedly did not get permission beforehand from Aruba before arriving on the island for his current search. Plus, Aruban officials learned about it through the media.
“When people do this, and take off over there like a Rambo, how in the world can we expect to get any future cooperation from the Aruban authorities?“ wonders Miller.
Miller doesn’t think there’s much chance Natalee’s remains are in the pond Golba plans to spend the next two weeks searching. He also doesn’t think much of Golba’s efforts.
“All he’s doing - and Nancy Grace is letting him do it - is turning Natalee’s disappearance into entertainment. This is just putting on a show as far as I’m concerned and ruining relationships we do have with authorities in Aruba,“ warns Miller.
But some Aruban insiders says - although there were tensions when Golba first arrived - he and government officials have now worked everything out.

http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/natalee_holloway_update_potential_problems_for_search_parties_bound_for_aru/65265/