TEEN HELD IN ARUBA

Dutch Teen Held in Holloway Disappearance
Tuesday April 18, 2006 8:01 PM
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ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -
A Dutch youth who has been detained in the case
of a missing U.S. teenager was arrested on
suspicion of involvement in her disappearance, the
Aruban prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
The 19-year-old man was scheduled to appear
before a judge Tuesday for the first time since
his arrest as a suspect in the disappearance of
Alabama teen Natalee Holloway.
The prosecutor's office has only disclosed his
initials, G.V.C., though his name has been
reported by some news organizations.
``G.V.C. is suspected of criminal offenses that
may be related to the disappearance of
Miss Holloway and of offenses related to dealing
in illegal narcotics,'' the prosecutor's office
said in a brief statement.
The prosecutor's office had not previously
disclosed why the 19-year-old was held.
Holloway, 18, was last seen leaving a bar with
three local men on May 30 - the final night of her
high school graduation trip to the
Dutch Caribbean island.
The three men were jailed and later released after
a judge ruled there was not enough evidence
to hold them.

I am not getting my hopes
up to be dashed again.
But I am sure Joran and
the Kalpoes are chewing
their shoelaces about
now ...