Natalee Holloway: Three Men Labeled "Persons Of Interest"

New reports have clarified the identities of the three men last seen with Natalee Holloway and they are now being called "persons of interest" in the case for the first time.

As first reported, with image here, the men were thought to be Arubans and to have claimed to have dropped the Alabama honor student off at her hotel early Monday morning. New reports suggest they claim to have first taken Holloway to a beach before returning her to the hotel.

Additional FBI resources as well as local law enforcement, including the Coast Guard still searching the tiny island and surrounding waters.

Justice Minister Rudy Croes said police questioned and released two Surinamese nationals and a native of the Netherlands who said they dropped Holloway off early Monday at the Holiday Inn where she had been staying, rectifying police reports that the three men had been Aruban students. He said the three men were residents of Aruba.

... police are investigating the story of three men who say they dropped her off at her hotel.A deputy police chief on the Dutch Caribbean island is calling the men their "most important lead." He describes them as "persons of interest." An official close to the investigation says the men told police they had taken the teen to a beach, then to her hotel.

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Comments

[Tom]

I saw the picture of the person of interest. I swear he looks like a gorilla.

[Jenny]

This lil baby needs her mouth washed out with soap, geesh!

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[alabama native]

Excuse you Jenny for being so inconsiderate!!! (and illiterate at that) You have absolutely no room to speak poorley about a young girl that could possibly be in really bad harm right now from the people from your country!! You do not know the girl, nor has she ever done anything to you...Just because she was born into a affluent family and her dad is a senator does not mean you should wish harm on her....neither does her lifestyle choices. Yes, she should not have been hanging out alone with weird men, true, but that is already done with now all we can focus on is rescuing her. She is young and foolish and like most high school graduates on a senior trip, alcohol will be involved...So you, the ignorant woman you are, do not need to put your foot where your mouth belongs, because it makes your country look even worse!!!!

[Angry in Alabama]

Your country does not have a bad name because of Natalee…..your country has a bad name because of ignorant and inconsiderate people like yourself. I don't know where you receive your information, or if you just make it up but her neither her dad nor her stepfather are Senators nor has Natalee ever traveled to Puerto Rico. Yes, she is young and has probably made poor decisions, but so have I and obviously you have as well. The reason that they are searching so hard for her is because this has never happened in Aruba and it is obvious that the people of Aruba care…..that is, all of the people of Aruba besides yourself. As an American I currently have travel plans to visit Aruba in September and had not considered canceling my plans until I read your post. The thought that I might encounter someone such as yourself is enough to make me cancel. Might I suggest you take a minute to analyze why you are such an angry person rather than lashing out at an innocent girl. No matter what your faults or past mistake no one deserves to be a victim of a crime. Oh, an while you are doing that, take some spelling lessons.

[Jenny]

FUCK YOU ALL..you think you know everything..you think you are always right just because it's usa..fuck it...our country lives from the turism..and now we are going to have some big problems because of her...would you pay all the damage? hell no..so shut the fuck up!

[Maiky, Aruba]

I'm living on Aruba, and I mean.. come on why all these nasty exchanges of words? Well a fact is that Natalee come's from a wealthy background and her family has "connections" in the FBI, Politics etc. There are thousands of persons missing and kidnapped in this world every day, and you want to tell me that just because she is a rich girl she gets all the attention? I can't even imagine all the pain that the parents of kidnapped(or still missing) children must be going thru just because their an middle-class family.

Portions Deleted Save the Bush lied, people died crap, Maiky - go sell craqzy someplace else. I have family in that noble cause in Iraq.

... Oh.. and also, since you people are such unappreciative of all our work and effort to find her.. you could probably come down here and give us a helping hand searching for her, seems to me we are being far too nice just to be bad-mouthed about on Larry King since there are many police officers (including fathers and mothers) working overtime *UNPAID* to find this girl. We should get a nobel prize for being such overwhelmingly nice and friendly people.

[Jenny]

Maybe i overreacted..true..but it makes me so angry that alot of people don't aprreciate what the arubians are doing to find her. It's not fair she gets all the atenttion just because she has money..everyone should be treated equally! Do you actually think they get paid for the search? They are actually working for free and if you listen carefully to what here mother said and what she wrote in her yearbook..just think about it..!!

[Arubian]

Please be more considerate to the pain these people, family and American Citizens, are going through. I am an Arubian, 33 years old, and even if I don't have children, I can understand the pain these people are living through, so should you, Maiky and Jenny. Djies pensa kiko lo bo hasi si bo ruman, mama of jui desaparese asina. Bira mas humano, bira hende, usa bo curason pa bon. The girl has indeed done some bad judgments, she's young. If you were perfect by that age: WAW, what a miracle: please inform everybody!!! To the americans I want to say that a lot has been said about this girl's behaviour, both from the press as on different sites we have access to. It seems that this is not the first time she has disappeared, when she was 15 she disappeared also for 4 days. The major problem is: has she now disappeared on her own now, has she been kidnapped, has she been murdered? Those are questions, no answers yet. And we, the Arubians, really care and are really worried that something really bad happened to her. That would harm also our name of Aruba, and let me tell you one thing: None of the 5 suspects (3 more has been arrested) has been born her, but our government has given them the chance to life here. The same as the U.S. government has opened his doors for millions of other people, and look at what some of them has done in many cases and especially 9-11. And please people, watch your languages, we live indeed from tourism, and you are talking this way to our "potential" tourists?? Jenny try to get yourself a better education.

[An Arubian]

I understand the pain this family is going through! But what the anger in aruba now is that the american press are giving some bad comments of aruba! Let me tell you something i'm an arubian and i'm damn proud of it!! There is no other place i rather live than this beautiful island! Aruba is a very safe place! Something like this has never happend before! And because of the generous people who live here we are searching for this young lady! Nobody knowes what really happend to her, but beacause it happend we are getting bad name! And what we have heard and read is that this is not the first time she dissapeared...so who knows maybe she's the one who ran away...Our island lives from the tourists who come here that's why we can't afford getting bad name!! What happens is not our fault...But we are really trying our best to find her back! and as the other person said none of the suspects are native arubians...anyways my point is happend what may have happend ARUBA is still a very safe place!!

[Proud 2 b Arubian]

Instead of you people just keep insulting each other.. how bout just find a way to help find her? The fact is that the crime here in Aruba is very but very low.. this has never happend here before..ever..! Sry Alabama Native but we never had a bad name for being ignorant nor inconsiderate. We Are a very nice people and we are a happy island! You can go and ask anyone who has been here for vacation. There's no place like here..! In the U.S. there's kidnapping or like 10 people go missing every day. And this is the first time it has happend here! The Arubians are very confused bout all this. We don't even know how do deal with this beacause it has never happend here let me remind you. Everyone is helping out.. to find this girl. I can't understand how you can even say that we are ignorant when everyone took off from work to go help find her!!!

[An Arubian]

And By the way the 3 young men who were arrested aren't ARUBIANS!! Neither are the 2 men who were fist arrested are arubians!! Natalee is an american. 2 of the young guys are from Surinam. The other one is from Holland... and the 2 other older men are from Haity.. just so you know.. All this happened here in Aruba... but no arubian is involved.. and I'm 100% sure..

[HSolo]

You people all have your information wrong. Where do you get these things? Her father is a senator? What? Ignorance is bliss I guess???

[glenda]

Hi, I am an Aruban and i want to say something to Jenny. Jenny shame on you. We all have heard about those rumors about those girls, but you do not have to put those commetns on the internet. They are young teens and you know as verybody that some, young people or people on vacation sometime do crazy things on vacation. Later on they will regret it, i am sure, But as we know those are rumors. You should think about her parents and family that are sufferying now.So you should be ashamed of yourself and stop writing those nasty things

[PietjeZz]

People seem to be more concern about the name and image of Aruba and all that crappy stuff!
People,especially Arubians! Does it realy matter?
It could have happened anywhere!
I have read that she may have came from a wealthy family,a family with connections in high places! So what? Wouldn't you use your connections to help you out in any situation?
I understand most Arubians are defending their island name,cause it seems most are concern about our daily "bread and butter"witch is tourism,especialy from USA! Fine!
No one ever said that Americans are ungratefull!!
Everybody should just stick to the damn subject and leave unrelated subjects and politiks out of the situation!
Fact of the matter is,a human being just like you and me is missing! doesnt matter where's she from and where it happened or witch family she came from!
So instead of thinking up irrational and unrelated subjects,think twice!
All we could do for now is speculate on what happened!
I agree it is fishy! it seems she just vanished in thin air!
One thing is for sure,her pasport was found,so she did not leave the island, at least not via the airport,if so? security camara's would have captured her!
This is just speculation,but she might have been killed,but nothing can be confirmed cause no body was found!
This is a mystery to myself as it is to everyone else!
Aruba is only 74 square miles and virtually flat as a pancake! you got the dutch marines,local police,american fbi,divers and even local volunteers searching yet they can't seem to find a trace much less a body!
Another theorie is that she ran off,cause seemingly she did it 2 or 3 years ago either in the Bahamas or Puerto Rico! So why haven't the parents come forward and inform the autorithies with this valid information???
The other 2 (older) guys arrested are guys that i know from seeing on the streets,from time to time whenever we meet,we just greet each other!aruba is a small island and especially San nicolas where i'm from most of everybody knows everybody!
I am not putting my hand in fire for no one!
But is the guy Abraham"Maka"Jones says he was at the soulbeach fesival at the time together with his G-friend and another friend, why haven't the autorithies not looked for more witnisses that can confirm this?
I mean a soulbeach festival is a public event where thousands attend,im sure there were hundreds of camaras there to! Somebody must have seen this guy there or the local media must have captiored his picture or so at the event to confirm that this guy couldn't have been in the area of the hotels at the time of the dissapearance of Natalee! right or wrong? Why haven't the authorities looked into that fact as yet is a damn musterie to me!
o0oh to the "Arubian" that claimed Jones is not Arubian and he and the other guy are haitians! Does it matter? it's an investigations! if you did a crime,doesnt matter where the hell your from!
And just that you should know! He is Arubian! an Black Arubian! Aruba doesn't consist of only cauciasians(white) citizins!
Why act so low?
The other guy,was born in Greneda and grew up in Aruba! So define what's an Arubian? Just because you were born on the island? Ruman please bin bij!
Fact of the matter is,if a crime was commited! doesn't matter where your from! ifyour guilty you got to do the time!
Let us all hope and pray the girl is somewhere alive and well! witch is highly unlikely! It's been 9 or 10 days now!
Kidnapping? quiet possibly,but why haven't her kidnappers come forward yet? or demand a ransom as yet?
Rumors are circulating that the police are looking in the wrong direction!! why arent they investigating her fellow students and the chaporones?
What bothers me the most is seemingly her friends saw her get in the car with 3 guys...fine she 18 and old enough to know what she doing!
But i cant myself and a group of friends going to a foreign country and uppon departing time it's notcible that one is missing!
How can you get on the airplane as if nothing happened and travel all the way back to the usa!
Didn't anyone have the common sence to think "Hey guys,Nathalee's missing,we can't get on this flight,let's find out where's she at or what happened that she didn't show up, or let's call the police"
I'm sure someone here reading must agree 100% with me!!!!
All of these are intresting facts! Let's wait and see what happens in this weird mystery!

[Orlando]

I really hope that Natalee would be found alive and healthy. I would like everybody to understand that there are a lot of people, not only Arubians, are very mad after seeing Larry King and Nancy Grace lash out and feeding the wrong information about Aruba to viewers. These are people who never heard neither have ever been to Aruba to even talk about this island. It gives the island a bad name. This Island depends on Tourist visiting the island. So it is understandable that people would get angry and overreact. I would also would like anyone who reads this and is planing to visit Aruba to know that Aruba is a nice and quiet Island. You should come and find out for yourselves and be amazed.

[AUA]

PietjeZz,
So bo kier un splicashon.. kiko ta considera como rubiano... manera cu bo no sa
Tur cos ta unda bo a nace y e generation di bo famia ta bini.... No kier men cu ami tin bastante anja biba na merca cu mi ta bai jamami mes mericano.... I will never forget where I was born..... Mi no sa di unda conjo bo ta pero sure bo no sa of ta lubida cu nos arubiano sa masha bon cu ta un isla mix, cu no ta mescos cu merca cu ta divide su mes entre blaco cu preto.. pero tambe tin di tur tipo di color di skin cu ta biba y naci na aruba.
In some stuff I can agree with you but in other you dont make any sense.....

[Mike]

Waht these Arubans dont seem to understand is that caring is the thing thats inportant. The only thing they are concerned about is tourism from the states. They should remember that Dutch marines are try to find this girl, but the only thing they care about is their tourist dollars.
Thet should be ashamed. The dutch who have helped this ingnorant uneducated people with hundres of miliions dollars a year cant an will not be blamed for the ( possible) actions of one national. While the aruban are crying about tourism. We the Dutch have been one of the few countires to support the US during the war on terror. Our army has been fightin and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan from the beginning and until yhis day. The arubans should be thinkin a little bit more because we are sending them over 250 million dollars a year. Maybe if they hate us and us nationals so mutch we should cut down our aid to this island wich hasnt been able to stand on their own feet for the last hundred years.

Kick them out of the KINGdom of the Netherlands.

[Ali G]

Dutch?? please, they "tolerate" crimes they can't control. Prostitution, bicycle theft, drugs. They're wimps; the criminals have free reign but the middle class person in Holland has to foot the tax bill to support illegal immigration, drug addicts, and a bunch of losers. The Dutch are great at rationalizing things but they're not action oriented. They want talk and analyze but they're wimps when it comes to confronting crimes or speaking up. No morals or belief it righteousness; it's all about "this is how people are and let them do what they want". They didn't even put up a fight in WWII against the Germans, and immediately surrendered to the Japanese in Indonesia. They're afraid to get "hurt" or get their hands dirty.

[Kristen]

First of all why is everyone up downgrading each other. An young woman is missing and we should all be hoping that she is alive and doing well. Where are you getting this information that she was missing a few years ago? Nothing about his whole case makes sense. When everything comes out I hope that who ever was involved with this is punished who ever it may be. And honestly I have been to Aruba and if it comes out that Natalee was killed there I can assure you I will not be going back there nor anywhere else where somthing like this has happened. I don't care if it was some place in the US or not. Nothing like this should happen to anyone whether they are rich or poor. I only hope that she is found soon and alive.

[Kristen]

First of all why is everyone up downgrading each other. An young woman is missing and we should all be hoping that she is alive and doing well. Where are you getting this information that she was missing a few years ago? Nothing about his whole case makes sense. When everything comes out I hope that who ever was involved with this is punished who ever it may be. And honestly I have been to Aruba and if it comes out that Natalee was killed there I can assure you I will not be going back there nor anywhere else where somthing like this has happened. I don't care if it was some place in the US or not. Nothing like this should happen to anyone whether they are rich or poor. I only hope that she is found soon and alive.