While it remains to be seen if new revelations in the Natalee Holloway investigation will prove fruitful in solving the mystery, I realized looking through my archives I could possibly put some new developments into context from reports at the time they were discovered.
I created and maintained a full size screen capture which I believe is from Aruba Today. That page dealt with the on going search at the time. It was reported that in the Colony area, search teams recovered a security guard's shirt with the VGB logo, sunglasses, a spray bottle containing an unidentified suspicious material and some foam. The foam appeared to have teeth marks. The bag containing an unidentified liquid appears to be a Lysol bottle. It isn't clear if it was Lysol inside.
The screen cap of that page is located here. The small image above is unviewable as it has been reduced.


Did Joran say he left Natalee in the "Colony area"?
Posted by: Tosh | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:32 PM
I remember that..I was wondering why there seemed to be no follow up..you would think that foam would be tested for DNA..but we are dealing with The inbred..I mean, Aruban Law Enforcement
Posted by: Mark d | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:35 PM
Certainly looks like a rape scene, especially with the styrofoam with teeth marks. Can't they compare that with her dental records?
Posted by: Shari | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:35 PM
RE: Did Joran say he left Natalee in the "Colony area"?
No, Joran asserts that Deepak raped and killed Natalee by the fisherman's hut. Oh wait, Joran now says that's a lie.
Posted by: Sgt. York | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:42 PM
This latest arrest got my attention again. As I have been reading today I have seen numerous post I would like conformed. 1 - Is it true that Micky John and the other security guard were killed and their bodies found in the dunes? 2 - Is it true that a bouncer at Carlos and Charlies was killed? 3 - Is it true that a Saudi Shek left the island the day after Natilee went missing?
If these are indeed facts, then we are looking at a very sinister sittuation that goes beyond the three boys.
Posted by: Southern Boy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:43 PM
This latest arrest got my attention again. As I have been reading today I have seen numerous post I would like conformed. 1 - Is it true that Micky John and the other security guard were killed and their bodies found in the dunes? 2 - Is it true that a bouncer at Carlos and Charlies was killed? 3 - Is it true that a Saudi Shek left the island the day after Natilee went missing?
If these are indeed facts, then we are looking at a very sinister sittuation that goes beyond the three boys.
Posted by: Southern Boy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:43 PM
1> no
2>no
3>no
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:47 PM
I pray for a resolution of the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Natalee Holloway....please let the madness stop!
Posted by: Lexy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:48 PM
About mickey john and Abraham jones was a very sick joke and about the bouncer, he doesn't work at carlos and charles and about that a Saudi Shek,nope.
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:50 PM
QUESTION: What and where is the "colony area" ?
Posted by: Sgt. york | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:50 PM
Thank you Arubaanse. Any info on the new suspect?
Posted by: Southern Boy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:52 PM
In San Nicolas_ south area of the island.
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:53 PM
Thank you Arubaanse. Any info on the new suspect?
Posted by: Southern Boy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:52 PM
Not really. Nothing new yet.
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:54 PM
This is so totally ridiculous..bloody shirt from a year ago, and now Joe Tacopino claims there is "missing" tape of Natalee and this guy in the casino????
I suspect there were a lot of people in the casino at the same time as Natalee, are they all to be arrested and questioned?
If there is a link between this kid and Natalee, that she did know him or hang out with him before May 30th then let's have it out. If none of her friends know anything about this guy, then let's have that out there too.
I am sick of spin from EVERYONE on this case.
Posted by: xxx | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:57 PM
Hi Arubaanse BON TARDI
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:05 PM
Hey nelson, igualmente!:)
Conta cu bo??
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:07 PM
Joran is going to go down now. Reports of contact be JVS and GVC on Greta.
Posted by: Southern Boy | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Southern Boy -
Impossible...Joe T. would have surely known this...Joran tells him the truth and nothing but the truth...
TIPS
Posted by: Truthinplainsite | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Bon danki, bek na cas aworaki, caba di cana rond den stad, bo mes sa akinan no ta manera Aruba, e ta un isla tambe pero djis un tiki mas grandi!!. Con ta bayendo cu campamento? mi a tende ta yen di turista na Aruba den e dianan aki?
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:12 PM
Impossible...Joe T. would have surely known this...Joran tells him the truth and nothing but the truth...
TIPS
Posted by: Truthinplainsite | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:11 PM
I wonder how Joe T will try to spin this now?
Posted by: windy city | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:14 PM
Bon danki, bek na cas aworaki, caba di cana rond den stad, bo mes sa akinan no ta manera Aruba, e ta un isla tambe pero djis un tiki mas grandi!!. Con ta bayendo cu campamento? mi a tende ta yen di turista na Aruba den e dianan aki?
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:12 PM
Hahah...hopi dushi mes. YES...right in this season we do have lot's of tourist coming here! So, things are good right now. Bo mes sa!:)
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:16 PM
From here also I manage Spirit Airlines at Laguardia airport and we are starting flights into Aruba pretty soon can't wait, I will be down there for 6 months to 1 year as GM to open the station. All flights will connect from Fort Lauderdale and on saturdays direct flights into Aruba from NYC.
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:20 PM
Here the tourism authority is in full force again, the maratorium they had out of respect for the family is over, back to business the way it should be. Also Scandinavia and England are showing huge intrest in the island so hopefully it will be on track. Aruba will prevail as it always had, maybe a dent was put into its credibility, but the ones who know it and has been there know better and the ones who will never know, well keep believing Santa is for real!!
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:25 PM
Nelson -
Not sure about Santa, but the Easter Bunny just came bye...
I'm sure the tourism of Aruba will do fine...if vacation spots got hammered by crimes we would have no place to go.
Posted by: Truthinplainsite | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:28 PM
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:20 PM
Many Americans say that they understand Beth and do care for her but to boycott an entire island? That is something they are not going to do...They know that Aruba is very safe and know that Aruba is not the way it has been potrayed by U.S media.
Posted by: Arubaanse | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:39 PM
by now, with all the hoopla from the holloways and twittys and the fbi being involved I am sure of there were bite marks on stryfoam they could have compared that with natalees dental records to determine if it was from her and analyzed fro any other dna - a bite mark is as good as gold to compare to known dental records
Posted by: truthbetold | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:53 PM
COLONY AREA
"Farther along the same road, the outback suddenly gives way to Aruba's second-largest town, San Nicolas. A phosphate-exporting port from 1879 until 1915... one remnant of the town's port atmosphere deserves mention: Prostitution is actually legal in San Nicolas."
QUESTION
What happens when you dump a body down a phosphate mine? Has anyone in San Nicolas been questioned? Duh! Of course no one has been questioned and no abandoned mines searched... ALE is in charge.
Posted by: Sgt. York | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 05:57 PM
QUESTION
What happens when you dump a body down a phosphate mine? Has anyone in San Nicolas been questioned? Duh! Of course no one has been questioned and no abandoned mines searched... ALE is in charge.
I really now are convinced you are really dumb or stupid!! please go do some research before you start mentioning anything about Sanicolas which from your comments really shows you know NOTHING!!!
Posted by: nelson | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 06:00 PM
nelson -
hello - do you know if Spirit Airlines is planning to offer service from DCA (Reagan National) to AUA?
There are currently few choices from the DC area, and I absolutely do not support anybody's ludicrous boycott! (Danki)
Posted by: phunktified | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 06:19 PM
The beach near the lighthousw and the fisherman's huts are on the west point of Aruba, the beach near the colony are on the opposite end, the east point.
Posted by: ex | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 06:37 PM
Some people will start any rumor just to have something to talk about.
Posted by: FloridaPatty | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 06:57 PM
Some of these post are actually becoming closer to comedy.... guess folks are bored today.
Reality is that the people who do know what happened to Natalee aren't talking, at least in any real context that can be proven. This arrest or detainment may bring us no closer to the truth. It is merely, at this point, a detainment for further questioning.
I pray that Natalee is found so that her family can complete their grieving process in private and assume some sense of normalcy.
back to lurking...
Posted by: frenchymom | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 09:22 PM
Fuck Elinor Rose Foster
Posted by: nick | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 09:39 PM
Nick, who is Eleanor Rose Foster???
Posted by: punkingale | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 10:57 PM
To whoever said they heard the Alabama beaches were beautiful, THEY ARE. I wish Natalee & her friends had gone to Orange Beach or Gulf Shores. She would still be with us today. Anybody stupid enough to go to Aruba, don't go to Carlos & Charlies or any other place tourists go. Because you won't get the attention Natalee has because you have been FORE-WARNED!!!!
Posted by: punkingale | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 11:03 PM
Joe Tacopino claims there is "missing" tape of Natalee and this guy in the casino????
Posted by: xxx | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 04:57 PM
I would like to ask Joe how he knows what is on the tape if it is missing.
Posted by: Skye | Monday, April 17, 2006 at 11:32 PM
Joran's attorney is grasping at any straw that comes his way and he is very good at it but sorry Joe most people with a brain can see through you. What a fool you are. !
Posted by: Joesux | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 05:23 AM
That shirt in the photo isn't a t=shirt. What gives?
Posted by: Kazaam | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 06:06 AM
I haven't been on this site in a while, although I have been watching when time allows from my business...
I'm facinated by the "Chicago films". Has that been discussed on this site? If so, is there an explaination from any "authority" about what was taking place?
Posted by: footprint | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 12:53 PM
nelson,
Ease up brah...Sgt. York's been around quite a while and has contributed enormously. Having read his post, it is obvious that he's doing research as evidenced by his quote.
I realize that we are all back in again with tempers and emotions running ragged. Soooo, let's just let cool minds prevail, you in?
Kindest,
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 01:42 PM