Something of a jaw dropper for crime aficionados.
About 20 investigators arrived from the Netherlands on June 16, van der Biezen said. She said they also searched the home, but she could not say why. They left after a couple hours inside the walled property.
A statement from the prosecutors' office said: "The team has indications that justify a more thorough search."
Fox Birmingham has something up but not much more.
Sources tell FOX6 News that Aruban authorities have setup tents and brought in jackhammers to the Aruban home of Paul Van der Sloot.
I suppose it's possible someone finally opened their mouth. But the way this thing went when it was active it's hard to tell. Archives here.
I guess Greta is already warming up the plane.


I always figured the boys killed her - probably partying plus a rape gone wrong - and tossed her into the sea. But there certainly hasn't been adequate evidence.
Hope for the right conclusion whatever it is.
Posted by: K | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 01:07 AM
It has been a long time since we've seen anything new in the investigation. I wonder what prompted this recent activity?
Posted by: Josh | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 03:43 AM
they'll never find her! Joran is here in the states now, with a US girlfriend. If my mother was the ugly american beth holloway, i'd have run away a long time ago. BH is one of the most obnoxious woman in the US. check out her divorce docs, seems like Beth has a HUGE problem with drug abuse. go away beth, you're an embarassment to the human race.
Posted by: mike | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 08:49 AM
Jaoran is in the Netherlands attending college. Your comments are uncalled for; the woman lost her daughter, have a little respect.
Posted by: CanadianGirl | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 09:47 AM
*gouges out own eyes*
For the love of god, make it stop.
Maybe they can dig up the corpses of ANS and John-Benay and have some sort of sick, macabre crossfire interview.
Posted by: Zifnab | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 10:09 AM
My guess is Aruba tourism is still suffering --- so they thought they'd pretend like they're still working on this case. Sociopaths, however, will run their mouths. Papa Slooth knows what happened -- let Joey Buttafucco's wife interrogate the man.
Posted by: Ellen | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 10:20 AM
If she is not dead and buried then my guess is that she was kidnapped and sent to another country as a sex slave.
Posted by: big john | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 11:59 AM
seems like Beth has a HUGE problem with drug abuse. go away beth, you're an embarassment to the human race.
Posted by: mike | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 08:49 AM
This is the first time I have commented on this case, and it will be the last. But this comment by Mike turned my stomach.
What the hell is wrong with you? If what Mrs. Twitty went through isn't enough to drive someone to take drugs, I don't know what is. "...an embarassment to the human race." ? Go look in the mirror and say to your backwards image: "Just what is it that makes me unable to think?" I guarantee the image will laugh in your face.
Posted by: Phoenix | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:00 PM
mike you spew nonsense....go away yourself
Posted by: steven | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:16 PM
We can only hope they find SOMETHING at this point, the family deserves some answers.
Until she comes home...
Posted by: Shari | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 01:14 PM
Good timing for something to pop up, huh? Is it tourist time in Aruba?
Posted by: Ayla | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Kids need to be supervised. Anyone who has ever traveled know the importance of staying with the group. Parents also have the responsibility of teaching their kids how to behave.
Her mother and stepfather were divorced recently.
Posted by: JGHarrell | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Kids need to be supervised. Anyone who has ever traveled know the importance of staying with the group. Parents also have the responsibility of teaching their kids how to behave.
Her mother and stepfather were divorced recently.
Posted by: JGHarrell | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Has anybody looked into the missing Halloway girl being sold into prostitution?
Posted by: Alice | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 04:39 PM
Beth,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Never give
up. You make me proud to be a Southern Lady.
Posted by: Oma | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 04:44 PM
Oh my God, not again!!! Another year of Beth interviews every frigging night on TV, and hearing her wail her Banshee cries in her annoying "Southern Belle" drawl! Is this deja vu or what? Didn't we all go through this exhaustively before to the point of nauseation?
Althor :(
Posted by: Althor | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 08:58 PM
This is so eerily like some underhanded Democratic MoveOn.org ploy it's not even funny!
Every time we are a year away from some pivotal election the Natalee Holloway fiasco takes center stage at the expense of all other issues for months to stupefy and sidetrack conservative audiences!
We drooled over every insignificant tid-bit of Aruba bull-crap the year before the infamous Novemeber elections instead of addressing our conservative concerns and supporting the Administration and the war in Iraq, and look what happened!
Now that we face even a greater challenge, with even more sinister and dire consequences if a Hillary, an Edwards, or an Obama gets elected to the White House, here comes the Natalee Holloway media circus again to take the center stage once more!
Isn't that just too much of a frigging coincidence, or are we all really just that unlucky?!?!
Damn!
Althor
Posted by: Althor | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 09:10 PM
Althor!?
You said you were through with this over a year ago. Yet here you are again spreading your filth and hatred. Do the world a favor and sleep on some train tracks tonight.
Posted by: windy city | Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 10:01 PM
You are so caring Windy, I love you too. Your heart only "bleeds" for your whining, camera chasing, "Queen of Sordid," Beth, and everything else can go to hell in a handbasket!
I know the entertainment industry is big on sequels now, ie. Spiderman 3, Harry Potter 4 or 5 (I lost count), but "Natalee Holloway, Lost In Aruba 2: The Melodrama Continues"? This is getting ridiculous!
Let her rest in peace, for God's sake!
Althor :(
Posted by: Althor | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 01:04 AM
Let her rest in peace, for God's sake!
Althor :(
Posted by: Althor | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 01:04 AM
In God's time, justice will be served. Only then will Natalee rest in peace.
Posted by: windy city | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 01:16 AM
fuck arooobuh!!!
Posted by: joransmomisafuckinhag | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 01:22 AM
in aruobuh we have a saying,"tee tee dooo pee pee bbi bi baba ca ca da da blaggh blah (belcH) caka doodle doo!!
Posted by: stupidaruuubun | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 01:26 AM
Oh please! Any decent human being is saddened by whatever became of this young woman...but all the hype and the ratings driven media circus? You may be concerned for Natalee but what you are most concerned about is to find the "who-done-it" to satisfy your morbid curiosity in this cheap dime-store detective novel melodrama! Give me a break!
Althor
Posted by: Althor | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 11:53 AM
I doubt there is any evidence of Natalee being at the Van Der Sloot home, Why would Paulus give Greta access to his property one week after Natalie went missing for an interview? Wouldn't he be afraid to let a reporter and a cameraman on his property if Natalee had been there?
She was never taken to that house, she met her fate somewhere else, in my opinion.
Posted by: jeena | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 04:47 PM
She was never at the beach with Joran. Only Joran knows the truth and to quote him, " One day I will tell the truth about what happen, but I'm not ready to do that now".
And now he has writen a book containing more lies.
Posted by: Skye | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 04:50 PM
I hope his book is boycotted so he won't make money from Natalee's
disappearance. If he had a decent bone in his body he would donate the
profits from his lies to organizations who help find missing children around the world.
Read the comment he made regarding Natalee at the end of this paragraph that I copied from Scared Monkeys. What a sleaze the Van Der Sloot's raised, they should all be ashamed.
"You will be able to find Joran Van der Sloot’s book, ‘The Case of Natalee JVDS_BookHolloway,’ in the fiction section of your local book store. Nearly two years later and the lies still come. While Arubans and the Aruban economy has struggled and declined since Natalee’s disappearance, Joran Van der Sloot looks to make money at the expense of a missing and presumed dead American, Alabama teen. With the two year anniversary of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance coming up, Joran Van der Sloot looks to once again make this story front page material for media consumption. Who benefits Aruba and who sufferers?
Joran Van der Sloot continues to spread his less than credible version of events and even shows his sick, disturbed and hate for an individual that he is accused of being responsible for her disappearance. This is the mark of a socio-path, always having to spew hatred toward another."
He admits that he didn’t even know her name and had preferred making love to her friend Ruth, who was much prettier.
Posted by: jeena | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Quote: "He admits that he didn’t even know her name and had preferred making love to her friend Ruth, who was much prettier."
Posted by: jeena | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 05:29 PM
I guess Natalee won by a nose...
Althor :p
Posted by: Althor | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 08:25 PM
I was in aroobuh once and joran tried to drug and rape me,,and I said “WHOA joran! im a dude!” he said ,”it dawnt matter,, now lets gat down to sum luvin aroobuhn style. YEEHAAW!!
Posted by: deepawkmurdersloot | Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 09:58 PM
perhaps somebody finally caved in and spoke up...JMHO. wouldn't they need something to go on to do this type of search 2 yrs later? and 2 yrs late?
Posted by: steve | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 12:46 PM
If its true they jackhammered up part of the yard I would have to believe some kind of new information came to light, but given the Aruban's track record on this case, who knows. I can't see them finding any forensic evidence 2 years later other than a body and I doubt her body was burried in the back yard. I don't doubt that Joran may have kept some type of souvenir somewhere, though.
Posted by: nowinger | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Psychic Detectives are on the case? :) I'm interested to hear what they say...
Posted by: ChinbeardXIV | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 03:48 PM
They know you are, Chinnie ... they know you are!
Posted by: Dax | Thursday, November 08, 2007 at 11:36 PM
FUCK NATALEE HOLLOWAY
Posted by: BETSY | Monday, November 26, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Hey Y'all. :)
TooTooT
BF
Posted by: Bigfish | Sunday, December 02, 2007 at 01:25 AM