sources used for this timeline include:
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/06/details_of_the_.html
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050611-065006-6271r.htmhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159252,00.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159327,00.htmlhttp://spaces.msn.com/members/amykappel/http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/A/ARUBA_MISSING_TEEN?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8169252http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050611/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/aruba_missing_teen;_ylt=AnfoKrLCC1SsKcDukt_a0Yes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050611/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/aruba_missing_teen;_ylt=AnfoKrLCC1SsKcDukt_a0Yes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=3461896&nav=23Kuavaphttp://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11173http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11160http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050616/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/aruba_missing_teen;_ylt=AivJwyc8YVcVC1NuU25HAEus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2MTQ3MTFjBHNlYwN0cw--
May 27
Holloway's mother and stepfather told The Birmingham News in Alabama that
they discovered the Dutch boy's connection to their daughter within 24
hours of her disappearance by talking to other students on the trip. They
then found surveillance videotapes showing him playing poker with other
Mountain Brook teens in their hotel casino two days before she vanished.
*** this was reported on June 11 @ yahoo.com
May 29 Aruba
The 18-year-old vanished May 29 after leaving an Oranjestad nightclub.
Police said Van Der Sloot first met Holloway the day she disappeared at
the casino in the Holiday Inn where she was staying with about 40
classmates who were celebrating high school graduation.
May 30 2:00 am Aruba time
CNN said the three suspects told police they went with Holloway to a
beach after leaving the bar before taking her back to her hotel at about
2 a.m.
The men claimed they visited a lighthouse, and according to police
statements, the Kalpoe brothers described her as stumbling on the way
into the hotel, possibly as a result of alcohol.
May 30 10:30 am Aruba time
seniors were expected to be in the lobby of the Holiday Inn by 10:30 on
Monday morning to assemble for the journey home. One young blond face of
a reportedly mostly shy girl named Natalee Holloway never did join the
gathering there.
It was decided that the students and 6 of the 7 chaperons for the trip
would go on to the airport so as to not miss their flight back home.
May 30 11:30 am Aruba time
Local police were first notified of the situation at approximately 11:30
AM, one hour after the seniors scheduled departure from the hotel lobby.
A member of the beach patrol was dispatched to take a report and collect
a copy of her passport for identification purposes.
May 30 4:30 pm CST
The parents and several high profile Birmingham business men left
Birmingham around 4:30 CST on a private jet owned by one of the men, G.
Ruffner Page, Jr., President of McWane Inc. - one of Alabama's s largest
private companies. The private plane is owned by the company. Natalee's
parents placed several calls regarding the troubling developments prior
to their departure for Aruba.
May 30 5:30 pm CST
At approximately 5:00 CST a member of the US DEA contacted the remaining
chaperone. The DEA representative was on Aruba on another matter and the
two individuals agreed to meet that evening back at the Holiday Inn.
Attempting to provide as much helpful information as possible the
chaperone was informed that the boy with whom Natalee left Carlos and
Charlies was somewhat known to them for having had played poker with
several of their male classmates during the course of the trip. They
identified the local boy only as Joran.
The chaperone later turned up at the casino asking questions about a boy
named Joran. A poker room manager consulted existing lists and reports
suggest that it was then that the boy in question was first identified as
having a last initial of "V." A casino employee suggested asking
questions of other hotel employees and taxi drivers, at least one of whom
first identified the boy as being Joran Van der Sloot, son of Anita and
Paulus Van der Sloot and an honor roll student at the International
School who has been known to frequent the casinos, sometimes in the
company of his Father.
May 30 8:00 pm Aruba time
The previously mentioned DEA representative arrived at the hotel at
approximately 8 PM and conversed with the chaperone
May 30 9:00 pm Aruba time
local police receiving a call from the chaperone at approximately 9PM for
an update on the Natalee Holloway situation. It has been reported to me
that at that time no official report had been filed and suggested that
the member of the Aruban beach patrol failed to submit any information on
the case. The DEA representative provided the chaperone with contact
information and left.
May 30 10:00 pm Aruba time
The parents of Natalee Holloway were reported to have arrived at the
hotel at approximately 10 PM
May 30/31 12:00 midnight Aruba time
Several of the Alabama businessmen and the chaperone proceeded to Carlos
and Charlies to see if they might gather additional information. Joran
Van der Sloot appears to be a well known figure at the casino and an
employee directed the group to a taxi driver said to be very
knowledgeable as to comings and goings on the island. It was now
approximately midnight.
May 31 12:30 am Aruba time
The taxi driver provided more detailed information about Joran and the
group decided to approach the police with the information they had
gathered. After discussing the information with the local police, the
group, accompanied by two officers headed to the Van der Sloot home.
Joran was not home and his father told the group that he could be found
playing poker at one of the casinos in the Palm Beach area of Aruba. The
group, including the father, headed off to locate the boy. Upon arriving
at the casino, the police, security guards, along with Natalee's parents
are said to have "swarmed" onto the floor and at least one report states
the police had their weapons drawn.
May 31 - unknown ?
? am Aruba time
The young Van der Sloot was not located in the casino. Soon thereafter,
Joran Van der Sloot placed a call to his Father's cell phone and informed
him that he was at home.
????? is THIS THE 6:30 am mystery phone call ????? did Joran
make the 6:30 am phone call from south end of island to papa VDS?
May 31 - unknown ?
? am Aruba time
The entire group, including the police, headed back to the Van der Sloot
home. They arrived to find Joran Van der Sloot and Satish Kalpoe, the
younger of two brothers recently detained in the matter, leaning casually
against what has been reported to be the grey car now impounded in the
investigation.
The police set about questioning the two boys. They are said to have
claimed at that time that the now missing Natalee Holloway did indeed
leave Carlos And Charlies with them and the entire group went to the
lighthouse area together prior to dropping Natalee back at her hotel. The
boys also made additional claims consistent with other earlier reports
They also told police that they dropped Holloway at her Holiday Inn at
about 2 a.m. and last saw her being approached by a man in a security
guard uniform before they drove off, Kock said.
????? STORY #1 ?????
Holiday Inn employees say security cameras did not record Holloway's
return. A Holiday Inn guard who worked the overnight shift that day said
he did not see her, said Pietersz, who said she reviewed the guard's
statement to police.
With Natalee's Mother said to have remained in the car, possibly out of
the emotion involved in meeting two of the now three boys alleged to have
been the last to see her daughter alive, others in the group including
the Stepfather were present as the questioning continued for
approximately an hour.
Certain aspects of the discussion, some said to have involved Joran Van
der Sloot's Father, led to the discussion becoming heated and police
officers requested that the group disperse. More than one individual
among the group of Americans present at the Joran home that night report
a belief that the boys were lying and did indeed do something to harm
Natalee Holloway.
from Amy Kappel's site:
First story:
Natalee Holloway, was last seen in Carlos ‘n Charlie’s on the dawn of
30th May, 2005 with three young male, who are now suspects in the case.
Their story was: they all went to the Arashi Beach, on the far northern
part of Aruba, where the Dutch suspect, Joran van der Sloot told
officials that he and Natalee were romantically involved in the back of
the car. Further than that they allegedly just dropped her off in front
of the Holiday Inn hotel and here is when she met the two security
guards, after this they never saw her again.
June 5, Aruba
Arrest of two black former hotel security guards, 28-year-old Abraham
Jones and 30-year-old Antonius "Mickey" John
June 9, Aruba
Joran and the two brothers arrested.
????? where were these boys at when arrested ?????
June 10, Aruba
from newscenter.ninn.org:
Breaking News (ORANJESTAD, Aruba) - Associated press reports one of three
young men who took an Alabama high school student to the beach during her
class trip to Aruba has now admitted something bad happened to Natalee.
Deputy Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig told The Associated Press that
the man was leading police late Friday to the scene of the crime. However
Family is telling press this may not happen due to the late hour on the
Island.
Great Hope exist she may still be alive. Officials rushing to find the
location described by this person in custody has led to leaks to the
press and statements that can not be substantiated at this time.
Natalee's Family is asking all agencies to be sure before announcing the
latest news rumors. Forensic teams and law enforcement will be going to
the site where it was described to officials what is feared to be a place
where Natalee may have met her death.
Officials want to evaluate the site and scene before making further
statements out of respect to the family.
Associated Press has revised earlier reports of a confession to murder by
one of the detainees. Details are in question as media frenzy to get
reports out are not substantiated.
Officials are asking all to wait while efforts underway can determine the
truth to the statements made to investigators.
Family is gathered together on the Island to await the results of this
latest breaking news events.
Americas Amber Alert News Center text casting live has ended.
June 11, Aruba
Oranjestad, Aruba, Jun. 11 (UPI) -- Police in Aruba say one of three
suspects arrested in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager has
confessed to killing her.
David Cruz, a spokesman for the Aruban Minister of Justice told FOX News
Natalee Holloway, who was on vacation with friends with a graduation trip
when she disappeared, was confirmed dead and that authorities knew the
location of her body.
However, Cruz later retracted the statement, saying he was a victim of a
"misinformation campaign."
The "Diario," a local daily newspaper, is reporting that a human blood
sample found in a car at the residence of one of the teens in custody —
the 17-year-old son of a high-ranking island judicuary official — is now
being sent to the U.S. and will be tested for a possible match to
Natalee, whose mother gave a blood sample to investigators.
????? SO the brothers car was left at Joran's house ?????
A judge ruled Saturday that police can continue to detain three young men
— two Surinamese brothers and the Dutch teen — arrested in the
disappearance of Holloway.
A lawyer for one of the Surinamese — Satish Kalpoe, 18, whose brother,
Deepak, 21, also is in custody — said they told police they took Holloway
to Arashi Beach, on the northern part of the island, in the early hours
of May 30.
According to their police statement, they did not get out of the car,
Carlo said. Instead, Holloway and the Dutch teen, an honors student at
the Aruba International School whom she had met at the casino in her
hotel, "were in the back seat kissing."
from yahoo.com:
They also told police that they dropped Holloway at her Holiday Inn at
about 2 a.m. and last saw her being approached by a man in a security
guard uniform before they drove off, Kock said.
The brothers told police the young woman was drunk and refused to get out
of the car, said Noraina Pietersz, who is representing Antonius "Mickey"
John, 30, one of the two former security guards. He and Abraham Jones,
28, have been detained since Sunday and have denied any connection to
Holloway.
The three young men said Holloway stumbled in the parking lot of the
hotel but refused help from her Dutch escort, Kock said.
Holiday Inn employees say security cameras did not record Holloway's
return. A Holiday Inn guard who worked the overnight shift that day said
he did not see her, said Pietersz, who said she reviewed the guard's
statement to police.
From Amy Kappel's site: Two suspects: Joran van der Sloot and Abraham
Jones were/are detained in the same cellblock at the police department in
Noord. It is here that a crying suspect, Joran van der Sloot supposedly
commented to another suspect, Abraham Jones the following:
He is very preoccupied because he thinks that the other two Surinamese
suspects might be lying and blaming him for the disappearance of Natalee
Holloway.
????? start of the unraveling of the stories ????
His new story is that they (with they, I mean the two other suspects)
dropped him off at his home, with Natalee Holloway still in the car,
further he and Natalee exchanged e-mail address and that was the last
time he saw her.
He also added that the story that he told the officials was orchestrated
at his home, near the pool. The lawyer of suspect Abraham Jones, Chris
Lejuez has stated all this, confirming the story this morning.
from newscenter.ninn.org:
Oranjestad Aruba (Team Amber Alert News) One of three young men who took
an Alabama high school student to the beach during her class trip to
Aruba has now admitted something bad happened to Natalee.
Searchers have located her body with the assistance of one of the
detainees.
The body of missing 18 year old Alabama girl has been located and it was
confirmed by family members today.
A sad ending after so much hope that the missing teen would have been
found alive.
Searchers located Natalee's body and notified official to bring the
family members. Some of Natalee's Family have been briefed earlier this
morning.
Great Hope existed she may still be alive are now dashed. Officials
rushing to find the location described by this person in custody has led
to leaks to the press and statements that could not be substantiated late
Friday evening.
As a storm takes over the gulf and surrounding seas both nature and the
country shed tears for Natalee and her family
Please pray for the community now in grief over this tragedy.
**** report of body found, posted on amberalert.com ****
June 12, Aruba
There were various conflicting reports over the weekend — most of which
were retracted — including one about a semi-confession from one of the
three last seen with Holloway and another about a possible blood sample
taken from the car she apparently rode around in with them the night she
vanished.
The substance tested has turned out not to be blood, FOX News has
learned.
Trapenberg blamed the back-and-forth over the weekend on "bad reporting"
and advised the media to only print news coming directly from the chief
of police or the prosecutor. And he praised his country for putting a
missing-person case at the top of its priority list.
???? story change - substance "not blood in car", no "confession"
?????
???? "something bad happened" ????
June 13, Aruba
The three young men have reportedly changed their stories since being
moved to separate jail cells, Chris Lejuez, the lawyer for one of two
other men being held in the case, told FOX News.
???? first evidence of split of stories told by boys ?????
Jorans story: One of the trio detained since June 9, the Dutch son of a
judicial official, is now saying that his two Surinamese friends — who
are brothers — dropped him off at his house after he exchanged e-mail
addresses with Holloway and said goodnight, Lejuez said.
brothers story: The brothers have also changed their story, now saying
they left their friend with Holloway at the beach that night, FOX has
learned.
"They know these boys have been lying," Jones' attorney Lejuez told FOX
News on Monday, saying his client is in a cell next to Van Der Sloot's
and overheard the boy giving the new explanation. "They should not keep
our clients any longer and yet they do." "That story was a lie," she
said, adding that she thinks the former guards are innocent. Attorneys
for Jones and John said Monday they were seeking a court order to free
them.
???? does this mean that Jones conversation with on of the
brothers can be confirmed by his lawyer ?????
Holloway Twitty also said Monday she believes the three young men last
seen with her daughter know much more than they are letting on about what
happened the night her 18-year-old daughter vanished on the island two
weeks ago.
"All three of those boys know what happened to her," Holloway Twitty said
in an interview with The Associated Press in her room at the Holiday Inn,
the same hotel where her daughter was staying before she disappeared
early May 30. "They all know what they did with her that night."
Holloway Twitty said she met the three young men within 12 hours of
Natalee’s disappearance and she said it surprised her that it took
authorities more than a week to detain them.
June 13, Aruba
June 14, Aruba
Two suspects released - the two guards.
The first two suspects detained in the case of missing Natalee Holloway
was released yesterday. It was all smiles for the friends and family of
Abraham Jones and Mickey John last night when finally their long awaited
release came about.
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -- Nearly three dozen police officers launched a
new search Tuesday along a beach near a Marriott Hotel for Natalee
Holloway after a former security guard alleged that one of three youths
seen with the missing teenager had lied to police.
Antonius "Mickey" John said he was detained in a cell adjacent to one of
the young men, 21-year-old Deepak Kalpoe, and that the two spent time
talking.
John, 30, said Kalpoe told him that he and his 18-year-old brother,
Satish, and their 17-year-old Dutch friend never went back to the Holiday
Inn the morning of May 30, the day Holloway disappeared on this Dutch
Caribbean island during a student trip.
Instead, Kalpoe said they dropped the Dutch youth and Holloway off near
the Marriott, located just north of the Holiday Inn, on the same beach,
John said.
**** search of beach following guards release/statement ****
Holloway Twitty said if she did not see results soon, she might start to
believe authorities were trying to protect the young men, who told police
they took Holloway to a beach after an evening of dancing and drinking,
hours before she disappeared.
Prime Minister Nelson Oduber has said no one is above the law on the
Dutch Caribbean island governed by a local parliament. The Netherlands
Antilles is responsible for foreign and defense affairs.
June 15, Aruba
House Search at Van Der Sloot residence:
A house search warrant has been issued for one of the suspects, Joran van
der Sloot. It was visible that the officials went in action early this
afternoon and until now they have confiscated the parent's two cars.
On Wednesday, two investigators from the Netherlands and Aruban police
spent four hours inside the house of judicial official Paul van der
Sloot, whose son, Joran, was detained a week ago.
Officers carried two white plastic garbage bags filled with unidentified
items from the one-story, yellow-beige house, which includes an attached
apartment where the young man lives. Authorities also towed away a blue
SUV and a red Jeep.
Police also declined to discuss the case. "We are just looking for
evidence at the house but have nothing yet," police spokesman Edwin
Comemencia said during the search.
Government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said investigators were making
progress. "They're getting pieces that they need to solve this puzzle,
put it together," he told CNBC. "It is a question of national priority
for us."
June 16, Aruba
Police investigating Natalee Holloway's disappearance made a helicopter
survey of this Dutch Caribbean island before dawn Thursday after seizing
cars and other items at the home of a judicial official whose son was
with the Alabama teen the night she vanished.
A judge was expected to rule later Thursday (june 16) on a motion from
the official to see his 17-year-old son, who is being held along with two
friends from Suriname. The judge also was to rule on a request by lawyers
for the two Surinamese to see any evidence against their clients.
Government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said investigators were making
progress. "They're getting pieces that they need to solve this puzzle,
put it together," he told CNBC. "It is a question of national priority
for us."
rumors to be substantiated from scared monkeys discussion site:
questions...
the 6:30 am phone call the morning of the 1st of june....
1. who made it? I DON'T THINK WE KNOW FOR SURE
2. where was it made from? FROM THE SANTA LUCIA AREA
3. where was it made to? FROM ONE OF THE 3 SUSPECT TO ANOTHER
4. Joran changing story to match latest story of brothers that he was
dropped off at beach near Marriott...
5. Was Natalee given a "date rape drug"?
6. Did Joran have a rape tape made of a gangbang when he was 14?
7. Joran said that its true he stayed w/ NH at the fishermans huts to
swim, and NH went to HI and he walked home after that
8. Natalee ran away while visiting Costa Rica 4 years ago while living in
Clinton Alabama
9. Natalee kidnapped for a sex slave ring from Venezuela with help of
Joran and the brothers
10. Joran attended an anger management class after shoving one of his
classmates at the Aruban International School through a window last year.
11. Satish also had anger management problem.
12. Joran was/is a drug dealer
13. Panties found at Marriot search site belonged to Natalee
14. Joran met with brothers on the 31st of May durign school hours with
the brothers in the woods behind the school.
what we do know:
1. area of Juron's house (Montana/Noord) to the Holiday Inn (Palm Beach) is 6.5 Kilometers, which is about 4 miles. That's driving, so by foot it might be even a more direct route (i.e., 2 miles).
