I tried to gather some information on Steve Croes. There is nothing. No mention of his family or the ex-wife. There is speculation that he is also the person who snatched Amy Bradley and our FBI was never allowed near him - I wonder why?
This guy is a real dirtbag and someone has twice really protected him.
CAPS and Finbar - we need some facts about Steve Croes.
They denied a relationshiop to Marianne Croes.ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CNN) -- Authorities probing the disappearance of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway arrested the DJ of a popular party boat Friday morning and searched his home.
A prosecutor's spokeswoman, Mariaine Croes, in keeping with Aruban law, identified him only by his initials, S.G.C. She said he was born July 21, 1978.
CNN spoke with his next-door neighbor, who identified himself as Rufo Solognier. He identified the person arrested as his nephew Steve Croes and described him as a quiet, divorced father of a 2-year-old son.
The prosecutor's office said there is no relationship between its spokeswoman and the suspect, and that the name "Croes" in Aruba is about as common as "Smith" in the United States.
Solognier said he did not know of any connection between Croes and the three others in custody.
Croes' boss on the Tattoo cruise ship, Marcus Williams, told CNN the boat generally does not go out on Sunday nights.
Even when the boat does go out on Sundays, it returns by midnight, Williams said.
The boat docks about 300 meters, or about 1,000 feet, from the Holiday Inn where Holloway was staying.
It was about 1:30 a.m. Monday May 30 that Holloway was last seen leaving the nightclub Carlos'N Charlie's with three young men, police said. (Full story)
Police commissioner Jan Van Der Straten said Croes' arrest came after he was named by one of the three suspects being held.
No charges have been filed against Joran Van Der Sloot, 17; Deepak Kalpoe, 21; and his brother, Satish Kalpoe, 18.
They were arrested June 9, and their attorneys say they maintain their innocence.
They are the three men seen with Holloway when she was leaving that nightclub, police said.
On Wednesday, authorities searched Van Der Sloot's home, seizing two cars and removing bagfuls of evidence.
Van Der Sloot's father is awaiting a ruling on his petition to see his son, which is required under Dutch law since Van Der Sloot is a minor. Aruba is part of the Netherlands.
Under Aruban law, prosecutors can ask judges to approve three eight-day extensions, followed by one 60-day extension and then one 30-day extension.
Suspects may be held up to 116 days -- and in rare cases even longer -- before formal charges are filed, said Croes, the prosecutor's spokeswoman.
Despite a massive search operation throughout the island, Aruban authorities have found no sign of Holloway.
"The frustration is unimaginable. It's unimaginable," said Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty.
"I have waited and I have waited and I have waited," she said.
"We don't even have one answer yet ... They have to find Natalee. They have to find our daughter."
CNN's Karl Penhaul contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/17/missing.teen/index.htmlTwo down, three to go
On Sunday Aruban authorities also indicated that they will release 26-year-old party boat disc jockey Steve Croes, the fifth suspect in this case. It is unlikely that the other three suspects will be immediately released, but the 118-day detention clock is slowly ticking away on the Aruban authorities, and when the clock runs out they must make their case in trial or let the three go, and there will continue to be a mandatory review of their incarceration every eight days until they are tried or released. Evidently Croes, a friend of one or more of the Kalpoe brothers, voluntarily told authorities that he had witnessed Joran and the Kalpoes drop Holloway off at her hotel, thereby confirming their alibi, one later acknowledged by them as being a lie. Because of Croes' false report he was arrested and held in custody. Croes' arrest may have also been related to the authority's belief that he had access to a small boat that could, perhaps, have been used to transport Holloway somewhere on the waters surrounding Aruba. Croes' release, like that of Paulus van der Sloot, is due to a similar finding by the local judge that there is not reasonable suspicion to support the belief that he was involved in Holloway's disappearance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8376303/Neither the ferry that took people out to the Tattoo or the Crew Launch are suitable for going on open ocean. The problem with the Launch is that it is underpowered, 15hp engine I believe. I suppose he could have access to another boat. Also, I think it has been established that while the Tattoo normally doesn't go out on Sunday night, there was a special charter and Croes was working. This figured in with his release because of the time frame as I recall. Also the Tattoo Ferry takes off from the De Palm Pier between the Raddison and the Aruba Grand, not the marina if front of the Marriott. This is about a mile plus south. It does sort of put him in the vicinity.
http://www.rjames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=14080The Uncle knows "nothing" about Steve? I think this says it all. BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VAN SUSTEREN: Have you talked to your nephew at all?
RUFO SOLOGNIER, STEVE CROES' UNCLE: No, not for a week.
VAN SUSTEREN: What is your...
SOLOGNIER: My wife went to the courtroom this morning.
VAN SUSTEREN: Right. What did they say in court today?
SOLOGNIER: Nothing. Nothing. They can't say nothing. He can't speak to her.
VAN SUSTEREN: They won't let Steve Croes talk to his...
SOLOGNIER: No, nobody.
VAN SUSTEREN: Why not?
SOLOGNIER: I don't know. I have to ask the lawyer.
VAN SUSTEREN: Steve is not your son, he's your nephew, right?
SOLOGNIER: He's the nephew of my wife.
VAN SUSTEREN: Where is Steve's parents?
SOLOGNIER: In Curacao.
VAN SUSTEREN: And sorry, he lives next door with his grandmother?
SOLOGNIER: Grandmother, grandfather.
VAN SUSTEREN: With your wife's mother and father then?
SOLOGNIER: Yes, yes, yes.
VAN SUSTEREN: And his grandparents. Any idea why they picked him up?
SOLOGNIER: I don't know. I can't even.
VAN SUSTEREN: Are they telling you anything at all?
SOLOGNIER: Nothing. I know nothing about Steve.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160562,00.htmlRumor has it that Steve Croes was seen taking Amy Bradley off the Cruise ship into Curacao by about 5 witnesses. By time FBI learned this information from the witnesses Steve Croes was already in Aruba. FBI went to Aruba to speak and question with Steve Croes. Aruba denied FBI or anyone to even question Steve Croes about Amy Bradley. Seems to me that Aruba is a safe haven for criminals and harbor them as well. Why not allow FBI speak with someone who was seen and identified as kidnapping a missing person off a Cruise ship and never to be seen again? Has nothing to do with Aruba, only that Steve Croes fled to Aruba after his crime. It's even out of Aruba's jurisdiction, they would not even cooperate with authorities at all. I hope that someone brings this to the attention of Interpol while in Aruba. May prove to be more than meets the eye with Steve Croes and Aruba. -AP-
http://bfnbackup.16.forumer.com/a/more-rumors_post9-45.htmlPENHAUL: He`s a 26-year-old, originally born on Curacao, but he has lived on Aruba for many years now. He`s a recent divorcee. He`s the father of a 2-year-old son. He was living in the town of Santa Cruz. That`s a town in the center of the island near the national park. He was living at that house with his grandfather and his grandmother, living next door to his uncle. His uncle is a retired police chief inspector, Nancy.
GRACE: Karl, what if any connection is there between -- this is a grown man, he`s a 26-year-old divorced father -- and these three young guys who are partying hardy at Carlos and Charlie`s. What`s the connection?
PENHAUL: Police and prosecutors haven`t told us of any connection. But talking to Steven Croes` boss, Marcus Williams, he says that he believes that he knew one of the Kalpoe brothers through the Internet Cafe. Now, we know that Deepak, the eldest of the Kalpoe brothers, the 21-year- old, worked at the Cyberzone Internet Cafe. And it seems as it`s there where he knew Steve Croes, Nancy.
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