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2005 May 30 |
Natalee Holloway disappeared on the last night of a trip to Aruba to celebrate her graduation from Alabama high school. Links: USA, Alabama, Aruba 
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2005 Jun 11 |
Police investigating the disappearance of an Alabama honors student in Aruba arrested a man at dawn, hours after one of three young men already in custody admitted "something bad happened" to the woman after they took her to the beach. Links: Alabama, Aruba
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2005 Jun 23 |
Aruba police arrested the father of a young Dutch teen already in custody in connection with the disappearance of a young Alabama woman, and said that he was considered a suspect in the 3-week-old case. Links: Netherlands, Alabama, Aruba
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2005 Aug 23 |
In Aruba a court ruled that lesbian couple has the right to register their marriage rejecting a government appeal in a case that has exposed a cultural rift between Holland and its former colony. Links: Gays, Aruba
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2005 Sep 23 |
Arubans voted for a prime minister and all 21 seats in the parliament in a race that has focused on immigration and frustration over stagnant salaries lagging behind inflation. Links: Aruba
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2005 Sep 24 |
Aruba election board officials reported that the ruling party kept its majority in parliament in legislative elections for all 21 seats. Links: Aruba
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2006 Apr 15 |
Police in Aruba arrested a suspect, identified by the initials G.V.C. (19), in the case of Natalee Holloway, who disappeared May 30, 2005. Links: USA, Aruba
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2007 Sep 3 |
Hurricane Felix, having passed the Dutch islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire with little damage, rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm and churned toward Central America, where forecasters said it could arrive as a "potentially catastrophic" storm. Links: Aruba, Curacao, Hurricane, Bonaire
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2007 Nov 21 |
Aruba authorities announced they had re-arrested Dutch student Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, on suspicion of involvement in voluntary manslaughter and causing serious bodily harm that resulted in the 2005 death of Natalee Holloway. Links: Netherlands, Murder, Aruba
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2007 Nov 30 |
In Aruba a judge ordered the release of two brothers suspected in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, ruling that the evidence wasn't strong enough to continue holding them. Links: USA, Aruba
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2007 Dec 7 |
The Aruba prosecutors' office said a judge has ordered the release of a Dutch suspect who was re-arrested last month in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Links: Netherlands, Aruba
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2007 Dec 18 |
Prosecutors in Aruba dismissed the case against the three main suspects in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, saying they still believe they were involved in her death but can't prove it after 932 days of searching failed to turn up a body. Links: USA, Aruba
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2008 Feb 4 |
The chief Aruban prosecutor said a hidden-camera interview with a Dutch student saying missing teenager Natalee Holloway was dead and that he had a friend dump her body at sea is admissible in court. The tape, which was first broadcast the previous evening on Dutch television, appeared to spur the investigation. Links: Netherlands, Murder, Aruba
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2010 May 30 |
In Peru Stephany Flores (21) was killed in a room at a Lima hotel where Joran van der Sloot (22), long suspected in the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of US teen Natalee Holloway, had been staying. Her body was found on June 2. Chilean police captured van der Sloot on June 3 as he was heading to the country's Pacific coast. On June 4 Van der Sloot was handcuffed and placed aboard a police Cessna 310 in the Chilean capital of Santiago for extradition to Peru. After 3 days in custody van der Sloot admitted to killing Flores. Links: Chile, Peru, Murder, Aruba
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2010 Jun 16 |
Prosecutors in Aruba said they want to take Joran van der Sloot up on his offer to discuss the unsolved disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway. Links: Aruba
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2010 Jun 30 |
In Alabama a grand jury indicted Joran van der Sloot on charges that he tried to extort $250,000 from Beth Holloway, the mother of Natalee Holloway, a teenager who disappeared during a 2005 trip to Aruba. Links: USA, Alabama, Aruba
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