Tuesday, June 14, 2005

What's up in Aruba?

Hello all, I'm watching MSNBC news at the moment, and noticed they are showing a live feed of a new search currently being conducted near the hotel where Natalee Holloway was staying. If you're unfamiliar with who Natalee Holloway is, she is the 18 year old Alabama girl who disappeared from a class trip to the island of Aruba. Two security guards held for possible connection with the case have been released, arrested after they were implicated by one of the three island residents (those last seen with her) who were later taken into police custody themselves. Why arrest two men on the word of one of the last three men to be seen with the girl? Why just question the three men, then release them for one week? Seems as if the locals weren't expecting the media fallout. Word around the internet is that one of the three men held for questioning, gave information leading to the authorities looking in the present location. Why did it take 15 days for them to look just a few yards away from the hotel?" The entire island is only 6 miles across and 19 miles long, sheesh ! Also, why isn't our government applying more pressure to Aruban authorities to gain access to investigative information and assist in the search? Why wouldn't the local authorities welcome the help from an agency that deals with this sort of thing far more often? I believe the local Aruban authorities are struggling with what to do about a situation that has grown in media attention and how tourism will be affected. However, the appearance of "foot dragging", and the withholding of information by the Arubans is perhaps the worst possible way for them to go. Who hasn't followed this story as it slowly unfolds and relate it to how we would feel if it were a member of our own family? I sure hope that somehow this situation turns out to have a happy ending and the girl is found alive, if not then the Arubans deserve to lose a large part of the 70% American tourism by which their economy depends, they took things far too slow, and did some very strange things in the most important and vital early moments following the disappearance. Far too many questions remain after so many days.

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