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New Arrest in Aruba Case: Is the End Near?

Get ready for the Natalee Holloway case to dominate cable the next few days along with the Duke Lacrosse players. There was a new arrest in Aruba this weekend . The name of the suspect is not in the news articles yet, but Fox News identified him this afternoon as 19 year old Godfried Van Cromvourt, a Dutch National.

Update: Dateline identified him as Gottfried Van Cromhout.

NBC's "Dateline" newsmagazine reported tonight that the man arrested is Gottfried Van Cromhout, a friend of former prime suspect and Dutch national Joran van der Sloot. Van der Sloot's lawyers denied their client knew Van Cromhout, according to NBC. A lawyer for the Holloway family told NBC's Dateline that Van Cromhout was involved with the island's beach patrol service.

Aruba allows the arrest of persons on reasonable suspicion which is less than probable cause. After arrest, they can be interrogated for six hours. They don't have to be brought before a judge for two days. The judge can then order them held for eight more days, and then another eight.

Authorities have a history in this case of arresting people to interrogate them, and that's what I suspect is happening here.

Update and correction: Joran's lawyer said on tv tonight Joran doesn't know the suspect and he's hearing from his sources on the island the new arrestee may be more than someone with information.

Update: Joe Tacopina, TL's good pal who is representing Joran in the civil suit says:

"G.V.C" was detained because police recovered a T-shirt belonging to him with "relevant forensic information" from the south side of the Dutch Caribbean island.

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    Re: New Arrest in Aruba Case: Is the End Near? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 17, 2006 at 07:57:32 AM EST
    What no comments on this girl, News like this gets Fox awhirl. O'Reilly just loves that spin, Lots of christers listen in. Billy boy loud mouth churl.