Natalee Holloway disappeared in 2005 while on a vacation with her Alabama classmates.
Dutch forensic experts are analyzing a bone found on a beach in Aruba to see whether it's human and if so, whether it came from missing American teen Natalee Holloway, a Dutch newspaper reports.
"We are investigating some bone material sent from Aruba from the prosecutor's office," Inge Oevering, spokesperson for the NFI forensic institute in The Hague, Netherlands, told CNN. "We are trying to identify whether these bones are human. Once we establish if the bones are human we will try to get a DNA profile. All the findings will be sent back to the prosecutor's office, who will decide whether they are released."
The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said the bone was a jawbone and was found near Aruba's Phoenix hotel, a location previously noted by Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in Holloway's disappearance.
He is in jail in Peru, charged with murdering another young woman.
In a way I hope it is the remains of Ms.Hollaway so that her family can physically can say goodbye properly.
Chris did it
I also hope the DNA is a positive. If he killed in Peru then the spree probably started in Aruba. Maybe there are more that have not been connected to him yet. This guy was protected by this father but no more.
I hope it is her bones, so the family can have closure.
So awful and trajic is this hole story. People please talk to your children especially college and highschool age.
he is a perfect example of why politics are best left to politics,you or i i would be in prison already! And there would be at least one more girl alive, pampered, protected little brat, i hope his father is paying a hefty price for protecting that p.o.s.
Ehm, his father is dead, he died of a heart attack 9 months ago, so your wish has been granted...
Dear Lord – please let this fragment be hers, so we can FINALLY stop hearing about it! And all God's children say AMEN
yeah! Poetic justice, gotta love it!
Hey Jacktown, take a chill pill already! Dam.
For every parent who has ever lost a child, I do pray justice is served, comfort is proided, closure comes swiftly, and Gods love is freely acceptted. What these people who hurt children get away with is an embarssment to the justice system, our nation and man kind.
I love when people say "so we can stop hearing about it" stop reading bout it dumb azz.
If the jaw bone does turn out to be her, I don't think it will bring closure, just more media attention.
Ok...so they hyped up the finding of the jaw bone and kept he "results any moment" marker up, but haven't heard a thing. I wish the media would stop making every darn news story about RATINGS.. It involves peoples lives. Have some respect. It's not always about MEDIA.