Was Natalee Holloway Drugged?
The newspaper says that the experts’ initial impressions seem to be that drug users generally do not make up stories when they’ve used drugs. “That means that Joran’s story is most certainly an important supporting piece of evidence in our further investigation,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told the newspaper. “We are also awaiting reports from experts about the way in which Joran says Natalee Holloway died.” The appeals court decision denying prosecutors an arrest warrant for Van der Sloot significantly complicates the investigation. Whereas previously Aruban authorities have arrested Van der Sloot on suspicion of homicide, the tapes would seem to indicate that Holloway may have died in his arms. In that case, all prosecutors could charge Van der Sloot with would be involvement in the disappearance of a corpse, a crime that carries a maximum penalty if convicted of six months in prison. Aruban law does not allow for pre-trial detention for crimes that carry a prison senten
