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Holloway case reopened as recording of man surfaces

Associated Press
Published February 2, 2008


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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch student Joran van der Sloot said in a television interview Friday that he was lying when he told someone privately he was involved in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway during a school trip to Aruba in 2005.

The statement came hours after Aruban prosecutors announced they were reopening their investigation into the disappearance of the Alabama teenager after seeing secretly taped material from a Dutch journalist.

Van der Sloot was interviewed by telephone by the respected Dutch television showPauw & Wittemanafter reports that crime reporter Peter R. De Vries had captured him in an apparent confession.

"It is true I told someone. Everybody will see it Sunday," said Van der Sloot.

De Vries claims to have solved the mystery of Holloway's May 2005 disappearance with the help of an undercover investigation.

[Last modified February 2, 2008, 01:39:00]


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by Kathy 02/04/08 11:32 AM
fry him i think he is guilty he admitted it just because he has a judge in the family so what I'm tired of people getting away with murder
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