Aruba May Bust Holloway Suspect Again

Dutch teen claims he lied about dumping her body after sex
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 1, 2008 11:04 PM CST
Aruba May Bust Holloway Suspect Again
Joran van der Sloot, center, one of the last people to see missing American teen Natalee Holloway before her 2005 disappearance, is pictured in the early hours of Friday Feb. 1, 2008, at a night club in Arnhem, central Netherlands. Van der Sloot, who has in the past been detained as a suspect in the...   (Associated Press)

Aruban police may rearrest a Dutch teen after he admitted on camera to dumping the body of Natalee Holloway, CNN reports. Joran Van der Sloot claimed today that his confession was a lie, but Aruba's main public prosecutor has reopened his probe and awaits a judge's ruling on the arrest this weekend. Officials had closed the case for lack evidence until a Dutch reporter showed them the video.

The interview, to be aired on ABC Monday night, reportedly shows Van der Sloot saying he dumped Holloway's body with a friend after having sex with her. "It is true I told someone. Everybody will see it Sunday" on Dutch television, Van der Sloot said of the video. "That is what he wanted to hear, so I told him what he wanted to hear." (More Joran Van der Sloot stories.)

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