No Arrest For Van der Sloot

NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court has denied a request by Aruban
prosecutors to arrest a Dutch college student in the disappearance
of Natalee Holloway.
The prosecutors had appealed a decision earlier this month by an
Aruban judge that Joran Van der Sloot could not be arrested based
on statements he made in a secretly recorded video. The tape showed
Van der Sloot saying he was with the Alabama teenager when she died
in the Dutch Caribbean island and that he had a friend dump her
body at sea.
The appeals court ruled that Van der Sloot's statements were
inconsistent with other evidence and insufficient to hold him.
The 20-year-old Van der Sloot was detained previously in the
case but was released for insufficient evidence.
Holloway, an 18-year-old from Mountain Brook was last seen in
May 2005 leaving a bar with Van der Sloot and two Surinamese
brothers on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the
island.