I'm glad they released those two men being used as scapegoats by the guilty party....parties! Why don't the other three just confess and let the authorities know where Natalee's body is...I think the Arubian government is protecting at least one of the three...I'm still betting on the judge's son! I doubt we'll ever know the real truth even if Natalee's body is found...the dead can't speak for themselves! I'd love to hold out hope she is alive...but it's just been too long with no word or sighting of Natalee....
Security Guards Released In Case Of Missing Ala. Teen
POSTED: 8:07 am EDT June 13, 2005
UPDATED: 12:09 am EDT June 14, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Authorities in Aruba released two former hotel security guards Monday who were the first men detained in the disappearance of an Alabama honors student.
Three young men who took 18-year-old Natalee Holloway to a beach early in the morning hours before she went missing remain in custody.
Antonius "Mickey" John, 30, and Abraham Jones, 28, had been in custody since June 5. The release came the day after the missing girl's mother said she believed the former security guards were innocent.
John said he's happy but disappointed.
"I knew from day one that I was innocent," he said
Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Ala., has been missing since May 30. She disappeared while on a five-day senior trip to Aruba with more than 100 classmates and seven adult chaperones.
In an interview with the "Today Show" on Monday, Beth Holloway Twitty, mother of the missing girl, said that she is frustrated with the apparent lack of progress in determining the fate of her daughter.
"Well, I don’t know if I can say I’m frustrated with the Aruban government," said Holloway Twitty. "I think I am frustrated as a mother, as any individual would (be), that I still do not have my daughter, that I still do not feel like I am any further along in finding my daughter than I was on May 30 when my flight landed here. So, I think that is my frustration."
Holloway Twitty said the three suspects still in custody "hold the key" to her daughter's whereabouts.
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Those are the last three men that were with my daughter," she said. "They know what they did with her, and they know where she is."
She said Aruban authorities should pressure the young men to reveal what they know, but she would not say what she thinks the boys may have done or whether she thinks her daughter is still alive.
Holloway Twitty said that a nagging thought in the back of her mind said the Aruban government is protecting the three students. As she put it, it's up to the Aruban authorities to assure her "that will not be an issue."
Holloway Twitty said she appreciates all that Aruban authorities have done but added that she won't be satisfied until they give her back her daughter. She said, "
I want her and I want her now."