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Aruba Judge To Decide On Van Der Sloot's Fate
« on: Aug 30th, 2005, 7:11pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
By MARGARET WEVER, Associated Press Writer
Tue Aug 30, 12:49 AM
 
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A judge will decide Wednesday whether to release a Dutch suspect held for nearly three months in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
 
Joran van der Sloot, 18, was arrested June 9 along with two friends, Surinamese nationals Satish Kalpoe, 18, and Deepak Kalpoe, 21, on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance. The Kalpoe brothers were released July 4, when van der Sloot's detention was prolonged until Sept. 4, and re-arrested last week.
 
Van der Sloot's lawyer, Richie Kock, told The Associated Press that judicial authorities informed him a judge would decide Wednesday on the detention of his client in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island where suspects may be held for up to 116 days without charge.
 
Van der Sloot maintains his innocence, Kock said.
 
Prosecutors said Tuesday they had filed a motion to keep van der Sloot detained another 30 days. They must offer additional evidence against van der Sloot on Wednesday or he must be released, according to Aruban law.
 
The Kalpoe brothers were arrested Friday, when a judge ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence to hold them for at least eight days while they build their case.
 
Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen May 30 leaving a bar with the Kalpoes and van der Sloot, hours before she was to end a vacation celebrating her graduation.
 
No one has been charged.
 
A third man was arrested with the Kalpoes but his lawyer said Monday that it was unrelated to Holloway's disappearance.
 
Freddy Alexander Zedan-Arambatzis, a friend of van der Sloot and the Kalpoes, was arrested on suspicion of having unspecified "physical contact" with a female minor, said his lawyer, Diana Emerencia.
 
Zedan-Arambatzis, 21, is also suspected of photographing the girl in "tempting poses" and showing the images to other people, Emerencia said.
 
The Kalpoe brothers and van der Sloot are also suspected of involvement in the incidents, which allegedly occurred before Holloway disappeared, she said.
 
Emerencia said Zedan-Arambatzis has denied having any physical contact with the girl or taking photos of her, but has admitted to being present when the photos were taken.
 
The prosecutor's office declined to comment on the case.
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Anyone have an update on his court appearance?
I can't find one update on yesterday before the judge!
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Aruba suspect’s father says son to be released
Elder van der Sloot: Judge rules teen no longer Holloway murder suspect
Updated: 8:08 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2005
 
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A judge on Thursday ordered the release of a Dutch teenager who has been jailed for nearly three months in the disappearance of an Alabama honors student and said he would be freed this weekend, the youth’s father and attorney said.  
 
Paul van der Sloot said the judge ruled there was no reason to hold his son, Joran, any longer on suspicion of murder but the youth remained a suspect in the sexual assault of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway.
 
Reached by phone later, defense attorney Antonio Carlo disputed part of the father’s statement, saying van der Sloot, 18, remains a suspect in Holloway’s murder but will be released Saturday pending the outcome of the investigation.  
 
The decision to release van der Sloot “only has to do with the pretrial detention. The primary condition is he has to remain available to police,” Carlo said.  
 
The judge in the case issued two rulings: In the first, he agreed with prosecutors' request to extend the period of van der Sloot's pretrial detention by 30 more days.  
 
But later Thursday, the judge issued another ruling that sided with the defense — an order to immediately suspend the execution of his earlier pretrial detention order.  
 
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In a statement, the prosecutors office declined to comment on the ruling, saying it hasn’t received all of the decisions from the judge.  
 
Joran van der Sloot was arrested June 9 along with two friends, Surinamese nationals Satish Kalpoe, 18, and Deepak Kalpoe, 21, on suspicion of involvement in Holloway’s disappearance.  
 
The Kalpoe brothers were released on July 4 but were re-arrested last week.  
 
A judge ordered Satish Kalpoe to remain jailed eight more days, government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said, without giving further details.  
 
The judge was still to rule on whether to continue holding or release Deepak Kalpoe. Suspects can be held for 116 days without charge in the Dutch Caribbean island.  
 
Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen May 30 leaving a bar with the Kalpoes and van der Sloot, hours before she was to end a vacation celebrating her graduation. No one has been charged, and extensive searches have produced no sign of her.  
 
The announcement came a day after a hearing in which Carlo argued that prosecutors have produced no evidence that his client was involved in Holloway’s disappearance or that a crime had been committed.  
 
© 2005 The Associated Press
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