Holloway Suspects To Appear In Court

(CBS/AP)  A 20-year-old Dutch man who is a suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is scheduled to appear before a judge in Aruba Monday.

Prosecutors will seek to hold Joran van der Sloot for at least eight days while pursuing the case against him and two other suspects, brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe.

Prosecutors also said Monday they believe Holloway is dead.

New evidence that may include a phone record showing one of the brothers returned to the beach the night Holloway vanished without a trace, reports CBS News correspondent Maggie Rodriguez.

Van der Sloot's attorney Joe Tacopina disagrees.

"I don't believe they're going to have cell phone calls between Joran and the Kalpoe brothers," Tacopina told The Early Show. "I'm certainly convinced they're not going to have any incriminating statements by Joran on any of these tapes."

Meanwhile, lawyers for Satish Kalpoe accused prosecutors of rehashing old evidence and predicted all three suspects will be released again.

Attorneys Ronald Wix and David Kock told reporters that prosecutors gave them an 11 1/2-page summary of the evidence, and said it mostly contained segments of interrogations that had not been transcribed previously and recordings of conversations from cell phones and discussions inside the home of their client.

They disputed prosecution claims that the evidence -- submitted to a judge to justify detaining their client and the two others -- is significant or new.

"They will be acquitted. They will be freed," Wix said.

Holloway of Mountain Brook was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers on May 30th of 2005, hours before she was scheduled to return home with high school classmates celebrating their graduation on the Caribbean island. She was 18 at the time.

Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers have denied involvement in her disappearance.

Prosecutors announced the three had been re-arrested Wednesday, citing new evidence that has not been disclosed.

Aruba authorities said the hearing will be closed to the public.

Holloway's father, Dave Holloway, has commissioned a search for his daughter's body in deeper waters off the coast of Aruba than had been searched up until now, reports Rodriguez.

"My expectation, although it's a relatively low one in this case because of the history, is that we will hopefully have a situation where they interrogate him, which they've done already, make their presentation to the judge, and the judge finds there is not enough evidence to hold him and releases him, says Tacopina told The Early Show.

"I think the truth at the end of the day will set Joran free," says Tacopina.

[jsinister32]

Stop making race a freakin issue.

[fstop100]

fry em

[godofredo29]

In the story about the economics professor that killed his wife it says: "after being charged with first- and third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime." Why don''t they go on to charge him with wearing clothes of crime, taking a **** of crime, eating a piece of pie of crime." Jeez! Before long the legal code is going to be so bloated that a person won''t be able to breathe without being criminally charged for it.

[nolalou]

I hope these arrests will finally lead to justice in this case. Having said that, the idea of parents agreeing to a ''high school graduation'' trip to a Caribbean island, so 18 years olds can legally get drunk and party, is irresponsible to say the least! This was a wild spring break for teenagers! I''m not saying Natalee deserved what happened to her, but lack of responsible parenting is definitely a part of this story!

[denn034]

Here''s hoping Natalie gets justice and those three get executed.

[johber]

It''s such a shame all of this had to happen. Back in my high school days, who ever heard of such a fancy graduation vacation.. But I guess I''ll accept that things have changed since 1971. Why does there have to be a bad emement to everything that is supposed to be good and a fun time for everyone ?? I feel these boys know something.. The sooner this gets resolved, the better everyone will feel, knowing what the end was... I feel sorry for the girls family and her classmates. J.

[borismrm]

Maybe they thought she was one of the girls on, "Girls gone bad." Enough already, I think these guys have something to do with this case?

[dogsoul]

My theory for what it''s worth... these 3 guys find some drunk party girl who''s ''ready to go'' - get her more & more drunk - maybe 1 or more of them have *** with her before or after they bust out the ''good'' drugs... and she ends up overdosing & dying on them... they panic & dump the body - go into hiding & get their story straight... and keep their mouths shut.

[nothappyatall]

"Prosecutors also said Monday they believe Holloway is dead."

Oh well, DUH, that''s a real hard conclusion to come to eh? the entire island searched, no trace ever found of her, like it''s real hard to figure out that she isn''t alive.

"Holloway''s father, Dave Holloway, has commissioned a search for his daughter''s body in deeper waters off the coast of Aruba than had been searched up until now,"

Man, these idiots must have lot$ of cashola to be able to afford all this, they actually think they will find something after 2-1/2 years in the open OCEAN?? nuts!


"Holloway''s father now lives in Meridian, Miss. The teenager has other family members living in the Jonesboro area, a grandmother in Pine Bluff and an aunt in El Dorado."

WHO gives a flying ***** where these idiots LIVE?