Natalee Suspect Released
A Dutch court official says that a man arrested in the May 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba was released Tuesday.
The court official, Martine de Bruijn, says the release of the suspect means he will not be transferred to the Caribbean island.
CBS News has learned the man is Guido Wever, an Aruban national who was originally questioned as a witness last June at the start of the investigation.
His lawyer, Gerard Spong, told Dutch television there is not enough evidence to hold his client.
Spong previously told CBS News that his client is "completely innocent" and has never seen Holloway.
A spokesman for the Dutch national prosecutor's office declined to comment, saying the case is in the hands of the Aruba public prosecutor.
The suspect was arrested last Wednesday and was held and questioned in the city of Utrecht.
Sunday, Spong said his client, a croupier at the casino in the hotel where Holloway stayed, was suspected of "assisting in the murder" of the Alabama high school senior.
Holloway was 18 when she disappeared during a graduation trip to Aruba. She was last seen leaving a bar with three young men on May 30.
Dutch Marines, the Aruban Coast Guard, the FBI and hundreds of volunteers have all searched the island and coastal areas of Aruba for Holloway.
Authorities have previously arrested eight people in connection with Holloway's disappearance, later releasing each one for lack of evidence.
Spong said Weaver is a friend of Joran van der Sloot, the last person known to have seen Holloway alive. Van der Sloot says he left Holloway alone on a beach after the pair kissed.
Holloway's parents have been attempting to sue van der Sloot, 18, in a New York court.
Their suit alleges he imprisoned and sexually assaulted Holloway, and caused her disappearance.
Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, commented Monday in Alabama on reports of Guido's detention and questioning by police.
"It doesn't look like to me it's excluding the original three suspects, but only widening the circle of the suspects involved in Natalee's disappearance," said Twitty.