Suspect brothers re-arrested in Aruba
by Norman 'Gus' Thomas
Caribbean Net News Senior Correspondent
E-mail: rc@caribbeannetnews.com
Monday, August 29, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba: Two brothers, Satish and
Deepak Kalpoe of Suriname, who were earlier held and then released in
connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway from the
USA, were re-arrested on Friday based on new evidence, authorities said.
According to the police, the duo were rearrested based on suspicion of being
involved with other people in what was termed as premeditated murder and rape.
A legal source told Caribbean Net News that in order to re-arrest the
brothers, new facts and circumstances had to be brought to light, but failed
to comment further and said nothing about a third man who was reportedly
arrested by police on Friday. Meanwhile, a
lawyer for Satish Kalpoe, Elgin Zeppenveldt, told the press that Aruban
authorities have not said why the Kalpoe brothers had been re-arrested. "They
haven't shown us any evidence," he said.
However, a police source has told Caribbean Net News that the
authorities have had statements from some young women linking the Kalpoe
brothers and van der Sloot to alleged rape, and other offences.
Both brothers were first arrested on June 9, along with 18-year-old Joran van
der Sloot, the son of a local legal luminary, who officials have said is a
suspect in the case. However, no charges have been laid against him..
Holloway, a high school graduate of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was last spotted
as she was leaving a popular bar with the Kalpoe brothers and van der Sloot in
the early hours of May 30. The 18-year-old was part of a group of students who
had gone to Aruba to celebrate their graduation.
An extensive search of the island, which included agents from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States of America, has turned up
no trace of the missing teen.
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