Will we ever know what happened to Natalee Holloway?
A Dutch man who has been transferred from Netherlands to Aruba to face charges in the suspected death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will go before a judge in a closed hearing Monday afternoon.
The judge in the Caribbean island territory will determine if there is enough evidence against Joran van der Sloot, 20, to hold him for eight days, per Aruban law. Van der Sloot, the son of a judge in Aruba, was attending college in Netherlands when a Dutch court OK'd his transfer to Aruba, a Dutch territory, to face charges.
Van der Sloot and two men from Suriname -- brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 24, and Satish Kalpoe, 21 -- were allegedly the last people seen with Holloway after she left a bar in Aruba.
They are charged with "involvement in the voluntary manslaughter of Natalee Holloway or causing serious bodily harm to Natalee Holloway, resulting in her death."
Aruba's chief prosecutor said Friday that there is enough evidence to prove Natalee Holloway is dead -- even if the Alabama teenager's remains are never found. Aruban law does not require a body to prove someone is dead "and any day that passes now is just more evidence that she is not alive anymore.
In the recent investigation, advanced techniques were used to re-examine existing information, including cell phone records and text messages exchanged the night Holloway disappeared. Van der Sloot and the Kalpoes were the last people seen with Holloway as she left Carlos'n Charlie's nightclub in Oranjestad, Aruba, about 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005. The men have maintained they had nothing to do with her disappearance. She has not been found.
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