RSSBeth Holloway Twitty and Aruban Prime Minister Meet
Today the Aruban Prime Minister, Nelson Oduber and Beth Holloway Twitty met to discuss the continued efforts by Aruba to help search for Natalee Holloway. Beth stressed to the PM the need to continue efforts and to not stop looking for her missing daughter Natalee and looked to the prime minister for his guarantees.
Aruba’s prime minister met Saturday with the mother of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway and assured her investigators would not stop looking for answers about her daughter’s fate.
Beth Holloway Twitty expressed concerns that the investigation, which has produced no trace of the missing Alabama teenager after nearly three months, would fizzle, said Prime Minister Nelson Oduber.
“She wants to see us continue making efforts,” Oduber told reporters. “I guaranteed her that, as prime minister, we will continue looking for what happened.”
During the meeting the Aruban Prime Minister also reminded both Beth Holloway Twitty and the Aruban people to use understanding on both sides as certain critical comments by the family and by Arubans can be damaging. The PM asked for his fellow Arubans to “be sensitive to the Holloway family’s anguish.”
Oduber said he also urged Holloway Twitty, who has been critical of the investigation into her daughter’s disappearance, to be careful about her remarks regarding the Dutch Caribbean island’s judicial system.
“I appealed to her to be more careful with her expressions concerning our people in general because there are many people, and I am one of them … who have stood by her side,” Oduber said.
He also urged Arubans to be sensitive to the Holloway family’s anguish. Some Arubans have expressed anger about the criticism their judicial system has faced from the Holloway family and U.S. legal experts.
“I ask Arubans for a bit of understanding,” he said. “It is very painful to have a child with a brilliant future to disappear.”
This was probably a meeting that was a long time in coming. From an outsiders perspective I would think that the Aruban PM would be better off doing these types of meetings with the family than just making statements through Aruban government spokesperson, Ruben Trappenberg. There is a human quality that needs to be applied to this situation by the Aruban government. In my opinion I would think that PM Oduber would handle this matter on a one on one basis with the family. It is my belief and obviously the belief of many that the Natalee Holloway circumstances are exceptional and should be dealt with from the very top. The meeting today between Beth and PM Oduber will go a long way in smoothing over any previously made harsh comments from both sides.
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NNDDA President and K9 Experts to do Live Q&A tonight on Scared Monkeys
Correction: Due to an emergency Renee Utley has been called away and will not be able to make it; however, she has agreed to come back next Thursday at 7:00pm for a Q&A.
Sam Pepenella will be doing the Q&A session by himself this evening.
Tonight at 6:00 pm EDT: NNDDA , National Narcotic Detector Dog Association President Renee Utley, former police officer since 1978, K9 trainer and handler for almost 20 years and Sam Pepenella, certified NNDDA cadaver K9 and work professionally as a Deputy Sheriff in Pasco Florida will be answering questions regarding searches in general, searches that have taken place in Aruba with regards to Natalee Holloway and any other general questions that people may have regarding certifications or dog handling.
These two individuals will be great resources in providing answers to many questions that individuals may have with regards to research and rescue dogs.
Renee Utley:
NNDDA.org: An organization with approximately 3500 members worldwide. She is the President of NNDDA and has been a police officer since 1978, K9 trainer and handler for almost 20 years. She is a certifying official for NNDDA for 10 years. She is a TCLEOSE certified instructor. She currently handles 6 explosive detector dogs (bomb dogs), 2 cadaver (human remains detector dogs) dogs with a 3rd in training, a narcotic dog with 1 in training. She has trained and handled many more over the years including police patrol dogs as well. Renee holds seminars and assist other agencies in selecting, evaluating, training and certifying dogs. I also import and breed dogs for scent detection work. Labs, English Springer Spaniels and German Shepherds. She is a member of Texas Equusearch and assisted in the selection of HRD dogs deployed to Aruba.
Sam Pepenella:
Sam was put in charge of the first group of K9 teams searching in Aruba. He currently has a certified (NNDDA) cadaver K9 and works professionally as a Deputy Sheriff in Pasco Florida. He is a member of a 5 member team, K9 Forensics Recovery Team (www.k9forensicsteam.com) and have conducted numerous searches for Law Enforcement agencies in Florida and one in Panama South America with confirmed finds.
Join us tonight for the Q&A session. Please note you must be a Scared Monkeys registered user to participate. However, a transcript will be provided afterward on the main page of SM.
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Remains of LaToyia Figueroa Found. UPDATE Boyfriend Arrested
The Washington Post is reporting that the remains of a woman found outside of Philadelphia are likely to be those of 24-year-old LaToyia Figueroa, and that a person is in custody. We extend our prayers to her family.
There is a 10 AM press conference scheduled.
Update: Fox News; Cops: Woman’s Remains Found, Father Arrested
The father of the unborn child of a Philadelphia woman whose remains were found Saturday has been arrested and charged with murder, police say.
CNN; Pregnant woman’s remains found near Philadelphia
The suspect, Stephen Poaches, is a former boyfriend of 24-year-old LaToyia Figueroa, who has been missing for a month. When Poaches, 25, was arrested in nearby Chester, police said he was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a pistol.
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Senate Minority Leader Suffers Minor Stroke
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, minority leader of the Democratic Party, suffered a mild stroke Tuesday, but waited 3 days to report it. He is expected to make a full recovery.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada is recuperating after a brief mini-stroke that caused no complications but that he waited three days to disclose.
Reid, 65, a gold miner’s son who rose to become one of the nation’s most powerful elected Democrats, saw a doctor in Las Vegas after feeling lightheaded Tuesday evening, aides said Friday. He was told he had experienced a kind of mini-stroke called a transient ischemic attack.
“There are no complications or any restrictions on his activities,” said press secretary Tessa Hafen. “He has undergone evaluations this week, and his doctors have recommended that he take advantage of the summer congressional recess for some down time.”
Reid, who became leader of the Senate’s Democratic minority in January, canceled several public events Friday and Saturday in Nevada and remains in Las Vegas as with family members, Hafen said.
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It measures the total visits to news sites on the internet. It does not cover the blogs yet, but they will learn.
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