Judge orders 2 suspects released in Aruba case
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A judge ordered a party boat disc jockey and the father of a Dutch suspect arrested in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager to be released from jail.
Paul van der Sloot, a high-ranking justice official studying to be a judge on the Dutch Caribbean island, was arrested Thursday as a suspect for collaborating in a crime with his 17-year-old son, according to his lawyer. He was freed Sunday.
Earlier Sunday, a judge also ordered police to release Steven Gregory Croes, the party boat disc jockey held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, saying authorities did not have enough evidence against him, the man's lawyer said. He was to be released today.
Croes, 26, was one of five people held in the case of the 18-year-old young woman last seen in the early hours of May 30. No one has been charged, including the last person reportedly seen with her, 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot.
Searches for Holloway have been fruitless.
Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. Van der Straaten said the judge on Sunday ordered their detention extended another week.
Under Dutch law, a suspect can be held for up to 116 days without charge if a judge decides police have good reason.
