Security Guards Detained in Natalee Holloway Case

Two security guards have been detained by Aruba authorities in connection with the case of an Alabama high school graduate who was reported missing last Monday when she failed to show up for her flight back home. Aruba authorities have requested the assistance of a special FBI drive team trained to search in rocky surf.

The two men, who worked as security guards at a closed hotel near the Holiday Inn at which Natalee Holloway and her classmates were staying during their senior trip to the Caribbean island, were not among the three "persons of interest" who admitted to giving Holloway a ride from a nightclub last Sunday.

"We are at this moment right in the middle of the investigation," Attorney General Caren Janssen told reporters. "There may be others involved. I can't tell you the details why they are suspects. That would be damaging to the investigation."

Natalee Holloway
School photo

Police arrested the two men at two different residences early Sunday. They seized bags of evidence and both locations and seized three vehicles in order to conduct forensic tests.

The police had searched the hotel where the security guards worked on Saturday. The hotel was closed for renovations.

The two men can be held up to 48 hours before being charged. Police are not saying whether they have any information on the location of Holloway, an honor student who earned a full scholarship to the University of Alabama.

All roads around San Nicolas where a bloody mattress was found have been closed as police continue to investigate. The mattress will reportedly undergo testing.

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