Judge Denies Appeal In Holloway Case

By: Associated Press | Alabama's13.com
Published: December 06, 2007

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ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A judge in Aruba Wednesday refused to overrule the release of two suspects in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.

The suspects, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, were released from jail on Saturday after a judge ruled the evidence was not strong enough to continue holding them on suspicion of involvement in Holloway's death.

Prosecutors challenged the decision at a closed session Tuesday, but were rebuffed by the court.

The Kalpoe brothers were arrested for a third time in the case on November 21st along with a third suspect, Joran van der Sloot, who remains in jail. Prosecutors said the arrests were justified by new evidence.

Holloway, of Mountain Brook, was last seen leaving a bar with the three suspects on May 30th, 2005, hours before she was scheduled to return home with fellow high school classmates celebrating their graduation. She was 18 at the time.

All three have denied any role in her disappearance.