There's now word of a new witness in the case of missing Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway.
The Aruban Prosecutor's Office says this new witness claims Joran van der Sloot confessed to her that he did indeed dump Natalee's body into the ocean.
Natalee's mom Beth Holloway says she believes this new witness is a girl NBC 13 introduced you to last week.
A woman named Celeste who first told her story to Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries.
Celeste is Joran van der Sloot's ex girlfriend. She says van der Sloot told her he knew how to dispose of bodies in the ocean so they'd never be found and that van der Sloot admitted his dad Paul coached him on what to say throughout this investigation.
Right now, the Aruban prosecutor's office is not identifying their new witness: except to say the new witness is female and that she says van der Sloot admitted to her that he dumped Natalee's body in the ocean.
Lead prosecutor Hans Mos says this new witness's testimony is not enough by itself to charge van der Sloot with Natalee's murder.
"After three years of investigating, it is very very difficult to find that evidence. We have to be realistic," says Mos.
As for Beth Holloway -she says for now - she's sitting by quietly - waiting to see how these developments unfold.
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