Marriott Beach Pond Draining
Bon Dia Aruba
9/05/2005

At around 7.30 in the morning, firemen started to to drain the water in a pond north of the Marriott, next to the fishermen's huts.

This was done at the request of Jansen, who heads the team investigating the case of Natalee Holloway. The reason why they decided to conduct a rigorous search was because this is the last place that suspect Joran v.d. Sloot was with Natalee Holloway.

After draining 80% of the water, they used a crane to look through the mud and found different items. There was a handbag in which there was a headband. Aside from this, the bag was full of rocks, which indicates that the person who threw it in the pond didn't want it to be found.

Aside from the handbag and the headband, they found 2 cloth bags, a machete, 2 items of drug paraphernelia and a shoe. All the articles were in the mud and had to be washed to determine if they had anything to do with the investigation.

The work lasted until nightfall. All articles were confiscated and now they will be further looked into to see if they are related to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

Yesterday durin the day a few divers dove in the the vicinity of the fishermen huts again to look for clues.

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