11-17-2010, 09:46 AM
if this can be shown to be Natalee's that's good for her parents.
but joran will never stand trial in Aruba if Peru has their way. and even if it is hers, it doesn't necessarily connect him to it.
(CNN) -- Investigators could know as early as Wednesday whether a jawbone found on an Aruban beach last week belongs to an animal or a human, authorities said.
If it is human, authorities will then attempt to find out whether it belongs to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, who was last seen on the island in 2005.
Part of the bone is undergoing forensic testing at the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, Netherlands, according to Aruban prosecutor Peter Blanken.
"They are testing for a DNA match," said Blanken.
Inge Oevering, a spokeswoman for the forensic institute, said the length of testing will depend on the condition of the material, but it normally takes about a week.
The institute's findings will be sent back to the prosecutor's office in Aruba, which will decide whether to make the results public, she said. Oevering declined to provide a description of the material.
Blanken said a part of a jawbone with a tooth was found on Friday by an American tourist.
but joran will never stand trial in Aruba if Peru has their way. and even if it is hers, it doesn't necessarily connect him to it.
(CNN) -- Investigators could know as early as Wednesday whether a jawbone found on an Aruban beach last week belongs to an animal or a human, authorities said.
If it is human, authorities will then attempt to find out whether it belongs to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, who was last seen on the island in 2005.
Part of the bone is undergoing forensic testing at the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, Netherlands, according to Aruban prosecutor Peter Blanken.
"They are testing for a DNA match," said Blanken.
Inge Oevering, a spokeswoman for the forensic institute, said the length of testing will depend on the condition of the material, but it normally takes about a week.
The institute's findings will be sent back to the prosecutor's office in Aruba, which will decide whether to make the results public, she said. Oevering declined to provide a description of the material.
Blanken said a part of a jawbone with a tooth was found on Friday by an American tourist.