Natalee Holloway investigators may be getting the break they need as forensic scientists in the Netherlands are examining a human jawbone to determine if it belongs to the missing Alabama teenager, prosecutors said.
A spokesman for the Aruban Public Prosecutor's office said the bone was found on the beach of the Phoenix Hotel near one of the locations mentioned by the main suspect in Holloway's disappearance, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported Tuesday.
The American teenager was on a graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island in May 2005 when she disappeared after leaving a nightclub with three local youths.
One of those youths, Joran van der Sloot, is currently being held in Peru where he is awaiting trial for the death of a young Peruvian woman, dutchnews.nl reported.
Van der Sloot was the last person seen with Natalee and has given police information about her death.
In September Holloway's mother was in Peru and spoke with Van der Sloot concerning her daughter's disappearance, a TV program reported.
The TV show reported that Beth Holloway spoke to the suspect for about 5 minutes before he ended the meeting because his lawyer was absent.
Holloway and Dutch journalist Peter de Vries visited van der Sloot at Castro Castro prison, producers for de Vries indicated in a CNN report.
De Vries, who is filming a documentary, accompanied Beth Holloway to Peru, the report said.
De Vries did not say specifically whether he and Holloway met van der Sloot. He said prison officials knew of the visit but denied they detained him and Holloway and confiscated his film crew's gear, CNN said.
A spokesman for the Aruban Public Prosecutor's office said the bone was found on the beach of the Phoenix Hotel near one of the locations mentioned by the main suspect in Holloway's disappearance, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported Tuesday.
The American teenager was on a graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island in May 2005 when she disappeared after leaving a nightclub with three local youths.
One of those youths, Joran van der Sloot, is currently being held in Peru where he is awaiting trial for the death of a young Peruvian woman, dutchnews.nl reported.
Van der Sloot was the last person seen with Natalee and has given police information about her death.
In September Holloway's mother was in Peru and spoke with Van der Sloot concerning her daughter's disappearance, a TV program reported.
The TV show reported that Beth Holloway spoke to the suspect for about 5 minutes before he ended the meeting because his lawyer was absent.
Holloway and Dutch journalist Peter de Vries visited van der Sloot at Castro Castro prison, producers for de Vries indicated in a CNN report.
De Vries, who is filming a documentary, accompanied Beth Holloway to Peru, the report said.
De Vries did not say specifically whether he and Holloway met van der Sloot. He said prison officials knew of the visit but denied they detained him and Holloway and confiscated his film crew's gear, CNN said.
