Experts Testing Bone Found in Aruba for Holloway Match

Tourists reportedly discovered a lower jaw bone last Friday
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 16, 2010 9:00 AM CST
Experts Testing Bone Found in Aruba for Holloway Match
Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee Holloway, speaks during the opening of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

Dutch forensic experts are testing a piece of bone found in Aruba to see if it belongs to Natalee Holloway. The Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported today that the bone—reportedly a lower jaw bone—was found by tourists on a beach last Friday. But experts first will establish whether the bone is human before comparing its DNA to that of Holloway, a spokeswoman said today, adding that she could not say how long the tests would take. Click here for more on the case. (More Natalee Holloway stories.)

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