Natalee Suspect Complains Of Mistreatment

Attorney says jail restrictions 'like Nazi Germany'

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2007 3:03 AM CST

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Natalee Suspect Complains Of Mistreatment — Satish Kalpoe leaves the Aruba courthouse in Oranjestad, in this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 file photo. Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, were arrested Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of American teenager... (Associated Press)

One of the three men arrested in the Natalee Holloway murder case is complaining about his treatment in an Aruban jail. Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot, 20, is not allowed newspapers or magazines—not even the Bible—and no visits from his family, CNN reports. "These are tactics reminiscent of Nazi Germany," said his US lawyer.

Van der Sloot and brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were the last people seen with 18-year-old Natalee the night she disappeared in Aruba two years ago on a class trip. Her body has never been found. "I think they're trying to isolate them to get them to break and then say, 'Oh, they made some admissions,'" said the attorney. (More Natalee Holloway stories.)

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