SHOTLIST Utrecht, Netherlands - 22 May, 2006 1. Houses, pan to Utrecht Police headquarters (AP is unable to establish if this the police station where the suspect is being detained) 2. Close up of police headquarters sign 3. Medium of Utrecht Police headquarters 4. Close-up of flag 5. Wide of Utrecht Police headquarters The Hague, Netherlands - 22 May, 2006 6. Pan from flags to fountain 7. Medium of fountain 8. Street scenes 9. Close up of Dutch flag 10. Pan from street to Justice Palace 11. Close up of Justice Palace sign 12. Pan from top of Justice Palace to entrance STORYLINE The arrest of a new suspect in the city of Utrecht on suspicion of murder in the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway has revived hopes Monday of solving the case. A Dutch defence lawyer has said for the first time that Aruban authorities believe she was murdered on the Caribbean island last year. Lawyer Gerard Spong identified his client as "Guido W," citing Dutch privacy laws, who was a croupier at the hotel casino where Holloway was staying when she disappeared in May 2005. She was last seen leaving a bar with three young men on May 30, the final night of her high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Spong said Aruban authorities suspect his client of "assisting in the murder, battery and kidnapping of Natalee Holloway." The youth was arrested and jailed last Wednesday in Utrecht and has been undergoing interrogation by Dutch police at the direction of Aruban prosecutors since then. He has not been formally charged. Spong's office said Monday he would contest a move by Aruban authorities to have his client brought to Aruba for arraignment. Court spokeswoman A. Van Rens said that because Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the transfer would usually be no more difficult to accomplish than moving a suspect between any two Dutch cities. The case will be heard Tuesday at the Justice Palace in The Hague. Speaking on the Dutch national television broadcaster NOS, Spong, ne of the most famous defence attorneys in the Netherlands, said the suspect is a friend of Joran van der Sloot - the last person known to have seen Holloway alive. Van der Sloot has said he left Holloway alone on a beach after the pair kissed but did not have sex. While Aruban authorities are keeping all options open, they believe Holloway is most likely dead and buried somewhere on the island. Police in Aruba say prevailing currents would have likely washed her body ashore if she drowned or her body was thrown into the sea. In January, Aruban police fruitlessly searched sand dunes on the northwest coast of the island with more than 50 officers. Later, they said Holloway may have died from alcohol and drugs complications. Dutch marines, the Aruban Coast Guard, the FBI and hundreds of volunteers have searched the island and coastal areas of Aruba for Holloway, to no avail. Authorities have previously arrested eight people in connection with Holloway's disappearance and then released them for lack of evidence. Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, said Monday she was glad that there had been an arrest but she was not "getting her hopes up" after previous arrests failed to lead to charges. Holloway's parents are attempting to sue Van der Sloot, 18, in a New York court. Their suit alleges he imprisoned and sexually assaulted Holloway, and caused her disappearance. You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4cc104bcd6726760d49736a38a5c6a55 Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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