A Pennsylvania couple believes they may have inadvertently found the remains of Natalee Holloway, an Alabama teenager who went missing in Aruba five years ago. According to ABC News, Patti Muldowney, 62, of Rapho Township, Pa., was snorkeling with her husband John off the coast of the Caribbean island and took a photo of the underwater sea floor. When she got the film developed, she noticed a body-shaped image that resembles a human skeleton.
The Muldowneys showed the photograph to local police and forwarded it to FBI, who told them they would investigate. ”It just seems so strange that that girl never showed up, and here we are right off the shoreline, right where she disappeared, and there’s a body lying there,” John said. “I hate to say I wish it was her, but it would give that family some closure.”
Ann Angela, spokeswoman for the Aruban prosector’s office, said if the couple can provide “solid information” about the where the photo was taken, Aruban authorities could send a dive team to investigate. Anything found would be sent to the Dutch Forensic Institute in The Hague.
Angela said it was not uncommon for human remains to be found off the cost and cautioned that even if a body was discovered, it might not be Natalee’s body.
The story of Natalee’s disappearance has remained a hot topic for years. Just last month, former suspect Joran van der Sloot confessed to the crime, but authorities dismissed his statements as “very unbelievable.”
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