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Searches Continue in Case of Missing Teenager

By Alabama Public Radio

Mountain Brook, AL – A volunteer group says it used dogs to search the land that surrounds the house of a Dutch suspect who's being held in the disappearance of a missing Alabama teenager in Aruba. Two dog teams were led around the properties at the home of Joran van der Sloot. That was while a specialist used ground-penetrating radar to check if anything had been buried in the area. A spokesperson for the group Texas EquuSearch is coordinating various search efforts on the island. The spokesperson also says the group found no clues into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The 18-year-old from Mountain Brook has been missing since May.

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