Investigators searching for an Alabama teen missing in Aruba reportedly found four strands of blond hair stuck to duct tape washed up on a beach near where a Texas-based search team had been looking for her.
The possible new evidence in the mysterious disappearance of Natalee Holloway – who had been celebrating her high-school graduation with classmates on the Dutch island – was sent to the Netherlands to be DNA-tested last night, and results should come back as early as tomorrow, Fox News Channel said.
Divers found the tape washed up on the beach following a tip, according to the report.
Volunteers from the Texas EquuSearch team had spent weeks trying to find the 18-year-old, who vanished on May 30.
They returned to Texas yesterday, saying their effort had proved fruitless.
It was not immediately clear if it had been the Texas divers who found the tape, or if it was on the same beach where a Dutch teenager admitted he went with Holloway the morning she disappeared.
Cops on Saturday took the jailed teenager, Joran van der Sloot, 17, to retrace his steps at the beach.
Police Chief Jan Van der Straaten declined to provide further details, saying only that it was “part of the investigation.”
Van der Sloot’s mother, Anita, has said her son told her he was alone with Holloway on the beach but did not harm her.