I live in Detriot and here is an article in our paper (Detroit Free Press).

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Ala. Teen Disappears on Trip to Aruba

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama high school student disappeared during her graduation trip to Aruba, and officials said they have few clues after questioning and releasing three men who said they dropped the teen off at her hotel.

Natalee Holloway, 18, was among 125 graduating seniors from Mountain Brook High School, near Birmingham, on a five-day trip to the Caribbean island.

She was last seen getting into a vehicle and leaving a nightclub in the capital, Oranjestad, before dawn on Monday, deputy police chief Gerold Dompig said. She did not show up for her group's return flight later in the day.

"We went to check in for our airplane, and she wasn't there, and she's been missing since then," classmate Jay Weinacker said.

Aruba police said Wednesday that they had questioned and released three local men who said they dropped the teenager off at her hotel late Sunday night. Officials said the girl's parents were unable to spot her on a hotel surveillance tape.

Several family members traveled to Aruba to help in the search, coordinated by FBI officials, Aruba police, and Dutch authorities, who oversee the island. Aruba, with a population of about 72,000, is off the north coast of Venezuela and is part of the Netherland Antilles.

"We can't just sit here and do nothing," said Robin Holloway, the girl's stepmother. "We don't know if she is still in Aruba ... or she's been kidnapped. We just don't know anything."

In Alabama, more than 150 people participated Tuesday in a prayer service for Holloway at Mountain Brook Community Church.

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