Boycott the "Happy Island"

June 20: Steve Gregory Croes, left, is escorted into the court house in Oranjestad, Aruba.


June 26: Croes leaves the court house.

Steve Croes isn't hiding his face anymore. Today, he was released from an Aruban jail.

The latest story is Croes volunteered to go to the police and lied for his friends, the Kalpoe brothers. He intended to help them out by covering up for them. When it was discovered Croes was lying, he was detained under the assumption that he could be lying about other things as well and possibly was involved in Natalee's disappearance.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A party boat disc jockey was freed from police custody Monday, one day after an Aruban judge ordered the release of him and the father of a Dutch teen arrested in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.

Steven Gregory Croes was released from custody Monday, according to police in Aruba. A judge Sunday ruled authorities did not have enough evidence against him in the Holloway case.

Croes' mother spoke to FOX News' Geraldo Rivera Sunday evening after it was announced her son would be released.

"I am asking God to please let us know what's the problem in this case ... and where [Natalee Holloway] is and that we can find her alive and I will tell [Holloway's family] to please hold onto God right now, because now he is surrounding them with his love," Imelda Stacia-Soliana said.

I believe Croes' mother, Imelda Stacia-Soliana, is sincere in her claims to be praying for Natalee and her family.

If her son is not involved in Natalee's disappearance, Croes certainly does not deserve to be detained.

The release of Croes and Paul van der Sloot, while bringing relief to their family members, is seen as a setback by Natalee's loved ones.

"Natalee Holloway's aunt, Linda Allison, told FOX she was not pleased with the development, which she characterized as another down in the 'emotional roller-coaster ride ... just take a deep breath, this is a setback.'"

Meanwhile, "still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. Van der Straaten said the judge on Sunday ordered their detention extended another week.

"The three young men initially told police that after a night of eating, drinking and dancing, they took Holloway to a northern beach before dropping her off at her hotel around 2 a.m.

"On Saturday, Satish Kalpoe's lawyer said his client admitted that his story was a lie.

"Satish now claims that he and brother dropped Holloway and Joran van der Sloot off together at a beach near the Marriott hotel, then went home, said the lawyer, David Kock.

"On Sunday, Kock said the brothers were becoming increasingly angry with Joran van der Sloot and accusing him of changing his story to put the blame for Holloway's disappearance on them. Kock would not elaborate."

Wouldn't you think by now Aruban authorities would have some idea who is responsible for Natalee's disappearance?

Are Joran and his father so confident that they've committed the perfect crime that they feel no need to confess all that they know?

It looks that way to me.

It is certain that someone involved with Natalee's disappearance is lying, that someone has no conscience, and that someone is incomprehensibly selfish.

If Joran van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers keep their mouths shut, if no forensic evidence or body is found, it's possible that they will walk.

The possibility exists that this case will never be resolved.

Many on the "Happy Island" just want this all to be forgotten.

I hope people don't forget Natalee and how Aruba handled the disappearance of this American girl.

Aruba should no longer call itself the "Happy Island."

Island of bungling, incompetent, idiot law enforcers is much more fitting.