Natalee Holloway DNA Doesn’t Match Jawbone, Aruba Authorities Say

Natalee Holloway's DNA does not match that of a bone that was recently discovered on Aruba, officials say. Pictured above, her mother Beth Holloway participates in the launch of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on June 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Natalee Holloway’s DNA from dental records doesn’t match that of the jawbone found on an Aruba beach, authorities said on Tuesday.

“Based on dental records, it can be ruled out that the bone fragment came from Natalee Holloway,” the Aruban Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement, according to CNN.

The Alabama native, who disappeared while in the Caribbean island on a graduation trip in 2005, is presumed dead.

The latest development leaves the Holloway family, as well as American and Aruban authorities, without another lead in the missing persons case.

The jawbone, which was confirmed to be human, was tested at the Netherlands Forensic Institute and used Natalee Holloway’s dental records, supplied by her family, see if the bone was hers, spokesperson Inge Oevering told AP in a previous Epoch Times report.

The bone fragment was discovered on a beach near the Phoenix Hotel, a resort mentioned by suspect Joran Van der Sloot during police interrogations. Van der Sloot and two other men were the last people to be spotted alive with Holloway before her disappearance.

On Monday, another bone—which has yet to be identified—was discovered on an Aruban beach by an American family, CNN noted, citing Ana Angela, spokeswoman for Aruban Persevutor’s Office.