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Shortly before Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig left the case, he was interviewed by CBS correspondent Troy Roberts. In that particular interview, Dompig said he believes Holloway probably passed away from alcohol and/or drug poisoning, and was not murdered, that later someone came and hid her body. Dompig also says that Aruba spent around $3 million on the investigation, which is some 40% of the police operational budget too. Then he goes on to indicate there was evidence pointing to possession (though not use maybe) of drugs by Holloway. However the Holloway family has strongly denied that she used any drugs.
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Natalee Holloway’s family announced they would award anyone who could help them find their daughter. On May 30, 2005, they offered $175,000 and some donors offered $50,000 for Natalee’s safe return. Then just two months later, the reward jumped from $200,000 to $1,000,000. Yup, you read that right. Additional, there was a $100,000 reward for any information that could lead to the locating Natalee’s remains. In August 2005, the reward amount for any information that could lead to locating Natalie’s corpse went up from $100,000 to $250,000.
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