Article: Suspect's father freed from jail; Aruba police don't know why Paul van der Sloot was released by judge

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - The father of a Dutch suspect arrested in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager was freed from jail on Sunday, hours after a judge ordered the release of a party boat disc jockey also held in the case.

Paul van der Sloot, a high-ranking justice official studying to be a judge on the Dutch Caribbean island, had been arrested Thursday, accused of collaborating in a crime with his 17-year-old son, according to his lawyer.

"A little bit of the nightmare clouds are now disappearing," van der Sloot's wife, Anita, told The Associated Press. "The truth will always come forward."

Anita van der Sloot said the most important thing for her now "is that my son comes (out) ...

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