Dutch experts say Dr. Phil tape in case of teen missing in Aruba "manipulated".

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Forensic investigators in Holland have found someone altered a taped interview in which a Surinamese man allegedly claimed to have had sex with a U.S. teen who disappeared while visiting Aruba, the island's police chief said Wednesday.

The tape was an interview with Deepak Kalpoe by an investigator hired by the U.S. television program, the Dr. Phil show. In it, Deepak allegedly claimed to have had sex with Natalee Holloway, an Alabama student, before she disappeared in May.

"The tapes played on U.S. television appear to have been altered to suggest Deepak admitted to a sexual act, our forensic investigators tell us, the original tape did not say that," Gerald Dompig, chief of police for the Dutch Caribbean island, said in a statement.

On the tape, Deepak allegedly said Holloway "dressed like a slut," and he, his brother, Satish, and Dutch national Joran van der Sloot had sex with Holloway, who would have turned 19 in October. "I have reviewed the findings of the Forensic Institute in Holland...those results state that the tapes were not authentic in regard to statement made by Deepak Kalpoe," Dompig said.

A spokesman for the Dr. Phil show had no immediate comment.

"We have asked the FBI to review the same tapes to corroborate the conclusion reached by our Dutch forensic investigators," the statement said.

Holloway was last seen early May 30 leaving a bar with van der Sloot and Surinamese Kalpoe brothers. They were arrested June 9 but released after a court ruled there was not enough evidence to hold them. Searches of the island failed to find the missing teenager.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has called for a travel boycott of the island because of how the case was handled. Holloway's family accuse the island's government of not fully co-operating with the investigation into her disappearance. Aruban officials have criticized the boycott, disputing charges the case was mishandled.

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