Joran van der Sloot Admits He Lied; Denies Responsibility
Hat tip: Debbie
NEW YORK - A suspect in the case of an Alabama teenager missing in Aruba admits he lied about the last time he saw her on the night she vanished, but he insists she was fine, according to a television interview.
Joran van der Sloot, 18, was one of three men jailed this summer in Natalee Holloway’s May 30 disappearance. He talked to a producer for “A Current Affair” in Holland, where he is attending college. The interview is scheduled to air Monday.Holloway was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot and two brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe. The three young men were released on the condition they remain available to police for questioning.
Van der Sloot and the brothers initially told police they dropped Holloway off alone at her hotel but later admitted van der Sloot was dropped off with the teen.
“We agreed to lie,” van der Sloot said, according to a transcript of the show.
He insists the night ended when he left her alone on the beach.
“She wanted to stay here the whole night. I told her no I had to go. I even lifted her up to carry her back to the hotel, and she told me to put her down,” he said in the interview.
Extensive searches have failed to find any trace of Holloway, who vanished on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island.
Van der Sloot said he had been drinking with Holloway when they left with the Kalpoe brothers.
“Obviously she was drunk. I had stuff to drink, too,” van der Sloot said. “She wanted to go with me. I wanted to go with her. It was totally consensual.”
Article About George Twitty
Hat tip: Yolibee
It took nine seconds to signal a turnaround in Sewanee’s football season Saturday.
But that’s all it was for Tiger defensive back George Twitty — just another nine seconds. For Twitty, tranquillity through the last four months of his life can be counted on a stopwatch.
Hope dwindles a little bit more every day. Happiness is reduced to moments of possibility.
Sewanee defeated Maryville College, 33-14, at Honaker Field in a game that was supposed to infuse momentum into the remainder of the Scots’ schedule. However, all that went streaking down the sideline in the first quarter when Twitty took an interception from MC backup quarterback Kevin McKeethan 33 yards to paydirt.
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Aruba Party Keeps Majority in Parliament
Thought I would let everyone know the results in the Aruban election. Sadly, the folks who were in power when Natalee disappeared are still in power:
ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Aruba‘s ruling party kept its majority in parliament in legislative elections for all 21 seats, election board officials reported on Saturday.
The ruling party had held a 12-6 majority over the main opposition in the single-house legislature.
Voter turnout was at 85 percent, according to the board of elections.
