PG on fact finding Holloway : “No evidence of negative role of the van der Straten ‘
July 10 , 2010 , 12:10 ( GMT -04:00 )
ORANGE CITY – There is no evidence that the alleged relationship between former commissioner Jan van der Straten , and the family Van der Sloot , played a negative role in the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway . This allowed Attorney General Rob Pietersz know yesterday afternoon .
by our reporter
Alex Lacle
Statements by former Justice Minister Rudy Croes (MEP ) in late 2008, the Public Prosecutor (OM) in response to an inquiry to start the initial phase of the investigation into the disappearance of Holloway . According to Croes would Van der Street research during the crucial early stages have deliberately hindered . ” The statements of Croes could not be proven , “says Advocate General at Taco Stein Amigoe . ” A relationship between Van der Straten and van der Sloot appeared not to be there . ”
In a comment to this newspaper says former commissioner Jan van der Straten ” delighted ” to the conclusions of the report. ” I and my family are seriously affected by the remarks of Croes and the subsequent media coverage . My good name is besmirched . ” Moreover, he stresses that what the grief his family has done in the dwarfed by the grief of the family Holloway . Van der Straten was its alleged role as a direct person , earlier by the Public informed of the findings of fact . Whether the former police chief also been informed of the contents of the full report, he would not say . ” It is so agreed with the prosecution . I’m going to say anything about the content . ” Stein said Attorney General Van der Straten ” just know ” about the content of the final report but had no access .
At the start of the inquiry was announced that the results in outline be published after completion of the review. In February this year it was announced that the final report of the National Criminal Investigation was at the OM . Attorney General Pietersz , who instituted the inquiry in early 2009 , then did not respond “because the report should be discussed internally first . With the recent report about this case to the Prosecutor dismissed . ” We see no reason to continue it . ”
Joran
The Holloway case was recently back in the spotlight by the arrest of Joran van der Sloot in Peru . The 22 -year-old sitting there in custody on suspicion of robbery in Stephany Flores on May 31 Remarkably , the murder of Flores exactly five years after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway committed. Holloway disappeared in 2005 after a night out in nightclub Carlos and Charlies . Joran was the last seen her . He is still the prime suspect in this case.
