Dutch RTL5 Show… Joran Speaks, Again!
Hat Tip: Bastibro
Joran’s Guilt is Certain, Only Proof is Lacking
door John van den Heuvel en Bert Huisjes
AMSTERDAM – Justitie op Aruba is er na twee bekentenissen van overtuigd dat Joran schuld heeft aan de verdwijning van Natalee Holloway. Maar een oplossing is verder weg dan ooit.
Hoofdofficier van justitie, mr. Peter Blanken, zegt: “Hij weet waar Natalee is gebleven, dat staat voor mij wel vast. En dat hij haar als laatste levend zag, acht ik zelfs onomstotelijk. Het kleinste steunbewijs zou al genoeg zijn.” Blanken beaamt dat de nieuwe bekentenis van Van der Sloot als puzzelstuk in de tijdlijn van de verdwijning past, zoals oud-politiechef Gerald Dompig deze week aanvoerde. Het gaat daarbij om het ‘vermiste uur’.
“Zijn beschrijving van de gebeurtenissen beslaat precies de periode tussen het moment dat de camera’s Natalee voor het laatst signaleren totdat Joran ’s nachts om drie uur op internet actief wordt.”
Volgens hem is daarom afgelopen maanden alles gedaan om de details te checken. “En dan blijkt toch dat hij zaken achterhoudt of wellicht toch weer iets verdraait. Zo kan Natalee inderdaad van een balkon zijn gevallen, maar dan was dit niet op dat adres.” “We hebben dat huis nauwkeurig bekeken. Die reling is zo smal dat, als ze daar zou hebben gedanst, ze een koorddanseres had moeten zijn. Ook is de reling te hoog, met weinig ruimte tot het dak. Het was dus niet dit balkon. Dan rest op dat punt voorlopig niets.” Ook stelt hij dat de auto van de familie van de vermeende medeplichtige A. onlangs uitgebreid op sporen is onderzocht.
“Het autoverhaal kan waar zijn, maar dan was het niet deze auto. We vonden geen bloed. Zelfs een miniem dna-spoor van Natalee zou genoeg zijn om hem voor de rechter te brengen.” “We hebben dus Joran zelf nodig om zo’n spoor aan te wijzen, en die weigert dat. Ik hoop dat hij ooit de moed vindt. Zelfs een integrale bekentenis bij de politie volstaat niet, omdat er zonder steunbewijs geen zaak is.” Blanken stelt dat vooral in de VS veel onbegrip heerst over het Europese rechtssysteem: “Bij een Amerikaanse jury zijn twee bekentenissen voldoende voor een veroordeling.”
TRANSLATION (Hat tip GBMW)
AMSTERDAM – The OM in Aruba is convinced that after two confessions Joran is to blame for the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. But a solution is further away than ever.
The Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Peter Blanken, says: “He knows where Natalee is, that’s an established fact for me. And that he was the last one to see her alive, there’s no doubt whatsoever about that as far as I’m concerned. The smallest piece of supportive evidence would be enough.” Blanken agrees that the new confession of Van der Sloot is a fit in the puzzle piece concerning the timeline of the disappearance, as former Police Chief Gerald Dompig week claimed this week. This is the “missing hour”.
“His description of the events covers the period between the time the cameras signal Natalee for the last time until Joran is active on the internet at 3 in the night exactly.”
According to him that’s the reason why these last few months everything has been done to check the details. “And then it does turn out he’s still witholding things or twists things. It is possible that Natalee fell off the balcony, but then it wouldn’t be at that address. We’ve thoroughly checked that house. The railing is so narrow that, if she would have danced, she should have been a rope walker. The railing is too high as well, with little space to the roof. So it wasn’t this balcony. You’re left with nothing concerning this point.” He also claims that the car of the family of the alleged accomplice A. has recently been thoroughly investigated.
“The car story can be true, but then it wasn’t this car. We didn’t find any blood. Even a tiny trace of Natalees’ DNA would be enough to bring him to justice. So we need Joran himself to supply us with such a lead, en he refuses to do so. I hope he’ll ever find the courage.” Even a full confession to the police isn’t enough, because without supporting evidence there is no case.” Blanken says that there is a lot of miscomprehension concerning the European legal system in the US especially. “With an American jury two confessions are enough for a conviction.”
Fox & Friends – Fox News – 02/24/10
New “Confession” in Natalee Holloway Case
Chief Suspect, Joran van der Sloot Now Claims He Dumped Body of Alabama Teen in Aruba Marsh; Prosecutors Downplay Account
Video Source – Article at Link
Suspect in Natalee Holloway Case Confesses
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 12:11 AM CST
Updated: Feb 23, 2010 2:15 AM CST
AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) — Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot has confessed to disposing the body of missing American student Natalee Holloway while on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a Dutch newspaper reported on Tuesday. He made the statements in front of an RTL television camera.
The statements by van der Sloot follow a similar confession more than two years ago during an undercover operation by Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, which prosecutors said did not constitute new legal evidence.
Natalee Holloway went missing on May 30, 2005 during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. The case received international media attention, but her body was never found.
The prosecutor’s office, which reportedly confirmed Monday’s report, did not immediately respond to inquiries left by BNO News as its officers were closed.
NATALEE HOLLOWAY CASE; JORAN VAN DER SLOOTS CONFESSION TO ME: MICHAEL CARDOZA C0-HOSTS
Steph Watts
Date / Time: 2/14/2010 8:00 PM
Call-in Number: (646) 721-9430
WITH THE DEATH OF PAUL VAN DER SLOOT, THE FATHER OF MURDER SUSPECT JORAN VAN DER SLOOT, THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES ONCE AGAIN ON THE UNSOLVED MURDER CASE OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY. DID MR. VAN DER SLOOT TAKE THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO NATALEE TO HIS GRAVE?? WILL JORAN APPEAR OUT OF HIDING TO HONOR HIS DEAD FATHER? I WAS THE LAST JOURNALIST TO SEE JORAN VAN DER SLOOT. I SPENT 2 WEEKS WITH HIM IN THAILAND. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WILL REVEAL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THERE. WHY DID JORAN VAN DER SLOOT SUDDENLY WANT TO “CONFESS” TO WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT? I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HE TOLD ME, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS PARENTS AND WHY HE’S IN THAILAND. ALSO I WILL DISCUSS THE PHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN JORAN VAN DER SLOOT AND HIS FATHER WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT TO NATALEE HOLLOWAY – ARE THEY REAL?? WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO COME FORWARD WITH A NEW VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO NATALEE THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED? YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS.
On The Record – Fox News – Feb. 11, 2010
Father of Natalee Holloway suspect dies
Published on 11 February 2010 – 9:36am
Media on Aruba are reporting that Paul van der Sloot, the father of the main suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance case, has died.
Joran van der Sloot’s father collapsed on Wednesday evening when playing tennis at the Tierra del Sol estate on the Dutch Caribbean island. Emergency service staff were unable to resuscitate him. Paul van der Sloot was aged 57.
His son Joran is still suspected of involvement in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway on Aruba in May 2005. The case was brought back into the limelight when crime reporter Peter R. de Vries secretly filmed Joran van der Sloot claiming that he had dumped Natalee’s body in the ocean. The potentially incriminating statement was not accepted as evidence by the court.
Denial
The suspect, who is living in the Netherlands, was interviewed by Aruban police in Rotterdam early in 2008 and declared persona non grata shortly afterwards, making it practically impossible for Joran to return to Aruba.
Joran’s lawyer says that the TV admission was untrue; his client had only wanted to impress the man he was talking to, trying to gain some credibility in the crimininal world.
Later in 2008 the Fox TV channel in the US broadcast an interview with Joran van der Sloot. He told interviewer Greta van Susteren that he had sold Natalee Holloway on the beach to a Venezuelan for 10,000 dollars. The man was apparently looking for a blond sex slave. In the interview, Mr Van der Sloot also claimed that his father Paul had bribed policemen on Aruba to the tune of 50,000 dollars. These statements, too, have not been taken into account by the legal authorities.
Trainee judge
Paul van der Sloot, a lawyer who was training as a judge on Aruba, was repeatedly interviewed by the media in connection to his son’s alleged involvement in the case. It has never become clear to what extent Mr Van der Sloot knew what Joran’s role may have been.
Regarding Holloway: Investigation on Former Chief Completed
Inzake Holloway: Onderzoek naar oud-korpschef afgerond
26 Okt, 2009, 14:26 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — Het justitieel onderzoek naar de handelingen en integriteit van hoofdcommissaris Jan van der Straten is afgerond. “De laatste puntjes op de i moeten nog worden gezet”, aldus Ann Angela, woordvoerder van het Openbaar Ministerie.
Angela laat weten dat procureur-generaal Rob Pietersz de onderzoeksrapportage al heeft doorgelezen, maar dat hij vooralsnog niets kwijt wil over de bevindingen. “Hij vraagt om geduld.” Het onderzoek is in opdracht van Justitie-minister Rudy Croes (MEP) uitgevoerd, op aandringen van de Nederlandse staatssecretaris van Koninkrijksrelaties Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (CDA). Croes had namelijk meerdere malen kenbaar gemaakt dat hij Van der Straten ervan verdenkt het onderzoek naar de verdwijning van de Amerikaanse tiener Natalee Holloway bewust te hebben verhinderd. De voormalige korpschef zou het onderzoek hebben belemmerd om zijn vriend Paul van der Sloot te helpen bij het beschermen van zijn zoon, hoofdverdachte Joran van der Sloot. De oud-politiecommissaris zou van der Sloot en twee andere verdachten bewust pas tien dagen na de verdwijning hebben laten oppakken. De minister stelde ook dat Van der Straten destijds zei: “Dit kan ik mijn vriend Paul niet aandoen.” Jan van der Straten is inmiddels met pensioen.
TRANSLATION:
Regarding Holloway: Investigation on Former Chief Completed
October 26, 2009, 14:26 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — The judicial investigation into the actions and about the integrity of Head Commisar Jan van der Straten has been rounded up. “The dots have yet to be put on the i,” said Angela Ann, spokesperson of the Public Ministry.
Angela reports that Attorney-General Rob Pietersz has read through the investigation report, but for now he does not want to disclose anything about the findings. “He askes for patience.” The investigation was ordered by Justice Minister Rudy Croes (MEP), and insisted upoon by the Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (CDA). Croes had repeatedly expressed that he suspected Jan van der Straaten of deliberately hindering the investigation into the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway. The former police chief would have impeded the investigation to help his friend Paul van der Sloot protecting his son, the main suspect Joran van der Sloot. The former Police chief would purposely have waited till 10 days after the disappearance to arrest would der Sloot and two other suspects. The minister also said that Van der Straten had said: at the time “I can not do my friend Paul.” Jan van der Straten has since retired.
Beth Holloway – Inspirational Speaker
Inspirational Speaker Beth Holloway’s life changed quite dramatically in the summer of 2005 when her daughter Natalee disappeared on the last night of her senior high graduation trip to Aruba.
