Dutch RTL5 Show… Joran Speaks, Again!
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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
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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.
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.
Police Helped Paul van der Sloot in Holloway Case
Politie hielp Paul van der Sloot in Holloway-zaak
Een uur geleden (A)Sociaal Nieuws.ORANJESTAD – De Nederlander Jan van der Straten die in 2005 als politiecommissaris op Aruba op de Natalee Holloway-zaak werd gezet, heeft het onderzoek in de beginfase ernstig gehinderd. Dit om zijn vriend Paul van der Sloot te helpen bij het beschermen van zijn zoon Joran die ervan werd verdacht betrokken te zijn bij de verdwijning van de Amerikaanse.
Dit heeft de Arubaanse minister van Justitie Rudy Croes donderdag bevestigd. De aantijging circuleerde al eerder op het eiland. De bewindsman is ermee naar buiten gekomen omdat Van der Straten deze week in de media kritiek uitte op het Arubaanse politiekorps.
Volgens Croes lijkt het erop dat de oud-politiecommissaris Joran en twee andere verdachten bewust pas na tien dagen oppakte, “terwijlde eerste dagen cruciaal zijn bij een verdwijningszaak”. In een gesprek hoorde de minister Van der Straten destijds zeggen: “Dit kan ik mijn vriend Paul niet aandoen.” Croes vindt het verdacht dat er toen veel telefoonverkeer was tussen Paul van der Sloot en onderzoeksleider Van der Straten. Van der Straten zou verder een “tweederangs politieteam” hebben ingezet, vlak na Natalees verdwijning. “Dat was het flexiteam; een team dat ingezet wordt tijdens carnaval”, licht Croes toe. Hij wil dat er een nieuw onderzoek komt naar de rol van Van der Straten en Van der Sloot: “Als twee Nederlandse vrienden hebben Paul en Jan elkaar geholpen.”
Ook op de Nederlandse regering uit de Arubaanse minister enige kritiek. “Tot op de dag van vandaag krijgen we internationaal geen morele steun van Nederland, terwijl de Arubaanse naam wordt bezoedeld. In 2005 werd ons gevraagd zo goed mogelijk te verzwijgen dat Joran een Nederlander is. Hij moest zoveel mogelijk voorkomen als Arubaan. Dat heeft een Nederlandse minister – ik zeg niet wie – persoonlijk verzocht.”
TRANSLATION:
Police helped Paul van der Sloot in Holloway Case
The Dutchman Jan van der Straten, who was put on the Natalee Holloway case as a police chief in 2005, has seriously hindered the investigation in the early stages. This to help his friend Paul van der Sloot, to help protect his son Joran who was suspected of involvement in the disappearance of the American girl.
This has been confirmed Thursday by the Aruban Justice Minister Rudy Croes. The allegation already circulated on the island. The minister has come out with this because Van der Straten critized the Aruban police force this week in the media.
According to Croes, it seems that the former police officer deliberately arrested Joran and two other defendants only after ten days, “while the first days are crucial in a disappearance case”. In a conversation at the time the Minister heard Van der Straten say: “I can’t do that to my friend Paul.” Croes finds it suspicious that there was a lot of telephone contact between Paul van der Sloot and the head of the investigation Van der Straten.
Furthermore Van der Straten had put out an ‘inferior police team’ right after Natalees’ disappearance. “That was the Flexi team, a team that is put out during carnival,” clarifies Croes. He wants a new investigation concerning Van der Straten and Van der Sloots’ role: “As two Dutch friends, Paul and Jan helped each other.”
There is also some criticism towards the Dutch government from the Aruban Minister. “Until this day we get no international moral support from the Netherlands, while the Aruban name is fouled. In 2005, we were asked to suppress as much as possible that Joran is a Dutchman. He had to be presented as an Aruban as much as possible. A Dutch Minister – I won’t mention a name- personally requested this.”
Translation by GBMW
Judge Gives Dr. Phil, CBS Access To Holloway Files
(CBS) LOS ANGELES – Lawyers for CBS Television and “Dr. Phil” McGraw can have access to e-mails and Aruban documents about two brothers arrested, then released, in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, according to a ruling obtained Wednesday.
Deepak and Satish Kalpoe allege they were defamed in a Sept. 15, 2005, “Dr. Phil” show during which it was alleged that they gave Holloway a date-rape drug and had non-consensual group sex with her. The episode also implied the siblings helped kill Holloway and dispose of her body, according to court papers.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Edward A. Ferns issued a 12-page ruling Friday that upheld the tentative ruling he reached in favor of CBS and the celebrity doctor before he took the case under submission Aug. 30.
“The documents are relevant to the most fundamental issues in this case,” Ferns stated. “There is no other (information) which can substitute for the documents sought by the defendants due to the nature of this case.”
Ferns stated it is not important that the majority of the documents sought by CBS and McGraw attorneys are in the hands of Aruban authorities.
“Most, if not all documents originated in Aruba, simply because that is where Natalee Holloway went missing and where the criminal investigation arose,” Ferns stated. “The competing policies of California and Aruba would not be undermined by production (of the documents).”
Attorneys for CBS and McGraw maintain they need the information to refute the Kalpoes’ defamation suit filed last Dec. 13. But lawyers for the brothers say much of the information the defense wants is in the hands of Aruban authorities, who they say have refused to release it until the investigation is complete into Holloway’s disappearance.
Holloway was vacationing with friends on the Caribbean island resort when the 18-year-old vanished the night of May 30, 2005.
The Kalpoes and another Aruban resident, Joran van der Sloot, were arrested in the girl’s disappearance but later released.
The Kalpoes and van der Sloot have maintained that they were not involved in her disappearance. They denied rumors and allegations they had sex with her.
Attorneys for CBS and McGraw claim documents exist showing the Kalpoes admitted to both Aruban authorities and to van der Sloot that they had sex with Holloway.
In a separate declaration to Aruban police, van der Sloot said “that he thought … Deepak Kalpoe had raped the girl and thereupon murdered her,” according to the defense’s court papers.
The CBS/McGraw lawyers also want copies of all e-mails between the Kalpoes and other people regarding the case.
Edmund J. Siegert, an attorney for the Kalpoes, said during the Aug. 30 hearing that he is “between the old proverbial rock and a hard place” because his ability to comply with Ferns’ order is dependent upon what Aruban authorities decide to give him.
“No one wants to thumb their noses at any of the institutions here,” Siegert said. “I’m trying to balance … and not get anyone in trouble with any tribunal.”
But defense attorney Charles L. Babcock said during the same hearing that the lawyers for the Kalpoes were being “duplicitous” in their arguments because Aruban authorities have often discussed the Holloway case in the media.
“When it helps them they will solicit statements from authorities in Aruba about this case,” Babcock said.
In another ruling today Ferns has now made final, the judge denied a motion by the CBS/McGraw attorneys to dismiss the estate of private investigator Jamie Skeeters as a defendant in the lawsuit.
The Kalpoes allege that associates of McGraw sent Skeeters to Aruba to develop material for a segment of the show dealing with the Holloway case.
Skeeters, using a family friend and co-worker of Deepak Kalpoe, gained his confidence by saying he could help exonerate both Kalpoes of any wrongdoing in the Holloway case, the suit states.
Skeeters then secretly videotaped and recorded an interview with Deepak, according to the suit. Part of the interview was broadcast during the “Dr. Phil” segment, including statements the suit maintains were “significantly manipulated and altered.”
Skeeters died Jan. 24.
In addition to defamation, the Kalpoes’ suit alleges invasion of privacy, emotional distress, fraud, deceit and civil conspiracy.
The CBS/McGraw lawyers maintain the Kalpoes are public figures who are obligated to show the defendants knew the statements during the “Dr. Phil” episode were false, or that they acted in reckless disregard for the truth.
A case management conference is set for Nov. 7.
On June 1, another judge dismissed a wrongful death case against the Kalpoes by Holloway’s parents, ruling the Los Angeles Superior Court did not have jurisdiction. The parents maintained the brothers conceded jurisdiction when they filed their lawsuit in Los Angeles against CBS and McGraw.
The Line Up – Fox News – Sat. 08/26/06
Beth Twitty & Jossy Mansur joined Kimberly to discuss that latest development in the Natalee Holloway case.
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Robin Holloway Speaks With Karol Janssen (VIDEO)
Robin Holloway, step-mother of Natalee, phoned in on Live & Direct last night to discuss her conversation with lead prosecutor Karol Janssen. Last month there was rumors that Janssen will be fired from the case, however they have yet to be proven true.
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