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Dutch RTL5 Show… Joran Speaks, Again!

Hat Tip: Bastibro

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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.”

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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.”

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Fox & Friends – Fox News – 02/24/10

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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.

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POLYGRAPH FROM EYEWITNESS IN THE NATALEE HOLLOWAY CASE

February 16th, 2010 by Debbie in Blog, Evidence, Natalee Holloway, Natalee's Family, Suspects

By Steph Watts
Steph Watts Blog

I promised you on Sunday, I would post the documents, specifically the polygraph test that Tim Miller and John Silvetti arranged to have performed, and statements from J. Emanuel Geerman. He lives near the beach in Aruba, and claims he saw Joran Van Der Sloot AND his father, Paul, together the night Natalee Holloway disappeared – near where she is believed to have disappeared…..I find his story credible – what do YOU think?

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Regarding Holloway: Investigation on Former Chief Completed

October 26th, 2009 by Debbie in Aruba, Aruban Government, Evidence, Natalee Holloway, Press Coverage

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.

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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.

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New Search for Natalee Holloway is Underway

March 24th, 2009 by Debbie in Evidence, Natalee Holloway, Natalee's Family, Press Coverage

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Fred Golba wading into Aruban retention pond

By Jen Hale
Reporter and weekend anchor
Published: March 24, 2009

This is Fred Golba on Tuesday, searching a retention pond near the hotel where Natalee Holloway was staying on her senior trip to Aruba in May of 2005.

A new witness says – the night Natalee disappeared – he saw main suspect Joran van der Sloot emerge from the pond – wet, missing one shoe.

Sources on the island also say Texas EquuSearch’s Tim Miller is now en route to Aruba to help.

Natalee’s father Dave Holloway paid to send Golba and his cadaver dog to Aruba after the witness passed a polygraph test while explaining what he witnessed the night Natalee vanished.

Aruban prosecutors believe the witness saw someone near the pond the night Natalee disappeared, but they don’t believe it was van der Sloot or anyone related to Natalee’s disappearance.

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On The Record – Fox News – 01/06/09

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On The Record – Fox News – 12/04/08

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