A few comments on the Natalee Holloway case

2/2/2008 - A few comments on the Natalee Holloway case

As most of my American readers may know, tomorrow is the big day, when Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries will show the world what really happened during that fateful Aruban night. I've read a lot of comments on both American and Dutch news sites, which show high expectations, as well as anger because why wait till Sunday when he can hand over his evidence to the police right now.

There are a few issues here, that aren't unimportant: the evidence comes from a private hidden camera operation. This is illegal in my country, and inadmissable as evidence. The only way the Aruba justice department (when it comes to size it's probably equal to the Hilton Head Island PD) can use it, is if they use the TV show, and not the tapes handed to them by Mr. de Vries. In fact, according to Joran van der Sloot's attorney, even now Joran has nothing to fear.

What Mr. De Vries (I'm using Dutch capitalization rules, that's why it's sometimes de, and at other times De), is going to disclose on Sunday is pretty much out in the open already. A friend asked Joran van der Sloot about the events, and he said that after having sex on the beach Miss Holloway sort of collapsed. He thought she was dead, so he called a friend who dumped her body out at sea.

If the evidence is admissable, there are two possible scenarios. Either the prosecution can prove Natalee Holloway was still alive when she was thrown overboard. That would make it murder, and someone's going to prison for upto 20 years, or it can't prove that, and the maximum sentence for dumping a dead body is six months. Murder on the beach can't be proven.

Then again, these are possible scenarios number 7 and 8. On a talkshow last night Joran van der Sloot stated that he just told his friend this scenario to shut him up. He says he told him just what he wanted to hear. In a book that was published a while ago Mr. Van der Sloot already came up with six different versions of what happened. He believes that that diminishes his credibility to such a degree that no matter what evidence Mr. De Vries has got, no court should pay any attention to it, as they couldn't possibly know whether he's telling the truth this time.

Another point of criticism would be the fact that while Peter R. de Vries has regular updates about the case on his show, until last Thursday there was absolutely no indication that he might have been even close to cracking it. If his investigation really lasted for months, he apparently has been lying to the public. I don't think Peter R. de Vries would wilfully put his reputation on the line, but whatever he's going to show the world tomorrow, it better be good. In my opinion he is a bit of a poser, but tomorrow his reputation can be broken not only in the Netherlands, but half a world away as well.

Anyways, I hope that by the time the New York Giants hand the New England Patriots their first defeat of the season, America can rest assured that the truth is known, and that those guilty will not go unpunished. One down, thirty thousand missing people to go.

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Posted by Fightingfemale

I wonder if we'll ever know or if they'll ever find her. After a story has been in the news so long, many people over here stop caring.
P.S. I just found out that I work for a Dutch based company. In our e-mail, someone printed a copy of a news story about the company looking for a new building, and they mentioned that it is a Dutch co. I knew they had offices in Holland, but this is a surprise. I found this on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier

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I could have told you that the first time you mentioned Elsevier. I didn't think it would be that important however. It IS fun, though.

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