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2/4/2008 - My thoughts on the show

I did watch it last night. The confession in the Natalee Holloway case I mean. I didn't actually intend to, but it turned out the show went on for two hours and fifteen minutes. I've missed maybe half an hour of it.

I must say I'm impressed by the completeness of the confessions Peter R. de Vries got on tape. He got way more than he promised in the ads for his show. I do have a few doubts about the quality of the information that was squeezed out of Mr. Van der Sloot.

As you all know, or at least should have known, I myself am hardly perfect. I too have told lies in my life. I never had to cover up a murder or at least an accidental death, but there have been things that were important enough for me to want to lie about. That's all good and well, but even with me, after a while I do want to come clean just enough so that I have a version of the truth I can live with. Joran has had over two years to concoct such a story, and like me, when he found someone (he thought) he could trust, he was only too eager to share it.

I'm sure that his story on how Natalee died must have been true, but there might have been way more to getting rid of the body (and she might still have been alive) than he wants us to believe. The person he says has dumped the body at sea states that he can prove he was in the Netherlands at the time of Natalee's disappearance, so Joran might want to cover up for someone who could shed a different light on events.

There's one little detail about the story that if thoroughly researched could lead to a murder conviction, although it's a long shot. I've got this from a news site today. Joran told his 'friend' that Natalee was already pretty drunk, and was pretty sure she was under the influence of cocaine. On top of that, despite what he thought to be the case, he had her drink something called Bacardi 151. That's apparently a drink with an alcohol volume of 75%. That could have contributed to her death.

Oh well, I wasn't there, so what do I know? All I know is that I don't like the sheer heartlessness Joran expresses when he talks about this girl. It was pretty sickening to look at.

As for ratings, in the Netherlands alone the show was watched by 7 Million people, beating the records that Farmer Seeks Wife has been setting for the past four weekends. The show will be aired on ABC today, if you want to see for yourself. Even though Peter R. de Vries announced he accepted an invitation from the Larry King Show (he would be on on Wednesday), he has told a Radio 2 reporter that he might not travel to the US at all, because of silly demands concerning exclusivity. He now says that if they want him, they have to come to him, instead of the other way around.

In other news, the Range Rover used for the sting operation is for sale at around 100 grand (US). The car wasn't owned by the guy who extracted the confession, but by a car dealership. There won't be an auction. The first person who wants to pay that sum gets the car.

We're all hoping that this will lead to a conviction, which will bring some closure. People like Dr. Phil and the fools working at Fox News have said some things about the Dutch system that make us just want to puke on them. Let's hope all that's behind us now.

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Posted by Fightingfemale

I guess the 75% alcohol could explain it. And cocaine. Otherwise his explanation of her death sounded pretty weak; young healthy people don't just slip away for no reason. Yeesh. I wonder how much her mother knew about her lifestyle. I have heard about kids being heavy alcoholics and managing to hide it from their parents, but I'd like to think it isn't that easy.

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Posted by dutchboy

You know what they say... When you're absolutely sure YOUR child doesn't do such things, that's when your child IS doing them.

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