The Aruba T-shirt

Thank you to the people who have written to tell me they enjoyed and relied on my translations. As it is most probably obvious, I stopped doing translations. The reason? Purely a cost/benefit one.

For quite some time, there has been nothing of substance coming out of Aruba, as it relates to the Natalee Holloway investigation. Personally, I got tired of being shocked and appalled at the pettiness and small-mindeness of Aruban 'news'. I have all the information I need to confirm the conclusions I arrived at early on in the case. I will rely on the MSM for filtering the real news down to us, if there are any to report.

The way I now feel about this whole ordeal was pretty well represented by a recent incident. My mother was cleaning out her closet to give away unused clothing to the Salvation Army. Lo and behold, she found an old (but unworn) T-shirt with 'Aruba' emblazoned on it. She later told me, she got pissed off and threw it in the garbage, instead of putting it with the other clothes to give away. In the garbage. Yes. Not even good enough for someone else to wear. That sums it up for me.

I do hope that Natalee's family gets answers, if not justice, one day. I also wish that I could feel badly for the Aruban people. However, the people who have represented them, have done so badly. Or they were louder. Who knows. It's really not my problem, it's theirs.

Geoffrey van Cromvoirt evaluating whether he will sue for damages for prejudice
DIARIO Aruba
05/09/2006

AMSTERDAM - Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, in an interview with SBS 6 Actienieuws of Holland, said that he doesn’t have anything to do with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

The young Dutch 19 year old came into the picture after the ‘Opsporing Verzocht’ program, which was recorded in Aruba, aired.

He could have seemed to be another person in the case. Ironically, van Cromvoirt had wanted to participate in the reenactment of the case along with his sister.
“I’ve always wanted to appear on television, but not in this way”. The Dutch youth was asked via telephone to go to the police station one week after ‘Opsporing Verzocht’ aired.

When he went to the police station, he was detained immediately. The accusations were rape and murder.

According to van Cromvoirt, police officers put him under a lot of pressure when he was detained.

“They said things that were making me crazy. They said that they would arrest my whole family. Things like that can make you crazy and that same night I went completely crazy. After they took away all my clothes and left me with only my underwear.”

This, according to the Dutch youth, who continued to say that they were afraid that he would hang himself.

He said that he would never do this, and that he slept in his underwear for two long days on a cement bed.

“Geoffrey’s detention caused a lot of harm to our family. My wife is very much in despair”. This, according to Geoffrey’s father, Willem van Cromvoirt. Officially, the Dutch youth is still a suspect in this case, but the father hopes that the case will be dismissed.

Now, family lawyers are evaluating the possibility of bringing a case for damages for prejudice.

[translated by Getagrip]

Case of Natalee: report shows formal deceit
Joran van der Sloot’s feet grow and shrink almost 4 sizes from one day to the other
DIARIO Aruba
05/08/2006



ORANJESTAD (AAN) --- Those of a little advanced or respectable age can still remember the time where there was an alcoholic beverage that was called ‘foot sweller’.

This alcoholic beverage, it was said, that those who drank too much of it, their feet swelled and because of this they called the drink ‘foot sweller’, but who can believe that in the year 2005 there are people in Aruba whose feet really swell or grow almost 4 sizes from one day to the other?

This was the case of the suspect Joran van der Sloot, who is currently peacefully studying in Holland and Aruba itself is stuck with the case of Natalee, and in the US they are trying in every way to organize and implement all sorts of boycotts and acts that could harm Aruba in the wide sense of the word.



This is not an attempt to cast guilt on Joran van der Sloot in the case of Natalee, but the fact is that the majority of people in the community is very angry in regards to the case of Natalee causing a negative impact on the economic situation, the image of the people of Aruba and surely, for the island’s tourism.


Too many changing declarations, formal deceit by the suspects and the very strange way in which the authorities, who have to be competent, have proceeded have today stuck Aruba in a very bad situation in regards to Natalee’s case and those who know the truth remain quiet believing that in this way, they can evade guilt of any involvement or any violation of the law.

From the copies of different police reports, today readers themselves can read how Joran van der Sloot, who until today for inexplicable reasons ‘supposedly’ left his expensive brand name running shoes at the beach on the night he was with Natalee, according to the version he gave police.

Police came up with the matter of the running shoes or it was Joran himself who started talking about the running shoes of an expensive brand name, size 14? From the police report of June 14, 2005, readers can read how Joran himself declared that he took off his size 14 running shoes and left them on the beach.

On June 29, 2005, he again repeated to police that he left his size 14 running shoes on the beach. The strange thing is that on August 2, 2005, after so many interrogations had already taken place, Joran van der Sloot in a car heading back to KIA, told a Dutch police officer who came to Aruba especially to interrogate the suspects, that Joran had on some K-Swiss running shoes that he borrowed from a fellow prisoner.

At no moment did the Dutch police officer ask Joran something, it was Joran himself who started talking with the police officer, as can been seen from the police report.

Now, the question is: was Joran brought from the first day to KIA shoeless and had no shoes to wear that it was a fellow prisoner who had to lend Joran a pair of running shoes?

Van der Sloot’s parents couldn’t bring shoes for Joran to wear, and someone from the prison had to lend him some shoes, and to top it all off they were K-Swiss brand?

By the way, at KIA they have to register, as in the majority of prisons around the world, what shoes and other belongings each person comes in with, yes or no? On August 8, 2005, the same Dutch police officer asked Joran to take off his shoe, which was a K-Swiss brand running shoe.

Joran asked to see his lawyer and wanted to find his lawyer’s support, but his lawyer didn’t even look at Joran and started to write (in local dialect, you deal with your problems!) After the Dutch police officer insisted, Joran took off the running shoe and handed it over across the table.

The police officer asked Joran how in the supposed day that he was with Natalee on the beach, he had size 14 K-Swiss running shoes, then how was the one that Joran put on the table size 10.5?

After Joran put his running shoe back on, the police pressed on the tip of the running shoes, and observed that the shoes were a good fit on Joran, and Joran didn’t react!

The matter of the size 14 K-Swiss running shoes is ‘too good to be true’. Was it the shark that Natalee supposedly wanted to see at the North shore that left with Joran van der Sloot’s size 14 running shoes?

[translated by Getagrip]

All police reports show that something smells in
Matter of the Lighthouse in the case of Natalee
DIARIO Aruba
05/05/2006



ORANJESTAD (AAN) – The investigation on the case of Natalee continues and from one day to the other, more information continues to come out, which has caused a few people to walk around with a lot of nervousness.

No matter how long it lasts or how many people believe that they will be able to cover things up forever in the case of Natalee, the truth will come out and as DIARIO has already published: few words are necessary for those who are good listeners.

During all the interrogations in the case of Natalee conducted by local authorities and also those from Holland, the matter of the Lighthouse and the ridiculous matter of going to going to see sharks at the lighthouse shows very clearly that there was and still is formal and systematic lying in regards to whether the three principal suspects went to the lighthouse with Natalee or not.

At first, Joran van der Sloot himself declared that they went to the lighthouse and that he, himself, told the Kalpoe brothers to go in the direction of the lighthouse while Joran ‘supposedly’ was sitting in the backseat of the car with Natalee.

During other interrogations which continued, Joran van der Sloot himself radically changed his declaration in what concerns the matter of the lighthouse and it could even be observed that the way that Joran got to hear that the Kalpoe brothers did indeed declare and were firm on the matter of going to the lighthouse, Joran became like an angry bear.

Today DIARIO has reproduced a part of the controversial declarations that Joran first made on the matter of the lighthouse, which he accuses the Kalpoe brothers of lying about going there and today, everyone can read how Joran was changing his version every time.

In one declaration alone, he contradicted himself even on the matter of going to Noordkant [northern tip] with Natalee.

At first, Joran declared that Natalee herself asked to go to the North side of the island to see sharks (a very ridiculous proposition in the darkness of night; neither day nor night can one see sharks on the Aruban shores).

Afterwards, later in the same interrogation, Joran tells police: “At no time did Natalee ask to go to the north side of Aruba!”

Joran himself declared that the (supposed) idea of going to the lighthouse came from him!

In the sequence of declarations as to whether the lighthouse or not, today the readers themselves can read how one behind the other, Joran himself declared that they went to the lighthouse, to later during other interrogations (which also will be published) he categorically denied the matter of going to the lighthouse and it is because of this point here that the investigation smells badly.

[translated by Getagrip]

According to the American press
Attorney confirms that the documents in the Natalee case exist
DIARIO Aruba
05/04/2006



ORANJESTAD (AAN) – Yesterday during the day, and also Tuesday, some people tried to divert attention from the Natalee case by posting information on the internet that what was published in DIARIO this week were fabricated or falsified documents.

What DIARIO published this week are the documents from the Natalee case that have leaked and where and by whom they were leaked from the investigation is not important because the resolution of the case is more important than any other accusation of who could have leaked the information or not.

The enormous damage that the case of the disappearance of Natalee has done to Aruba and continues to do, has resulted into the need to solve this case as soon as possible and those who now want to nitpick have to wait until the case goes to court.

The American media was looking for a way to get confirmation if the copies of the documents that were published in DIARIO this week were from the official investigation.

From an email received from the US, it was noted that an attorney in Aruba confirm that these documents exist.

Same as DIARIO has put forth on various occasions that Joran was changing his story of what could have happened to Natalee every time, the lawyer also confirmed that Joran was changing his declarations.

The documents that were published in DIARIO were published ‘as is’ and like they dropped in our mailbox.

If there’s a difference between the original documents that are in authorities’ hands and those that are now circulating around the world, it is up to the competent authorities to clarify this.

That there are grammatical errors in these documents, any person who has some basic schooling can see, but the contents of the documents are more important than any grammatical or graphic error and at the end of the case, it it’s the resolution of the case that is more important than any nitpicking.

It cannot be forgotten that this is not only a criminal case where some people could be or are involved, because it is Aruba and her image that are at play, that the community in general did not ask for this and cannot carry the responsibility for this either, while those who can say the truth remain quiet and Aruba continues to suffer the enormous damage abroad.

Those who say they are innocent can sleep in peace if they really are innocent, but the community in general cannot continue to live in turmoil due to one or more persons.

[translated by Getagrip]

Once again Joran points to Deepak Kalpoe
More documents of Natalee’s case leaked
DIARIO Aruba
05/03/2006



ORANJESTAD (AAN) – More and more documents and information on the case of Natalee continue to come to light and in one of the reports that have leaked, readers themselves could read in yesterday’s DIARIO edition how Joran van der Sloot was talking, thinking, assuming, etc. and that he let people think or at the very least created the impression that it was Deepak who did something bad to Natalee on the day that Joran supposedly left Natalee sleeping on the beach.

Meanwhile, other police documentation leans in the direction that it is Joran van der Sloot himself who is the one how could or had to know what happened with Natalee, because he was the last person to be with her.

Why did Joran van der Sloot create the impression or in an indirect way point towards (you can say here accused?) Deepak Kalpoe, that it was Deepak who could have done something to Natalee?



Copies of documents that are reproduced in today’s edition show where it came from, that Joran fingered Deepak and this is based on declarations that Joran made to police, be they signed or not, they are police documents on Natalee’s case.

The strange thing about this whole case is that at first, the Kalpoe brothers along with Joran van der Sloot, joined together to come up with a made up story that they dropped Natalee off at the Holiday Inn, to later all three changing their version; but during the days of interrogation, the three were going against each other, the Kalpoes accusing and insinuating certain things in Joran’s direction and Joran in the Kalpoes’ direction, especially in Deepak’s direction.



The question now is, if at the beginning the three were such good friends with each other that they went as far as to lie to police in a case where there was a suspicion that a criminal offense had taken place, then the three put themselves in a position that all three could face criminal charges, then what did they have to hide and why the radical change?

A friend of Joran and the Kalpoe brothers stated to police that neither Joran nor the Kalpoes are capable of doing anything bad to anyway, and for this he would put his hand to the fire for all three; well, today everyone can see and read how Joran himself insinuated, thought, believed that it was Deepak Kalpoe who could have raped and killed Natalee.

By the way, in the declaration published yesterday, it was already mentioned that Joran believes that Deepak buried Natalee near the wall of the Fisherman’s Hut!

When would someone normally be buried? When the person is dead, and not alive?! How would people have the courage and can live with themselves if they have buried a person alive? Why was Natalee supposedly buried? Because she died for whatever reason or because she was killed?

In one of the reports, Joran says the following: “I have a suspicion that Deepak went back to where the girl was (referring to Natalee who would have remained at the Fisherman’s Hut)”.

“I know how he thinks”. “From something that happened in the past at the Internet Café where Deepak works, I believe that he is capable of rape (sexual violation)”. “Satish, I don’t know.”

Joran van der Sloot gave this declaration on June 29,2005. On June 30, 3005, Joran’s version changed again, although he repeated again the matter that Deepak had said to Joran that he wanted to rape a girl that was at the Internet Cafe where Deepak worked.

While these two suspects were being transported to KIA after the June 30, 2005 interrogation, Joran again repeated the same matter of the rape.

[translated by Getagrip]

Leaked report shows that
Joran declared that Deepak Kalpoe raped and killed Natalee
DIARIO Aruba
05/02/2006



ORANJESTAD (AAN) – Documents that have leaked from the investigation of Natalee’s case give an impression which is totally contrary to what people had of the three suspects.

There are people that have tried to give Joran an image of never having broken and Joran himself in one or more interviews tried to portray himself as very innocent. The Kalpoe brothers also got support because supposedly they also would never go as far as to do something bad.

Well, sirs, from the documents such as the procesverbaal of the Aruban police and also police who came from Holland to interrogate the suspects, very compromising information shows a totally different face of the suspects, but it is time that this case gets completely solved and everyone gets to know who is who.

A person who is a friend of Joran and also the Kalpoe brothers gave a declaration in which he went as far as to say that he would put his hand in fire for both Joran and the Kalpoes, that these three would never be able to do something bad with someone, like what is suspected could have happened to Natalee.

While the friend of Joran and the Kalpoes declared to put his hand in the fire for them, Joran himself declared to police that Deepak could have raped and killed Natalee, and further along in the investigation, Joran called the Kalpoes all sorts of bad things and Deepak himself told Joran that if they find the girl, Joran will be locked up for 15 years.

The question now is, what was the suspect’s friend’s benefit to go as far as to put his hand in the fire for them, given that the suspects themselves were accusing one another?

In the sequence of declarations made by Joran van der Sloot himself, it can be seen that Joran changed his version from one day to the other, and at one time he was good friends with the Kalpoes, and from one moment to the other, the Kalpoes were the bad ones who did something bad to Natalee and lied about Joran, etc. etc.

Every time the matter of whether or not they went to the lighthouse came up, where the Kalpoe brothers insisted that they went with Joran to the lighthouse, and Joran himself at first declared they went to the lighthouse, then later became that they did NOT go to the lighthouse.

The false declaration from all three suspects in regards to having dropped of Natalee at the Holiday Inn Hotel, was information that indicated that all three suspects had taken into account that if Plan A failed, then Plan B had to have certain aspects of details given in Plan A, so that Plan B could be used?

It is more than logical that if there was so much lying and so much shifting of guilt of one to the other between the Kalpoe brothers and Joran van der Sloot, that there is nothing other than the impression that was created and shown from the same declarations made, that they have something or other to cover up.

One moment Joran says that Deepak went to pick Joran up at the beach, and later he says that Satish was the one who went to pick up Joran at the beach!

Today, this publication has reproduced a copy of the leaked report, and in this report readers themselves can read how a policeman declared that he spoke informally with Joran; this was not in an official interrogation.

To the question of what Joran could say of what happened with the girl (Natalee) after the girl ‘feel asleep at the fisherman’s hut’, Joran said: ‘I called Deepak and he came with two dogs’. ‘I think that he raped the girl and did something with the girl (indicating that Deepak could have done something bad to the girl!)’.

To the question from police, of where the girl is buried, Joran answered: ‘I think the girl is buried near the wall of the fisherman’s hut, as far as I know’.
After the policeman proposed to Joran to answer the following questions with only Yes or No; Joran was asked if the girl was disposed of at sea? Joran answered: ‘No, I mean, I don’t know.’

During the conversation with the policeman, Joran showed emotions that varied; sometimes he was crying, sometimes he gave direct answers.

Those who made false declarations in Natalee’s case have to be aware that they could be held responsible of covering up something or other, and the message here falls under the title : ‘to a good listener, words are few’.

[translated by Getagrip]

Number of passengers Aruba dropped vigorously
Amigoe
4/28/2006

ARUBA – The airport of Aruba saw a drop of 12.8 percent in the number of handled passengers in the first quarter of this year. The number of flight movements dropped with 2.8 percent, announced the Aruba Airport Authority.

With 250.585 American passengers, the percentage is lower than last year in the first quarter, namely 15 percent. The number of passengers to and from Venezuela was 34.856, and Europe 26.636. The number of Colombian passengers went up with 9 percent to 13.424.



Own court of justice with mutual collaboration
Amigoe
4/28/2006

ARUBA – For the optimum circulation possibilities for judges, Aruba wants closer collaboration with the Netherlands compared to currently. The National Government (Land) said that the organization of the judicial power is primarily the responsibility of the Land.

Aruba has described her vision in a note; the way she sees the judicial organization in the new political relation. First, each country is self responsible for the judicial power. The initiative for the government should therefore remain with the countries. In the new relationship, Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten have a court of their own. The current nomination procedure of the members of the judicial power is not under discussion, nor the interference of the kingdom due to the Statute. The courts assume each other’s task of appeal judge; a virtual court as appeal instance. This has many advantages. The distance in appeal cases between the citizen and the judicial power becomes bigger; a better guarantee for the image of the independent power. This construction will also create clarity in the legal position of the judges. They are then working for the country where they administer justice in first instance. Problems around the establishment of uniform national ordinances to arrange the legal position, will this way be prevented; also the problems around an equal treatment in connection with the several taxation regimen, premium payments, and for the social insurances, including medical insurance.

Editorial: Tacopina and his ‘model’ client
DIARIO Aruba
4/26/2006

Yesterday, I heard Tacopina again on Court TV, and it seems to me that instead of telling his client to speak the truth, it seems like his client educated him on how to tell lies. It’s not my intention to maintain a personal debate with that lawyer, but to correct what he incorrectly says. I have nothing personal in this matter, this is a case that has to be solved on the basis of the truth of what happened with Natalee.

Tacopina accused me of ‘leaking’ the documents, as if he turned into a gypsy who in his crystal ball can look into the past, present and future. No, Tacopina, at DIARIO we were the last to receive the ton of documents we are now analyzing. He also accused me of ‘fabricating’ witnesses (the dump witness, the gardener), while it was an American former secret service agent who discovered them and brought them to police, not me! His three lies (only yesterday!) were that I have something personal against Paulus, because of his involvement (?) in the case of some family member of mine. Nothing could be further from the truth, because when the case broke, I was not aware of Paulus’s activities; not me, nor the majority of the Aruban people.

I understand why Tacopina has to try to divert attention from his client and focus only on what’s good about him (of course he has good things and bad things). That Joran is a good student? Without a dount. That he’s a good athlete? Completely correct. That he would not go as far as to do anything bad? False! That he is a good kid, a rolemodel? False!

Tacopina must be used to American scare-tactics against people who stand in his way to impose the ‘sanctity’ of his client, but he is completely mistaken about me! He does not intimidate me and he’s not going to muzzle my mouth either. What I know to be the truth about the case, I will continue to put forward, whether he likes it or not.

What I don’t like about the interviews I have done on some channels is that they ALWAYS give Tacopina the last word. Why? How come I never get this opportunity and it is in this column that I have to rebut? I respect Tacopina’s duty to defend his client; I have consideration for his intent to whitewash, but not at my expense. And, like I said at the beginning, I’m not going to sustain a debate with him, because it doesn’t interest me and it won’t bring anything to solve the case either. We have to keep to concrete facts and not try to divert away from them trying (as he is doing) to defame the ones who can bring the truth forward.

Tacopina has a problem with the witnesses his compatriot brought forward? Let him deal with him, not with me. Further, the gardener’s testimony stands as valid and concrete to this day. He confirmed this in front of a judge. He passed a lie detector test successfully! Nothing of what he has said has been contradicted with solid proof to this day. We discarded the dump witness ourselves because he didn’t pass the lie detector test.

Now Tacopina wants to use his other tactic, that of ‘intimidation’, threatening that he will sue all those who ‘speak badly’ of his client! Well, let him prepare as many cases as he wants, they will not force us to ‘speak well’ of his client in the least. When Joran himself gives a categorical demonstration that he wants to start speaking the truth, we will change our opinion of him. To this day, there’s a concrete fact that neither Tacopina nor all the tactics he may use can change: it was in Joran’s company that Natalee disappeared! No one knows to this day how Joran got home in those early morning hours! He said that Deepak or Satish came to pick him up at the beach, but both of them categorically deny doing this. This is also on the tape! It could be that Tacopina comes forward with a rational explanation about his return home from the beach, Or was he not at the beach with Natalee?

When Deepak said to Joran that if they find the girl he will be locked up for 15 years, he wasn’t referring to a minor infraction punishment! In Aruba, the only crime for which you would normally get such a high and severe sentence is murder! As far as I know, there is no other legal infraction that would earn such a high prison sentence.

The day when Joran tells us exactly what happened to Natalee, I will change my opinion of him; in the meantime, it continues to be as negative as usual, without any concern for Tacopina’s threats. I don’t frequent the market where you can buy cheap phrases such as ‘he left her alone on the beach’ or ‘the girl wasn’t feeling well and wanted to be alone’. One wouldn’t even leave a dog on its own under these conditions; remember that it was a human being! And I am not willing to buy the story that Joran ‘left Natalee at the Holiday Inn’ either or that they ‘went with her to ‘see sharks’ behind the lighthouse’ (who goes to see sharks at this time of night, and in a place where these creatures don’t even usually go?); at least lie to us that it was Boca Mahos, a place where sharks go, not behind the lighthouse!

And what happened to the VCB t-shirt (uniform) from more than 10 months ago? I heard Tacopina say that the found important forensic information on it! The truth is that there was no forensic evidence found on the t-shirt, not even old traces of blood. Why they came up with this story, I don’t know, but it does not fit with the truth of what we know about the case.

I hope with all my heart that Joran is innocent, for his own well-being and that of his family, but please, prove it to me with rationality, not with intimidation attempts or threats. With this, Tacopina will not go to heaven and his client even less. All that he can provoke from DIARIO is a revelation of many compromising things (among them photos) which we have hesitated to publish, to prove that his client is not exactly ‘model’, fit to imitate. If it’s a campaign of DIARIO against Paulus and Joran that the lawyer is looking for, he’s knocking on the wrong door!

Lastly, his threat he will deal with Mansur later, leaves me completely with no concern. He can deal with me whenever he wants, but I won’t receive him with crossed arms. I also have his clients (Paulus and Joran) to deal with, now or later, for me it doesn’t make a difference. We know much more about Paulus and Joran than what Tacopina believes, or that we have let be known until now!
Finally, we have a saying in Papiamento that in many cases proves to be true: if you continue to scratch, you’re going to find many things that stink!

[translated by Getagrip]

Blogger's note: Someone from Aruba was nice enough to write in and translate cakiña. It litterally means 'taffee' - figuratively, it means that something is 'stretched out'. Thank you!

Natalee’s case is truly becoming like a cakiña
Also worse than a soap opera!
DIARIO Aruba
4/26/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Different reactions have come in with the claim of how the young Geoffrey van Cromvoirt was able to sleep with his pillow and blanket at the police station, while other Arubans...when they are locked up...have to sleep on a cement bed.

Meanwhile, the American press now continues to camp out in the direct area of Geoffrey’s home. Every one is trying to obtain an image of the family. However, from the US, producers of big programs such as the Today Show, as well as Good Morning America are looking for them in every corner to try to obtain an exclusive interview.

Tuesday, the American press focused on Commissioner Dompig’s reaction, who issued a release to try to soften up the statements made by his son. The American press had a field day with this!

KALPOE ATTORNEY SEES THAT THINGS ARE CAKIÑA

In an interview with DIARIO, attorney mr. David Kock, who represents the Kalpoe brothers, described all the new events around the investigation of Natalee’s disappearance like a cakiña.

He explained that it’s going to be 11 months that the case is ongoing, and there is no end in sight. He feels that the Public Prosecution has started to enjoy to detain people left and right, who ‘perhaps’ know something.

In the opinion of attorney Kock, what the Aruban investigative team is doing seems to be more like acts of desperation than anything else. Today it is exactly two weeks since the Public Prosecution let the program Opsporing Verzocht be transmitted to find tips, and nothing [has come of it].

Even the fact that they ran to get help from Opsporing Verzocht of AVRO-TV has gotten the attention of attorney Kock. Because, the Justice [Department] only makes use of this TV program when the Justice [Department] itself cannot solve a case and needs help to perhaps find something to solve the case. For the first time in the history of the Aruba criminal system, a TV program has been used…and only ‘this’ they have found?

Attorney Kock explained that the Kalpoe brothers have taken a different stance compared to other people involved in this case (DIARIO Ed – ‘Joran’). You don’t see the Kalpoe brothers everywhere saying something or giving interviews. They are not much in the spotlight, because everyone can see who the ‘real players’ are in this case.

The Kalpoe’s representatives indicated that they are not seeking contact with the American family, as they don’t find this is necessary.

The moment will come one day when the Public Prosecution has to arrive at the end of the investigation. If by any chance this is excessively delayed, perhaps the Kalpoe’s attorney could also go and request for a judge to put and end to this matter. They cannot stay one long year with the same thing [hanging] over their heads!

In the lawyer’s opinion, now in April of 2006…the Aruban investigators are at the same place where they were at the end of June 2005. Nothing new has come, no declarations that have changed, really since the end of June…so they are still in the same position. ‘Nothing plus nothing, and still nothing’, mr. Kock indicated to DIARIO.

DOMPIG SAID HIS SON LIED

The former leader of the investigative team issued a release to say that his son unjustly accused Geoffrey. According to Gerold Dompig, the accusations of his son Michael against Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, were part of a dispute amongst acquaintances that escalated out of control.

‘He is a kid and he got confused and became frustrated and he said things that he shouldn’t have said’, Dompig stated to the Birmingham News . 'Things went too far’.

Dompig said that his son, who got angry due to accusations in the press, responded with certain conversations that he ‘heard of van Cromvoirt’.

One started to talk about the other, and the other talked back and it turned worse than a soap opera, according to what Dompig said. Dompig indicated to the newspaper that he apologized to the van Cromvoirt family, and asked to be transferred at the beginning of this case, because the case has seriously affected his family.

[translated by Getagrip]

Geoffrey set free Monday
Another youngster interrogated 6 hours
DIARIO Aruba
4/25/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Monday, the prosecutor decided to set the suspect Geoffrey van Cromvoirt free, and the American press was swarming the Beach police station like ants.

Surprisingly, the youngster with deken [blanket?] and pillow. Something that perhaps made many people think: has this youngster really found preferential treatment? Any detainee at the police station knows that they have to sleep on a cement bed. They do not have any deken [blanket?] and no pillow.

DIARIO took note that the American journalists themselves started to question this. A few lawyers explained to DIARIO, that normally, one cannot bring any sort of pillow for a detainee.

Until a detainee is transferred to the KIA prison, then they can obtain a pillow and deken [blanket?] to sleep with.

In the following press release, the Public Prosecutor gave an update in the case of the disappearance of N. Holloway.

According to the Public Prosecutor, the prosecutor in charge of the case set Geoffrey free Monday morning. The reason for this is the basis for the inverzekeringstelling, the phase of the detention that G.v.C. was in, is no longer there. He remains a suspect.

Last Saturday, the 22nd of April 2006, police detained a male by the initials of A.B. of 20 years of age, related to the disappearance of N. Holloway. After 6 hours of interrogation, the young A.B. was set free.

When the prosecutor and the team have more information they can give, they will do so.

In the meantime, attorney Joe Tacopina revealed to the American press that the van der Sloot family is thinking of bringing a civil case against those who are speaking negatively and saying ugly things about Joran. On MSNBC, attorney Tacopina admitted that they are thinking of suing Beth Twitty, the mother of the missing student.

[translated by Getagrip]

Suspect in Holloway case released
Amigoe
4/24/2006

ARUBA – The Aruban judicial authorities have released the 19-year old Geoffrey van Cromvoirt early this morning. They did this because there are no longer reasons for keeping him imprisoned. The Public Prosecutor (OM) indicated this in a press release. Van Cromvoirt will remain a suspect though.

Van Cromvoirt was arrested on April 15th on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of the American student Natalee Holloway last year May. According to the TV-station ABC, Van Cromvoirt has not answered any questions for a whole week. The OM indicated further that last Saturday, April 22nd, another man was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Holloway. This person is the 20-year old E.B [ed - s/b A.B. per MSM]. He was released after having been interrogated for 6 hours.

Movement at Noord police station
DIARIO Aruba
4/24/2006

ORANJESTAD.(AAN): Satruday, outside the Noord station a quantity of reporters could be observed camped out to obtain pictures if perhaps those in charge of the Natalee investigation could come out or arrive with suspects.

They were filming, taking closeup pictures with a telelens, throwing questions at the inspectors when they arrived or came out of the place.

Anything they could have said is on video tape and so they could continue to mention.

There were also local photographers and a few photos were captured. But in all this, there were no additional reports or any indication that those that inspectors took out or brought into the station could have something to do with Natalee’s case.

The only thing that could be concluded is that there are people that arrived, it could hardly mean that they could be considered suspects.

Either it was a dangerous person or the person had to do with any other case outside that of Natalee’s which has come up again.

In the course of today, surely there will be an official report on the part of the Public Prosecutor about all the movement there was on Saturday afternoon at the Noord station.

[translated by Getagrip]

Commissioner Dompig’s son:
If Natalee was killed, this would already be known
Aruba is small and everyone knows each other and everyone looks at each other
DIARIO Aruba
4/24/2006

ORANJESTAD(AAN)--- The detainee, Geoffrey, was talking of having information and also of having information about Natalee’s disappearance.

The young Domping also stated on FOX that Geoffrey seemed to have a drug problem and that he was removed from the security company due to behavioral problems.

According to the show, the lady who conducted the interview said that Joran’s mom let it be known that there is much speculation surrounding this case.

But in another interview with Michael Dompig, he said to have heard that Geoffrey lied saying that he has not seen Michael for many months and that he that he doesn’t like going out with Michael, which is very false.

According to Michael, he bumps into Geoffrey all the time, he follows him asking him where he’s going and to go out, etc.

“If he lied about small details, he will lie about anything”, he said.

About the case itself, he said that if there was enough evidence which could reveal that they were involved, they would still be in prison. Police in Aruba have done a very good job, and they would have these youngsters detained of there was enough evidence, he said in response to a question in regards to Natalee’s case.

Asked about Aruba’s youth are saying about the disappearance, he explained that many are commenting that Natalee ran away from home so that her parents won’t find her, and also there are some who believe that she died, possibly by overdose of drugs and alcohol.

“If you stay here and go to Carlos n Charlie’s, you would observe that all the young girls of 15 and 16 years of age from the US go there and abuse alcohol. They use any drugs that they find. They become lazy and finding little freedom, finally they abuse of this”, he commented.

Michael also said that Aruba is small and if someone killed Natalee, this would come to light. Everyone knows everyone and everyone sees everyone.
For now, they would know already who did what. It has come to the point that the island has to defend itself because everyone wants to boycott Aruba.

Tomorrow there will be a decision if Geoffrey will regain his freedom and also there is an indication that more people could be detained related to this case.

[translated by Getagrip]

Picture Time - Connecting the Dots

Does GVC [Geoffrey van Cromvoirt] know SC [Steve Croes]?



[Source: publicly accessible WebShots album]

Editorial: Natalee’s case and the Aruban people
DIARIO Aruba
4/21/2006

I have said on many occasions that in Aruba, the people many times are not taken duly into account by their authorities and things that affect them directly - their well-being, the solidity of their economy, their good name as a hospitable people - have all been pushed into a corner and buried in such a manner that it’s not able to be discovered. This is not done for their defense, but to abide by rules that are good for nothing because they maintain the ignorance as to what’s going on.

At DIARIO, many years back, we took the decision not to hide anything from the people, not keep them in a box to then throw them in a well of forgetfulness. All we find out, we pass it on directly to the people, so that they are aware of everything that’s going on in their island. Natalee’s case is no exception, but a confirmation that we are not going to keep anything secret and whatever falls into our hands, we pass it on in turn to the people, so that they too have the latest news, so that they can judge what has happened in the case.

Yesterday, we published the transcript of a conversation that police recorded in a police car that was bringing the three suspects (Joran, Deepak and Satish) from KIA to the Court Building, in Dutch and in Papiamento. The document is very revealing of three suspects’ character, their way of speaking, their way of formulating sentences and their violence.

From the transcript, we know from Joran’s mouth that his father is the one who arranged for lawyers for the Kalpoes; from Deepak we heard that he warned Joran that if they find the girl’s body or any of her remains, Joran is going to be locked up 15 years; from Joran we heard that he threatened that if the Kalpoe brothers spoke with the police, he would tell the latter that Satish hit a girl with a car; all in all, accusations and counter-accusations, but all based on a categorical knowledge that all three had of what happened with Natalee. Of this, there is no doubt. This came out clearly in the audio-tape recording transcript.

Joran’s attorney is flapping his gums in the U.S. as if he were a great messiah who knows all; one of his colleagues accused me of leaking the document, despite the fact that it was the day before yesterday that we found it in our mailbox, after all American channels already had it and were even passing it on the air piece by piece; Tacopina paints Joran as an angel with wings of purity; that he’s a good student; that he has a scholarship; finally, all that he’s missing to fly up to heaven are wings of snow. However, evidence compiled by DIARIO paints Joran in a completely different light; a violent youth; abusive with younger kids at his school (and in his home!); an out of control youth who inappropriately involves himself with others’ money; a youth with no manners in his manner of speaking; a criminal instinct that he exhibited in the transcripts when in moments of rage he wanted to break faces and even went as far as threatening to kill the Kalpoe brothers; in the end, a completely different portrait than that Tacopina speaks of.

That I revealed Geoffrey’s name? Yes, because this is nothing rare. At no time did I accuse the kid of committing any infraction against the law; what our reporters did was to look for his identity for us to know who we are talking about. Many people asked me of my opinion of him, if he could be involved in the case. My answer was negative, because I do not believe that he is directly involved in Natalee’s disappearance. What I do believe is that he could have told police or the prosecutor that he saw such and such a thing, or heard such and such a thing, or has a video taken on the days of Natalee's disappearance which could have revealing images on it. This I could believe could be possible, but not that he is a participant in the disappearance itself. I could be completely mistaken, but this is what I think.

I am not taking my eyes off the three suspects, Joran, Deepak and Satish, because they demonstrated in the recording that they are completely aware of what happened to the girl.

Furthermore, one accused the other (between Joran and the Kalpoe brothers) of a 15 year penalty (Deepak against Joran) if the girl is found, and hitting a girl with a car (Joran against Satish).

Our duty as a media outlet is to stay on top of all the developments surrounding the case and to pass on any information that we find to the people, because in our criteria, they have a right to all information of what happened on their island. That the police or the prosecutor do not want to give out any information, that is their right, but this does not count to DIARIO!

[translated by Getagrip]

Geoffrey’s family confirms that their son does not know van der Sloot nor the Kalpoes
DIARIO Aruba
4/21/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN): It was Thursday that the van Cromvoirt family reacted and stated openly that their son Geoffrey is not friends with any of the people who were previously detained in the Natalee Holloway investigation.

“The van Cromvoirt family distances itself completely from all expressions or declarations which bring Geoffrey van Cromvoirt in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and any statement in which any role is attributed to him in this case”, the family said in a statement issued in Dutch by his lawyer mr. Eline Lotter-Homan.

Further, the family demonstrated that Geoffrey wasn’t working for VCB Security at the end of May 2005 when Natalee disappeared.

But the prosecutor demonstrates clearly that his criminal offenses could have something to do with the disappearance of Natalee. However, there is still no report that has been divulged about the reason why this youngster was detained mid-day Saturday.

Aside from this, only yesterday was it known that the Aruba and Antilles Coast Guard are searching the sea around Aruba with sonar equipment. The search was conducted in secrecy. On Thursday however, the Coast Guard did not continue this search.

The bigger question is: did Geoffrey really meet Natalee that weekend in Aruba?
Previously, there were indications that the Mountain Brook High School kids now recognize his picture. But last Wednesday night on CNN, the mother, Beth Twitty indicated that she does not have any indication that this took place.

BETH TWITTY RELATED TO HITLER? Thursday night, Fox News Channel revealed a letter that prosecutor Karen Janssen sent on October 31, 2005 to an official of the US Department of Justice, Ms. Friedman, where in an incredible manner she asked if by any chance Beth Twitty is related to Hitler, and if by any chance the family has gone on a trip to Austria recently.

Also in this letter, prosecutor Janssen in a certain sense indicated that they don’t have any proof against the trio of Joran, Deepak and Satish. Fox News Channel interpreted this as a clear message that the investigation in Aruba is ‘stuck’.

Aside from this, Fox News Channel divulged that the prosecutor from Aruba asked for help from the FBI in order to obtain a certified copy of Natalee’s high school yearbook. Here they want to check if there could be any indication that Natalee had thought of running away from home. Also, they want to know if by any chance Natalee has run away from home in the past, or has come up with a plan to be a ‘runaway’.

Another request was to find the list of telephone calls that Beth Twitty made from her home, and also from her cellular phone.

The letter at certain angles gave the impression that Aruba wants to investigate this case from all corners. However the question in regards to the relation between Beth Twitty and Hitler left everyone at Fox News Channel speechless.

The contents of this letter which was leaked from the US Department of Justice to Fox News Channel, also indicates that there is no indication that the trio of the Dutch and Surinamese youth committed rape on a voluntary basis on Natalee.

[translated by Getagrip]

‘The families Van Cromvoirt and Van der Sloot not friends’
Amigoe
4/20/2006

ARUBA – “The Van Cromvoirt family dissociate herself expressly from all the statements that associate Geoffrey van Cromvoirt to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway”, stated Eline Lotter Homan, lawyer of family Van Cromvoirt in a written press release. “Due to persistent speculations, it is advisable to rectify the many completely untrue propositions put forward”, was her reaction on the many questions she gets from the different media.

Lotter Homan says that it is impossible to react on all possible propositions that are going around. She also didn’t want to react as regards content on the current judicial preliminary investigation. She states furthermore in her press release that “the facts that are being described in this are not meant for a restrictive refutation.”

In May and June of last year, Van Cromvoirt hadn’t worked for the Visibility Team or VCB Video Camera Security Systems & Consultancy. The lawyer confirmed that the family Van Cromvoirt had not at all been interrogated in connection with the investigation on the disappearance of the American girl. Rumours about Joran van der Sloot and Van Cromvoirt being friends are heavily denied. “Geoffrey is not a friend of any of the earlier arrested persons in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and has also no other relationship with any of them.”

The lawyer indicated that VCB had not provided any security activities to the Holiday Inn in May and June of last year and neither up till today. The company had not installed any security cameras, neither did it manage any for the Holiday Inn nor any of the other hotels on the hotel-strip. Lotter Homan says that VCB didn’t have access to the security camera systems of the hotels on the strip. “The company had not interfered with any of them.”

Paul van der Sloot’s attorney reacts on the report of chief prosecutor Janssen
Bon Dia Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD – In the afternoon hours of Tuesday, attorney mr. Swaen handed over to the court clerk his reaction to the report that Chief Prosecutor mr. Janssen delivered Monday, April 3. Monday, April 3m mr. Janssen delivered to the court clerk a report on the investigation of the Holloway case but informed that time that the report was not complete. It is not the final report of the criminal investigation, given that the investigation is still ongoing. Also, mr. Janssen informed that she still has not taken a decision on whether she will prosecute the suspects since the investigation is still not closed. According to the interim decision of the judge in Paul van der Sloot and family’s lawsuit against the government, mr. Janssen had to deliver the investigation report and that on the 17 of April, attorney mr. Swaen had to hand in his reaction.

In an interview yesterday with attorney Swaen, he made it be known that he handed over his reaction on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Swaen explained that in his reaction is that he cannot give a straight reaction given that the investigation is still not closed and that Chief Prosecutor mr. Janssen has not delivered a final report. Although the report consists of 11 map [?], there is no conclusion and neither is there a decision whether they will prosecute Paul van der Sloot’s son or not.

From mr. Swaen’s explanation, it can be concluded that basically the situation is the same as before the 3 of April. Now it’s the judge who has to take a decision of what will happen. If everything continues as planned, the judge will announce his decision on May 1.

[translated by Getagrip]

Among points that van Cromvoirt’s attorney wants to clear up
Geoffrey was not employed for the Visibility Team (i.e. VCB) in the period of May – June 2005
Attorney Lotter-Homan corrected various erroneous rumours on the street about her client
Bon Dia Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD – Yesterday still, the young G. v. Cromvoirt was detained related to the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Given that there has been quite a big amount of speculation from the moment of his detention, his lawyer Eline Lotter-Homan sent the following press release to refute any erroneous information that may be circulating on the street about her client and his family.

PERSISTENT SPECULATION

“Due to persistent speculation in the media, a press release is being sent to address the many incorrect statements. At the same time, it has to be said that it is difficult to address all of the baseless accusations. But at the same time, the facts mentioned in this release should not be perceived as a limitation of the explanation. At the same time, we will not go into details about the preliminary investigation. For this reason, the van Cromvoirt family distances itself categorically from all declarations about Geoffrey van Cromvoirt which could involve him in connection to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway or that give him a participative role (even if not active).

1. Geoffrey was not employed for the Visibility Team or VCB (Video
Camera Beveiligingssystemen & Consultancy N.V.) in the period of May – June 2005, nor did he have access to a uniform from the Visibility Team or VCB.

2. At no moment was the van Cromvoirt family previously heard related to the investigation of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

3. Geoffrey is not friends with, and has no relation to the three persons previously arrested in a previous phase.

4. VCB was not procured for the security of the Holiday Inn Hotel in the period of May and June of 2005.

5. VCB, in the period of May and June 2005 until today, did not install security cameras or operate them in the hotel strip, nor at the Holiday Inn or any other hotel.

6. VCB, in the period of May and June of 2005 until today, did not have access to the hotel strip, nor the Holiday Inn or any other hotel that had security cameras, and did nothing to be guilty of any eventual manipulation thereof.

The fact that this [release] was sent in Dutch, means that any translation discrepancy is not the responsibility of the attorney."

This is the content of the press release of the attorney of the young detainee Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, Eline Lotter-Homan.

[translated by Getagrip]

One has to know to separate facts and stop dragging people in without a basis to do so
Baseless accusations against and about Gerold Dompig could end up in court
The Commissioner has involved his lawyer to take steps if necessary
Bon Dia Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD – The case of the investigation on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway took various turns during the course of last year. Turns that sometimes had nothing to do with the case directly, but rather with the actors [principals?] involved in the investigation. One of the names that is constantly mentioned is that of Gerold Dompig and his tactics or according to some, lack of tactics as to how to deal with the investigation.

All the time the Commissioner has distanced himself from this due to how he is a person of high rank in the police force, it is logical that he has to carry a heavy load and put up with many things. But even this has limits.

DOMPIG’S VERSION

Bon Dia Aruba got in contact with the Commissioner to hear his version about everything that has been talked about these last few days, to get his version of this whole matter. Mr. Dompig was a little hesitant, but indicated that it could be good to set everything straight, to avoid that this situation becomes worse than it already is.

INSINUATIONS

Dompig indicated that one has to stop insinuating things that are not true. If any person has any information that he believes is not right, he has to take the legal steps for an investigation to take place and not bring in people’s names in newspapers as they see fit, because this causes harm to the family unnecessarily. Particularly, Dutch newspapers are putting forth accusations and insinuations that could have easily have been verified with all the means the Dutch newspapers have in their power.

USING THE NAME OF HIS SON

The fact that now they’re using the name of his son, and have linked him to the arrest of the most recent detainee in the case, has also been very difficult for the Commissioner. It is true that Dompig’s son worked in the Visibility Team with the detainee, but this does not necessarily mean that they are friends. To use his son’s name and link them together and put the Commissioner’s credibility in play, is going too far.

GOING TO COURT

A very important point is that Commissioner Dompig is clear about stopping the matter of bringing in his name, and has put this in his lawyer’s hands. As of yesterday, everything published about him that is not true and has no basis, will be observed and noted to possibly fight this in a legal way in court. Everything has a limit, and this is where he has reached his limit.

MESSAGE

His strong message is that if a person has thoughts of using his name, criticize his tactics, then make sure that they have a basis, otherwise another guy will sing. The fact that he went on television and stated certain things, was done with the approval of authorities. Everything that was presented on television, he has a way to defend himself in front of his superiors if he has to justify his presentation. And if there are people who want to criticize, they can but in the right way, approaching the Public Prosecutor and not baseless attacks in the media.

RESPECT FOR HIS WORK

He is aware that many people do not like his way of working, and he respects this. But the fact remains that he is a police authority, one of the 4 Commissioners who have their responsibilities to bear. “You may not like him, but you respect him”, Dompig continued to say. And by criticizing his function and his name, you are criticizing Aruba, given that Aruba gets a bad name abroad when this happens. Let the investigation run its course and when it is closed, you will see what comes out. Police many times use tactics that are not known by civilians. As such, many times it is difficult to understand certain steps and it is easy to criticize without any basis.

[translated by Getagrip]

From Holland : Holloway search switches to the sea
Expatica
4/20/2006

AMSTERDAM — Antillean and Aruban Coast Gard vessels are using sonar equipment in the latest bid to find out what happened to US teenager Natalee Holloway.

The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) confirmed on late on Wednesday that the vessels have been searching the sea around Aruba for four days.

Holloway, 18, disappeared in May 2005 while holidaying with classmates on the autonomous Dutch island in the Caribbean to celebrate graduation.

Three young men were the last people seen with Holloway on the night she vanished. The three were arrested and held in custody for weeks before being released for lack of evidence. The three - including Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot - deny harming Holloway.

Aruban police arrested another Dutch person, Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, on Saturday after the case was featured on crimestoppers programme 'Opsporing Verzocht' in Aruba and in the Netherlands.

The OM said van Cromvoirt, 19, is being held as a suspect not a witness, but Van der Sloot remains the main suspect.

[Copyright Expatica News + ANP 2006]

With the police report leak
Now more than ever police has to find the authority to re-detain the suspects
DIARIO Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN) – Information that was extracted from the police report on the case of the disappearance of Natalee, which was leaked to the press in Aruba and the U.S., shows that the moment has come to give police in Aruba more authority and possibility to act appropriately in the investigation.

From the beginning of Natalee’s case, police were complaining that they had their hands tied and the reports about how police worked under circumstances that the suspects/detainees had to be interrogated in a special room equipped with video cameras and sound equipment, curtailed the effectiveness and efficiency of interrogations.

In the community, this special treatment with video cameras and sound equipment was rather seen as a type of preferential treatment for the son of a judge and a type of treatment which was not available for native sons who in the past have been detained and interrogated.

From good sources in the police force, DIARIO obtained information from the beginning of the case that the system of having to put special equipment for interrogation of the suspects made the suspects mock police.

It was said that said that the suspects were telling police every time that ‘if there’s no body, there’s no case!’

It is more than logical that the suspects, knowing that everything was recorded and listened to afterwards, that they could remain quiet and that police could not use interrogation tactics for pressure like they are able to do with other detainees who did not have the luxury of preferential treatment.

In the copy of the police report which was leaked, the three suspects also discussed and accused each other formally, in regards to whether Joran’s father told them that if there is no body, there is no case, and here it is possible to see what police in Aruba were complaining about.

At the beginning of the case, some errors were made and valuable days were lost for the technical aspect of the investigation and also the investigation of the suspects’ interrogation.

But this would not have been the case if police could have worked before it was possible with all suspects, of relatively young age, they would not have been able to withstand the pressure of intensive interrogation and that very probably they would have broken after a few hours or days.

There were and still are police who are convinced that if it weren’t for the video cameras and recording equipment, police would have been able to solve the case better by finding solid evidence and avoiding that today, Aruba continues to get a bad name around the world due to the fact that the case of Natalee is still not solved.

A police official said in anonymity that if police could have put pressure with only some heavy screaming against the suspects, then at least one of them would have broken against the others, either that they are saying the truth or that they are guilty or that in the end, it would have come out that they truly are innocent, but the police report which was leaked gives every indication that the suspects knew and were covering each other.

Referring to many years of experience with cases where great pressure had to be put on suspects for them to talk, police made it be known that they could have solved the case from the beginning when they detained the suspects.

With the luxury and preferential treatment of audio and video recording equipment it is more than logical that the suspects could later say that they were mentally mistreated and that their human rights were violated, etc. etc. bla bla bla, and all police evidence could have been declared null or illegally obtained.

Now, with information of a recording made by authorities, it is known what the Kalpoe brothers were saying or accusing Joran of, and on the other side, what Joran was accusing the Kalpoe brothers of, every person can draw their conclusions that police had their hands tied and that the could not have done much without solid evidence.

With the leak of the very controversial police report in the case of Natalee, everyone is under the impression that the three suspects did not say the complete truth or even that they said a bunch of lies in order to cover up what took place.

Because at the moment where one turned against the other in terms of what could have happened to Natalee, and they are speaking of a body being discovered, hitting a girl with the car, certain people who helped one or the other, the role of the father in the whole case, the manner of thinking, speaking and acting of the suspects, and much more, there’s no other alternative than to draw the conclusion that all three suspects have to be brought in again by Aruban police authorities so that they can interrogate hem again, but this time, without video recordings or any preferential treatment.

The Aruban police are the ones who have to carry the bad name in Aruba, and certainly outside of Aruba not that it can be seen that certain matters related to the three suspects do not smell very good.

For the judicial system in Aruba and the Dutch Kingdom in its entirety, this case is one that has to be attended to with more police authority, and there remains nothing other than interrogating all suspects related to Natalee’s case again and putting an end to this disaster which is harming Aruba and the judicial system of the Dutch Kingdom.

[translated by Getagrip]

According to attorney Lotter-Homan
Geoffrey van Cromvoirt is not getting preferential treatment
DIARIO Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD(AAN): As it’s well known, a new suspect has been detained in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

Saturday, Geoffrey van Cromvoirt was detained as the new suspect in the case of Natalee Holloway and had to appear in front of a judge commissioner Tuesday.

Normally the suspect is brought to court and there he is presented in front of a judge commissioner, for the latter to determine if the detention of the suspect is legal.

However, the press waited in vain for long hours in front of the court on Tuesday, because the suspect did not show up.

Afterwards, it came to light that the judge commissioner, who came from Curaçao for this case, went to the Noord police station, in order to determine if the suspect’s detention was legal.

This led to much speculation and questions on the street, where many people questioned the way the Public Prosecutor procedure.

It has to be said that because van Cromvoirt is Dutch, he is getting preferential treatment.

Van Cromvoirt’s attorney, mr. Lotter-Homan, told DIARIO that it’s not so that her client is getting preferential treatment.

According to the lawyer, the judge commissioner went to the Noord police station because his flight was delayed from Curaçao.

At the time when he was able to meet with van Cromvoirt and his lawyer, the court was closed.

At that time, the Public Prosecutor took the decision for the judge commissioner to go to the Noord police station where the suspect is being detained, to determine if his detention was legal.

So the attorney emphasized that it is not true that Geoffrey van Cromvoirt is obtaining preferential treatment.

[translated by Getagrip]

Translation of the Natalee Holloway Case police report
Kalpoe brothers and Joran van der Sloot accuse each other
DIARIO Aruba
4/20/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN)

D says to J: How do you feel Joran?
J says to D (in an upset tone): You had them arrest my father, my friend
D says to J (very calmly): That’s what I’m telling you, how do you feel?
J says to D: You know very well my father’s not involved
J says to D: I read your declaration, my friend.
D says to J: That’s bullshit.
J says to D: You lied, shit.
J says to D (very calmly): You know what happened to the girl, if you don’t know, then nothing happened to her.
J says to D: Then fuck you.
J says to D: What did you say that Freddy has to be detained?
D says to J: That Freddy has to say the truth.
J says to D: You know very well that Freddy told the truth.
S says to J: You’ll see, you’ll see.
D says to J: From the beginning, you could have avoided the matter of your dad.
D says to J: You know.
J says to D: What, where, how?
D says to J: That he wouldn’t have been detained.
J says to D: Hoe, hoeooooooo.
J says to D: You declared shit against him.
J says to D: My friend, the only thing my father wanted to do was to help you.
J says to D: My father only wanted to help you. My father even arranged a lawyer for you.
J says to D: And this is how you pay him back.
J says to D (angry): I have to give you both a klap/wanta [punch in the face?]
D says to J: Try numa [?]
D says to J: You can straighten everything out in one shot, you know
J says to D: Why?
J says to D: You can straighten things out too
J says to D: Straighten things out how?
D says to J: You have to tell the truth.
D says to J: Tomorrow I’m getting my last 8 days and then I’m going home.
J says to D: That’s what you think.
D says to J: I’m going home.
J says to D: Wait until I start saying things about you.
J says to D: Then I want to see if you’re going home.
D says to J: I guarantee you.
J says to D: You don’t think the police are interested to know that Satish hit a girl with the car?
S says to D (should be to J): He he, you make me laugh, my friend, simply laugh.
D says to J: You know very well, you’re always trying to come between us.
J says to D: Then you’re going to start talking shit about the choller (drug addict).
J says to D: My friend, it was me that helped you with that shit / the matter of the choller.
D says to J: I said that too.
J says to D: I didn’t read that, I also read the declaration.
S says to J: The thing about the choller was from me.
D or S says to J: That’s what I just said.
D or S says to J: I also said that in my first declaration. I did that for myself.
S says to J: I said that in my interest.
J answers back: That’s what police are telling me now.
J says to S or D: Police told me about you now, if you go against me then that’s when I will go against you.
Brothers laugh: Heheheheheh
S says to J: We didn’t put you in this problem.
S says to J: We simply told the truth.
J says to the brothers: You didn’t do that.
J says to the brothers: Half of what you said isn’t the fucking truth.
J says to the brothers: That’s going to show in time.
J says to the brothers: Same as they control me, they control you too.
S says to J: About us, about us. They can find proof, but not about you.
S says to J: With lies there is no proof.
J says to the brothers: Everything is shit from Karen, you don’t know shit.
J says to the brothers: Fuck you.
D says to J: You think the girl doesn’t have anything on, you’re going to see who, who fuck/coy (the last part could not be heard well).
J says to D: We will see.
J says to D: You know when I’m going to laugh; when I give you a wanta [punch?] in the face.
J says to D: And I’ll laugh if they find the girl alive, fuck you.
J says to the brothers: I know very well that you’re scared.
J says to the brothers: If you did something bad to the girl, then we will see.
S says to J: I’m not scared.
S says to J: What do I have to be scared about?
D says to J: I want them to find the girl.
D says to J: You’re going to say shit about me in regards to the girl, that I buried the girl at the Fisherman’s Hut.
J says to D: Who said anything about a burial, I didn’t say anything about a burial.
D says to J: You declared that.
D says to J: Stop with the bullshit.
J says to D: I didn’t say anything about a burial.
J says to D: The only thing I can think of is that you know people, who are people of Automotive Enterprises.
S says to J (apparently in a sarcastic tone): Hahahaha, after I’ll get a flat tire he.
S says to J: Hahahaha, after went to get you and after I went back to the beach for the girl.
J says to S: Who said that.
S says to J: That’s what you said.
J says to S: My friend, I didn’t say that.
J says to S: My friend, I never said that you went back (apparently referring to the beach).
J says to the brothers: That’s your problem.
J says to the brothers: If they find the girl, then they will see the shit.
D says to J: 8 more days and I’m going home, I guarantee you this 1000 per cent.
J says to D: We will see.
D says to J: You don’t give a shit about your family members.
J says to D: The only thing I can think about is my family, I am doing what my family told me to do.
J says to the brothers: He, retard.
D says to J: You’re like your father, incredible.
J says to D: What about my father, it’s your fault he was detained. I didn’t declare anything against my father, it was you who spoke against my father.
S says to J: I didn’t declare anything.
J says to the brothers: Of course you did.
S says to J: What did I say / against your father?
J says to the brothers: You said that he (Joran’s father) said that if there’s no corpse there’s no case, or I don’t know what more sorts of shit.
J says to the brothers: That’s not true, the only thing he (Joran’s father) said that if there’s no body there don’t have a case.
D says to J: That’s true.
J says to D: Nothing of that is true.
D says to J: I also said in my declaration that he wasn’t kiermen [?] like that.
J says to D: 20 (what’s is 20? Should be the word ‘esey’) I didn’t read that in your declaration.
J says to the brothers: That’s what they’re using against my father.
D says to J: We have suffered a lot because of you.
J says to the brothers: That’s the price that you’ve let my father pay. That you’re suffering so: fuck you. If you let me suffer, I say OK. I don’t have cunes [?] I can sit calmly 160 days here, for me it doesn’t make a difference. I’m ok here.
Brothers say to J: Me too, me too.
J says to S: And you Satish, they told me that you son of a bitch…see spirits in your cell.
J says to S: They told me that you see the girl in your cell and you get very scared.
S says to J: I saw a spirits? Two other guys saw spirits.
S says to J: You also believe people who are in this prison.
S says to J: What you say has nothing to do with spirits and is cheap shit.
J says to S: They speak well of me, but not of you.
J says to the brothers: And also the two guards (the two security guards who were detained the first time?_ guaranteed me that they will kill you when you get out of prison.
D says to J: Oh, yeah?
J says to the brothers: Who made the declaration about the guards; it was you and not me. Why? Because I didn’t want to bring anyone into the problem who has nothing to do with this case.
D or S yells to J: The lie was for you.
J says to the brothers: It was you who admitted that.
D or S again yells to J: The lie was for you.
J says to the brothers: You paid (with money) him (referring to a male person) however.
Brothers laugh: Hahahahaha.
J says to the brothers: You called by telephone saying that ‘I’ (the ‘I’ here is referring to one of the Kalpoe brothers) hit the jackpot. You said by telephone: “I hit the fucking jackpot.” You forgot that the telephone was tapped.
S or D says to J: Shut your face.
J says to the brothers: You forgot that, retard!
J says to the brothers: And when you got home and said that you fixed everything. You told me “I fixed it’.
J says to D: Good for you. Because of you I’m also in prison.
D says to J: Ayiaaaiaaai.
J says to the brothers: Juffle [?] man, what can you do?
D says to J: What can you do?
J says to the brothers: Make me shut my face, no.
Brothers say to J: Fuck you, we’re not talking to you anymore.
D says to J: Talk until you get tired.
S says to D: You have clothes
D says to J: What are you going to do with that. I’m getting out of here in 5 days.
J says to O (apparently D): That’s what you think.
D says to J: Shut your face.
D says to J again: Shut your face, you bitch.
J says to D: What can you do.
J (should be D) says to J: Fuck your father.
J says to D: If my father doesn’t get out tomorrow, then you’ll see.
J says to D: My friend, shut your face before I hit it shut.
D says to J: Do it if you can. You’re already in prison.
J says to D: It doesn’t make a difference, they can put me in the fucking Cachot [?] I don’t have cunes [?]
D says to J: They’re going to give you 15 years if they find the girl.
J says to D: Why? Why?
D says to J: That scholarship of yours. Gooooooodbye, you can forget about it.
J says to D: Yes, because of who, because of you, retard.
J says to D: You know very well that you did something bad, otherwise you wouldn’t lie.
Brothers say: Aaiaiaiaiaiaiai.
J says to the brothers : I should kill you, retard.
J says to the brothers: Shut your cancer face.
D says to J: Won’t it be nice if tomorrow you’re standing in front of the RC (judge).
D says to J: How not? Too much proof.
J says to D: Then they can hit me too.
J says to D: You think that to me that makes a difference? One strike will be enough.
S says to J: You think, you think.
J says to S: You think that you can go home to get your gun.
S says to J: That I have a gun?
J says to S: Satish, you go get a gun from home, I shoot you dead [?]
S says to J: Look, police went to my house, they searched the house and they found a gun?
S says to J: What did they find?
D says to J: It’s been hours you’re talking bullshit.
J says to D: How is this shit not true, witnesses saw you.
S says to J: In the end, we’ll see who gets out and who stays.
S says to J: You tell the truth, we will see.
J says to the brothers: I know that I’m getting out.
Brothers say: We will see hahahahaha.