Everything indicates that not much time is remaining for the Public Prosecutor to present its case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway
DIARIO Aruba
3/20/2006

ORANJESTAD(AAN): Recently, DIARIO tried to get in touch with Satish Kalpoe’s attorney, to ask him how his client is doing, given that recently, Joran van der Sloot went on various TV and radio channels and said that he is no longer friends with the Kalpoe brothers, because they still don’t want to admit that Satish came to pick him up at the beach the night that Natalee Holloway disappeared, to bring him back home.

According to Joran, the Kalpoe brothers lied and because of this, he no longer speaks to them.

DIARIO was not able to contact attorney David Kock, given the fact that he is out of the country, however, information indicates that Satish stands behind his statement that he and his brother Deepak did not go to pick up Joran on the night in question, which is the same declaration they gave to police during the time they were incarcerated.

It will be interesting to know if the Public Prosecutor will be able to start the case against these youngsters, because it is time that all important details, that perhaps we are not obtaining still, become known.

The hope is for the Public Prosecutor to close its case, that perhaps won’t be delayed much more, given that before the 3rd of April, the Public Prosecutor has to hand over all documents related to the investigation of this case to the judge who is dealing with the case of damages for prejudice brought by the van der Sloot family.

The Public Prosecutor cannot hand over the documents to the judge if they have not totally closed the case against Joran.

Given that they have indicated that before the end of March they will close to hand over the documents, this could be an indication that shortly after this, the Public Prosecutor can start the penal case against Joran van der Sloot.

Currently, the van der Sloot family is asking for more than 500,000 Florin [USD$279,330] for material and immaterial damages.

In the first instance, it was shown that Paul van der Sloot alone could sue for damages for prejudice; however, a judge from the Superior Court dictated that the whole family could sue for damages for prejudice.

After the Public Prosecutor indicated that before the end of March, the whole file of this case will be closed and handed over to the judge, the judge indicated that after he has had the chance to study the case file, he will give his verdict on the 1st of May.