Host of the program Opsporing Vermist Anniko van Zanten explains:
In the case of Natalee Holloway there are many holes that need to be filled
This is what the program has to try to solve when it goes on the air
Bon Dia Aruba
4/5/2006

ORANJESTAD – The Dutch television group AVRO, which produces the Dutch program ‘Opsporing Vermist’ [sic – Verzocht?] hopes that via this program, there will be people who come forward and declare something which they remember after watching the program when it will air next week, Tuesday, April 11. Something that according to the host, Anniko van Zanten, is a big possibility given their reputation of 23 years on the air.

HISTORY

According to van Zanten, the program has its history, when it started 23 years ago. It can be compared to the American program ‘America’s Most Wanted’, every week this program airs different programs based on crimes committed, where it is not known who the author of the crime is. The intention of the program is to get the attention of certain people who could have information and can come forward with this information to solve the crime in question.

HOLLOWAY

The episode on the Holloway case, is to clearly seek help from the Dutch public (although the local Aruban market will also see it) to see if they could have any type of valuable information to share with the producers of the show. In this case, they reenacted Natalee Holloway’s vacation in Aruba.

TWO GOALS

According to van Zanten, the program has two goals. The have to help people identify with this group and give them the indication that they have to come forward with any information they may have. Also, it has to work as a trigger for people’s memories to remember things that the person could remember now, that they couldn’t remember a year ago. All this is based on real facts, compared to speculation and possibilities.

HOLES FILLED

The program serves to close holes in an investigation. ‘And in this case, there are many holes’, said van Zanten. As such, people will be able to say that there is a minimal possibility that they can find something about Holloway. ‘However, there are many Dutch visitors in Aruba and the history of the show demonstrates that people see things that end up being crucial to solving a case, without having any notion of this’, van Zanten said. Until the program is seen, then the memory comes back. This is what van Zanten will try to accomplish with this program.