Antillean House angry about brown Joran
Amigoe
4/12/2006
CURACAO/RIJSWIJK – Minister Plenipotentiary Paul Comenencia of the Antilles accuses before the ANP the police and the Public Prosecutor (OM) as producers of the Dutch program Opsporings Verzocht of twisting the facts consciously and abundantly clear. He also says that police and justice do no longer need to count on the cooperation of the Antilles.
The criticism is about yesterday’s program that dedicated time to the disappearance of the American Natalee Holloway. According to Comenencia, Joran van der Sloot, a white Dutch boy, was presented as a brown person, which was unjust.
“By consciously twisting abundantly clear facts and misleading the public that are being asked for their cooperation in tracing perpetrators, the program departs from its purpose”, says Comenencia. Why didn’t they choose a white actor for Joran’s character? By using a brown actor it gives the impression that the producers have opted for highlighting what is already presented as stereotype criminal in the Netherlands. And this is unjust.
Opsporings Verzocht is an investigation tool for police and justice. These two services decided on the content of the program. “What should we think of the rest of the program? They do no longer need to count on our cooperation. Looking for fictitious perpetrators makes no sense.” A spokesperson of the Utrecht police that has worked on the program says in a reaction on Comenencia’s accusations that the reconstruction was done by the investigation team in Aruba. “We helped, but we were not responsible for the direction.”
OM in Aruba: ‘Stand-in is white’
Amigoe
4/12/2006
The young man that acted Joran van der Sloot in the reconstruction yesterday has very light skin and considered white in Aruba, said the OM in a press report in Aruba.
Besides, no skin colour was considered during the selection. “It is not important for the investigation team what the colour of a person’s skin is, or how dark the person is.”
The length and the figure were the criteria used for selecting the young man that played Joran. The stand-ins for Joran and the brothers Kalpoe were selected amongst police officers of the Police Academy in Aruba.
Sixty tips after Opsporings Verzocht
Amigoe
4/12/2006
ARUBA – Sixty tips have already been received this morning as a result of the Opsporings Verzocht that dedicated the program to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Viewers were asked for tips.
In the program, Dolfi Richardson was the chief of police in charge of the case. He asked for tips in a structured manner. The local viewer were wondering why the population was not asked for cooperation with certain tips months earlier.
The program was organized with the cooperation of the police corps of Utrecht, of which three detectives have been involved with the investigation in Aruba. After a reconstruction of the last hours Holloway was seen, the viewers were asked for tips on a few matters. They would like to get in contact with people that were near the lighthouse, Arashi, the Fishermen’s Huts, or at Joran van der Sloot’s house the night that Holloway disappeared and have either seen people there or nobody. They want tips because the declarations of the three suspects about where they were that night with Natalee are contradictive. Chief of police Richardson said that even though all three suspects declared that Natalee and Joran were at Fishermen’s Huts, three fishermen that were also there had said that they haven’t seen anybody.
Because up till now it is not clear how Joran got home, either walking or picked up by one of the brothers, the police want tips on this. Deepak’s grey Honda Civic was extensively shown in the program, because this low car with spoilers is supposedly the only one of this kind in Aruba. People that have seen this car on the night of the disappearance are asked to get in contact with the police.
A Colombian man had called Carlos’ n Charlie’s on December 31st, saying that he knows where Natalee is buried. His call was the reason for searching the area again recently. The police want this man to get in contact with them. There was also a reporting that around 02:30 on the night Natalee disappeared, a Honda Civic was seen at the Saliña near the Racket Club. If there are more people that have seen this, please contact the police. A woman had also reported that she had seen four sweaty boys with a shovel on that night in question. The police want to find this woman. They also want all pictures and film images of the days between May 26th and June 9th that might have something of interest for the police. It was mentioned in the program that it is unlikely that Holloway has disappeared in the sea, because her body would have washed ashore in Aruba. If she (her body) was thrown in sea a few hundred meters off the coast, her body would have washed ashore in Venezuela or Colombia. According to the police, there is no reporting on this. The information of the transmission is on the website of the program www.opsporingverzocht.nl, also in English and Papiamento. A local telephone number [see OV web site] connects callers with the police in Utrecht that register the tips. Anonymous informers can call [see OV web site].
4.12.2006
Remitted
Why was a ‘macamba’ [dutch-born Aruban] not used for the role of Joran?
DIARIO Aruba
4/12/2006
Shonnan [?], I have much admiration and respect towards certain things that go on in Holland, but obviously there are also many things that are onterecht [underserved]…with a lot of emphasis on onterecht!
A few minutes ago, Nederland 2 (AVRO) just aired the program called ‘Opsporing Verzocht’ [watch video here] which dedicated an hour to the matter of Natalee Holloway.
The did a dramatization of the event, which is something very normal (almost) like they always have the habit of doing.
They used a group of blond macamba kids to portray the American students.
However, the youngster they used to portray Joran v/d Sloot…wasn’t a macamba! He wasn’t white either, someone who could pass for a Dutch European.
They used an actor completely different, of Aruban appearance, light brown skinned, to pass as Joran.
Why didn’t they use a Macamba?
As well known as this case may be, there are thousands of macambas here who have never heard of this case, and I guarantee you that ALL will think that the suspect must be an Aruban or a non-macamba person! Arubans have to protest against this.
As a television producer, I am extremely obstinate with this. Why didn’t they put a girl of ‘latin’ or Aruban appearance instead of a blond who REALLY could look to be American? Then why didn’t the actor look like a macamba?
Finally, I want to be clear that I have nothing against Joran. I even posed for a picture with him, and I will go as far as saying that for me, Joran is 99.9% innocent.
My problem is with AVRO who always try to use actors who come as ‘close as possible’ in their program, this time put thousands of viewers who don’t know of the case to think that it has to do with an Aruban, or in any case a non-Dutch person, then this is NOT fair.
Alex Alberto
Holland
(via internet)
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More from Holland...
Holloway reconstruction in race row
12 April 2006
AMSTERDAM — The government of the Netherlands Antilles has reacted angrily to the broadcast of a television appeal for information about the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway.
A non-white actor played the role of white Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot, 18, in the re-enactment of the final hours prior to 18-year-old Holloway vanishing on the Dutch autonomous island of Aruba in the Caribbean.
Van der Sloot was one of the three youths Holloway left a nightclub in a car with on 30 May 2005. She has not been seen since. The other two in the car were Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18.
The re-enactment was featured on a special edition of Dutch crime-stoppers programme 'Opsporing Verzocht' on Tuesday evening. It was broadcast on Aruba hours later.
A Dutch police spokesperson said the broadcast in the Netherlands generated 50 tips from the public by Wednesday morning.
The Antillean government in Willemstad, Curacao accused prosecutors who cooperated with the programme of distorting the facts by not using a white actor, RTL Nieuws reported.
Aruba broke away from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
[Copyright Expatica News + ANP 2006]
Dompig resigned voluntarily
Amigoe
4/11/2006
ARUBA – The Strategic Communication Task Force indicated that Gerold Dompig voluntarily resigned his post as managing the investigation on the disappeared Natalee Holloway. The Public Prosecutor mentioned that the Dutch investigation team has not found anything in the Holloway-case. The team is meanwhile back in the Netherlands.
The Task Force says that Dompig’s decision to resign was a combination of factors. One of them was the media’s criticism in the Netherlands, Aruba, and the United States on the statements he made about the progress of the investigation. And, even more important, the case is now entering a critical, analytic phase, which is especially the expertise of Dompig’s substitute Dolfi Richardson. Dompig stays with the Corps and will continue providing Richardson with advice on the case.
The search of the Dutch specialists was unsuccessful. They used dead body search dogs, ground radar, and metal detectors to find Holloway’s body. The police together with analysts and under leadership of Richardson are reviewing the whole case. The investigation on the missing Holloway continues.
Amigoe
4/11/2006
ARUBA – The Strategic Communication Task Force indicated that Gerold Dompig voluntarily resigned his post as managing the investigation on the disappeared Natalee Holloway. The Public Prosecutor mentioned that the Dutch investigation team has not found anything in the Holloway-case. The team is meanwhile back in the Netherlands.
The Task Force says that Dompig’s decision to resign was a combination of factors. One of them was the media’s criticism in the Netherlands, Aruba, and the United States on the statements he made about the progress of the investigation. And, even more important, the case is now entering a critical, analytic phase, which is especially the expertise of Dompig’s substitute Dolfi Richardson. Dompig stays with the Corps and will continue providing Richardson with advice on the case.
The search of the Dutch specialists was unsuccessful. They used dead body search dogs, ground radar, and metal detectors to find Holloway’s body. The police together with analysts and under leadership of Richardson are reviewing the whole case. The investigation on the missing Holloway continues.
‘Maintain just one Caribbean Court’
Amigoe
4/11/2006
CURACAO/THE HAGUE – Judges P. de Bruin and P. Lemaire, whom amongst others have been working till mid 2005 as member of the Joint Court of Justice in Aruba, plead for maintaining the Joint Court and against the advice of the established work group by the Aruban minister, who advised in 2003 that Aruba must get an independent Aruban Court of First Instance (GEA). They did this in the Dutch Jurists’ Newsletter (Juristenblad).
The Joint Court had also objected this advice in its report of February 2005. Besides, the advice also counts for the new to be created countries Curacao and St. Maarten. “Due to the small-scale of the communities in question and the patronized patterns that are difficult to repel, the judiciary in the Caribbean will always be more under direct political pressure than in a big community like the case of the Dutch judiciary”, write De Bruin and Lemaire. “An independent administration of justice leads to getting constitutional relations further out of balance compared to the already strong political governmental elite on the islands.” Their experience in Aruba is that strong fundamentals which balance the different power of government is mentioned on paper, but is different in practice.
The Parliament is not engaged enough in their controlling language and is a ‘postmark-Parliament’. The opposition is indeed critical, but powerless. The legislation task is insufficiently performed and in addition, the influence of the government on the small civil service is big. There are also political appointments done in the field of the Public Prosecutor. The government does comply with judicial decisions, “but there is still reason for some concern. They often govern only incidentally just to satisfy the interest of the own supporters, with the consequence that the ones that are not part of that grassroots support have to produce relatively much.” With this De Bruin and Lemaire refer to amongst others the Dutch judges on assignment.
Amigoe
4/11/2006
CURACAO/THE HAGUE – Judges P. de Bruin and P. Lemaire, whom amongst others have been working till mid 2005 as member of the Joint Court of Justice in Aruba, plead for maintaining the Joint Court and against the advice of the established work group by the Aruban minister, who advised in 2003 that Aruba must get an independent Aruban Court of First Instance (GEA). They did this in the Dutch Jurists’ Newsletter (Juristenblad).
The Joint Court had also objected this advice in its report of February 2005. Besides, the advice also counts for the new to be created countries Curacao and St. Maarten. “Due to the small-scale of the communities in question and the patronized patterns that are difficult to repel, the judiciary in the Caribbean will always be more under direct political pressure than in a big community like the case of the Dutch judiciary”, write De Bruin and Lemaire. “An independent administration of justice leads to getting constitutional relations further out of balance compared to the already strong political governmental elite on the islands.” Their experience in Aruba is that strong fundamentals which balance the different power of government is mentioned on paper, but is different in practice.
The Parliament is not engaged enough in their controlling language and is a ‘postmark-Parliament’. The opposition is indeed critical, but powerless. The legislation task is insufficiently performed and in addition, the influence of the government on the small civil service is big. There are also political appointments done in the field of the Public Prosecutor. The government does comply with judicial decisions, “but there is still reason for some concern. They often govern only incidentally just to satisfy the interest of the own supporters, with the consequence that the ones that are not part of that grassroots support have to produce relatively much.” With this De Bruin and Lemaire refer to amongst others the Dutch judges on assignment.
4.10.2006
Ummm...
I generally don't add commentary, but Holy! Oh yes, it's Holy Week. Surely the staff at Bon Dia Aruba knows this. Semana Santa is generally a huge week for tourism in the Caribbean. Are the tourists nowhere to be found, and is that why they're in such a libelous mood?
To you, dear Bon Dia Aruba writing staff, I say: your journalistic standards are underwhelming.
Continue to never question the authorities, for they have done no wrong, right?
The vitriol and lack of humanity has been observed by all. May God have mercy on your souls.
I generally don't add commentary, but Holy! Oh yes, it's Holy Week. Surely the staff at Bon Dia Aruba knows this. Semana Santa is generally a huge week for tourism in the Caribbean. Are the tourists nowhere to be found, and is that why they're in such a libelous mood?
To you, dear Bon Dia Aruba writing staff, I say: your journalistic standards are underwhelming.
Continue to never question the authorities, for they have done no wrong, right?
The vitriol and lack of humanity has been observed by all. May God have mercy on your souls.
Now that Dompig has retired, Bernadina is accused of manipulating the investigation
Strong suspicion that Natalee Holloway’s mother is more involved in her daughter’s disappearance than is apparent
The fact that she is accusing everyone, indicates that she wants to shift attention away from herself
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD – Now that Gerold Dompig is no longer at the head of the investigative team, Natalee Holloway’s mother thinks it’s good to accused High Commissioner Ronny Bernadina of being the person who is maneuvering and orchestrating the whole investigation with his latest changes in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. This has put many people to think that now one has to search in the other side, in the direction of the parents of Natalee Holloway, and not in Aruba where there are 3 youngsters who are still suspects
RETIREMENT
This can be deduced from the moment that the news came out that Gerold Dompig was handed his retirement as chief of the investigation on Natalee Holloway. The reaction the mother had was incredible in the U.S. It could be noted on various TV channels that the mother of Natalee Holloway appeared in the course of the week. Instead of being happy that Dompig was removed, since she was angry with his style of work, now she looked for another guilty one, who is Bernadina.
BERNADINA
She, among others, indicated that Bernadina didn’t even have the decency to speak with her, but knows well enough to orchestrate this investigation in such an unprofessional manner that she was stunned. This is another indication that the mother has to continue to look for a guilty party, whoever it may be.
INVESTIGATION
If traced back to the beginning, with the person who started the investigation, Jan v.d. Straten, was the one who was ‘boze dader macamba’ who had a complot with another ‘macamba’ [Dutch born Aruban], Karin Janssen and together they were manipulating and undoing things that were not good. When v.d. Straten retired, she spoke of a positive change. But in an instant, this changed and she continue to turn against local police.
SCREEN
When Gerold Dompig came into the screen, he was the perfect bull’s eye for Beth Twitty. She was in constant contact with Dompig, as was the case with v.d. Straten, but this again was not enough. The mother continued with her attacks in and a very short time, Dompig became the target of criticism.
PATTERN
The pattern that now exists is that the reaction of the mother in these past weeks has made many people think what others thought from the beginning. This is that the mother and the father themselves have something to do with the case, and as a sort of coverup, they are looking for all sorts of way to find an ‘easy’ public target to attack, and remove the attention from themselves.
TWITTY
When Beth Twitty is heard declaring that almost nothing has been done, to the questions of the American journalists of whether she believes enough has been done, this makes many agents and people in Aruba boil. It shows that if it were another investigation, it would have been closed a long time ago. However in this case, almost a year later, the investigation is still open. This should say something.
METHOD
For all the exceptional methods that were used, such as using F-16 jets, giving the whole island free time to look for Holloway (while there have been other missing people and nothing like this was done in their case), it is difficult to believe that the mother dares to mention that not enough has been done to be able to find her daughter.
QUESTIONABLE
Another questionable issue is the fact that this week, the biological father, Dave Holloway, published his book on the disappearance of his daughter. Not even a year has passed that the book is on the market. A book that will surely generate renewed interest and at the same time is a financial contribution to the father. A book, seeing the media interest, will become a ‘best seller’ surely. And with bestseller status, it will be a million dollar sum for the writer, who in this case is Dave Holloway. And never has there been a mention that this sum will be used for ‘Natalee causes’. Something that has never been mentioned.
TACTIC
Finally, time will tell if the families of Natalee Holloway themselves are guilty of this case. All this is the fault of everyone who gave long hours in the service of the search of this American lady. Call the tactics of v.d. Straten, Dompig, Jacobs and others bad, but they worked searched and tried to do something for the family of a lost child and as such, they have to be given the benefit of the doubt. Their tactics and expertise will be clear later.
Strong suspicion that Natalee Holloway’s mother is more involved in her daughter’s disappearance than is apparent
The fact that she is accusing everyone, indicates that she wants to shift attention away from herself
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD – Now that Gerold Dompig is no longer at the head of the investigative team, Natalee Holloway’s mother thinks it’s good to accused High Commissioner Ronny Bernadina of being the person who is maneuvering and orchestrating the whole investigation with his latest changes in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. This has put many people to think that now one has to search in the other side, in the direction of the parents of Natalee Holloway, and not in Aruba where there are 3 youngsters who are still suspects
RETIREMENT
This can be deduced from the moment that the news came out that Gerold Dompig was handed his retirement as chief of the investigation on Natalee Holloway. The reaction the mother had was incredible in the U.S. It could be noted on various TV channels that the mother of Natalee Holloway appeared in the course of the week. Instead of being happy that Dompig was removed, since she was angry with his style of work, now she looked for another guilty one, who is Bernadina.
BERNADINA
She, among others, indicated that Bernadina didn’t even have the decency to speak with her, but knows well enough to orchestrate this investigation in such an unprofessional manner that she was stunned. This is another indication that the mother has to continue to look for a guilty party, whoever it may be.
INVESTIGATION
If traced back to the beginning, with the person who started the investigation, Jan v.d. Straten, was the one who was ‘boze dader macamba’ who had a complot with another ‘macamba’ [Dutch born Aruban], Karin Janssen and together they were manipulating and undoing things that were not good. When v.d. Straten retired, she spoke of a positive change. But in an instant, this changed and she continue to turn against local police.
SCREEN
When Gerold Dompig came into the screen, he was the perfect bull’s eye for Beth Twitty. She was in constant contact with Dompig, as was the case with v.d. Straten, but this again was not enough. The mother continued with her attacks in and a very short time, Dompig became the target of criticism.
PATTERN
The pattern that now exists is that the reaction of the mother in these past weeks has made many people think what others thought from the beginning. This is that the mother and the father themselves have something to do with the case, and as a sort of coverup, they are looking for all sorts of way to find an ‘easy’ public target to attack, and remove the attention from themselves.
TWITTY
When Beth Twitty is heard declaring that almost nothing has been done, to the questions of the American journalists of whether she believes enough has been done, this makes many agents and people in Aruba boil. It shows that if it were another investigation, it would have been closed a long time ago. However in this case, almost a year later, the investigation is still open. This should say something.
METHOD
For all the exceptional methods that were used, such as using F-16 jets, giving the whole island free time to look for Holloway (while there have been other missing people and nothing like this was done in their case), it is difficult to believe that the mother dares to mention that not enough has been done to be able to find her daughter.
QUESTIONABLE
Another questionable issue is the fact that this week, the biological father, Dave Holloway, published his book on the disappearance of his daughter. Not even a year has passed that the book is on the market. A book that will surely generate renewed interest and at the same time is a financial contribution to the father. A book, seeing the media interest, will become a ‘best seller’ surely. And with bestseller status, it will be a million dollar sum for the writer, who in this case is Dave Holloway. And never has there been a mention that this sum will be used for ‘Natalee causes’. Something that has never been mentioned.
TACTIC
Finally, time will tell if the families of Natalee Holloway themselves are guilty of this case. All this is the fault of everyone who gave long hours in the service of the search of this American lady. Call the tactics of v.d. Straten, Dompig, Jacobs and others bad, but they worked searched and tried to do something for the family of a lost child and as such, they have to be given the benefit of the doubt. Their tactics and expertise will be clear later.
Another breed of special dog leaves Aruba without finding anything
More respect more be shown for Aruba police force specialists
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD- The group of Dutch experts left Aruba Friday night along with their dogs specialized in cadaver search without being able to locate the body of the young American student, Natalee Holloway.
A search which took place for one long week and was under way on the basis of information obtained from the survey conducted by two F-16’s from the Dutch Air Force that flew over Aruba.
The group limited itself to a search of the Westpunt dunes but the results were the same thing that the groups which previously searched, without finding anything either.
That this group would achieve something, was not anticipated given that special groups from the U.S. who had already conducted a search, was not able to find anything.
This Dutch group didn’t have any success either and others who could come in the future will not find anything that is not there to find either. What these groups are doing above all else is ridiculing our Aruba Police Force, showing that our people are not capable, while the Police Force also made use of dogs and used a big part of their human force to look for the youngster in the same location without finding anything.
To top it all off, they took one insult after another, given that the Dutch group specialized in the reconstruction of cases of missing persons, ‘Opsporing Verzocht’, humiliated the police force last week with some declarations. These experts came forward and said that the investigation is ‘full of holes’, that many aspects were not covered, ridiculing the big work done by Aruban investigators.
This type of thing is unacceptable, given that the police force has done a great young for many years, resolved the great majority of the cases that they have been confronted with, and they do not deserve such treatment that they have been receiving for a situation they did not ask for.
What is really missing now is to ask the Mexican government’s help, special assistance since they could send some ‘Chihuahua’ dogs to Aruba, given that only this breed is the only one that still hasn’t come to Aruba to search in the dunes for Natalee’s body.
The moment has come to let our own Police Force and Public Prosecution work in peace, and everyone to do what they usually do and don’t do, and not do what they never do but want to do in the case of Natalee Holloway.
More respect more be shown for Aruba police force specialists
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD- The group of Dutch experts left Aruba Friday night along with their dogs specialized in cadaver search without being able to locate the body of the young American student, Natalee Holloway.
A search which took place for one long week and was under way on the basis of information obtained from the survey conducted by two F-16’s from the Dutch Air Force that flew over Aruba.
The group limited itself to a search of the Westpunt dunes but the results were the same thing that the groups which previously searched, without finding anything either.
That this group would achieve something, was not anticipated given that special groups from the U.S. who had already conducted a search, was not able to find anything.
This Dutch group didn’t have any success either and others who could come in the future will not find anything that is not there to find either. What these groups are doing above all else is ridiculing our Aruba Police Force, showing that our people are not capable, while the Police Force also made use of dogs and used a big part of their human force to look for the youngster in the same location without finding anything.
To top it all off, they took one insult after another, given that the Dutch group specialized in the reconstruction of cases of missing persons, ‘Opsporing Verzocht’, humiliated the police force last week with some declarations. These experts came forward and said that the investigation is ‘full of holes’, that many aspects were not covered, ridiculing the big work done by Aruban investigators.
This type of thing is unacceptable, given that the police force has done a great young for many years, resolved the great majority of the cases that they have been confronted with, and they do not deserve such treatment that they have been receiving for a situation they did not ask for.
What is really missing now is to ask the Mexican government’s help, special assistance since they could send some ‘Chihuahua’ dogs to Aruba, given that only this breed is the only one that still hasn’t come to Aruba to search in the dunes for Natalee’s body.
The moment has come to let our own Police Force and Public Prosecution work in peace, and everyone to do what they usually do and don’t do, and not do what they never do but want to do in the case of Natalee Holloway.
New tips on Natalee Holloway case continue to come in
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD— Tips continue to come in to the Public Prosecution and the Police Force. It’s Bon Dia Aruba’s understanding that despite the search team from Holland leaving Aruba, there is other information coming in that could help police solve the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The Public Prosecution, specifically chief prosecutor Janssen, and investigators in these past few days, including yesterday, met with two people, Kelly Castillo and Daniel Young, who said they have key information of what could have happened to Natalee, and they are willing to help authorities in giving them the necessary clues.
These people were already in contact with Natalee’s mother, Beth Twitty, who asked them to come to Aruba. However, when these persons found certain information, they realized that the case was not as Beth Twitty has told the world, but that it was something much simpler, where it cannot be said that the youngster was murdered. Castillo and Young went as far as saying that Beth Twitty knew that Natalee was alive a couple of days when the mother herself was in Aruba. This explains the first poster where she asked her daughter to get in touch with her. Further still, Beth had in her possession the telephone that Natalee used to tell her she would not return to the U.S., something that the mother did not give to police immediately.
After Castillo and Young came to Aruba, they were able to find more information, and revealed to Beth what they know. Beth didn’t like what the duo said and even said that she was not interested to know who Natalee was with last. She only wanted revenge and that her focus remained on the three youngsters who were with her after Carlos & Charlie’s.
Authorities have all the recordings and notes that Castillo and Young made during their conversations with Twitty and they are willing to publish these soon. Further still, according to these two people from the U.S., for them it is confirmed that Natalee didn’t want to return home for abuse reasons and that it’s not the first time that the youngster went as far as doing something like this.
Bon Dia Aruba understands that the meetings with authorities took their time and now they are looking at what will come out of the new information which was presented to the chief prosecutor and the investigative team.
In the meantime, the program ‘Opsporing Verzocht’ is scheduled for tomorrow night, Tuesday and this also should produce new facts to help finally solve the case.
Bon Dia Aruba
4/10/2006
ORANJESTAD— Tips continue to come in to the Public Prosecution and the Police Force. It’s Bon Dia Aruba’s understanding that despite the search team from Holland leaving Aruba, there is other information coming in that could help police solve the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The Public Prosecution, specifically chief prosecutor Janssen, and investigators in these past few days, including yesterday, met with two people, Kelly Castillo and Daniel Young, who said they have key information of what could have happened to Natalee, and they are willing to help authorities in giving them the necessary clues.
These people were already in contact with Natalee’s mother, Beth Twitty, who asked them to come to Aruba. However, when these persons found certain information, they realized that the case was not as Beth Twitty has told the world, but that it was something much simpler, where it cannot be said that the youngster was murdered. Castillo and Young went as far as saying that Beth Twitty knew that Natalee was alive a couple of days when the mother herself was in Aruba. This explains the first poster where she asked her daughter to get in touch with her. Further still, Beth had in her possession the telephone that Natalee used to tell her she would not return to the U.S., something that the mother did not give to police immediately.
After Castillo and Young came to Aruba, they were able to find more information, and revealed to Beth what they know. Beth didn’t like what the duo said and even said that she was not interested to know who Natalee was with last. She only wanted revenge and that her focus remained on the three youngsters who were with her after Carlos & Charlie’s.
Authorities have all the recordings and notes that Castillo and Young made during their conversations with Twitty and they are willing to publish these soon. Further still, according to these two people from the U.S., for them it is confirmed that Natalee didn’t want to return home for abuse reasons and that it’s not the first time that the youngster went as far as doing something like this.
Bon Dia Aruba understands that the meetings with authorities took their time and now they are looking at what will come out of the new information which was presented to the chief prosecutor and the investigative team.
In the meantime, the program ‘Opsporing Verzocht’ is scheduled for tomorrow night, Tuesday and this also should produce new facts to help finally solve the case.
After almost two weeks if intensive search
Group of specialists from Holland with dogs left Aruba last night
They only found some dead dogs buried but nothing related to the Holloway case
Bon Dia Aruba
4/8/2006
ORANJESTAD – After almost two weeks of searching for Natalee Holloway in Aruba, the special group from Holland left Aruba last night. Besides finding some dead dogs, they did not find anything substantial that could help the investigation.
Given the situation, they decided to return to Holland last night, where they will decide what they had to do. It has not been discarded that they will conduct some searches later, but given that they didn’t have any positive results, and that it is very costly, they decided to cancel the search and return to Holland last night.
Group of specialists from Holland with dogs left Aruba last night
They only found some dead dogs buried but nothing related to the Holloway case
Bon Dia Aruba
4/8/2006
ORANJESTAD – After almost two weeks of searching for Natalee Holloway in Aruba, the special group from Holland left Aruba last night. Besides finding some dead dogs, they did not find anything substantial that could help the investigation.
Given the situation, they decided to return to Holland last night, where they will decide what they had to do. It has not been discarded that they will conduct some searches later, but given that they didn’t have any positive results, and that it is very costly, they decided to cancel the search and return to Holland last night.
Safety conference for tourism in the region
Amigoe
4/8/2006
Representatives of Aruba Hospitality & Security Foundation, Aruba Hotel And Tourism Association and Aruba Tourism Authority pose for a picture after the press conference in which the first safety conference was announced.
ARUBA – Safety within the tourist industry in the Caribbean region, the part the media plays during a crisis, and safety during big events are the subjects that will be discussed during the first Caribbean Tourism Security Conference. The conference takes place in the Wyndham Hotel on June 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Ministers and top government officials from a great number of countries in the region, hotel managers, and safety experts are invited for the conference. The tourist industry has gone through a clear change between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. The general opinion of policy makers before September 11th was that disaster- and other trainings that have to do with guaranteeing the safety of tourists were too transparent and led to unnecessary anxiety. From that moment on, tourists clearly made demands on the way the authorities were protecting them. Disaster trainings had to be kept noticeable in order to take away the anxiety. As part of this, Aruba Hospitality & Security Foundation (AHSF), Aruba Hotel And Tourism Association (Ahata) and Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) organize together on June 7th, 8th, and 9th the first Caribbean Tourism Security Conference. During the conference, they will talk about the different aspects of safety within the tourists industry. Illustrious experts, like Peter Tarlow, David Shepard, Anne Gallenger en Michael McDonald will give lectures on how safety aspects can be used within the tourism in the Caribbean region. Other subjects that will come up for discussion are the part of the media in case of a crisis, the safety during big events, and the safety in the air and on sea.
Myrna Jansen, director of ATA is elated that Aruba is the first country to organize this conference. “Our economy depends on the tourism. That does not only apply to Aruba, but the entire Caribbean region. Safety is the top priority for travelers. This conference is of great importance and it is great that it takes place in Aruba.” Jansen is convinced that countries that feel very strongly about the safety of tourists and at the same time continue to maintain the level of service will see their tourists come back.
Jorge Pesquera, CEO of Ahata thinks that by organizing the safety conference, the image of Aruba will be highlighted. “Aruba is a safe country and we do our utmost to stay safe.”
Amigoe
4/8/2006
Representatives of Aruba Hospitality & Security Foundation, Aruba Hotel And Tourism Association and Aruba Tourism Authority pose for a picture after the press conference in which the first safety conference was announced.
ARUBA – Safety within the tourist industry in the Caribbean region, the part the media plays during a crisis, and safety during big events are the subjects that will be discussed during the first Caribbean Tourism Security Conference. The conference takes place in the Wyndham Hotel on June 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Ministers and top government officials from a great number of countries in the region, hotel managers, and safety experts are invited for the conference. The tourist industry has gone through a clear change between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. The general opinion of policy makers before September 11th was that disaster- and other trainings that have to do with guaranteeing the safety of tourists were too transparent and led to unnecessary anxiety. From that moment on, tourists clearly made demands on the way the authorities were protecting them. Disaster trainings had to be kept noticeable in order to take away the anxiety. As part of this, Aruba Hospitality & Security Foundation (AHSF), Aruba Hotel And Tourism Association (Ahata) and Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) organize together on June 7th, 8th, and 9th the first Caribbean Tourism Security Conference. During the conference, they will talk about the different aspects of safety within the tourists industry. Illustrious experts, like Peter Tarlow, David Shepard, Anne Gallenger en Michael McDonald will give lectures on how safety aspects can be used within the tourism in the Caribbean region. Other subjects that will come up for discussion are the part of the media in case of a crisis, the safety during big events, and the safety in the air and on sea.
Myrna Jansen, director of ATA is elated that Aruba is the first country to organize this conference. “Our economy depends on the tourism. That does not only apply to Aruba, but the entire Caribbean region. Safety is the top priority for travelers. This conference is of great importance and it is great that it takes place in Aruba.” Jansen is convinced that countries that feel very strongly about the safety of tourists and at the same time continue to maintain the level of service will see their tourists come back.
Jorge Pesquera, CEO of Ahata thinks that by organizing the safety conference, the image of Aruba will be highlighted. “Aruba is a safe country and we do our utmost to stay safe.”
Criminal law scholars slate police investigation Holloway
Amigoe
4/8/2006
ARUBA/THE HAGUE – Dutch experts call the investigation method on the disappeared Natalee Holloway strange and unprofessional. They also criticize the actions of the Aruban interim chief of police Gerold Dompig, who got taken off the case last Thursday.
“I cannot understand that the police didn’t immediately search the location of Natalee’s body right after a very important tip”, said Menno Dolman, university professor criminal law in Amsterdam before the GPD (Associated Press Services) in the Netherlands. The location in the sand hills that was searched last week was kept undisturbed for weeks; this could have cost important traces to be lost.
It was not until one month after an anonymous person had called Dompig on the phone and while crying told the chief of police about the location where Natalee’s body was buried that the Aruban authorities came into action. “That is very peculiar”, agreed the law psychologist Peter van Koppen from Maastricht. “Usually, the area gets cordoned off immediately, in order to dig and obtain samples.”
Before they even started to dig, Dompig was already talking to the media about the new indications and the next search. A plain ‘disturbing’ action, is the opinion of criminal law professor in Leiden, Hans Nijboer. “This is a first class mistake.” He says that it is ungodly to talk in public about concrete indication, yet before the search started. “Competent detectives investigate the case first, before they talk to the media.”
For a detective, the media is the last option, explained Dolman to GPD-journalist Floor Ligtvoet. “You do not want to give away information that only the perpetrator may know. If that still happens, it becomes extremely awkward to know whether the details in a later declaration of the suspect are authentic or whether he had read it in the paper.”
It seems that Dompig didn’t care much about this. He large-heartedly scatters with details about the case. But the facts and theories that he opens also contradict each other. He told the American media that Holloway has probably died of an overdose of alcohol and drugs that she had consumed that night. However, he denied that before the Dutch media and came up with a new report. Natalee was most probably raped and killed; that’s what he told them.
These two versions are incompatible, is the opinion of Dolman. He suspects that Dompig used several reports to keep the media on a distance. “It might also be an investigation strategy and Dompig is now drawing off suspects and their environment. Soon as one of them gives away, he runs him/her in”, said Van Koppen.
Dolman does not believe in such strategy. “When a detective tells everyone where the body is, that’s no longer a strategy”, says Dolman. It is more a last option in a deadlocked investigation and the media is being used to settle the investigation smoothly.
The article was printed in amongst others the Brabants Dagblad.
Amigoe
4/8/2006
ARUBA/THE HAGUE – Dutch experts call the investigation method on the disappeared Natalee Holloway strange and unprofessional. They also criticize the actions of the Aruban interim chief of police Gerold Dompig, who got taken off the case last Thursday.
“I cannot understand that the police didn’t immediately search the location of Natalee’s body right after a very important tip”, said Menno Dolman, university professor criminal law in Amsterdam before the GPD (Associated Press Services) in the Netherlands. The location in the sand hills that was searched last week was kept undisturbed for weeks; this could have cost important traces to be lost.
It was not until one month after an anonymous person had called Dompig on the phone and while crying told the chief of police about the location where Natalee’s body was buried that the Aruban authorities came into action. “That is very peculiar”, agreed the law psychologist Peter van Koppen from Maastricht. “Usually, the area gets cordoned off immediately, in order to dig and obtain samples.”
Before they even started to dig, Dompig was already talking to the media about the new indications and the next search. A plain ‘disturbing’ action, is the opinion of criminal law professor in Leiden, Hans Nijboer. “This is a first class mistake.” He says that it is ungodly to talk in public about concrete indication, yet before the search started. “Competent detectives investigate the case first, before they talk to the media.”
For a detective, the media is the last option, explained Dolman to GPD-journalist Floor Ligtvoet. “You do not want to give away information that only the perpetrator may know. If that still happens, it becomes extremely awkward to know whether the details in a later declaration of the suspect are authentic or whether he had read it in the paper.”
It seems that Dompig didn’t care much about this. He large-heartedly scatters with details about the case. But the facts and theories that he opens also contradict each other. He told the American media that Holloway has probably died of an overdose of alcohol and drugs that she had consumed that night. However, he denied that before the Dutch media and came up with a new report. Natalee was most probably raped and killed; that’s what he told them.
These two versions are incompatible, is the opinion of Dolman. He suspects that Dompig used several reports to keep the media on a distance. “It might also be an investigation strategy and Dompig is now drawing off suspects and their environment. Soon as one of them gives away, he runs him/her in”, said Van Koppen.
Dolman does not believe in such strategy. “When a detective tells everyone where the body is, that’s no longer a strategy”, says Dolman. It is more a last option in a deadlocked investigation and the media is being used to settle the investigation smoothly.
The article was printed in amongst others the Brabants Dagblad.
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