1.14.2008

Fake photo of Joran with Natalee a joke
DIARIO Aruba

01/14/2008

ORANJESTAD(AAN): Saturday night on cable channel 11 on BVN, the program “Pauw en Witteman” was broadcast, on which Joran van der Sloot appeared along with his mom Anita and his father Paul.

During the program, different questions where asked of them by Jeroen Pauw and Paul Witteman, and also by Peter R. de Vries, of the program “Misdaad Verslaggever”.

De Vries was very aggressive towards Joran, indicating that he believes that Joran is still the principal suspect in this case.

At a given moment, to everyone’s surprise, de Vries took out a photo from his jacket on which where portrayed Natalee with Joran at Natalee’s house in Alabama.

It was obvious that it was a fake photo, because Joran never went to Natalee’s house. Joran said that a friend of his faked this photo as a joke.

The program’s hosts then asked him how he could make a joke in such a serious case of the disappearance of a young woman.

During the whole show, Joran’s mom and dad tried to paint their son as a well raised child, while de Vries continued to remark with doubts that Joran does not know anything of the disappearance.

De Vries continued forward with the fact that Joran lied many times shows that he could know something more.

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