Amigoe.com
01/17/2008
This time, the local media has paid plenty of attention to the story of Dan Young and Kelly Castillo.
ORANJESTAD — Minister Rudy Croes (MEP) of Justice is of the opinion that the findings of the two American investigators Daniel Young and Kelly Castillo in the disappearance case of Natalee Holloway, must be seriously considered. The two assert that Natalee’s stepfather Jug Twitty has abused and impregnated her and that her mother Beth knew about it. The two also say that Natalee had died from an overdose two weeks after the night on the beach with Joran van der Sloot when she disappeared. “Joran is innocent”, said the investigators.
It appears from this computer printout that Beth Twitty has lied about her arrival time in Aruba.
The two private detectors could be elaborately heard and seen on radio and TV in local current affairs programs yesterday. TeleAruba spent half of her daily news program on an interview with Castillo and Young, who also call themselves ‘mediums’. They were also in Aruba last year, but there was hardly any attention paid to their stories. Not even Minister Croes, who at that time, two years ago, called them ‘Indian stories’. It was Tourism-minister Edison Briesen that introduced them to Croes, because he thought that the information was important enough to be included in the judicial investigation. Croes is of the opinion that now that the case against the suspects Joran and the brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe has brought no results, the Public Prosecution must also consider other scenarios. Castillo and Young’s findings must therefore be seriously investigated, said the minister. “After Beth has been in Oprah’s program, it will be good to tell the other side of the story.” Oprah Winfrey has spent some time on the Holiday-matter in her show yesterday.
PREGNANT
The real relationship between Natalee and her parents must be investigated. The American investigators say that they have proof that Natalee was sexually abused by her stepfather Jug and was even pregnant from him. “Beth and Jug (in the meantime divorced, red.) are doing everything possible to keep this family-secret hidden. Fact is that Natalee didn’t want to go home after her vacation in Aruba. And Beth knew that", said Young. Beth’s best friend, Carol Standifer had told the two investigators that she knew about the sexual abuse. “We have that conversation on tape. We also have proof that Beth didn’t arrive in Aruba at 23:00, but at 20:15 by air. She already knew that her daughter didn’t want to return home.”
That also appears from the original poster that Beth had already made in the United States, says Young. “This poster didn’t mention the word ‘kidnapping’ at all, like it was the case with later posters. It stated: ‘Natalee call, big hooty is on the island; call big hooty, we have to talk’.” The two investigators say that they have received the poster from the then leader of investigation, Karin Janssen. “Beth writes in her book that the kidnapping posters are the first ones that she has circulated in Aruba. But we know that that’s not true, and so does a huge number of Aruban people that have seen the first poster hung everywhere. Only in the United States, nobody knows this.”
Beth had lied, because she was afraid that the authorities would not have worked so hard on the disappearance case if they knew that the relationship between her and her daughter was bad. She also wanted to avoid that the investigation would concentrate on the family relations.
Natalee was still alive when her parents arrived in Aruba. “Joran has indeed left her on the beach, but she then made friends with some other people that had helped her go into hiding. She definitely didn’t want to go back and she remained a few weeks in San Nicolas. There’s where she had finally died from an overdose, as Dompig (police commissioner Gerold Dompig that led the police investigation, red.) had already said.”
Together with journalists of Aruba Today, they went to the location where Natalee’s body was supposedly buried. “The police didn’t believe us, but when we showed them the location, they immediately realized that something was not right. They were going to come back with dogs the next day to explore the place, but they never did”, said Young.
DOMPIG
Dompig indicated that he has never talked to the two Americans during the investigation, but that he does know who they are. “Wild cowboys, that’s what I thought of them. They spent a lot of time with Angela and Julia (Angela Munzenhofer and Julia Renfro; journalists of Aruba Today, red.) and every day had the wildest indications.” Dompig received so many information at that time that he saw no reason to further investigate Castillo and Young’s findings. Looking back now he says that he regrets that ‘the two have made their entry in a wrong manner’. “The story about sexual abuse explains in any case Jug’s conduct. He was very aggressive and threatened me and other police officers.”
The police have also indications like the first poster that Beth circulated and from stories of her friends about the relation between mother and daughter being disturbed, says Dompig. Whether Beth had lied about her arrival time in Aruba, he doesn’t know. “We have investigated the timeline and based on telephone conversations, flight information and flight movements, we know that these must match in theory and that Beth had arrived at the time she said she did.”
Dompig doesn’t dare say whether the two are integer, but from his former FBI-contact he knows that Castillo and Young have never had cases that can be considered serious. “In America, everybody can call himself private investigator, and I know that they do not represent much and are probably looking for their 15 minutes of fame.” But I still think that they may have found some things. “You never know. Besides, people say that children and fools cannot lie.”
DISTURBED
Julia Renfro told the Amigoe that the two Americans are ‘disturbed’ and that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with them. “They have also accused me of complicity in the death of Natalee.”
Castillo and Young have publicly accused Renfro on television yesterday that she has withheld information from them. ”We are aware of your problems and one day you will have to tell the truth. This is not healthy and people that do this, become alcoholic or drug addicts. Julia, give us back our tape”, said Young on TeleAruba yesterday.
Oprah
The American presenter didn’t spend an entire programme on Beth Twitty and her book Loving Natalee that according to several sources, is not selling well. Twitty had 15 minutes broadcasting time, and also Natalee’s brother the 18-year old Matt Holloway had the opportunity to say something. He has knowingly remained behind the scenes all this time and he said that his friends have supported him during this ‘terrible period’.
Also Natalee’s friends mentioned their loss and said how cheerful and special Natalee was. The broadcasting was for the rest a repetition of events. Beth said though that she had wanted to talk to Joran if he had consented to a lie-detector test. The recent wine incident in the Pauw & Witteman programme was no surprise for her. “What he did confirms how I think of him.”
