Aruba - Natalee Comment Post 7

 

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Posted June 12, 2005 by Scared Monkeys
Natalee Holloway | 772 comments


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    772 Responses to “Aruba - Natalee Comment Post 7”

    1. Tom on June 12th, 2005 4:50 pm

      Previous Comments can be found here:

      http://www.scaredmonkeys.com/?p=1120

    2. Kat on June 12th, 2005 4:53 pm

      I just wanted to be at the top of the thread.

    3. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 4:53 pm

      Congratulations, Kat! :) Does anyone have any new information?

    4. Kat on June 12th, 2005 4:54 pm

      Thanks! (Nothing new…but I can’t find any confirmation that CNN reported the blood not to be human)

    5. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 4:55 pm

      It was reported on CBS

    6. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 4:55 pm

      Fox News online still says “human blood” but not identified who’s blood

    7. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 4:55 pm

      girl-
      like chingy??
      Is it totally shut down, the news there?l

    8. John on June 12th, 2005 4:55 pm

      Windyisle…………”Rape” of a prostitute is still Rape…………and, I daresay that no one here believes that Natalee Holloway was anything even remotely close to that !
      Let’s stop blaming the victim……………Deviant behavior is still deviant behavior !
      Jack the Ripper murdered prostitutes………..He was still a murderer.

    9. Tom on June 12th, 2005 4:56 pm

      Just got back, anything I should know about…

      Also moving the comments should speed things up, and help out on the bandwidth.

      If you want to help with the bandwidth cost we are absorbing, please click an ad at the bottom of the page! Thanks Tom

    10. Kat on June 12th, 2005 4:56 pm

      I’ll only believe it if it comes straight from Dan Rather. He’s never wrong.

      ;-)

    11. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 4:56 pm

      Did anyone else here that the 3 guys left Aruba for 2 days after the first interrogation.

    12. natalee on June 12th, 2005 4:56 pm

      they just said it wasnt blood

    13. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 4:56 pm

      Fox news is now reporting that blood taken from the car was not blood, that it could have been saliva, but that it was NOT blood.

      What next?

    14. Whodeenie on June 12th, 2005 4:57 pm

      FOX, News Alert. Substance found in car, not blood.

    15. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 4:57 pm

      It is definitley not blood. Could be saliva but it is not an issue because the boys admitted she was in the car. FOXNEWS

    16. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      Quote from an attorney of one of the guards…

      “This is turning into a game, an illogical investigation,”

    17. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      Dan, please also close down 1119 thread. I think it’s still open.

      How do we report posters that should be blocked?

    18. Robert J. on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      CancunMole Says:

      June 12th, 2005 at 4:49 pm
      I too read that the outside camera at the HI was broken.

      When leaving C&C, one would have to turn right, drive along the main drag over the bridge to the cinemas then turn left to drive to the hotels and lighthouse.

      THANKS CanculMole!

      4(a) What are the street names?

      4(b) IF NOT GOING TO THE BEACH, but instead going to Joran’s house.. what other streets would be taken?

      4(c) IF NOT GOING TO THE BEACH, but instead going to Siranamese brother’s house.. what other streets would be taken?

      4(d) If we walk all these routes.. are there security surveillance camera(s) anywhere maybe that would have recorded “the silver car” ?? (If don’t know — maybe somebody outta get down there.. walk the route(s) and ask anyone with security surveillance cameras along the way..)

    19. Tom on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      Love you Kat ,you read my mind on Dan Rather.

      We stopped putting things up because it is so hard to determine what is speculation and what is truth.

      We are waiting it out, but some of the best information is in these comments.

      T

    20. DT on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      HOw do you confuse blood and saliva. Also if it was saliva found was it still in the trunk or was that wrong as well.

    21. Kat on June 12th, 2005 4:58 pm

      Jesus, this whole thing is a freak show…

    22. serenity2000 on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      # Whodeenie Says:
      June 12th, 2005 at 4:57 pm

      FOX, News Alert. Substance found in car, not blood.

      Thanks for confirming what I posted/heard Whodeenie. I couldn’t find anything online.

    23. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      Also Attorneys for the suspects are asking for release , say there is no reason to hold them. This will be nothing more than a missing persons case.

    24. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      At this point, my instincts say this will all be “whitewashed” so that Aruba can keep it’s clean, crime free, tourist friendly reputation!

      Truly Sad.

    25. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      KerinTX, as long as they have five suspects in custody, and they have the FBI there, the real investigation is probably progressing extremely well.

    26. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      Why else would they kill her unless they raped her? If she had willingly had sex with the 3 of them there was no rape and it would have taken longer than the 55 minutes the boys say was the timeframe between driving away with her after 1 AM and arriving at her hotel at 2AM.

    27. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 4:59 pm

      I am on Joren’s brothers personal site. Some wierd comments. I think this is a case of teenage fun gone wrong. But you would think they would admit that.

    28. Tom on June 12th, 2005 5:00 pm

      Dallas,

      Send me an email

      tom@scaredmonkeys.com

      let me know the name and the time of the post and I will review and make a determination…

      ugh, I sounded so formal there…

    29. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:01 pm

      It sure would be a something if the same thing happened to Dutchboy when he gets out? Vanished

    30. Tila_Bean on June 12th, 2005 5:01 pm

      I agree Kat, it is a freak show. To confuse blood from saliva is , I don’t even have the words. Mind you a whole day has passed.

    31. Whodeenie on June 12th, 2005 5:02 pm

      Pasting from AP breaking News site:

      Lawyers for two former hotel security guards detained in the case said they would file motions Monday for the immediate release of their clients.

      http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBOEQQNV9E.html

      “This is turning into a game, an illogical investigation,” said Noraina Pietersz, who is representing Antonius “Mickey” John, 30. “The prosecution is pretending it has information that we don’t have.” John and Abraham Jones, 28, have been detained since June 5 and have denied any connection to Holloway.

      Attorney General Caren Janssen said Sunday that “there is reasonable suspicion, so it’s not time to let them go. We are still in the middle of an investigation.”

      Appears that the security guard is tired of the “game,” allegedly being played.

    32. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:02 pm

      Catriana- (response from previous thread)
      Even though I respect your opinion & think they are coming from a good place - you should realise that they are being unproductive.

      Making “poor choices” is HUMAN, causing harm to another by taking advantage of those choices is CRIMINAL! I participate in a program called “Red Nose” where we drive people from clubs when they are too drunk to drive - they are putting their lives in my hands at that time , a “poor choice’” you could say - but it is that trust that represents the best in the human spirit! If we lose that, believe me you won’t be safe even if you never leave your house!

    33. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:02 pm

      I am back. Tom & Red tried to shut me down claiming I was in their house.

      I say to these two, the value of your blog is in its diversity. Shutting down people with views contrary to your own is insane.

      I still think the parents own lots of the responsibility for the sitauation their daughter now finds herself in.

      Deputy

    34. localyokal on June 12th, 2005 5:02 pm

      what is the website of the brother? How can I find it? Thanks.

    35. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 5:03 pm

      No…..when leaving CnC’s you can turn right or left. If they turn left it’goes directly in the direction of all the hotels.

    36. Kat on June 12th, 2005 5:03 pm

      How much influence in the investigation does the FBI actually have? From the way this is being run, I’d say not much.

    37. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:04 pm

      Dallas, I may agree with that IF I knew what involevement the FBI has in this case. All I have read is that they are responsible for the blood analysis (which now may just be kool aid stains). I would like to think their top interrogators are there and questioning the suspects non-stop until they break.

    38. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:04 pm

      From FoxNewsDotCom

      Holloway’s mother and stepfather told The Birmingham News in Alabama that they discovered the Dutch boy’s connection to their daughter within 24 hours of her disappearance by talking to other students on the trip. They then found surveillance videotapes showing him playing poker with other Mountain Brook teens in their hotel casino two days before she vanished.

      A lawyer for one of the Surinamese — Satish Kalpoe, 18, whose brother, Deepak, 21, also is in custody — said they told police they took Holloway to Arashi Beach, on the northern part of the island, in the early hours of May 30.

      According to their police statement, they did not get out of the car, defense lawyer David Kock said. Instead, Holloway and the Dutch teen, an honors student at the Aruba International School whom she had met at the casino in her hotel, “were in the back seat kissing.”

      They also told police that they dropped Holloway at her Holiday Inn at about 2 a.m. and last saw her being approached by a man in a security guard uniform before they drove off, Kock said.

      The brothers told police the young woman was drunk and refused to get out of the car, said Noraina Pietersz, who is representing Antonius “Mickey” John, 30, one of the two former security guards. He and Abraham Jones, 28, have been detained since Sunday and have denied any connection to Holloway.

      The three young men said Holloway stumbled in the parking lot of the hotel but refused help from her Dutch escort, Kock said.

      Holiday Inn employees say security cameras did not record Holloway’s return. A Holiday Inn guard who worked the overnight shift that day said he did not see her, said Pietersz, who said she reviewed the guard’s statement to police.

      Aruba has an independent local government; the Netherlands is responsible for its defense and foreign affairs.
      ————————————————————————————-

      The parents put the police on Van der Sloot’s path so where is his connection to the two guards? Will the locals in here please explain staments attributed to Deputy Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig in one breath being retracted in the next?

    39. Larry on June 12th, 2005 5:04 pm

      To Scared Black Guy: Why is it that us dumb jerks on the blogging sites can ask such intelligent questions, and the reporters on the beat can’t? Why can’t they ask about security cameras in the parking lot, and why can’t they even ask if Van der Sloot and his two companions are being totally cooperative, or whether they are stone-walling? Simple questions, don’t you think. And why can’t anyone track down that story about “something bad” happening to Natalee? Was it a hoax? If so, where did it come from?

    40. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:04 pm

      Oh..god , deputy is back!! - time to don the kevlar peeps!!

    41. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:04 pm

      Can I post the link here?

    42. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:05 pm

      has anyone considered the possibilty that she was kidnapped and they are stalling until they can whisk her back on the island?

    43. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:05 pm

      After the parents poor decision, I put a lot of the blame on the useless chaperons. These chaperons obviously were not skilled in their role.

      I like to look each one eye ball to eye ball and ask “What were you thinking?”

      Deputy

    44. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:05 pm

      After the parents poor decision, I put a lot of the blame on the useless chaperons. These chaperons obviously were not skilled in their role.

      I would like to look each one eye ball to eye ball and ask “What were you thinking?”

      Deputy

    45. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:05 pm

      whodeenie-quick thought-
      if they are lets go they will be talking to the press about their ordeal thus far and really make the officials look bad….gotta go. Maybe if geraldo leaves/within100 days/

    46. Kat on June 12th, 2005 5:06 pm

      I’ll bet if we put panties on their heads, they’d fold like a deck of cards.

    47. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:06 pm

      maybe go in one of those caves and say well surprise there she is we found her now everyone go home ..free drinks for everyone!!!

    48. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:06 pm

      Kat, now that we have 19 or more FBI there (9 more arrived Saturday at 3), I think the FBI definitely does have influence on the direction of the case.

      I believe it was posted that they brought along dogs too.

      Since Aruba isn’t equipped for the investigation, I believe they will let the FBI get going on this. That’s probably why the mom begged for FBI involvement. Imagine not even having a DNA test lab. That puts them several years behind the state of criminal-investigation technology.

    49. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:07 pm
    50. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:07 pm

      Natalee’s step-father said on Fox that he spoke to van der Sloot but found him to be a liar. Good enough for me.
      How far away from the club is the van der Sloot residence?

    51. To: Mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:07 pm

      What do you have against me?

      Deputy

    52. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:07 pm

      Larry- The explanation to the “something bad happened” quote is really quite simple-

      Suspect1: We dropped her off at around 2am.
      Police: Well if that is true the cameras don’t lie, and she is nowhere to be found…how do you explain that.
      Suspect1: Well I guess something bad must have happened to her.
      AP news: Sir, did the suspect offer any explanation of Natalee’s where abouts?
      Police: No, he said he believed something bad must have happened.
      News: Teen confesses to police, saying something bad happened.

    53. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:08 pm

      am I too far out there in that conclusion? I’m from Alabama and have been ponderinbg that idea..that maybe she was kidnapped and whisked away and they are just stalling until they can get her back and “discover” her…..

    54. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:09 pm

      smell cover up??

    55. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:09 pm

      owen2u, that is my theory also. I think that is why the 4th guy got arrested yesterday morning.

    56. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:10 pm

      seems this is turning into a politically driven investigation..i doubt FBI is allowed any free reign in investigation unless local officials have permitted or guided it to their liking…..let alone running the investigation….has anyone heard otherwise…?

    57. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:10 pm

      I think they were gonna hang it on the 2 security guards the the US Media got involved..the way its been reported here Arubian Authorities tinitally turned down offer of help from FBI…is that true?

    58. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:11 pm

      maybe too many officials helped a buddy to get a promo/did a favor/etc…

    59. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:11 pm

      Deputy - Nothing - except your ‘blame the parents’ - shoot-from-the-hip - attitude! Still, I respect your right to express yourself!

    60. Whodeenie on June 12th, 2005 5:12 pm

      FO Mickey John–I was just hoping the graduates could shed addiyional information to help find Natalie, whether they tell the press, the FBI, here….wherever. If the local officials, “look bad,” sorry.

    61. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:12 pm

      THis website and you bloggers are the only true info I get on this here in Alabama….

    62. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:12 pm

      Who says its not blood? FoxNewsDotCom
      ————————————————————————————–
      Aruban Authorities Investigate Blood in Car
      Sunday, June 12, 2005

      ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Authorities investigating the disappearance of Alabama honors student Natalee Holloway were seeking clues on the source of blood found in the car used to transport the missing teen to the beach nearly two weeks ago, Aruban Justice Minister Rudy Croes (search) said.

    63. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:12 pm

      Not true Owen….help was always welcomed…

    64. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:12 pm

      Missy…that site is scary and strikes close to home for me. In the US one of the big sites of that nature is myspace.com. Without going into too many details, right now in my area there is a 21 yr old man who raped at least 4 young girls and his “method” was to first meet them through his personal page. The police are going to finally be able to have a good case against him since he was stupid enough to post personal info in his page about his sexual activity and post pictures to back it up.

    65. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:14 pm

      It was intersting to me that your prime minister practically guaranteed it would be solved in 24 hours on Geraldo last night..made me wonder if they’d found her and were moving here back onto the Island..thats why I have started thinkin this way recently

    66. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:14 pm

      The 2 security guys commited a crime long time ago - they were born BLACK!!

      Sorry for pulling a ‘Mark Furman’ but y’all know its true!!

    67. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:15 pm

      SBG Fox News broadcast an alert saying it was not blood.

    68. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:15 pm

      Interesting that the van der Sloot brother says his profession is a pimp.
      Maybe he was the 6th person arrested.

    69. To: Mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:15 pm

      Thanks. I respect that we have different views.

      Deputy

    70. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:15 pm

      I found the site leaving me a uncomfortable.

    71. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:16 pm

      Any word yet if the substance was found in trunk like previous reports stated?

    72. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:16 pm

      thats why I come here Native there is alot of misinformation coming from the US Media

    73. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:17 pm

      Professional Pimp…bet that gets you a lot of interviews when put on a resume.

    74. Tila_Bean on June 12th, 2005 5:17 pm

      Mordred, what crime did the two security guards commit?

    75. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:17 pm

      Don’t know Lar, maybe we do it for accuracy and knowledge and they do it to sell commercial ad space.

    76. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:18 pm

      Native, are you listening to Top, and if so, what are they playing? I’m not positive I have it on the right station.

    77. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 5:18 pm

      ok so now a tickle site is uncomfortable?!?! plssssss

    78. owen2u on June 12th, 2005 5:18 pm

      whats the link to his site missyrose can you post it ?

    79. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:18 pm

      For the record:

      (1) I blame the parents for their decision to let their 18 year old daughter go on a booze cruise.
      (2) I blame those chaperons who obviously had their heads up their hind end.
      (3) I blame Natalle; she should know what reckless behavior is.
      (4) I am saddened that a minority child would not get this level of attention if they were involved in a similiar situation.

      Deputy

    80. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:19 pm

      Did anyone else on the site see the comment from his friend … saying remember the marriott, that was crazy… strange esepcially since the kid was 15 at the time of the posting.

    81. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:19 pm

      For the record:

      (1) I blame the parents for their decision to let their 18 year old daughter go on a booze cruise.
      (2) I blame those chaperons who obviously had their heads up their hind end.
      (3) I blame Natalle; she should know what reckless behavior is.
      (4) I am saddened that a minority child would not get this level of attention if they were involved in a similiar situation.

      Deputy

    82. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:19 pm

      The authorities have said that the case is at a “crucial juncture”.

      The key to solving it is to get the truth out of the three guys, and be able to act on it without Geraldo chasing the police down the street.

    83. golden on June 12th, 2005 5:19 pm

      Arubagirl and Cathy, what would you say is the basic sentiment of Arubans now toward this whole case? I’ve been listening to your radio station and they seem to have alot of contempt for the American media (understandable).

      The presence of so much of the Holloway and Twitty families may be making for more sensationalism. Her biological dad may be getting more information from the investigators than her mom and stepdad. Mrs. Twitty seems like she is on the verge of a breakdown. I don’t think staying in Aruba is going to help her or the investigation at this point.

    84. Larry on June 12th, 2005 5:19 pm

      To Scared Black Guy: I am a white college professor, living in Alabama. But we see eye to eye, right down the line. Good analyses, kiddo. You get an “A” on your term paper. Too bad you don’t have the microphone and the camera crew.

    85. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:20 pm

      Agirl….some robodop(Spelling??) song

    86. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:20 pm

      Well a 15 year old claiming to be a pimp is a little uncomfortable.

    87. Whodeenie on June 12th, 2005 5:21 pm

      “The police are going to finally be able to have a good case against him since he was stupid enough to post personal info in his page about his sexual activity and post pictures to back it up. ”

      Kerin, assuming they are Web Savvy enough to find the site etc etc. I’ve seen so much bumbling in this case, it makes me wonder.

    88. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:21 pm

      Did I read that right?? The brothers GF’s names is Natalie…

      Spooky.

    89. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:21 pm

      former (thanks to god) sheriffs deputy

      Please stop trying to instigate cyber assaults with new posters who don’t yet know what a total waste of type it is to even consider your respectfully included opinions here. Back Off.

    90. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:21 pm

      If you scroll up I already posted the link.

    91. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 5:21 pm

      Mordred… If one’s comments open the eyes of just one individual, than they are not unproductive.

      Thank you for your kindness and your instincts are right on.

    92. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:22 pm

      The 2 black security guards are being held because the 3 young gentlemen who drove Natalee back to hotel said that a black man in a “hotel uniform carrying a radio” was with her at the door of the hotel.
      That was after van der Sloot walked her to the door-some black guy appeared and then the Natalee and the black guy vanished according to the security cameras. Doesn’t make sense of course. Don’t believe a word of the stories from the 3 amigos.

    93. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:22 pm

      Golden, right now everyone wants this to be solved, 1) to know what happened 2) the journalists go home. At least this is the feedback from the people in my fam. and friends.

      Thanks, native. got it on the right channel .

    94. To: Friend of Mickey John on June 12th, 2005 5:22 pm

      Who the heck are you? What rock did you crawl out from under?

      You got a beef — tell me about it.

      Deputy

    95. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:23 pm

      THEORY
      1) Rohypnol may have been used on this girl (illegal in US, but easily attaninable and used in a bannana republic like Aruba).
      2) One, if not all 3, raped the girl.
      3) She was certainly, never dropped off at her hotel.
      4) Where’s the NAACP and Jesse Jackson for the security gaurds? Talk about racism at its ugliest.
      5) Aruba is a VERY small island, with most of it being arid and desert like. A body would have easily been found by now, unless:
      a) It’s not on the island
      b) It was tossed in the ocean
      c) It is being held somewhere where it can’t be found (such as a place, house, etc. that is not subject to search - a place that is a safe haven of sorts for “influential parents” on the island)
      6) Having 10 or so days for everyone to collude on their story makes it near impossible for any interrogation to work.
      7) If any of the three ever step foot in the US, they’ll probably go missing too.
      8) Ultimately, Aruba won’t suffer as most American’s have extremely short memories and are addicted to white sandy beaches, clear water, and pina coladas - which all that Aruba has to offer the world.
      9) It underscores the biggest problem in the U.S. - the glamorization of alchohol and exploitation of women in the marketing of it. This encourges girls like Natalee to run off and get sloshed and act silly, and for sexual predators to take advantage of them. None of this would have happened if you remove alchohol from the equation. Not that you shouldn’t be able to drink, but drinking irresponsibly is far too encouraged and promoted.

    96. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:23 pm

      Tila_Bean- That was sarcasm mixed with social comment stirred with ‘thats the society we live in’

    97. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:23 pm

      DT

      Will you or anyone Post a news site link that claims no blood in the Honda.

      thanks

    98. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:24 pm

      The fact is this… the last person that she was seen with, has a brother claiming to be a pimp. It could be innocent, but in this case it raises more flags than just boys being boys.

    99. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:24 pm

      Whodeenie…actually I was referring to a web posting of a rape suspect here in TX. But as far as police involevement in that case…no, they are not the best when it comes to online crimes.

    100. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:24 pm

      Catriana and Deputy are two of a kind - they were judgmental and callous toward two posters on the scaredmonkeys website who were actual kids that knew Natalee - one had gone on the trip, one had not.

      Catriana and Deputy, this is no place for you to impact the emotions of these distraught kids. Get a clue. It was disgusting how you had to be so right with these kids that can’t even stop crying. And they are not to blame. They did everything expected of them. You simply don’t know all the facts of this case.

    101. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:25 pm

      Former-I just did and now your on my ignore setting

    102. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:26 pm

      My thoughts exactly Bruno

    103. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:26 pm

      WE Arubans are sick and tired of this……
      Like Arubagirl stated, we want all the media clowns to LEAVE.
      We want the case SOLVED, and we want our lives BACK TO NORMAL……

    104. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:26 pm

      Native, do you know if the PM is going to speak in Engl or in Papiamento?

    105. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:26 pm

      Missy, actually Joran’s web blog (before it was taken down) had his profession as pimp too. Must be a family thing.

    106. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:27 pm

      Banana Republic Bruno???/ Are you for REAL?????

    107. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:28 pm

      A-girl. Papiamento (he doesn’t speak English) :)
      (and only prensa local)

    108. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:28 pm

      I am sure their parents are so proud.

    109. Kipster on June 12th, 2005 5:28 pm

      Former LEO,
      The mods should have kept you out. The “diversity” of your shallow opinion has been expressed over and over and over and over. You’re just pasting the same dribble to antagonize. Get back to your porno.

    110. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:29 pm

      kipster, hi.

    111. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:29 pm

      Dallas,

      Where are you coming from? I am trying to pry open the naive eyes of adults who send their kids of booze cruises and those of kids who drink irresponsibly.

      If I help save one person from making the same mistake — it is a job well done.

      Don’t you agree?

      Deputy

    112. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:30 pm

      Dutch or no dutch…they’re all bananna republics, let’s face it. Not that the U.S. is perfect, but do you think three PRIME supsects would have been let go? Do you think people could be held for 100+ days without ever being accussed of a crime in the US? Yes, bananna republics with kangaroo courts.

    113. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:30 pm

      its unfortunate ..seems the real aruban people have different ideas than their high ranking govt officials have…they shouldnt be frustrated with the US or the media..they should be frustrated with their own people in power

    114. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:31 pm

      Deputy,

      When I was 18 my parents allowed me to go on a “booze cruise”. I sailed the western pacific and got drunker than drunk many times and I was a United States Sailor.

      18 is old enough to fight and die, 18 is old enough to let off some steam. I hope you don’t have girls because no matter the image they project to pacify your needs thaey will surely “let their hair down” and run as far away from you as possible when they get the chance. And not to provoke you but a lot of times these sheltered girls are the least protected because they have no clue except your “right and wrong”.

    115. Psychic Former Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:31 pm

      Deputy,

      Broken record, broken record, broken record

    116. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:31 pm

      Everyone is walking and poor Natalie will still be dead. What a shame

    117. Larry on June 12th, 2005 5:31 pm

      There is a BIG story here, folks. And it’s a story of a cover-up. And I know that the people of Aruba don’t want to hear that, but maybe it’ll all work out for their own good. Maybe it took a rich, white American girl to point up the corruption, racism, cronyism, favoritism and incompetence in the Aruba police force. But that’s what we have to work with. Sorry about that. And the fact that the only intelligent questions are those that have been raised at this blog site only underscore that fact. No doubt, the FBI will see to it that this case is cracked. But, without them, what would we have had. Two black security guards framed as scapegoats? 3 prime suspects turned footloose for 10 full days? Disinformation, misinformation, stonewalling, and foot-dragging? Yeah. That’s about it.

    118. renita on June 12th, 2005 5:32 pm

      I hope this is not the case but the 3 boys may have been too drunk/ high/ wasted to truely remember what really happened.

    119. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:32 pm

      Banana republic? Don’t even grow those here… :)

    120. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:32 pm

      Bruno….
      As far as the WORLD was concerned SCOTT PETERSON was “THE” (only) prime suspect from DAY ONE> Yet……how long before they finally arrested him?

      I’m not even going to discuss the Banana Republic issue…..wiuld be like arguing with a MULE…you ignorant FOOL

    121. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 5:32 pm

      Nobody knows if Natalee’s dead, Jerry..

      Did the blood results get back? I haven’t read/seen any news today.

    122. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:33 pm

      arent they the representatives of the people afterall?
      the reason the media is there is obvious..but teh lack of progression and the semming incompetence in the investigations earlier most cricial stages….have drawn even more media attention based on the publics quest for knowledge and answers….its totally understandable and nothing to be mad at, thats for sure

    123. Kipster on June 12th, 2005 5:33 pm

      Hello, Friend. :)

    124. Cathy on June 12th, 2005 5:33 pm

      Dont believe any of the garbage released by any media sources.

      the reliable sources are only the police conferences.

      1.) Natalee missing
      2.) Left with Joran, Satish, Deepak in silver honda.
      3.) They were witnesses, came forward on their own.
      4.) Were let free to allow police gather more info about them, a strategic measure
      Arrested and personal possesions confiscated
      5.) The guards have some relation, stolen items of the students on the trip with holloway.
      6.) Parents believe she is alive, Body NOT found. investigation continues.

      Basically, the public has not been informed at all about crucial details. The local media has generated rumors guesses around it. Be advised to be swift about hearing and slow about speaking, there is very little fact and truth in teh news released by teh media.

      I dont recall people being this interested to know all teh details when MJ was accused and when his trial began, things just sort of slowly began to seep out as witnesses were brought out and evidence material was laid bare.

      Why should any case be different? Investgation is best kept on a low profile. here it’s up to each individual to use his/her common sense as to why they are doing this.

    125. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 5:33 pm

      Dallas… You are wrong about my posts. My posts are an accurate view of my opinion. Nothing more nothing less. I am not responsible for what others feel or think, they are. I am only responsible for myself and my actions.

      If someone can’t stand the heat of the kitchen, they shouldn’t be in there cooking!

      My posts are not written with the intent to hurt anyone. What I post is placed there to, hopefully, open peoples eyes. I’ve learned a long time ago, that one cannot open the eyes of someone who is blinded by their own prejudices. That’s life.

      If teens are going to come to a weblog and post comments, they better have the strength to read things they don’t like. It would be nice if some people (who shall remain nameless, because I don’t believe in attacking individuals), could stop attacking others. There have been several posters, on previous threads, that do nothing but call names and attack (my observation, you don’t have to agree with that, but it is what I’ve witnessed).

      You don’t like what I have to say? Or the way I say it? Fine. You have every right to post what you think or feel. That’s the whole point of weblogs, comment areas, etc. VERSATILITY.

      If we all thought and said the same thing, how boring would that be? :) Oh, and if someone is crying over a post on an internet site, they should ask themselves why they take a strangers comments so personally.

    126. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:34 pm

      Don’t grow much of anything. Most everything is imported…including the economy (tourism) :-)

    127. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:34 pm

      Larry, are you from the U.S.?

    128. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:34 pm

      Deputy,
      You may be entitled to your opinion but I would say it’s the way you going about expressing it. I have been reading your postings since yesterday and whereas I might agree with some of the (in my opinion) negligence of the chaperones, I don’t think that pointing that out in each and every one of your posts is helping. We really have NO idea what they signed-on or agreed to do for the teens on this trip. Again, maybe if you just post your feelings about “unsupervised” trips (which this kinda was) and then leave it at that, then fine. Pointing out what parents should or should not do in raising their kids or what rules they should be given is a matter of your opinion. Beating a dead horse is not helping. :-)

    129. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:34 pm

      So women who drink with their classmates and chaperones and wear clothes suitable for a tropical climate are whores. Does that entitle 3 young men to violate her, kill her, hide the body, lie to the parents, lie to the police, obstruct a police investigation, cause 2 innocent men to be detained and bring shame to their country?

    130. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      I can smell what the Larry is cookin’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    131. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      wrong on number 3

    132. mordred on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      ScaredBlackGuy-
      ABC reported on air that early tests indicate the blood found in the Honda suggest that it is unrelated to the case.

      http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2005/06/natalee_hollowa_24.html

    133. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      Deputy, I don’t agree. You are turning this into your soapbox and not sticking with the facts. Several of them asked Natalee if she was ok and if she really wanted to go with Dutchboy. She said yes. She smiled. She waved. They were careful to all get up to leave the bar together, chaperones were there, and then they were careful to look around to see that no one was left behind. Natalee was walking out with the rest of them. Cars were waiting for them. Some saw her walking ahead of them and just assumed she would move into one of the waiting cars.

      My sense is that you’re using this format to preach at Generation Y and at upper-middle-class families. Guess what? These were some of the best kids of Generation Y. Natalee got slipped a date-rape drug, the facts all point to it, and she was being compliant and docile and the other kids and the chaperones didn’t suspect that she had been drugged.

      By the way, all week, Aruba people were offering to sell them drugs. That is a cause you could support. That needs to be cleaned up. Not the behavior of these kids and chaperones.

    134. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      dEPUTY: BLAMING EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO BRING nATALEE HOME, plEASE STOP, i AM SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH ENOUGH PAIN RIGHT NOW WITHOUT YOUR IGNORANT COMMENTS

    135. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:35 pm

      larry- be nice and I’ll tell you what Mickey says when he gets out-the day the press leaves or the body is found without tracable evidence. I think too many people have their hands gotten dirty for “one” to start to come clean.

      Not that the US sets agood example.

      US is just used to cover ups and media frenzy

    136. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:36 pm

      Peterson…what does he have to do with the price of pina colodas in Aruba?

    137. To: Catriana on June 12th, 2005 5:37 pm

      Catriana, I agree with you 100+%.

      Many of these folks only want to hear their own positions recycled back to them.

      Your are so correct!

      Deputy

    138. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:37 pm

      IS THERE ANY NEW NEWS, OTHER THAN THE BLOOD WAS NOT ACTUALLY BLOOD?

    139. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 5:38 pm

      What, the blood wasn’t blood?

    140. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:38 pm

      i read something on the trip advisor site about some guards stealing some things from students and asking to search their rooms or something….

    141. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      What was she wearing the night she went missing? Not that it gives them the right to violate her, I would just like to know.

    142. CancunMole on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      It was stated Friday night by someone on Island that while you used to be able to turn right or left (which I thought), right now, you can only turn RIGHT.

    143. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      ACCORDING TO FOX NEWS IT WAS NOT BLOOD

    144. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      No, it was something else apparently. Semen? who knows. Surprised there’s anything when you get 10 days to clean the car.

    145. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      astrid-
      and the officials dont know nuthin official….that’s odd

    146. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 5:39 pm

      Crys… Not that we have heard. There is no new news other than what you stated! :(

    147. Kuaitzu on June 12th, 2005 5:40 pm

      Just curious..I read on a post somewhere..so many I forget..that Joran told his Mom”don’t be upset..I am innocent.” Then she (Mom)said…he sat down and told us everthing that happened??? Well if he told Mom everything that happened..then why aren’t we interrogating MOM!!! I’ll try to find the info. that I read.

    148. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:40 pm

      no kidding bruno!…i think the big question was..why if this country has so much holding power of suspects….that this power was not utilized initially before so much time elapsed….

    149. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 5:41 pm

      Thanks Crys, bruno, and friend.. so they didn’t identify the substance?

    150. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:41 pm

      Not interrogating Mom becasue of who Mom is in this Bananna Republic.

    151. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:41 pm

      SHE WAS WEARING A DENIM SKIRT AND THE BLUE AND GREEN SHIRT THAT SHE HAS ON IN THAT BEACH PIC, THE SHIRT WAS OT REVEALING AND THE SKIRT WAS PERFECTLY FINE, HARDLY AN OUTFIT OF A PROSTITUTE…SHE HAD BEEN AT THE BEACH! IT WAS HOT! WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN A SKIMPY SWIMSUIT?!

    152. Former Sheriff's Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:41 pm

      KerinTX,

      I see. You make a good point. I will give it a rest.

      Deputy

    153. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:41 pm

      Bruno, are you also from the U.S.?

    154. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:42 pm

      Mordred if you go here
      http://infospace.abcnews.com/_1_266FUPL04LDMHFC__info.abcnws/search/web/holloway%2Bblood

      You will find people are mixing facts from two stories. I feel sorry for Mr. Riel if he posted his information as factual.

    155. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:42 pm

      i guess they felt more at ease detaining two black suspects..rtaher than risking holding the last peopel who saw natalee….dont care what the aruba folks say…it wasnt right and it stinks of preferential treatment

    156. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:42 pm

      NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF…SOMEONE MENTIONED SALIVA BUT I DONT KNOW THAT TO BE FACT

    157. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:43 pm

      Fox is reporting this independently of anyone else sbg.

    158. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 5:43 pm

      they took a camera from mickeys house in a evidence bag…some stolen camera story/nothing official. but,
      I brought a sony digital to mickey from US in 12/04 and
      yes cancun-mole I did give info to localDA to give to FBI

    159. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:43 pm

      Bruno - they can find DNA on a body thousands of years old (look at the King Tut DNA testing that was done this year). For comparison purposes, they would have Natalee’s DNA from her hairbrush in her suitcase. There is plenty to gather and test, I’m sure.

    160. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:43 pm

      From the US and been to Aruba frequently. Nice place, but let’s face it - it is either corrupt police work or keystone cops….either way the result is the same.

    161. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 5:43 pm

      Oh, ok, thanks Crys.

    162. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:44 pm

      No I didn’t mean that the outfit had anything to do with it. Just wondering if she was wearing a skirt or pants.

    163. Cathy on June 12th, 2005 5:44 pm

      AG,… with banana republic they mean that the corrupt are in power… well wrong again.. the drug ppl and contraband are far from being those in power.. the corruption of those in power is simple greed.. they’re in it to amass money. But we have both the dutch marine and the american customs stationed here, would they even be allowed to be here if we were truely a banana republic? They are fully empowered to do what they are legally agreed to do here..
      Not all caribbean islands have the same problems as haiti, jamaica or even Venezuela.. we are under teh dutch system, and thus have democracy. There’s never been an attempt to comunism not and dictatorships.

    164. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:44 pm

      Deputy,
      But don’t stop posting…you are certainly as free to post as the rest of us!
      Kerin

    165. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:44 pm

      Island Folk,

      Please take no offense at Americans who use derogatory words to describe lifestyles they don’t understand, been a tradition around here since at least 1865.

    166. Whodeenie on June 12th, 2005 5:44 pm

      “There is a BIG story here, folks. And it’s a story of a cover-up.”

      Larry, you may ultimately be proven correct, but don’t you think it’s a bit premature to be delcaring this? Let alone being fair to Aruba.

    167. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:47 pm

      Missy Rose- Natalee was dressed similar to her classmates that night. The last picture taken of her was on the beach with her friends. Look for it. What difference does it make anyway?

      Joran told his Mom everything? Where were Mom and Dad (the Judge in training) that night and what about the “pimp” brother? If Joran lives with his folks what time did he get home that night? When did Joran drop off the 2 brothers and where? Considering it was Joran’s car he must have been the last person driving it that night. Where do the brothers live and where are their parents?

    168. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:47 pm

      Larry, Natalee’s family isn’t “rich”. They are upper-middle class, at best. The mom is a schoolteacher that helps special-needs kids.

      They just have made financial sacrifices to live in a good school district to give their kids a better chance at life.

    169. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:47 pm

      I am still in shock that no one that is being interrogated has confessed.

    170. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:48 pm

      We’re not so sure it was Joren’s car, I’ve heard people saying that it wasn’t.

    171. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:48 pm

      Larry, maybe it is less a story of a cover-up and more a story of a peaceful island unprepared for this type of story and the pack of wolves known as the US Press?

    172. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:48 pm

      Again DT I am not here to abuse you but there is no reference on FoxNews.com to support this “fact”, if it is please copy and paste part of the story and the link for independent verification.

    173. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:48 pm

      They haven’t confessed becasue they were told by mommy and daddy to hold out at all costs, they’ll protect them.

    174. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:49 pm

      YA KNOW, THOSE GUYS MAY NOT REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT…IT SEEMS LIKE A GIVEN THAT THEY WERE PRETTY DRUNK THEMSLEVES…

    175. Fun in Aruba on June 12th, 2005 5:49 pm

      There is something very seriously wrong with this investigation.
      These Arubains couldn’t care less what actually happened to Natalee.
      They do nothing but try and save face on this board.
      Well I’m sorry to say, when this is all and done with, The FBI and
      American authorities will be posting There own findings on this case and
      I really don’t think there going to be to happy……

    176. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:49 pm

      was Joran known to be cocky? because it seems to me he might have gotten his back up when being questioned initially and may have even went so far as to say..hey..do u know who my father is..be careful who u accuse…no one has addressed why these 3 were not immediately taken into custody ..god knows they have this very liberal holding privilege of suspects….why did they not see it fit to detain these boys then? this is a huge problem the Arubans and their officials will have to answer for at some point..there is no way around this…

    177. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 5:49 pm

      i still think those 2 blacks did it.

    178. CancunMole on June 12th, 2005 5:50 pm

      NativeLingo: You GO GIRL! And, I know you know that not all Americans’ feelings are represented by some of the rude comments being made here! Sorry.

    179. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:50 pm

      THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY BRUNO

    180. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:51 pm

      Aruba girl said You cant drive if your under 18 in Aruba he was 17 so it must have been the Surnam brothers since they had a car rental which makes me wonder if they got the right car.

    181. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:51 pm

      Ok sherbob here, I’ll bite. Please let us know what leads you to this conclusion?

    182. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:51 pm

      Scared…I have one TV on Fox news and one on CNN and another laptop on Fox News online and I don’t see a thing about the blood not being blood.

    183. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:51 pm

      Why does it have to be on the website? Myself, and several others have seen it reported on Fox NEws Channel clearly and plainly.

    184. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:51 pm

      DID ANYONE EVER HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT THE SECURITY GUARDS…AT ONE POINT THEY WERE GOING TO LET ONE GO BUT NOT THE OTHER, I WONDER WHAT GIVES…? THEY HAVE NEVER STETED WHAT EVIDENCE THEY ARE HOLDING THEM ON

    185. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:52 pm

      Not only were they not taken into custody. They left Aruba for 3 days after being questioned.

    186. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:52 pm

      My findings too KerinTX.

    187. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:52 pm

      Well bruno, the FBI would perform Lie Detector tests. They are more accurate than ever before.

    188. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:52 pm

      these three boys dont know how to treat a lady when your screwing whores on Aruba all the time.

    189. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:52 pm

      So Bruno, wow, I guess your ‘frequent’ visits to Aruba must have given you such a good overview of the Dutch criminal system, right? You must now be an authority on such matters, correct? You know of course that van der Straaten is blood brothers with ‘judge’ van der Sloot, the other cops are completely in love with everything Dutch, and the Queen herself has called the PM and said don’t you dare give that poor Joran any trouble.

      Bruno, the fact is, you don’t know ANYTHING more than what we, the public know in this case.

      The fact that nothing is being said by cops / prosecution isn’t a sign of cover-up or ineptness, just because that’s not how the U.S. does it. Oh, but I forgot, everything has to go according to the U.S., right? Because the U.S. will not EVER screw up. Because when there are WMD of mass distruction in a country, by God, they will go and find them. Oh…wait.

      Tell me, Bruno, Larry, cyber, and everyone spouting the corruption and cover-up theories. How does it work in the U.S.? Are there a random 10% selected of the children there to be given injections to be completely arrogant know-it-alls that ruin it for the rest of their countrymen? Or does it just come natural to some?

      That sort of flat-out arrogance, where you must know it better than others, because, well, no reason precisely, you just know.

      So, I guess in YOUR homestates, when a girl goes missing after being seen leaving a local bar with three guys, the FBI will mobilize in 48 hours, the national guards will be called up to search, the civil servants will be given the afternoon off to search, and the tourist department will issue a reward. The governor will give a direct line to the parents?

      Wow, I’m just amazed that you guys aren’t here right now, and solving the case in an instant. I know! You guys should be the new Police commisionaries here. Then the Aruba can enjoy your expertise and knowledge.

      God, why don’t you take your cover-up and corruption theories and stick them in Clinton’s and Nixon’s ass.

    190. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:53 pm

      Crys people have been saying the Guards might have stolen some electronics/cameras from some of the teens, but this is just speculation.

    191. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:53 pm

      missyrose, I hadn’t heard that the three guys left the island. can you tell us where you heard that, and maybe where they allegedly went for the three days?

    192. localyokal on June 12th, 2005 5:53 pm

      How do you know they left aruba? Is that linked anywhere? Thanks.

    193. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      ALSO, WHAT HAPPENED TO INVOLVING WHAT WAS IT, S. AMER.? THE OTHER COUNTRY …DID SOMEONE TIP THEMM OFF ON THAT WHAT ARE THEY DOING I WONDER

    194. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      Wow, I feel so much better.

    195. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      What about the possibilty they are still holding the black guys to give the Mommy and Daddy and the Aruban “officials” enough time to gather to trump up enough evidence to point towards them, a red-herring of sorts.

    196. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      I will find it.

    197. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      cause they do things like that to white girls here in the states all the time.

    198. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      Sherbob - You must be a member of the Arubian elite police force. You mean you wish that the 2 black men did it because putting 3 young men, from influential (rich) families on trial, might impact your personal finances and career advancement. Racism at its most obvious.

    199. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 5:54 pm

      DT,

      Follow the link I posted for Mordred and you can see why I might be skeptical of anything I can’t find on a news site or AP wire, people mix things up. Like I said I am not here to abuse anyone, I just want the facts, plain and simple.

    200. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:55 pm

      HEY CancunMole…..Don’t worry…..I’m thick-skinned….
      Don’t care much about the rude comments or responding to them…..would be UN-Aruban :)

    201. Booyakasha!!! on June 12th, 2005 5:55 pm

      The FBI agents have been spotted para-sailing and boogie boarding

    202. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 5:55 pm

      arubagirl …i understand your defensiveness but can i ask you if you honestly believe your police force should have let those 3 boys go initially..knowing that she was last seen with them and they admitted to having been with her? cut us all some slack here and give the US hate thing a rest…its very contradictory to your professions of concern

    203. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:56 pm

      OUch, native lingo. True, but still ouch :-)

    204. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:56 pm

      Wow, aruba girl, you told us.

    205. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 5:56 pm

      well said, arubagirl!

    206. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 5:56 pm

      THANKS ARUBAGIRL!!!!!!!!! twt tempo pa sera nan klep!

    207. CancunMole on June 12th, 2005 5:56 pm

      Good girl c.

    208. DT on June 12th, 2005 5:57 pm

      I’m skeptical too SBG, I’ve heard so many things retracted lately. I’m just saying what has been reported. That said it just doesnt make sense to me that they would find blood. The criminals had ample time to get rid of it, and surely they would.

    209. Psychic Former Deputy on June 12th, 2005 5:57 pm

      Fabulous post, Arubagirl!

      Oh, but it’s 20% of Americans who are injected.

    210. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 5:57 pm

      This is exactly why Americans are hated in most countries. We try to go to other countries and make everyone conform to our beliefs and ways. I do not confess to know anything about how Aruban LE does things but maybe, just maybe, what they have been doing is how THEY handle things. Then maybe “their way” was not getting results so they asked for help from the FBI. Does it make them an inept police force just because they don’t do things EXACTLY like American LE does?

    211. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:58 pm

      the US HATE THING? Oh wow. Tell, me, please, except for my above post, where I’ve not been nice, where I’ve tried to explain, where I’ve tried to clear things up. Please ,please, please.

      And, Leesa, you’ll notice that the thing that gets me going is the cover-up charges. I disagree with letting the guys go and with holding the 2 guards still hostage.

    212. bruno on June 12th, 2005 5:58 pm

      More American-bashing by a country that who’s economy would tank it American’s stopped going there. How ironic.

    213. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 5:58 pm

      Miss B, nan nunca ta bai sera na klep. NUNCA.

    214. Jerry on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      So,If I get my Mother in Law drunk and drop her a the HI in Aruba do you think that would be a good place to get rid of her

    215. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      Who is Leesa?

    216. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      no, i am an american. it is a well known fact they do things like that.

    217. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      Native *DOING BACK_FLIPS* BRAVO Arubagirl…..BRAVO ;)

    218. Psychic Former Deputy Mustache on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      sherbob, aren’t you late for a KKK meeting or something?

    219. Kipster on June 12th, 2005 5:59 pm

      “Are there a random 10% selected of the children there to be given injections to be completely arrogant know-it-alls that ruin it for the rest of their countrymen?”

      Actually, you have it backwards arubagirl. America’s about 90% idiots, sorry about that. The other 10% of us are really cool though.

    220. serenity2000 on June 12th, 2005 6:00 pm

      # DT Says:
      June 12th, 2005 at 5:51 pm

      Why does it have to be on the website? Myself, and several others have seen it reported on Fox NEws Channel clearly and plainly.

      **LOL** I’ve already heard it twice on CNN myself. People may just have to tune into CNN or Fox and hear it with their own ears (I can be that way myself sometimes). ;-)

    221. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 6:00 pm

      i think its common sense that the last 3 people to see Natalee werent detained but on their word…two others were….it has nothingt o do with being american…im not american…it has more to do with common sense

    222. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 6:00 pm

      well said bruno. seems to me they should be pretty nice to us right now

    223. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      Scared…Ok FOX News just said it is not blood in the car.

    224. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      well said bruno. seems to me they should be pretty nice to us right now

    225. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      aruba girl- Good job, I agree. The US is no role model….your island never has gone thru this global scrutinity…you won’t believe how fast they disappear once a body is found….then we’ll get blurbs on the bottom of cnn/msnbc and everyone remembers once and again until guilty are locked up…. / sorry…
      your island has always been an oasis to me .

    226. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      haha ma ripara!! well whatever peeps….i’m still going on vacation there..soon in 20 days! and i’m going to have a blast!

    227. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      well said bruno. seems to me they should be pretty nice to us right now

    228. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 6:01 pm

      Sherbob - A “well known fact”? Some African Americans are unfortunate enough to grow up in neighborhoods and environments that promote violence, but so are members of every other race. How can you accuse two innocents of a violent crime based solely on the premise of skin color?? That’s just ignorant.

    229. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 6:02 pm

      Fox and CNN have apparently made the decision that breaking news will be delivered only verbally, not posted on their websites.

    230. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 6:02 pm

      Sherbob - are you going to apologize when the 3 amigos are charged with murder and the 2 black guys are set free?

    231. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 6:02 pm

      Bruno, by God, I’m dissing the U.S., I’m dissing Americans like you. Thank God there aren’t that many of them.

    232. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 6:02 pm

      Are we allowed to post links on the site?

    233. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 6:03 pm

      OH please there aren’t only americans in this world!

    234. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 6:03 pm

      oops..lol

    235. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 6:03 pm

      Now sherbob here,

      Did you really put down your Jack Daniels, unplug the telebision and plug up the ‘puter to post that? C’mon man, I am not going to ream you a new one, I’m going to be nice and stand on principle. I’m going to remind you just who gets charged with child rape and child murder most often in our great nation? White males. Any you know what? They wear many costumes to do it…..sometimes a priest’s frock or a scout master’s sash, or maybe a ratty AD/DC shirt with shit stained jeans (no underwear and no soap). So pleeeeeeeeeese sherbob here, don’t get me started because I have been pretty darn nice in here and I am going to keep it that way.

    236. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:03 pm

      Pretty blonde, blame it on the black guys….i didn’t think modern societies still bought that one, but it is alive in well in the bananna republics.

    237. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 6:03 pm

      MissyRose, you probably can post links to any site that is not a pay-site or subscription-only site.

    238. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 6:04 pm

      According to Natalee’s mom the only thing Aruban officials have officially told them is that they cannot say whether Natalee is still alive.

      and so they wait…

    239. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 6:04 pm

      I’m NOT dissing the U.S.

    240. Crys83nALABAMA on June 12th, 2005 6:04 pm

      oops..lol

    241. Father Merrin on June 12th, 2005 6:05 pm

      What’s wrong with questioning three boys and letting them go????? It was a missing person case initially. After they were let go the authorities set up the perfect trap by wiretapping their phone, emails, and doing general surveillance. They thought they were off the hook and made a mistake by letting their guard down. That is how you entrap garrulous little punks.

    242. Kat on June 12th, 2005 6:05 pm

      I was wondering how long it would take for this to degenerate into a US/Aruba bash fest. That helps no one.

    243. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 6:05 pm

      Father you’re right. That’s how we caught Scott Peterson.

    244. Psychic Former Deputy Mustache on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      Hey Bruno, if you’re going to keep using the word banana, maybe you should learn how to spell it.

      Just sayin’…

    245. Cathy on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      I feel this:

      Hurry police release the details, we want the truth. Hope it has a happy or just ending. and that all involved get their suitable punishment. Although I have a strong feeling America has no idea how our system works.

      Just as you enjoy nice accomodations at our hotels, well so do our prisoners.. hehehe that is one of the worlds best conditions offered to prisoners, spa, gym, tv, gourmet catering meals.. library. I wonder how U.S. will react to this piece of knowledge. Some prisoners actually opt to be imprisoned here due to the fair conditions.

    246. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      I am not a klansman, i’m just a concerned father. And I know blacks do these things on a regular basis, watch the news. All 5 they have in custody have some part in this, there’s no doubt about that.

    247. Kipster on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      Good catch Dallas. CNN & FOX don’t want anymore f-ups in Google’s cache. “Confession Made”, “Body Found”…idiots.

    248. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      http://www.misfitting.com/archives/cat_crime.html

      This has fact vs. fiction about the case.

    249. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:06 pm

      Sorry, I graduated from the International School of Aruba.

    250. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 6:07 pm

      Arubagirl… Unfortunately, we aren’t in control over how others see our posting. Keep up the great work with the information from Aruba. It certainly helps filling in the gaps!

      And I’m not dissing Aruba, but I sure hope we hear something soon. I think Natalee’s parents need to know something…..

    251. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 6:07 pm

      all i am saying and have said ….and wont say again..at the risk of annoying anyone! hahaha is that by not doing what was common sense and by letting those three boys go when they should have been detained….the aruban govt has put its self under serious scrutiny ..they have also lost some credibility and they should be held accountable….like any justice official anywhere in the world would and should. They should not be surprised that the public is outraged…and wants answers…

    252. S.Taylor on June 12th, 2005 6:07 pm

      Kat, it will eventually turn into that. An American was killed in Aruba. Aruba has shown complete and total incompetence in their investigation. Aruba seems to be covering for the rich kid. Seems to me there is a big coverup here.

      Aruba will end up wondering what the bigger murder is…..Natalee Holloway or their Economy.

    253. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 6:07 pm

      I am Canadian and love the USA and it’s people (except the Sherbobs). Thank you for being our neighbour and best friend.

    254. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      Thanks KerinTX,

      I’m going to read a little more (wanna see if sherbob wants to play) then I ‘m going to eat and watch some news.

    255. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      Like I said…ignorant fool :) (I rest my “bruno” case….)

    256. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      Fox News is holding an s 9pm show tonight on the Case.

    257. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      Trapenburg…Govt Spokesman on FOX now. He is stating exactly what some have been saying…that they are not bungling the case but they are just not used to these type of cases and THAT THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY than US law enforcement does. (which has then been the cause for many untrue rumors)

    258. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      cathy-
      good to know, but I doubt the officials feel the same about the food and airconditioning at kia
      is there a golf couse near kia??..

    259. Catriana on June 12th, 2005 6:08 pm

      Leslie… Who are the Sherbobs? maybe I know them! I’m not far from Canada myself!

      :)

    260. S.Taylor on June 12th, 2005 6:09 pm

      They certainly do things differently than the US…..like not solve cases.

    261. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 6:09 pm

      Ignorant Fool….The Aruba International School is AMERICAN :)

      Enough of that……

    262. Psychic Former Deputy Mustache on June 12th, 2005 6:09 pm

      Father Merrin, If that’s the way it happened, that may have been a great strategy. However, I’ve heard nothing to suggest that’s the way it went down. The fact is the Arubian police aren’t prepared for this type of situation.

    263. Father Merrin on June 12th, 2005 6:10 pm

      Blacks do what now???? Ted Bundy, Johhn Wayne Gacy, Scott Peterson, David Berkowitz, Adolf Eichman, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Henry Lee Lucas, John Cuoey…….yep…they look very black.

    264. CancunMole on June 12th, 2005 6:10 pm

      ArubaGirl: You get a GO GIRL from me too. Thank you for puttting what should be obvious into perspective.

    265. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 6:10 pm

      cover-up for a rich kid……….pleaseeeee….what is rich?…there are no donald trumps in Aruba.

    266. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:10 pm

      You guys take things so personally

    267. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:10 pm

      it is I, SHERBOB

    268. lurkingmom on June 12th, 2005 6:11 pm

      Joan’s mom teaches art and drama at his school. http://www.isaruba.com/academics/profile/anita.htm

      Art teacher Anita van der Sloot of the International School of Aruba spearheaded a.
      display of student artwork at the Access Art Gallery recently in …
      http://www.isaruba.com/breeze/documents/ isadisplayataccessartgallery.pdf -

    269. S.Taylor on June 12th, 2005 6:11 pm

      Miss B, it has to be a cover-up. Not even the Aruba Police can be that dumb when solving this case.

    270. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 6:11 pm

      Bruno, oh my God, that was PRICELESS. Heeeheeeheee.

      Thanks.

    271. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 6:12 pm

      bruno-
      no one likes to be played for a fool-
      it isnot taking it personally

    272. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:12 pm

      father merrin, they are all jews

    273. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 6:13 pm

      There are Sherbobs everywhere - US and Canada and all over the world. The one I was replying to is here amongst us.

    274. Miss B. on June 12th, 2005 6:13 pm

      well now you see..no one is perfect!

    275. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      ST just because the case hasn’t been solved yet does not mean it will not be solved.

      I don’t the FBI has cornered the market on crime solving.

    276. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      sherbob,

      Please unplug the ‘puter, replug the telebishen, and take a good look at the 3 amigos.
      One is really really white (Dutch Boy White) and the other two are not African-American by anyone’s standard, look like Hindu Indians or some other type of Indo-Asian.

      Wish nothing but the best for your kids (hope they don’t learn all about other people just from you though) and yourself.

    277. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      i hardly think we can compare the non arrest of scott Peterson to the 3 boys in this case….me oh my! the three boys were last seen only hours before with this girl…her return was never verified on HI tapes…
      its different building a case against one person versus a group of people who can be detained seperately and played against one another…and slip up…

    278. Father Merrin on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      Psychic- The Aruban authorities admitted two days ago that it was a tactical move. The did!!!! Use common sense….keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer. When you interrogate someone and scream at them for a confession they’re apt to become defensive and seize up. What you do is make them believe that “we’re your friends here”. The boys thought they were clean off the hook; they began emailing each other with things like “I don’t think they’ll ever find out, what do you think?” That’s how you entrap people. It’s the ultimate flim flam tactic….I use it all the time!!!!!!!!!!!

    279. americaninaruba on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      ok can we please stick to the story??Just like Arubians are mad that the press is in someway blaming the Aruban Island for this otehr locals are blaming americans for other stuff…this has absolutely NOTHING to do with either country this has to do wiht a missing young lady and an investigation that we know NOTHING about because thier is no comments from anyone its all speculation…no Officail comment please stop fighting and get abck on track!

    280. gaijin on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      Arubagirl, Nativelingo, Gabriel…anthing concrete today? been out all day and would rather not read thru the fluff. same situation ? no one knows anything for certain?
      no new developments or revalations?

    281. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 6:14 pm

      Psychic….Father Merrin is right….that’s exactly what happened.
      Trust me….we are not only NOT prepared for a case like this, but especially not for the media preassure and interference this case has generated.

      I hope we NEVER have to become experts in handling these types of cases….

    282. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:15 pm

      1) The white guy and two “whatervertheyares” raped/killed her.
      2) I think if we sent in the WIGGLES, they could solve this crime quicker.
      3) There’s corruption everywhere, in the US, and espeically in places where you don’t even have a right to trial by jury, like ARUBA.
      4) The black guys would have a huge civil rights action if this happened in the US
      5) The dutch boty just “looks” guilty !
      ;-)

    283. Sherbob's Psychic Mustache on June 12th, 2005 6:15 pm

      Sherbob - Hitler was a Jew??? Congratulations, you win the prize for most clueless person in history!!

    284. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:16 pm

      hey scared black guy, shut your hole, i’m just putting in my 2 cents on here, take it easy.

    285. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 6:16 pm

      Bruno, wow, how does it feel to know everything better? Especially about Aruba. Just wondering.

    286. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 6:16 pm

      SPM: Actually, Hitler WAS a jew… if your mother is Jewish, that makes you one too, and his mother was.

    287. lisabobeesa on June 12th, 2005 6:16 pm

      i live in caribbean on an island….and i know firsthand that you dont ahve to be donald trump rich to have pull and power locally..it the big fish in a little pond syndrome..i guess i am all too aware of…

    288. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:16 pm

      ignorance as a tactical move….i like that one

    289. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:17 pm

      hitler was half jew, everbody knows that shit

    290. IDontKnowNuttinAndKnowMoreThanYou! on June 12th, 2005 6:17 pm

      Hello all, I’ve been folowing for a while trying to catch up.

      “bruno Says:

      June 12th, 2005 at 5:48 pm
      They haven’t confessed becasue they were told by mommy and daddy to hold out at all costs, they’ll protect them. ”

      I’ll buy that!

      “MissyRose Says:

      June 12th, 2005 at 5:52 pm
      Not only were they not taken into custody. They left Aruba for 3 days after being questioned. ”

      I’d love to know more of that!

    291. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:17 pm

      Aruba girl…..are you cute? Can I buy you a drink sometime?
      But not a C&Cs!

    292. Pazuzu on June 12th, 2005 6:18 pm

      “…there’s nothing wrong with sharing your bed with someone….it’s very charming….I like Peter Pan!!!!”

    293. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 6:18 pm

      bruno- then, please tell us what is your tactical objective?

    294. NativeLingo on June 12th, 2005 6:18 pm

      Gaijin….NOTHING……

      and Bruno….peace ok??

    295. Leslie Sprenger on June 12th, 2005 6:18 pm

      I think Hitler was one quarter Jewish because his mother was half Jewish.

    296. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      Bruno that is so true.

    297. ScaredBlackGuy on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      aiiiiiright sherbob, no harm no foul. I going for dinner, I leave you to post your 2 cents in peace.

      SBG=OUT

    298. americaninaruba on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      What wealso have to realize about the aruban police being dumb we need to understand their are more FBI agents on the island helping with this investigatino than their are Sheriffs on the island! This is not an Aruban Case FBI is on sme sort of way “leading” the investigation…ofcourse they are not leagally allowed to be in total command of anythign but they are giving them the step to go in…remmeber they are the expertsx on these cases this si the first for the Aruban community and police department

    299. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      no, i was mocking someone that said that

    300. Father Merrin on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      Hitler eveidently did have some Jewish heritage which explained is irrational behavior

    301. Sherbob's Racist Psychic Detective Moustache on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      Father M, I hadn’t heard that. Where did you hear that info? Surely, the email is speculation that would certainly be a big story if it were true and public knowledge.

    302. MissyRose on June 12th, 2005 6:19 pm

      CNN is reporting that they are holding the suspects for another 8 days at least.

    303. RB on June 12th, 2005 6:20 pm

      “Dont believe any of the garbage released by any media sources. the reliable sources are only the police conferences. ”

      Last night the Justice Minister (and I think the Prime Minister) as well confirmed on Fox interviews with Geraldo blood (that was the word used: BLOOD) was found in the car! Just a few minutes ago, I saw an interview live on Fox with *another* spokesman who said that only statements from the Justice or Prime Minister should be taken as official, yes *now* we’re hearing what the Justice Minister confirmed last night indeed isn’t fact. These weren’t reporters simply “reporting” what they heard, these were the people who are *supposed* to be in charge and making the *official statements.* It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to ask the next question: who the hell is in charge down there?

    304. friend of mickey john on June 12th, 2005 6:20 pm

      aruba girl
      what is on your radio/eve news?
      Then I gota go get dinner

    305. KerinTX on June 12th, 2005 6:21 pm

      :::raking out the sandbox:::
      OK kids…let’s play nicely. No kicking sand in other people’s faces and make sure you leave the sandbox for your potty break so there won’t be any *hit slinging.

    306. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:21 pm

      Mommy and Daddy are in charge.

    307. sherbob here on June 12th, 2005 6:21 pm

      looks like you’re the clueless one

    308. Sherbob's an Idiot on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      Jewish is a religion, not a nationality. My parents were Catholic. Does that make me Catholic?

    309. Astrid on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      SRPDM and SBG seem alot alike to me.

      And they both remind me of an old friend from school.

      This chat is getting soo random…

      What did that Fox news story say that a few people posted about a while ago? Anything new or rarely known?

    310. lurkingmom on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      Article about Joran’s mom on page two—Can someone translate or summarize in English, please???
      http://www.cspnv.com/PDF/11/A11.pdf
      UPDATE 6: Lesa e vershon digital di Bon Dia Aruba aki(PDF).Tin hopi informashon i splikashon di prensa Arubano mes ku ta bisa ku CNN i AP a bati alarma falsu. http://www.hasibokos.com/

      Another favor—Can anyone from the island ID the people in these photos?

      http://martin.isnw.org/lekkerdoelloos/paginas/joran/joran6.jpg

      http://photo.tickle.com/image/2/4/5/P7/2457721P7677772883.jpg

      http://photo.tickle.com/image/2/4/6/P7/2463140P7745546511.jpg

      http://photo.tickle.com/image/2/7/3/P7/2739150P7229868220.jpg

    311. Father Merrin on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      Hitler referred to his inner circle as his mespucha!!! Boobola….he suffered from a vershlapte krenk….

    312. Dallas Also on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      Pazuzu, wrong bulletin-board…the Michael Jackson case probably has its own chat going.

    313. arubagirl on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      Sorry, Bruno, not that cute :) Thanks for the offer though.

    314. S.Taylor on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      I wonder if Aruba will get worse now that criminals know they can get away with everything.

    315. bruno on June 12th, 2005 6:22 pm

      You sound cute though.

    316. Leslie Sprenger on