Carlos Ramos July 26, 2005 Statement (The Gardener) Part 1 of 5

The following is Part 1 of 5Â  statements from Carlos Ramos, otherwise known as the gardener who states he saw the three suspects in the car near the pond. The gardener places the three suspects at a location different from where they had stated. The pond was subsequently drained.

“What’s interesting is the time — 2:30 a.m. — when the three were supposedly on their way home,” said Twitty, referring to their previous accounts to investigators.

The witness, a gardener whose name was not disclosed, gave his account to investigators on Friday, Twitty said. (MSNBC)

  

A small lake near the Aruba Racquet Club close to the Marriott Hotel beach was partly drained between  27th and July 30 2005 after an individual (“the gardener”) claimed to have seen Joran driving, Deepak next to him, and Satish duck downward quickly in Deepak’s car that was sitting parked on a dirt road nearby between 2:30 AM and 3:00 AM on the same morning Natalee disappeared. (Wiki)

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Also from Diario April 26, 2006: Tacopina and his model client.

Tacopina has a problem with the witnesses his compatriot brought forward? Let him deal with him, not with me. Further, the gardener’s testimony stands as valid and concrete to this day. He confirmed this in front of a judge. He passed a lie detector test successfully! Nothing of what he has said has been contradicted with solid proof to this day.

  

Dynamite found in college student’s checked luggage aboard Continental flight 52

Well this was certainly no perfume, shampoo or bottle of water found aboard Flight 52 Continental Airlines flight from Argentina. A stick of dynamite was found in a college student’s checked luggage. What’s more dangerous, shampoo on a carry on … or a stick of dynamite in the cargo hold of a plane?

(This would be dangerous to allow on a plane)

HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU MISS A STICK OF DYNAMITE ON IN A BAG ON A PLANE!!!

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Natalee Holloway: Aruba passes the buck to the Dutch

Aruba officials want Dutch to take over the Holloway case. What a novel idea, too bad the decision did not come 15 months earlier. What is the point after all this time and effort put into the initial investigation to cover up what really happened and shelter those responsible. 

ORANJESTAD, Aruba  — Aruban authorities want Dutch police to take over the investigation of the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, who vanished in the Caribbean island more than one year ago, a local newspaper reported Friday.

(Fox News)

Such a request for help from Rudy Croes to the Dutch should have been made in August 2005, not 2006. Talk about working on “island time”. Is this just one more PR effort in futility to make it appear as if Aruba is trying to do something? Or is this the opportunity for the Dutch to step in and do what should have been done since day one.

Pass the Buck … Aruban style

(Hat Tip pic: Klaasend)

Read the statements for what they are from the witnesses and suspects, re-interview the suspects, re-arrest the suspects and charge them with a crime. For all the talk of the interrogations that were done, the line of questioning and re-questioning was nothing for that a joke.

Too bad Aruba did not pass the buck from day one. Where were you when the FBI offered to help in this matter?

Natalee Holloway Investigation: Werleman August 11, 2005 Statement

August 11, 2005 statement from Margaritha Werleman

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Amigoe: The Netherlands is assisting with the Natalee Holloway-case

A day late and a dollar short comes to mind … only that its been fifteen months, not a day. Fifteen months later they are sending the KLPD to Aruba, are you kidding? Aruba, what’s the rush? Maybe you would like to wait another 10 months and see more declining tourism. Also, we do not care  that it is at your own expense. Where did Natalee Holloway go missing? ARUBA.

Why do tourists refuse to go to Aruba? Because even in requesting help from The Netherlands they are blaming the family for the negative press that Aruba has received. Aruba … you are no martyr. How heroic, in the face of this negative campaign you are forging on to find Natalee. That is after you have purposely botched, mislead and covered up what really happened.

“Aruba sympathizes with the parents and close family of the girl, despite the negative campaign against the island”.

Will the Dutch come in and save the day? You best hope so. Its time for Aruba to come clean and tell what it knows in regards to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Its not very often you get a second chance to make a first impression. I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to save face, do the right things and provide “Justice for Natalee”

Amigoe: August 24, 2006 The Netherlands is assisting with the Holloway-case

After a tip that Natalee Holloway’s body was buried in the sand hills, a big group of officers searched the area in January of this year.

Maybe they should have been searching near this area?

ARUBA – The Netherlands will soon send constables to Aruba to investigate the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.  The Netherlands does this at her own expense.  The Corps National Police Service in the Netherlands (KLPD) is going to help Aruba with the Holloway-case.  They do this upon request of Justice-minister Rudy Croes (MEP).  Croes has also asked Interpol to thoroughly examine the file. 

Holloway disappeared more than a year ago during a school trip.  The authorities have worked on that case since then, without finding any trace of the girl.  Minister Croes has sent a letter to The Hague a week ago requesting assistance.  He hopes that with police assistance from the Netherlands, the case will be solved faster. (This request was not done 12, 13 or 14 months ago, why?)  “Aruba sympathizes with the parents and close family of the girl, despite the negative campaign against the island”, writes Croes in the letter. (Oh, and there has been no negative campaign perpetrated by Aruba, some members of the Aruban media and its minions. Try again. Maybe Aruba would like to fire up the web-site “Aruba the Truth again” to spread misinformation.)  The request went to minister Johan Remkes (VVD) of Home Affairs and the minister of Kingdom Relations, Atzo Nicolai (VVD).   As a result of the request, the KLPD will get full leadership of the investigation.   Police officers of the Dutch corps will come to Aruba especially for the investigation.  The Netherlands will also pay for the accommodation expenses of these officers in Aruba and also the expenses for the commitment.  They will also get a location of their own, out of which they can work on the case.   The police officers are allowed to carry a gun and use it and they get power of criminal investigation.  They will also get access to relevant information from the Holloway-file and all the information system. 

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