11 Months After Natalee Holloway disappears and Now Arubans fear negative impact of Holloway case

“We’re concerned about the negative publicity,” said Myrna Jansen-Feliciano of the Aruba Tourist Authority.

Takes its toll on Aruba, huh? Ever wonder why the story of Natalee Holloway has never gone away Aruba? Ever wonder why after all this time that so many people care about Natalee Holloway and her family? In America our children are our greatest national treasure. Parents are not supposed to bury their children. Worse yet, never know what harm came to them so they never get closure. It is exactly this mentality that this case is about how Aruba feels is exactly the reason why many are so upset and not traveling to your island. The interest in this case is not going away. It takes very little to ramp up the public’s interest in Natalee Holloway as people have adopted Natalee Holloway as their very own.

In most news coverage, and certainly here in the Buzz, 11 months like that usually translates to a nosedive in public interest.

But this case is not like most. And though searches for Natalee Holloway have wavered since her story first gained national attention, it doesn’t take much to boost her back into our top overall movers.
(Yahoo Buzz)

It isn’t about you Aruba. We have been stating this from the very beginning of this case. It’s about Natalee Holloway and how the investigation has been mishandled and how a family of a missing person has been mistreated. You do not insult a family of a missing person. You do not try and “shut her up“. You do not blame a victim who is most likely dead for her disappearance. For some reason Aruban officials, some in Aruba and in the US think that the Natalee Holloway case is different from other missing person cases. Since when do police officials or prosecutors blame the victim or the family for the cause of a disappearance when they were no where near the the location where an individual went missing? If the powers that be in Aruba ever comprehended the idea of compassion and that it is inappropriate to string a family along on an 11 month roller coaster ride, maybe today things might be different.

Now Aruba worries about the negative impact of the Natalee Holloway case? 11 months after the Alabama teen disappearance? One thinks that maybe they should have been concerned when the two black security guards were falsely arrested, the three prime suspects were allowed to go ten days without being arrested, the Van der Sloot property not 100% searched or the day that all three suspects were released from jail. All this time goes by and now this is a concern for Aruba, although it is too bad that they do not seem to think its a concern that Natalee Holloway vanished.

With the case still unsolved, islanders now fear that Aruba, which gets 70 percent of its gross domestic product from tourism, will be permanently scarred by the mystery.

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Beth Twitty Speaks at Victims’ Rights Rally in KY

Beth Twitty spoke to a captive Kentucky “victims rights” crowd regarding the safety of their children traveling abroad and at home.

Twitty told reporters it’s been a long search trying to find her daughter and the people responsible for her disappearance. She spoke Wednesday to other crime victims about coping with the aftermath of a family tragedy.

Many do not understand people’s fascination with the Natalee Holloway disappearance, or are bitter that other cases do not get the same attention. These people look at the Natalee Holloway coverage in a myopic manner. They think that the attention that the MSM has given one case hurts other cases when in fact it is just the opposite.
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The Empire Strikes Back II; Tacopina Responds in Court Filing to Civil Law Suit

Yesterday Attorney Joe Tacopina representing Joran and Paulus Van der Sloot in the civil law suit filed in New York by the parents of Natalee Holloway filed his response to the Court.

Joe Tacopina’s 119 page filing can be seen here.

One thing is rather curious in that Joe Tacopina spends 119 pages stating why New York is not an appropriate jurisdiction for a civil law suit and that it provides a hardship on his clients, yet he has threatened to file civil suits against others. What’s the difference? Wouldn’t that be a hardship to his clients as well?

Defense Lawyer Replies In Favor Of Moving Holloway Trial From N.Y.

Tom & Red from Scared Monkeys on C-Band Talk Radio Network with Dana Pretzer Tonight

Tom and Red will be on Sunday Night Satellite Radio  tonight April 9th at 10:00 EDT.

We will be discussing the Natalee Holloway case, Scared Monkeys, blogging and much more.

Tune in and listen. A special thank you to Dana Pretzer for the opportunity.

How to listen.

C-Band Talk Network Home Page

Previous Podcasts (Including one with Joe Huston of Texas EquuSearch from Sunday April 2, 2006.)

Update: For the people posting on the Front page; we will be attempting to do “real time” moderation during the interview so that you can discuss the radio interview with each other live as well.

UPDATE: For those that missed it live it can be downloaded here.

Media Alert: Red Will Appear on Court TV at 5 PM

Today, Wednesday, April 5th, at 5 PM Red is expected to appear with Beth Twitty on  Catherine Crier Live Show on Court TV. They will be discussing some of the comments that were made on last night by Joe Tacopina about new evidence being found and acted upon.

We do not know which segment they will be on so tune in to the whole show.