Lifetime Movie Network has Gone into Production to make “The Natalee Holloway Story” Missing in Aruba

ARUBA, NOT SO FAST … SO YOU WANTED YOUR TOURISM BACK AND PEOPLE TO FORGET NATALEE … NOT HAPPENING

Aruba, did you think the story of Natalee Holloway was going away and that you were just going to sweep Natalee’s disappearance under the Aruban sand? Your many efforts to depress search efforts and discounts leads and confessions will never make people not remember what happened in Aruba in 2005 and how Aruban officials helped cover up Natalee’s disappearance.  The Lifetime Movie Network has gone into production for a made for TV movie based on the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

Lifetime Movie Network has gone into preproduction on a telefilm based on the real-life story of Natalee Holloway, a teenager who disappeared in 2005 during a senior class vacation in Aruba.

The tentatively titled “The Natalee Holloway Story,” from Sony Pictures TV and executive producers Judith Verno and Frank Von Zerneck, is based on the book “Loving Natalee: A Mother’s Testament of Hope and Faith,” by Holloway’s mother, Beth Twitty.

The movie, airing in 2009, will tell the story of Holloway, whose disappearance captured the attention of the national media, and Twitty’s efforts to discover the truth about what happened to her daughter.

We had actually known about this news for quite some time; however, had promised Beth Holloway not to spill the beans. I had recently discussed the up coming movie with Beth Holloway while in Orlando, FL on a search for missing Caylee Anthony. Now that the cat is out of the bag, we will be discussing the up coming movie more in the not too distant future. Once again, the world will see what transpired in Aruba, the obstacles and road blocks provided from Aruban officials and how little a family was helped to find their missing daughter.

Lifetime to make ‘Holloway’ movie; Drama tells the story of missing Alabama teen

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Suspect, Rayan P., Arrested on Suspicion of Kidnapping Marlies van der Kouwen … Suspect Interrogated

On Friday afternoon, the police in Bonaire arrested Rayan P. on suspicion of kidnapping in the disappearance of Marlies van der Kouwen. Marlies van der Kouwe was reportedly kidnapped by man on a scooter. During the search a scooter was taken in at the Kaya Mgr. Niewindt, in the garden of relatives of the suspect. Will Bonaire solve this case and find the missing girl is a professional and competent manner or will this be another case like in Aruba with a carousel of arrests and witnesses?

There has been a search at the Kaya Kamari, Kaya Wanapa and Kaya Amazona. Later on in the evening, a scooter was taken in at the Kaya Mgr. Niewindt, in the garden of relatives of the suspect. There has been no trace of the Dutch woman since her disappearance on Sunday night. She was kidnapped by a man on a motor or scooter when she was cycling on her way to her apartment at Hato. The painstaking search still continues. According to unconfirmed reports, Rayan P. was released from prison a month ago. In 2002 he was convicted to eight years for raping a woman at Belnem, on Bonaire. P. was arrested while a press conference of the police was going on in the building of the Island Council. Public Prosecutor David van Delft had apologized for his absence. Lieutenant governor Herbert Domacassé would hold a national oration at eleven o’clock this morning.

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24 Year Old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe Missing … Kidnapped in Bonaire

Just Another Day in a Caribbean Paradise … This time its Bonaire.

24 year old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe was kidnapped in Bonaire at 2:30 am Sunday morning when a man pulled her off her bicycle. The man, who was on a dark colored two wheeled vehicle is said to be between 1.70 and 1.80 meters tall, was dressed in dark-colored clothing and was wearing a jacket. Her parents who live in the Netherlands were informed of their daughter’s abduction.

Marlies Elizabeth Van der Kouwe Description:

• 24 years old, born in Curaçao on the 11th of May 1984
• 1.63 meters tall
• blue eyes
• blond hair

Marlies van der Kouwe kidnapped in Bonaire

The police has put in a large scale search party to find the missing 24 year old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe. On the night of Saturday to Sunday at two thirty she was pulled off her bicycle by a man on a dark-colored two-wheeled vehicle.

The man, between 1.70 and 1.80 meters long, was dressed in dark-colored clothing and was wearing a jacket. This took place on the Boulevard Gobernador N. Debrot in the neighbourhood of the WEB-factory. The vehicle left off eastwards. Police chief John Schagen, 

Lieutenant Governor Herbert Domacassé, Chief of Police John Schagen and Officer of Justice David van Delft during the pressconference.
Lieutenant Governor Herbert Domacassé and Officer of Justice David van Delft held a press conference about the kidnapping yesterday.

So how will the search for missing Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe differ from that of the case of Natalee Holloway in Aruba? Why do we ask? According to a press conference, Bonaire has requested the help of the coast guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Let’s hope they do not ask the ALE for their help.

They asked the coast guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba to help them in their search who have already put in a plane. The plane scanned the area on Monday evening and Tuesday before sunrise. According to Chief of Police Schagen , the RST of the Netherlands Antilles has been pulled in for the investigation.

However, we already see one difference in the two cases as investigators in Bonaire are treating the kidnapping of Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe seriously as opposed to the nonchalant and inept manner that the ALE did in the Natalee Holloway case.

“Our first priority is to find her back. We are still hopeful that she is still alive. We’re handling this as a serious crime”, says the police chief.

UPDATE I: Netherland News on the Abduction of Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe

• Nederlandse ontvoerd op Bonaire – Dag.com
• Dochter Asser huisarts ontvoerd

UPDATE II: Dutch woman abducted in the Dutch Antilles

Bonaire wants to make differences between their missing persons case and Natalee Holloway. They can make all the claims they want; however, missing is missing and acts of violence against woman are just that … no difference.

The Dutch Antilles island of Bonaire is in shock after a young Dutch woman went missing during the weekend.

AD, De Volkskrant and Trouw report on the abduction that bears similarities to the Holloway case that took place on Aruba. Twenty-four-year-old Marlies van der Kouwe disappeared after an evening at a popular bar on Saturday night. She was seen being dragged off her bicycle by one or two assailants on a scooter. Only her bicycle and flip-flops were found.

A&E Big Spender: What Happened to Natalee Holloway … Missing in Aruba

Save the dates and time … A&E plans to air a documentary that looks into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba and “What Happened to Natalee Holloway”. The Natalee Holloway story was just recently back in the news as an unidentified witness came forward who had passed polygraph test and place both Joran Van der Sloot and his father Paulus Van der Sloot out at 4:00 am the morning of May 30, 2005. New witness accounts can be read HERE, HERE and HERE.

Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary special that looks at the case that shocked the nation–the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway on the island of Aruba on May 30, 2005. Natalee was last seen alive leaving a bar with three young local men, who became the prime suspects.

Aruba investigators and prosecutors have continually been given evidence and have consistently looked the other way. By avoiding issues and hiding their head in the sandy beaches of Aruba, officials this that the Natalee Holloway story will just go away. How wrong could they be …

Natalee Holloway: New Witness in Aruba Id’s Joran Van der Sloot and Prosecution Continues the Cover Up

THE COVER UP IN ARUBA CONTINUES …

A new witness has come forward in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway who went missing in Aruba in 2005. A new witness who has passed two polygraph exams. A witness who has placed Joran Van der Sloot and Paulus Van der Sloot near a pond at 4:00 in the morning of May 30, 2005.

He passed all the examinations perfectly, and John Swartz is
convinced that this witness is telling the truth about what he saw at
4 a.m. in front of his house.

The witness continued to declare (and proved with his test that he
was telling the truth) that the man he saw had on wet clothes, and had
a notable stripe of muddy waters that reached to his chest, about 5
centimeters more or less over his flannel.

The stripe on his flannel showed clearly that from the muddy waters
going down his clothes were completely wet.

However, according to all accounts Aruban prosecutor Hans Mos is more interested in discrediting the witness rather than questioning him. The cover up continues in Aruba in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The question that needs to be put forth to Aruba and their prosecutor is … if you are not willing to investigate leads and do any investigation in this case, then close it and provide the full file to Natalee’s family. We are confident they will know what to do with your purposely botched, corrupt and inept investigation.

Watch and listen to the exclusive interview with Jossy Mansur, Managing Editor of Diario-Aruba regarding the new witness and Aruba’s continued obstruction of Justice for Natalee

Search for Natalee Holloway:Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch … New Witness in Aruba, Discusions with Prosecutor Hans Mos & Polygraph Exams

Why does Aruba after all this time and bad PR still not want to cooperate and find Natalee Holloway?

As was previously reported, Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch had traveled this past week to Aruba to meet with Aruban prosecutor Hans Mos to discuss some recent breaking events in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Please note that Tim Miller will be a guest tonight, Hurricane IKE pending, to discuss his meeting with Hans and the new information in the Natalee Holloway case.

Tim Miller met with Aruban Prosecutor Hans Mos to discuss and show Mos in person the results of the polygraph exams conducted in Houston, TX.  Miller discussed with Mos the new witness who had come forward and the fact that the 48 year old witness had passed two polygraph exams. However, Hans Mos was quick to point out to Tim Miller that polygraph tests are not looked upon favorably or have much credibility in Aruba. Hans Mos also questioned why after all this time the witness came forward. Miller pointed out to Mos that this witness had previously come forward to the ALE; however, this point seems to be in question. According to our accounts this witness had previously come forward and was turned away. Interesting? Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch want to search the pond are in question that suddenly is now going to be excavated by the Aruban government after word got out that an unidentified Aruban witness traveled to the US to potentially help in the Natalee Holloway case. These searches and digs would be at no cost to Aruba. So why won’t Aruba allow this pond to be searched?

From all accounts Hans Mos was none to happy with Tim Miller’s presence in Aruba and the bringing up of the Natalee Holloway case. As Tim Miller stated, “Hans, all we want to do is search this area first and have a member of the ALE there when it happens. It will cost Aruba nothing. We want to do this before the government comes in with their heavy equipment and ruins the point of interest forever.” Although Tim Miller has left Aruba, the efforts to search this area and put an injunction to stop any digging there is far from over. According to Tim, one of the major reasons for his early departure was to get home to Houston, TX and baton down the hatches and prepare for Hurricane Ike.

Hans Mos

The question arises as to why Mos would be unhappy with Tim Miller’s presence on Aruba. Maybe some of it had to do with the Diario article that came out this week regarding the new witness. Doesn’t Mos want to solve the case of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance? Hasn’t Mos stated in the past that a witness needs to come forward? One would think that Mos would want to follow a new lead that could potentially solve the case of missing Natalee Holloway so that Aruba could get on with their existence without the “dark cloud” over their island. Hans Mos had stated to Miller that polygraph exams are not deemed credible in Aruba. Really?

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American Tourist Daniel Perry Dryden Murdered aboard Sailbaot on Lake Izabal, Guatemala (Arrests Made)

Another heinous murder to report from the Caribbean, “Beauty and the beast”. It was their retirement dream, it ended in nightmare …

A US tourist, 66 year old Daniel Perry Dryden was hacked to death by robbers armed with machetes aboard his sailboat that was anchored in Lake Izabal, Guatemala. Four men armed with knives attacked and killed Daniel Perry Dryden as their yacht was docked in Rio Dulce, a town on Guatemala’s Lake Izabal. His wife, 67 year old Nancy Dryden was wounded seriously in the attack as her lung was punctured from stab wounds; however, was recovering in a Guatemalan hospital.

“They poked us and stabbed us with the machetes, and they were asking for money, specifically dollars,” said Dryden, who was listed in stable condition at a hospital in the lakeside town of Morales.
The thieves were apparently unhappy with the take. “We had a few quetzales (Guatemala’s currency), but we had no dollars with us on the boat,” Dryden recounted.

After assaulting the couple, the men demanded she hand over the keys to the vessel, which has an auxiliary motor. When she didn’t — she was unable to tell whether they wanted the keys to the boat, or a small dinghy the couple used to get to shore — the men left, also apparently by swimming.

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Two Women Arrested in the Murder of British Honeymooners Catherine and Ben Mullany … More Arrests Expected

Possible break in the murders of British honeymooners Catherine and Ben Mullany.

Two woman, their names and ages not released, have been arrested in Antigua in the case of murdered British honeymooners, Catherine and Ben Mullany. The two suspects were charged with crimes “connected to the murders” of Benjamin and Catherine Mullany according to the Royal Antigua Police Force.  Police Inspector Cornelius Charles also stated that he expected more arrests would be forthcoming.

But authorities did not give further details of the charges or say what role the women allegedly played in last month’s attack at the couple’s beachfront cottage.

Police Inspector Cornelius Charles told The Associated Press he expected more arrests would be forthcoming, but he declined to give details to avoid jeopardizing the investigation.

Antigua police arrest 2 in honeymooner killings

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Double Murder: Ben Mullany, British Honeymooner Dies in Antigua from Gunshot … Catherine Mullany Shot Dead as Well

Don’t think that this heinous double murder will not leave a lasting blemish on Antigua. The double murder of Catherine and Ben Mullany is leave a lasting mark on Antigua’s tourism for many years to come. Is the Caribbean safe anymore?

Honeymoon double murder on Antigua, from wedding to double funeral in three weeks for Catherine and Ben Mullany

I guess we can scratch Antigua off the list of places to honeymoon. On Sunday, A 31 year old Ben Mullany, a British man left in a coma after being shot in the head on his honeymoon in Antigua died at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, South Wales. His wife, 31 year old Catherine Mullany, was shot and died instantly after assailants entered their room last Sunday on the final day of the couple’s honeymoon.

British detectives have travelled to the Caribbean island at the request of Antigua’s Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer to help catch those behind the double shooting.

Antigua hotels and businesses have offered a 130,000-dollar (84,000-euro) reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. So far no arrests have been made although police are pursuing several leads.

Antigua honeymoon murder: ‘Brain-dead’ groom to be flown to UK within hours.

Police on the Caribbean island of Antigua stated that shooting victim Ben Mullany would be transferred from the intensive care unit where he is being treated as soon as an air ambulance is available. Mullany was transfered back to Wales where doctors battled for 22 hours to save his life. Sadly, Ben Mullany has now died from his gun shot wounds.

It does not get any more tragic than this. Catherine and Benjamin Mullany were married on July 12, 2008 and planned on spending the rest of their lives together in wedded bliss. Who knew their lives would end so tragically less than three weeks later in a robbery gone horribly wrong. Now Catherine and Ben Mullany will be having joint funerals. Our hearts and prayers go out to their families and loved ones.

It is believed that the Newlyweds’ shooting may be linked to another murder that took place on Antigua less than two months ago. It’s great to know that there is a killer or killers loose on the island of Antigua who are linked to previous homicides, yet people remain silent in turning these murderers into police. Sound familiar?

THE shootings of newlyweds Catherine and Ben Mullany may be linked to another murder in Antigua less than two months ago, the police chief leading the investigation revealed yesterday.

Police Commissioner Gary Nelson said the crime was similar to the previous case, but the Caribbean island’s troubled force was being hampered by a “code of silence”.

The Commissioner agreed that it was “probably not the first time” the killer or killers had struck and said he believed it was “linked to previous homicides”.

“There’s something wrong with this person,” he said.

He added: “There seems to be this code of silence or lack of trust of the police. People don’t want to tell the police [anything].”

UK Telegraph: Antigua honeymoon shooting: Bridegroom Ben Mullany dies
The bridegroom who was shot with his wife on their Caribbean honeymoon has died in hospital 

UPDATE I: Police Name Clarence James as Main suspect in Double Murders of British Honeymooners, Catherine and Ben Mullany

Suspect: Clarence James

Caribbean: 28 Year Old Vincent Mark Cullen of US Found Dead at in Cay Bay, St Maarten

A death of an American on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten … here we go again.

Family members said they would not leave the island until the persons responsible for Vincent’s death had been arrested and convicted. 

A 28 year old man from the United States, Vincent Mark Cullen, was found dead in St. Maarten at the end of Windsor Road Cape Bay by police about 7pm on Wednesday evening. Preliminary results have revealed that Vincent Mark Cullen had a wound above his left eye from which he bled.

A preliminary investigation, done by the Forensic team of the Philipsburg police station revealed that the victim had a wound above his left eye from which he bled. Dr. MERCUUR who came to the scene pronounced the death of the victim, but could not determine the exact cause of death.

In an attempt to identify the victim police searched the pockets of the victim and found a container with some sort of medication with his name on, also found were some other personal items including a set of keys. The items found led detectives to a hotel apartment in Cupe Coy where the victim and his parents were staying as they are on the island vacationing.

The Chief Prosecutor, Taco Stein, said “that so far there is no trace of a crime committed but that has not been ruled out since the exact cause of death is not yet known”. Here we go again. An autopsy has yet to be completed to determine the cause of death.

However, it appears that family members are outraged and believe that Vincent did meet with foul play. The family is questioning the fact that they believe that Vincent Mark Cullen had $500 on him and the fact that his body was found in Cay Bay, an area with which neither Vincent nor the family was familiar

Vincent’s infuriated sister Jackie Cullen and their father, who spoke to The Daily Herald yesterday, explained that the family had spent a fun-filled Wednesday afternoon at Mullet Bay Beach, before returning by car to their hotel room with the intention to prepare for a movie outing.

Judging the amount of time it would take to get ready and the time the movie they wanted to see would be starting, the family cancelled the outing. However, Vincent showered, got dressed and indicated to his family that he would be out for the evening, leaving the hotel room at 5:45pm. By 8:00pm he had been found dead in Cay Bay.

Jackie expressed her bewilderment, unable to understand how her “strong and healthy” brother could have passed away suddenly within less than two hours, at a time of day when it was not yet too dark. As his wallet was not found on his body, the family believes that Vincent, who within this time frame is believed to have made a stop at a nearby casino before possibly trekking on to another casino, was lured by someone into going to Cay Bay, where he was robbed.

Doesn’t the following sound familiar? I remember hearing the same comments in the Natalee Holloway case in Aruba, a reward offered and the promise of not going home until there was justice. If this investigation is anything like the Holloway case in Aruba, I hope they plan on staying a while

Vincent’s older sister who resides in the US and other family members are scheduled to arrive on the island shortly and the family will be announcing a substantial reward next week for any information on Vincent’s death.
Family members said they would not leave the island until the persons responsible for Vincent’s death had been arrested and convicted. 

The family emphasises that anyone having any sort of information should contact the police, specifically Detective Elisabeth Anthony F., at 542-2222.

To further discuss the case, go to Scared Monkeys.net: Unsolved Crime.