Julia Renfro Pod-casting Discussing the Natalee Holloway Disappearance with C-Band Talk Network

Julia Renfro of Aruba Today did a pod cast with Dana Pretzer and The C-Band Talk Network. The following is the link to a rather long interview, but well worth listening to. The Renfro interview is in the second part of the show that starts at approximately 22 minutes in.

Sunday Night Satellite Interview

We will disagree with only one premise of the host, Dana Pretzer, and that is that Dompig regrets going the 48 Hours interview. Gerold Dompig had a gag order placed on him and was allowed to do this interview with the blessing of Aruban authorities. It was an intended trial balloon and smear piece rolled up in to one. All allegations and comments made against Natalee Holloway were based on speculation. It is one thing for people to discuss the case and speculate, but the lead investigator? Just one in the many of a long line of PR mistakes and investigative blunders out of Aruba.

Here are some of the more interesting exchanges and comments by Julia Renfro. Not too bias against the family and holding the Aruban government line.

Julia Renfro: “large groups of people have been canceling their trips to Aruba.”

Dana Pretzer: “You are a parent and I am a parent. This is a parents worst nightmare.”
Renfro: ” … the parents had lost their child, but they created massive chaos on an innocent island of 100,000 people.”

With regards to Julia Renfro watching the Joran Van der Sloot interviews she remarks, “I do not see an inconsistencies in what you see.”

Dana Pretzer towards the end makes a comment that is the crux of the story and the reason why so many have been drawn, captivated and demand answers as to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

The family has criticized the investigation. You will move heaven and earth to find your child. It is unfair to brandish the Twitty family themselves as reeking chaos on Aruba. They did what they had to do to get answers.

Tune in to this interview, well worth hearing.

Reactions to Attorney Kock’s Comments that Van Der Sloot, Kalpoes Could Go On Trial This Summer (John Q. Kelly & Dave Holloway) Part I

What is the reaction to the comments by the attorney for suspects Deepak and Satish Kalpoe tell us that his clients and Joran Van Der Sloot could be charged with murder by June? Attorney David Kock comments has made some optimistic while others appear more cautious and a wait and see approach.

David Kock: Of course, it’s a call of the DA. But from the information that we are getting, it seems like, you know, they know, too, they have to round this up. I won’t be surprised if, you know, summer, June, July the case will be presented.

Reaction from John Q. Kelly from Rita Cosby’s ‘Live & Direct’.

JOHN Q. KELLY, HOLLOWAY FAMILY ATTORNEY: Well, it’d be good. It’s my understand that what Mr. Kock was saying is the DA still has to present the case, and then there’ll be a determination whether there are actually charges brought on the murder one charge or some lesser charge. But you know, hope springs eternal. It’d be terrific if that’s what’s going to happen down the line. And certainly, Mr. Kock has inside information from his clients as to their exposure and what could happen in this case.
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Natalee Holloway Investigation: Back To the Sand Dunes … Finally

So Aruban officials are finally going to search the sand dunes. What exactly has taken them this long? Unfortunately the discussion of searching the dunes has become nothing more than a joke. One wonders what issues does Aruba and the ALE have in searching this area. They were first offered help from the FBI. Then they were offered help from Texas EquuSearch. They turned down TES and made it impossible for the FBI to help.

Lets look at the time line of events with the sand dunes and the lack of any progress or desperation to search this area in any timely manner, even though they claim they have credible information. Does everyone realize it has been since January 17 since the ALE searched this area?

January 14, 2006: Tim Miller and Jim Whitaker.go to Aruba to discuss water search

January 16, 2006: Tim Miller get green light from Dompig to resume search for Natalee Holloway in the water.

Jannuary 17, 2006: New search at sand dunes begin near the California Lighthouse

The policemen used sticks with an iron ends to prick the sand, hoping in vain to stumble across something.

More than 50 police officers began searching a 1-square-mile area on Monday, said Gerold Dompig, Aruba’s chief of police. The search was suspended Tuesday.

January 19, 2006: Rita Cosby ‘Live & Direct’, New leads discovered bring ALE back to the Sand Dunes.

The island’s deputy police chief now says credible information lead to this latest hunt for clues. These sand dunes could be the very last place where Natalee Holloway was seen alive by three young men previously held by Aruban authorities in her disappearance.

JOSSY MANSUR, “DIARIO” NEWSPAPER: The tip hasn’t been revealed to us. There is a tip that one witness gave to the police that started this whole search at the area of the dunes. They have been searching yesterday. I think they were searching today. They still have about 20 more hours of searches to do.

January 22, 2006: FBI not bringing Search Dogs to Aruba

The reason for the FBI refuses because “the Aruban police won’t say who tipped them off to start searching the dune two weeks ago“.

The roller-coaster ride that is the Natalee Holloway investigation continues. As reported last night on ‘Rita Cosby, ‘Live & Direct’, in an interview with Beth Twitty and Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch; the FBI is refusing to send cadaver dogs to Aruban to help in the latest search of the sand dunes.

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Joe Tacopina Starts Joran Van der Sloot Legal Defense Fund

After making rather bold predictions the last two nights on the cable shows that the Twitty/Holloway law suit would be thrown out; Joe Tacopina has begun a Joran Van der Sloot Defense Fund. Tacapino filed his clients response yesterday (seen here) to the law suit.

Joe Tacopina has gone on record that it had no chance and Natalee’s parents law suit should be thrown out here, here and here.

“Joran and Paulus van der Sloot unequivocally and vehemently deny these allegations,” the motion papers say.

“My clients and I are sympathetic to the fact the plaintiffs do not know the present whereabouts of their daughter,” Tacopina said in court papers. However, he says, “neither the plaintiffs’ hardship nor the vast media attention” this case has attracted “should serve to prevent the proper dismissal of this case.”

Wasn’t this supposed to be a pro bono case as previously reported?

The question that comes to mind is why? Why create a defense fund for Joran Van der Sloot at this point in time? A couple of key issues come to mind.

1. Is the case still pro bono?
2. Is Attorney Joe Tacopina not so confident that the case will be dismissed and will actually go forward?
3. What other reason would there be a need for a defense fund except to pay for his defendants travel expenses? Why would there be expenses if there were no case?

Joe Tacopina seemed pretty adamant on the cable shows that there would be no law suit going forward and even referenced if it did he would probably advise his clients to do a default judgment. (Video) (Video)

Is setting up a defense fund the first sign of weakness?

The other question that comes to mind is one wonders if the many who criticized and accused the Twitty’s of their Natalee Holloway Trust Fund will do the same with Joran’s?

Defense Fund information

Joe Tacopina’s Response to Holloway/Twitty Suit: The Empire Strikes Back

Today Joe Tacopina, attorney for Joran and Paul Van der Sloot, filed his response to the Twitty/Holloway civil law suit against his clients.

Atty Joe Tacopina Court Document Filings

Last night Defense Attorney Joe Tacopina went on the attack last night promising counter lawsuits against Natalee Holloway’s parents and all those who are calling his client “a murderer and a sexual predator without a stitch of evidence.”

Go to JoranVan der Sloot Blog for video

So much for individual’s rights to have an opinion and to voice them. I guess Joe Tacopina is going to silence Gerold Dompig who stated the “boys are guilty as hell”. I guess he will also sue Karen Janssen and Steve Cohen who has also made comments that the boys are guilty.

Isn’t that why there should be a trial? To determine whether they are guilty or not guilty? That is the point of the civil law suit filed by Natalee Holloway’s parents. To determine whether Joran is responsible for that what is stated in the original suit. Let’s see of this plays out.