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Replies to '11/17 The Search for Natalee and Amy'
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November 16, 2005, 3:51 pm PST
 Quote From: kmsusa I'm sure it's hard for you to give a subjective look at the Natalee Holloway investigation, Aruba78, because it is your home and probably has a special place in your heart. Just so you're aware, I vacationed on Aruba for ten days about 2 years ago, and I LOVED it. The people were friendly and it was a perfect vacation, and you're right, the island is safe. What concerns me, is the competancy of the investigators of the case. When Dave Holloway first went to the island to look for his missing daughter, one of the police officers asked him how much money he has. That is totally unprofessional! Also, the prosecutor (in the earlier days of the case) is good friends with Paulus van der Sloot. I'm convinced that this had much to do with the incompetancy of the Aruban police force/investigation team throughout the whole investigation. Also, the FBI WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION, they were only allowed to view documents and observe interrogations. It also is a proven fact that the interrogations were totally messed up. There were no follow-up questions during questioning; in a signed statement by Joran van der Sloot, he said that he thinks "Deepak raped and killed her." The Aruban investigators left it at that, they didn't bother to ask why he killed her, or where her body is. I know you might think that because crimes like this don't happen on Aruba, that they didn't know how to handle it as good as investigators in the USA could. But it has nothing to do with that, it's common sense to ask follow up questions, even I would know how to do that and I have no experience in law enforcement and I'm from a town in Iowa that has not had any crimes in the last twenty years. There seems to be an extreme lack of common sense on the part of the Aruban officials. They've yanked the family around so much hoping they'd give up. I don't think that's going to happen. The only way to get the officials to wake up and realize they need to get their incompetant butts in gear is to hit them where it hurts--their tourism industry. I shall be vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands this year. I just want to ask you to reread you comment. Do you realise that the comments you gave, are based on just one side of this whole story? I don't blame you though, I understand it's the media coverage, news should be sensation right? Otherwise people wouldn't watch or listen to it. But did you ever get the side of the local authorities in this case? Did you ever hear the local police say that they 'wouldn't allow the FBI to help with the investigation'? I'm sure the only documents that were released to the public were the ones that were worthy enough to 'make the news'.
You stated that the police here asked Dave Holloway how much money he had. Well I have seen statements of Beth Twitty talking on the news too, saying that the Aruban officials said many bad things about her daughter. She stated that she could 'understand everything' that they were saying, I find that really hard to believe, and you who have been here, should know what a difficult language Papiamento is for a foreigner to understand. So I really do believe that many things that may have been said have been taken out of context.
Now let's assume for a moment that an Aruban girl was missing in the U.S. Do you really believe that Aruban authorities could just jump in and take over the entire investigation? It should be a JOINED effort to find the truth, so I don't understand the arrogance of some people to just assume that it is 'just a case of US officials coming in and taking over'. Here in Aruba we have laws too you know. Aruba did get help from the Netherlands, they send specialists who were also present at these interrogations, so weren't they competent enough in your view? I am sure that there are many documents surrounding these interrogations that have not been released to the public. So why judge when you really don't have all the information? I can also understand that the investigation didn't go 'perfect'. But I also believe that many people tried the best they could to find the truth about this case. People who joined in the search when they didn't have to, that's just the nature of the Aruban people, always being helpfull. So with this supposed 'boycott' it is really those people that you will be hurting, those people who are hard workers trying to support their families. But I really do hope you enjoy your vacation in the US Virgin Islands. And I'm sure the people who really love Aruba will always come back. |
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November 17, 2005, 5:46 am PST
Quote From: kmsusa I'm sure it's hard for you to give a subjective look at the Natalee Holloway investigation, Aruba78, because it is your home and probably has a special place in your heart. Just so you're aware, I vacationed on Aruba for ten days about 2 years ago, and I LOVED it. The people were friendly and it was a perfect vacation, and you're right, the island is safe. What concerns me, is the competancy of the investigators of the case. When Dave Holloway first went to the island to look for his missing daughter, one of the police officers asked him how much money he has. That is totally unprofessional! Also, the prosecutor (in the earlier days of the case) is good friends with Paulus van der Sloot. I'm convinced that this had much to do with the incompetancy of the Aruban police force/investigation team throughout the whole investigation. Also, the FBI WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION, they were only allowed to view documents and observe interrogations. It also is a proven fact that the interrogations were totally messed up. There were no follow-up questions during questioning; in a signed statement by Joran van der Sloot, he said that he thinks "Deepak raped and killed her." The Aruban investigators left it at that, they didn't bother to ask why he killed her, or where her body is. I know you might think that because crimes like this don't happen on Aruba, that they didn't know how to handle it as good as investigators in the USA could. But it has nothing to do with that, it's common sense to ask follow up questions, even I would know how to do that and I have no experience in law enforcement and I'm from a town in Iowa that has not had any crimes in the last twenty years. There seems to be an extreme lack of common sense on the part of the Aruban officials. They've yanked the family around so much hoping they'd give up. I don't think that's going to happen. The only way to get the officials to wake up and realize they need to get their incompetant butts in gear is to hit them where it hurts--their tourism industry. I shall be vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands this year. Yes, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are safe....NOT!!!
I know where I'd rather go! Aruba! Aruba! Go Aruba!!!!!!! |
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