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To: penowa
This recent stuff of Helen (LeJuez) trying to justify the crap that Dompig is demanding that Beth do in order to get an "audience" with him was pathetic. There is no justification for the questions he's asking about the trust fund.

From Greta: VAN SUSTEREN: Here's what I don't get. This is supposed to be an investigation looking for Natalee. The series of questions that were posed to Beth Holloway Twitty today at the police station were how she may have spent money. Are they now trying to investigate her?

LEJUEZ: Not really. I did not get that impression. The impression I got, that there might be money involved in this case. Who had that money involved? And I cannot give more information at this time because I do not want to spoil this part of the investigation, but there might have been other forces besides the three boys. There might be something more to look at. That is the impression I got during the investigation. Remember, I have been part of investigation teams before, have been a prosecutor myself.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Here are some other questions. She was asked if she, Beth Holloway Twitty, has a business in Venezuela (search), in Colombia (search), and she was also asked about a trust fund that was put in place for Natalee, the money that was put into it, and who paid for Equusearch (search).

LEJUEZ: That is correct. Venezuela and Colombia, that's because if you have enemies and you have — because there have been rumors. So if you have business with these kind of countries, you might have — you might have enemies and they might have done something to Natalee because they were enemies of the family. That is why Venezuela and Colombia came into the picture or something may have happened to Natalee with regard to that.

With regard to the Natalee fund and who paid for some things, that's correct. I would say it's not of our business, anything what happens with the funds. But then on the other side, they want to exclude every possibility that something might go wrong. They really didn't go too deep in that. They asked questions, and I believe Mr. Twitty answered them very correctly.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. One last question to you. I've actually talked to Beth Holloway. She switched planes tonight as she was headed back to the United States. And what she told me was that she wanted to talk to the chief deputy, Dompig, but that first that they required her to answer questions, and that once she answered these questions, if they were satisfied with her answers, then she would have a chance to talk to the chief deputy at some point. Is that your understanding?

LEJUEZ: My understanding is that they would not talk to Mrs. Twitty unless she would answer questions. These questions were related to the investigation. I believe myself that maybe some feelings have been hurt, you know, from this side. And I prefer to look at it, we need harmony. We need peace. We need to solve this. That is what Aruba has to do, and that is what I stand for. Get a resolution in this case.

Look at the body language between Helen LeJuez and Beth:


3,701 posted on 11/04/2005 7:44:43 PM PST by shebacal (Go, Minutemen, Go)
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To: shebacal

It's an attempt to smear her, to infuriate the native Arubans and plant the idea that she's profited from her daughter's disappearance, and to make it harder for her to return to Aruba again. I also think they're trying to guage how much more of her family searching for her they are going to have to put up with. If people have donated $ 100,000, that would not last all that long. If it's a million, then they know there is no end in sight to how much searching and traveling to Aruba the family can afford to do. That's my guess on what they are up to.


3,704 posted on 11/04/2005 8:01:22 PM PST by penowa
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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB73QO7NFE.html

Aruban Prosecutors to Question More People in Case of Missing Alabama Teen
By Margaret Wever Associated Press Writer
Published: Nov 4, 2005

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruban prosecutors said Friday they have new witnesses and leads into the disappearance of a U.S. teen who vanished on a school trip to the Dutch Caribbean island more than five months ago.

Natalee Holloway, then 18, was last seen early on May 30 leaving a bar with Dutch national Joran van der Sloot and Surinamese brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. They were arrested on June 9 but released after a court ruled there was not enough evidence to hold them.

The Aruban prosecutors office said it was conducting new interviews of witnesses in the disappearance.

"From this review the team has concluded that there are several aspects that need more attention," the prosecutor's office said in a statement. "There are people living in the United States of America who have to be interviewed again."

Prosecutors did not provide details about any new developments and did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

The report of new interviews came after the missing teen's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, visited Aruba this week and alleged that three law enforcement officials did not take the investigation seriously in the crucial early stages. She demanded the three be removed from the case.

Twitty, who left Aruba Thursday, told reporters she wanted to meet with prosecutors and police to discuss a taped interview in which Deepak Kalpoe, one of the brothers, allegedly says all three had sex with Holloway, who would have turned 19 last month.

Twitty said she was "disheartened" with the response of Police Chief Gerald Dompig, Chief Prosecutor Karin Jansen and Detective Dennis Jacobs to the disappearance of her daughter.

"They have placed barriers to the advancement of the investigation," Twitty said. "They should be replaced."

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3,706 posted on 11/04/2005 8:10:43 PM PST by shebacal (Go, Minutemen, Go)
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