My instincts say Natalee is gone....and Joran knows what happened. UNLESS, he really is telling the truth and he just left her alone on the beach and something else happened to her. Natalees family knows something that makes them adament that Joran, PVDS and the Kalpoes are responsible, though. My inquisitive mind would love to know what that is!! I know others have pointed this out too, but I'll do it as well.
If JvdS is telling the truth and knows nothing about what happened, why did his father tell J and the brothers on the very first day: No body, no crime.
There would have been absolutely no need for that legal advice unless those 3 were involved in her disappearance.
This is very damning, I think.
"Don't worry about anything if you are innocent, because if there is no body, there is no crime."
Doesn't looks so damning at all.