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Do we know they have no forensic evidence? I would guess they have some, but without a body or an eyewitness, they have no idea what it means. Having sand in the trunk is meaningless on an island like Aruba.

The only forensic evidence that would stand on its own would be hair or blood matching Natalee's DNA, I would think.

I don't think anything was "slipped in her drink," or that the Kalpoe brothers or Joran did her in. Joran is the last person we know of to see her that night, but there might have been someone else that he does not want to disclose.

I keep thinking of that mysterious cell phone call about a sailboat in the early morning hours. I'll place my bets there for now.

That's what's so frustrating in all this. Aruban LE don't leak details of what evidence they have. Not even the defendants are told what the cops know, and for a while, they don't have access to a lawyer.

If one of the Kalpoe bros. or both decided to tell the truth about what they know or saw, or heard from Joran, and gave statements to the cops, would that allow them to go free? Why would they get their passports back if presumably, they'd have to testify at some court proceeding against J?

Scenario B: Why couldn't Joran claim the bros. did it and though he tried to save N, he was overpowered. He could claim he lied because they threatened to kill him or say he'd done it. This is hard to swallow considering J's size and clear domination of the Kalpoe bros. His mom sniffed that they weren't J's 'real friends', but 'more on the fringe'. The Kalpoe's weren't really good enough for her son. (Colonial mentality -- People of color aren't 'our sort').