I don’t think he will escape this crime. His dad is dead and not here to help him cover up again. And he ain’t in Aruba where his godfather, Jan van der Stratten, was the Chief of Police at the time of Natalee’s disappearance. No one left to help him except his momma, Anita. I think Anita is too much of a space cadet to be helpful to him.
I often wondered if his dad kept him from physically hurting his mom Anita. Surely she is very busy as a widow with two young sons and her eldest now identified as WANTED BY INTERPOL.