Reward for Natalee's safe return and a suppose witness that knows where her body is/was buried.
Yes it is very confusing. Why "up" the reward? To heighten the media attention that has begun to wane in the last few days? Maybe. Everything about this case has been confusing. I'm beginning to think how dumb we will feel if the answers were right under our noses all the time.
I do, unfortunately, think that Joran and the Kalpoes where with her when she died. I do think they involved PVDS after the fact. What keeps me hoping for another scenario is that it's just too hard to believe that this 17 year old kid has not cracked yet. If the new interrogation team gets results really quick we will know for sure that VanDer Straaten was trying to sweep it all under the rug and wait out the family. If he doesn't crack soon or a body is not found...well, then there's hope and a million bucks to bring it to fruition.