Posted on 02/04/2008 11:27:13 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Patrick van der Eem, 34, described in detail how he painstakingly gained the young Dutch suspect's trust, took his suspicions to Holland's leading investigative reporter and began a sting operation that led to van der Sloot's caught-on-camera admissions that he panicked when Holloway had what he describes as a seizure during a sexual encounter and called a friend who came and took the body out to sea.
After he said he spent two months almost constantly with van der Sloot -- building the younger man's trust one joint at a time -- van der Eem said he went to Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries and offered his services. De Vries, who is known in Holland for tackling complex cold cases by sometimes unorthodox means, hired van der Eem and set him up with a brand new Range Rover equipped with three hidden cameras, audio recording devices and a GPS-like tracking system, and the sting began in earnest.
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Piter DeVries will get him......
“Holloway had what he describes as a seizure during a sexual encounter “
Not that I’m giving a pass to van der Sloot but you have a 17 year old girl supposedly out boozing it up, having strange guys sip drinks out of her navel, and engaging in sexual activity, etc on what amounted to a class trip...chaperoned no less.
Not sure what the lesson is there, but Natalie’s alleged irresponsibility led to her death as well.
That said, if van der Sloot killed this girl, he should fry (but won’t).
Truly. And I do think that the elder Van Der Sloot also had to do something with this... I think he had something to do in helping his son dispose of the body.
Really, if Joran confesses now (because he’s caught red-handed) then he is a REALLY GREAT LIAR! Almost 3 years looking at Aruban police, Dutch investigators, FBI, etc. with a “straight face” telling them he had nothing to do with Natalee’s disappearance. Really, this guy has NO REMORSE whatsoever... no emotion... nothing!
He must be related to the Clintons somehow.
He went on to say that he was “just incredibly lucky that she’s never been found. Because if they found that girl, I’d be in deep [excrement].”
Van der Sloot said that the seizure occurred during a romantic encounter between the pair, who had just met up hours before at a local nightclub.
“Suddenly, she wasn’t moving anymore,’’ van der Sloot said.
At another point, he told van der Eem, “I tried to shake her. I was shaking the bitch. I was like, ‘What is wrong with you man?’ I almost wanted to cry.
“Why does this s*** have to happen to me?” he asked.
In a voice seemingly devoid of emotion, van der Sloot said he turned to a friend of his.
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When van der Eem replied that “you’ve got it off your chest’’ and “it’ll be alright man,’’ van der Sloot turned to van der Eem and told him, “I’m being honest with you, Patrick.
“The two people I most trust in this more than anyone, are that person and you.”
“Not sure what the lesson is there, but Natalies alleged irresponsibility led to her death as well.”
Sure. But perhaps Joran drugged her and Nat had a bad reaction to the drugs. I guess we’ll probably never know that.
One word: ecstacy.
Precisely.
He’s the “Robert Chambers” of Aruba.
She could have been slipped a date-rape drug.
I call BS. He murdered her.
Oh, there's a lesson in there loud and clear.
Doesn't the National Enquirer have a message board?
Makes me wonder if she was drugged.
did they drug her first is my only question (unknowingly)
Everything else that is coming out we pretty much already guessed.
If he did that would explain his actions afterwards- if he didnt then he would have called for an ambilance for her.
he drugged her in the bar...everybody knows it. and she got too much.
I’m afraid that her father has way more patience than I ever would have with this punk. I might’ve wound up in an Aruban prison long ago........
A judge in Aruba denied a prosecution arrest to detain Van der Sloot based on the new information. Mos said they will file an appeal Tuesday and expect a decision within a week.
Sorry, but a murder and a cover-up is NOT tantamount to an “Oprah” thread.
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