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Meet the Man Who Got Van Der Sloot to Talk About Holloway's Disappearance
ABCNews ^ | 2/4/2008 | CHRIS CUOMO and CHRIS FRANCESCANI

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: natalieholloway
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If this doesn't nail him, I don't know what will.
1 posted on 02/04/2008 11:27:15 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Piter DeVries will get him......

2 posted on 02/04/2008 11:29:42 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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“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).


3 posted on 02/04/2008 11:33:14 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Red in Blue PA

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.


4 posted on 02/04/2008 11:33:16 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (Hard lesson learned in the 1980's: "Never perm and dye your hair at the same time")
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To: Red Badger

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.”


5 posted on 02/04/2008 11:34:24 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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Why would he dump her body instead of look for help unless there is still more to his story that he hasn’t told? He’s certainly guilty of more than just getting rid of her body after she died.
6 posted on 02/04/2008 11:34:27 AM PST by Melinda
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“Not sure what the lesson is there, but Natalie’s 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.


7 posted on 02/04/2008 11:34:35 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (Hard lesson learned in the 1980's: "Never perm and dye your hair at the same time")
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To: Slapshot68

One word: ecstacy.


8 posted on 02/04/2008 11:35:12 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: Melinda

Precisely.


9 posted on 02/04/2008 11:35:30 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: Melinda

He’s the “Robert Chambers” of Aruba.


10 posted on 02/04/2008 11:35:57 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Slapshot68

She could have been slipped a date-rape drug.


11 posted on 02/04/2008 11:36:21 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I call BS. He murdered her.


12 posted on 02/04/2008 11:36:25 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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"Not sure what the lesson is there"

Oh, there's a lesson in there loud and clear.

13 posted on 02/04/2008 11:36:35 AM PST by Sam's Army
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To: Red in Blue PA
Another OPRAH thread for the leading Conservative Website.

Doesn't the National Enquirer have a message board?

14 posted on 02/04/2008 11:36:39 AM PST by Afronaut (RIght now Ron Paul has my vote. He has become the only choice.)
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To: Slapshot68
"Holloway had what he describes as a seizure during a sexual encounter "

Makes me wonder if she was drugged.

15 posted on 02/04/2008 11:36:45 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Red in Blue PA

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.


16 posted on 02/04/2008 11:37:02 AM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: Slapshot68

he drugged her in the bar...everybody knows it. and she got too much.


17 posted on 02/04/2008 11:37:14 AM PST by spacejunkie
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To: Red in Blue PA

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........


18 posted on 02/04/2008 11:37:31 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red in Blue PA

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.


19 posted on 02/04/2008 11:37:44 AM PST by Joiseydude
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To: Afronaut

Sorry, but a murder and a cover-up is NOT tantamount to an “Oprah” thread.


20 posted on 02/04/2008 11:37:47 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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