Posted on 06/23/2005 10:44:51 AM PDT by stlnative
But OTOH, I think it's hard to say for those of us who have little knowledge of the seamier side of life in the Caribbean. Wasn't there another girl who disappeared from a cruise ship docking in Aruba a couple of years ago? Seems to me there were theories abounding that that was what had happened to her.
Anybody else see Greta van Susteren come on Shepard Smith's show at around 3:30pm today (Friday 6/25)?
Greta just voiced the theory that I've had for a couple of weeks now.
She proposed a scenario where Joran vdS and Natalee had been alone on the beach --not the remote one, but the one near the hotels-- and that Joran left her there to walk back to her hotel, which according to Greta is only 300-500 yards away.
She said that Natalee would have to have passed "hundreds of people" on that beach to get back to the hotel. (What time frame Greta was talking about, I don't know. But presumably she knows what she's talking about and knows there could be hundreds of people on that beach at whatever hour.)
Greta seems to think there's a good possibility someone else on the beach kidnapped Natalee after Joran left.
Greta continued to emphasize that "they should focus hard on Joran --BUT I wouldn't put all my eggs in that basket. It could have been someone else and they should follow ALL leads." [paraphrased]
(Greta also didn't seem very focused on whatever implications might be drawn from Mr. van der Sloot's arrest. I got the impression she thinks that may be just a pressure tactic.)
The inevitable question of course is "If Joran didn't kill her, why then did he lie about dropping her off at the hotel?"
I don't know, but I do know teenagers lie about relatively small things when they're scared (so do many adults). Maybe he knew he'd done a wrong thing in abandoning her in a drunk state and was afraid of being in trouble for that.
Supporting that theory would be the report that one Surinamese boys told the security guard (one of the two who'd also been arrested) that they lied because they thought Natalee would show up unharmed in a day or two.
Anyway, I don't claim any special insight into who dunnit (nor if anyone done anything for that matter); am just relaying what Greta van Susteren now seems to think is a plausible scenario. And still praying that the girl is found alive.
Thanks, I completely missed that it was old news. I can't keep up anymore!
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It's ok... Fox just confirmed it and received the correct wording for the charge. Most of us knew it late last night.
I never heard them say "premeditated" before. That part is the reason for the "Fox News Alert".
I am sort of surprised at how brutal the tactics are in Aruba,,
He could have slipped her the drug, delivered her to be raped by a group, and then left her after his turn. The mother is adamant there are others involved and he knows what happened to her. He doesn't want to tell the truth about what he did but it is possible he does not know her end.
Indicating they might of had their turns too and left her to the others
Let me preface this by saying that I think JVDS is guilty.
That said, I could see a father wishing for his son to be able to endure the rigors of repeated interrogations for false accusations ... and translating it badly.
(I don't, however, believe that that is the case here.)
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(Mumbles to self) I just CANNOT handle those theads "out there" today. The UnAppeasables and The Malcontents are out in full force.
I'm sticking with you guys.
Hiya, Jim.
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This is a topic that brings all people of good will together, praying and hoping for Natalee to be delivered safely.
Yes, I think that's a plausible reason they're not getting any leads out of these boys -- because the boys just might not know what happened to her after they left.
An investigator who came on right after Greta seemed to be thinking in that direction too. He said the fact that investigators apparently weren't getting any helpful info out of any of the five boys arrested, after all this time, might be that there was little to get out of them [paraphrased].
Don't I know it; I'm even agreeing with you. :-)
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