Latest developments in The Netherlands (Tuesday)On Monday night the Dutch news program NOVA covered the latest developments in the Natalee Holloway case and also interviewed Beth Holloway who indicated that after the release of Paul van der Sloot on Sunday, she is now more frustrated then before. During the program the reporter, who was transmitting live from Aruba, was asked by the presenter why the American media is dedicating so much attention to this case. The presenter said that this case is naturally awful but he doesn’t understand why out of the whole United States one missing girl is getting so much media attention. The reporter said that stories of missing American girls come along from time to time and most times one of the stories in particular is picked up by the American media and is broadly broadcasted. The reported continued by saying that after the networks see that the story is popular and that a lot of people a tuning in to see it, they continue to cover it as long as the ratings are high. The reporter also said that the Holloway family is ‘well-to-do’ and has many (political) connections and that this has certainly played a role in getting more media coverage.
Beth Holloway confirmed in NOVA that the second hand information she got indicated that Joran van der Sloot was/is a ‘player’ who was good at seducing and went especially after American girls who visit Aruba. At the end of the interview Beth said that she knows that Natalee is in Aruba and that she will never leave without her daughter. You can view the report by NOVA here.
Hasibokos.com has also learned that the Aruban justice minister, Rudy Croes, requested the Dutch government to get involved and defend the Aruban authorities who are conducting the case. According to Croes since the disappearance of Natelee Holloway, Aruba is being portrayed as a criminal paradise with a useless judicial system by the media. As Croes sees it, the reputation of both Aruba and The Netherlands are at stake here and he fears that this would have a negative long term effect on the Aruban tourism development.
This coming from the man who said Natalee was dead.
Perhaps if they weren't so tight-liped w/no info on the investigation, they wouldn't be portrayed as "useless."
Maybe they might want to rethink their ivestigative non-information giving to the media.
This is the only thing I agree with Croes about.