Very strange, cajungirl.
AvdS says that the Kalpoe brothers are not close friends, more like mates, of JvdS, he didn't know them that long.
Why would "just like mates" lie for JvdS, perhaps favors for PvdS?
JvdS didn't know the brothers that long yet he can call them in the middle of the night for a ride to CnC while he picks up Natalee, and then drive the two of them to another location. What's in it for the brothers?
I'm not buying the story that JvdS sneaked out. He appears to drink and gamble with dad. Dad seems to have a different set of rules than mom.
Additionally, if someone approached the house late at night wouldn't that alert the dogs?
When I used to sneak out, the car of a friend would be waiting a couple of blocks away. But that's just me.
I wonder what neighbors of the VDS's heard that night...barking dogs? Slamming car doors? About the Kalpoe brothers, and that interview of Greta's with Mrs. K. was very sad. She seems such a decent, hardworking, loving mother. Anyway, the Kalpoe bros. could have been manipulated by J that they had to help him dispose of the body, etc., because if he was caught, they'd be accessories. I think they'd believe anything he told them, after all, his father is a judge.
As for their picking him up that night and ferrying him and N from bar to beach to wherever, Joran is 6'4" at least. And for some reason, people tend to do favors for really tall, big men. (They even get promoted more than shorter men.) Maybe the Kalpoe bros. were flattered by Joran's casual attentions. If so, they sure got more than they bargained for.