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Hey Jan...

Why are people so caught up in this particular case, yet never give a thought to the hundreds of other girls (or boys) who go missing each year?

I think one of the reasons people are so caught up in this case is Aruba itself. It is very active center of organized crime (drug transit from S.America to Europe and the U.S. and the laundering of that cash through the casinos and other businesses that generate cash from tourists). It is said the LE, and indeed that island, is owned by organized crime. Most tourists to Aruba simply weren't aware of this fact until Nat went missing. Nor were many of us in the U.S. and on FR.

Thus, the Aruban authorities have a huge incentive to not seek the truth. Withing the last month, there has been one rumored case of a columbian necktie death on the island (which is a classic way of saying...anyone who talks dies). (BTW, this was mentioned by an Aruban poster on one of the active forums focusing on this case).

Long story, short...the fear that this island will not talk and LE can't pursue this crime for fear of retribution from the crime bosses (not to mention that they have absolute no forensic experience yet will not ask for help from the Dutch or anyone else), has created a vacuum of fear on the part of many following this case from afar.

If the Aruban LE truly had an incentive to solve this case, I think there wouldn't be nearly the anxiety that there is.

But, after studying the history, past and recent, of Aruba...we all know that the Aruban authorities have been warned, implicitly and even possibly explicitly, "don't trace this case to the underbelly of the island." And on Aruba, the underbelly has its tentacles everywhere.

Anyway, that's my take on why there is such anxiety and worry and sleuthing going on here at FR and elsewhere. Like Beth, we all feel helpless and, if we were on Aruba, we would be part of the search.

Has this been posted from SM,,seems they know us and it has to do with the search issue.

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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:15 am Post subject: A few comments

I'm still here from last night! Got sidetracked trying to find answers to some of the questions and couldn't!

However, I do want to note a couple of things about the search of the van der Sloot home:

1) This is for the Freepers who read here--they argued at length last night about Paul Reynolds' assertions that the vdSloot home had not been searched.

Evidently, everyone at FR who heard the FOX report from Uncle Paul missed the words "Texas EquuSearch" in there. It was TES who was not allowed into the home or onto the property with the cadaver dogs and search specialists to conduct the same searches they had been doing all over the Island.

2) And to our Monkey friend who asked if Joran's home had not been searched with dogs - not with scent-tracking dogs or with cadaver dogs. The Aruban LE dogs who were brought to the home for the search are drug-sniffing dogs, the only specialty dogs they have on the force. In my mind, that leaves a huge "?" question mark hanging over the whole investigation