In my opinion, all these searches are a waste of time (although I would be doing the searches if I were Natalee's parents). I stick with my original opinion that Juran had gambling debts and delivered Natalee (drugged) to the beach where she was whisked away to a brothel or someone's residence in Venezuela (or worse) in exchange for clearing his gambling debts.
Hopefully the police are checking the casinos more carefully, but I doubt it. Can you imagine the resulting negative publicity storm that would hit Las Vegas if that type of thing happened there and the media discovered that the casinos were involved (or that gamblers who would do something like this would hang at the casinos)?
Sadly, they will never solve this case and Juran, the Kalpoes and Juran's father will get away will a sickening and horrific crime.
As many people read these sites, wouldn't you think it would get back to the powers-that-be what is being postulated here? And that the cyberdiscourse has at least caused a beneficial effect in that regard?
They should realize that this will impact the entire Caribbean, as the journalist Thomas has said. The longer they wait to play their hand, the better the chance that they will be revealed and their cover blown.
I'm thinking more and more that American criminals are involved and that the ALE are actually protecting them as much as any of their Arubans.