Detailed Timeline.... June 27 - 28, 2005.... the start of the long road of the assassination of Aruba - Dutch "justice"

The Natalee Holloway Timeline

of her vanishment while in Aruba

detailing persons, places, organizations,
deliberate & accidental actions & in-actions,
events & supposed events, witnesses,
known suspects, outright lies,
corruptions, and crimes

6-27-05

On 6-27 CNN wrote of Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT , “He was questioned twice by Police before his arrest and underwent interrogation afterward as well, authorities have said. Van der Straten refused to say if Paul van der Sloot was cooperative. His wife, Anita van der Sloot, dropped some towels and other items off at the jail Saturday, but was not allowed to see her husband.”
((yet, after being released, Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT claimed he was NOT interrogated, at all, and only provided a VOLUNTARY statement to ARUBAN Police…so, SLOOT and/or ARUBAN Police commissioner VAN DER STRATEN lied (again)))
On 6-27 CNN reported:

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We are expecting some new developments in the case of an Alabama teenager who went missing in Aruba. Let's check in with CNN's Soledad O'Brien for a look at what's coming up on "AMERICAN MORNING."Good morning.SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, Carol, good morning to you.Yes, we're going to be live from Aruba this morning with the very latest in that case, the Natalee Holloway case. The Texas team that's helping with the search there says they might have found some items of interest during a sonar scan. We're going to find out whether those leads -- those could be promising leads or not.



On 6-27 CNN reported:

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: In Aruba, expanding the search for Natalee Holloway, missing now for a week. Ahead, a live report on the investigation and the two men who are now being held in the case.
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ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Authorities in Aruba have charged two men in the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway. Meanwhile, investigators are expanding the search for the Alabama student. Karl Penhaul is in Palm Beach, Aruba for us. He joins us now with the latest -- Karl. KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Ali, as you say, there has been a breakthrough in this case with those two arrests. But as far as the family is concerned, it's still a huge emotional drain for them. It's frustration. It's a waiting game as this goes on. But this morning I was talking to a very close family friend and she says the family is doing its best to stay strong, to stay focused. And Natalee's mom, Beth, has said that she's not going home without her daughter. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We pray, Heavenly Father, that she will be able to be reunited with her family very, very soon.PENHAUL (voice-over): More than a lighthouse, it's their beacon of hope.(CONGREGATION SINGING)PENHAUL: More than a hymn, it's their song of faith, faith through the agony that Natalee Holloway will return. It's been a week now since the 18-year old went missing. Just like the well wishers at this vigil, the authorities are holding out hope.KARIN JANSSEN, ARUBA ATTORNEY GENERAL: An investigation has two girls. First, to get her alive and bring her back to her mother and family. And the second is to do an investigation in the case that something terrible happens.PENHAUL: The day began with raids on two homes on the eastern side of the island. Aruban journalist Dilma Arends was there. DILMA ARENDS, JOURNALIST: We didn't hear any screaming, any shouting. It was very, very calm. Again, the police surrounded the house. After a while, we saw some agents come in with gloves. They started searching around the house.PENHAUL: Three cars and bags of items were confiscated, but no sign of the young American.JANSSEN: They didn't find clothing or belongings of her.PENHAUL: The prosecutor said the men have been charged with crimes related to Natalee's disappearance, but gave no more specifics. They're being interrogated.After the arrests, Dutch Marines began combing Black Mangrove Beach on Aruba's wind swept eastern tip. Police say a blood-stained mattress was discovered. But FBI tests ruled out any link to Natalee. It was not human blood.On another day with no fresh news of Natalee, yet old and young still cling tight to their flowers and their faith that the missing will be found. (END VIDEO TAPE) PENHAUL: These arrests, Ali, have certainly not signaled any letup in the search operation. In the next couple of hours, we expect here at the Holiday Inn, the hotel where Natalee had been staying, for a group of volunteers and possibly some of the family, friends and relatives to meet. They're organizing volunteer searches. They'll head out for another day combing the beaches and some of the scrubland here. VELSHI: All right, and you showed those Dutch Marines coming in there. We also hear about specialized diving teams from the FBI having been called in to help the search. Where is this search going? Are they looking for a Natalee who might be alive or is there some indication that they needed to bring in diving teams? PENHAUL: It was certainly the hope of the chief prosecutor, as we've heard, that her hope, and, she says, her most important mission is to find Natalee and to find her alive and send her home with her mother. But as a precaution, obviously, and as part of this search as it goes on, they're calling in these FBI diving experts because although, yes, Aruba, a lot of white, sandy beaches, but on other parts of the island, a craggy coastline. And there are some very strong currents that sweep past especially the southern end of the island. That's where the FBI diving experts will be working -- Ali. VELSHI: All right, Karl, we'll be tracking this. Thank you very much.



On 6-27 the “AP” quoted ARUBA Prosecutor KARIN JANSSEN as saying “We are still hoping to find the truth”
On 6-27 ARUBA prosecutors office spokes person MARIAINE CROES said, "The more days pass by, you do have to start thinking in more serious terms, and that is that she may not be alive." "Every day that we investigate, we do get a little closer to the truth." She said Police were holding “spot searches in response to the investigation.”
On 6-27 AL.com” reported:

Boat DJ held in disappearance case released
An Aruban party boat disc jockey who had been detained in the case of a missing Mountain Brook teen was released this afternoon. Steve Gregory Croes, 26, spent 10 days in jail on the Caribbean island before he was freed, said his attorney, Eline Lotter-Homan. She said Croes is considering his legal options for compensation for that time. “There is no evidence that can confirm that he was involved in any kind of way in this case so that’s why they let him go,” Lotter-Homan said. On Sunday a judge determined that prosecutors didn’t have enough evidence to justify detaining Croes or Paulus van der Sloot, a justice official whose 17-year-old son, Joran, is a suspect. Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, are still being held in connection with Natalee Holloway’s May 30 disappearance. No one has been charged.Hannah Wolfson

**NOTE** WOLFSON is a reporter in BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA for the “Birmingham News”


On 6-27 “People Magazine” via Internet service provider "America Online" reported:

Police Release Judge in Aruba Teen Case
MONDAY JUNE 27, 2005 08:00AM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Police in Aruba investigating the mysterious disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway on Sunday released the father of a Dutch suspect arrested in the case, as well as a party-boat disc jockey who was also being held for questioning. In the case of Paul van der Sloot, 53, a high-ranking justice official on the Dutch Caribbean island, an examining magistrate cited a lack of evidence to justify holding him any longer, his lawyer told reporters. van der Sloot, 53, had been arrested on Thursday as a suspect. His 17-year-old son, Joran van der Sloot, is still being held in the case. "A little bit of the nightmare clouds are now disappearing," said van der Sloot's wife, Anita, the Associated Press reports. DJ Steven Gregory Croes also did not have sufficient evidence against him, authorities said. Croes, 26, was one of five people held in the case of the 18-year-old honors student, who was last seen in the early hours of May 30. No one has been charged, including the last person reportedly seen with her, Joran van der Sloot. A specialist company from Texas hired by Holloway's family has joined local officers and experts from the Netherlands in the search, which, so far, has been fruitless.



On 6-27 “About Crime.com” reported:

Only Three Murder Suspects Held in Aruba Investigation
Only three suspects remain in custody in Aruba in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway -- the three young friends to made up a story to convince authorities that the Alabama teen was still alive the last time they saw her.As a result of court hearings held Sunday in Aruba, two others being detained in the case have been ordered released. Paulus van der Sloot, the father of 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot who is still being detained, was released after a judge ruled the prosecution did not show it had a reasonable suspicion to continue to hold him.Earlier in the day, the same judge ordered the release of party boat DJ Steven Gregory Croes, who was detained last week. He is scheduled to be released at 1 p.m. today.Speculation was that Croes may have been questioned in the case because he had access to boats in the area and was a friend of Statish and Deepak Kalpoe, who are also being detained. But recent press reports revealed that Croes was detained because early in the investigation, he went to police and told them that he was at the Holiday Inn May 30 and saw his friends drop Natalee off at the hotel.When the three still in custody changed their story about dropping Natalee at the hotel, Croes was exposed as lying to police to cover for his friends.Why the Need for a Cover Story?The Kalpoe brothers changed their story to say they left Joran and Natalee at a beach north of the Holiday Inn. Reportedly, Joran now admits that he was alone with Natalee on the beach, but left her there at her request.The question remains, if Joran van der Sloot did in fact leave Natalee alive and well on the beach, why did he find it necessary to ask his friends to make up a story about her being alive the last time they saw her?Meanwhile, EquuSearch volunteers from Texas completed their second day of searching Aruba for the missing honors student, using search dogs and high-tech equipment on land and in the waters around the island.



On 6-27 “Court TV” reported:

Aruba police release party boat DJ, judge in disappearance of Alabama teenUpdated June 27, 2005, 2:51 p.m. ET ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — Aruban police Monday released a party boat disc jockey held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, a day after a judge said authorities did not have enough evidence against him. Steven Gregory Croes, 26, did not speak with reporters as he left the courthouse in the capital, Oranjestad, through a back exit. Authorities would not discuss the judge's rulings."Prosecutors tell us that progress is being made in the case," government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said. "We just hope they are on track to solving this mystery."He was one of five people held in the disappearance of Holloway, an 18-year-old Alabama honors student last seen in the early hours of May 30. On Sunday, police released island judicial official Paul van der Sloot, 52, after a judge said there also was not enough evidence to continue detaining him. His 17-year-old son, Joran, is one of three young men still in custody.No one has been charged in Holloway's disappearance.Croes is a disc jockey on the party boat Tattoo, which offers nightly dining, dancing and swimming and docks near the Holiday Inn hotel where Holloway had been staying on Aruba, a Dutch protectorate. He had been detained June 17.Paul van der Sloot was detained June 23 for allegedly collaborating in a crime with his son, according to his lawyer, A.J. Swan.Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. Under Dutch law, a suspect can be held for up to 116 days without charge if a judge decides police have good reason.The three young men initially told police that after a night of eating, drinking and dancing, they took Holloway to a northern beach before dropping her off at her hotel around 2 a.m.On Saturday, Satish Kalpoe's lawyer said his client admitted that his story was a lie.Satish Kalpoe now claims that he and his brother dropped Holloway and Joran van der Sloot off together at a beach near the Marriott hotel, then went home, said the lawyer, David Kock.On Sunday, Kock said the brothers were becoming increasingly angry with Joran van der Sloot and accusing him of changing his story to put the blame for Holloway's disappearance on them. Kock would not elaborate.Anita van der Sloot said her son told her he was alone on a beach with Holloway and left her there unharmed in the early hours of the day she vanished.Joran van der Sloot's lawyer, Antonio Carlo, said Sunday, "My client maintains his innocence."



On 6-27 CBS News reported:

DJ Free In Aruba Missing Girl Case
Justice Official's Son Remains Focus Of Investigation
(CBS/AP) A party boat disc jockey who had been held in the disappearance of a young Alabama woman was released Monday, leaving three others behind bars in the high-profile case, government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said. The release of disc jockey Steve Gregory Croes came a day after a judge freed the father of a 17-year-old suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. A judge ruled over the weekend that there was not enough evidence to hold Croes, 26, and Paul van der Sloot, 52, a high-ranking judicial official on the island whose son, Joran, was among the last people seen with 18-year-old Natalee the night before she was to return home to Alabama from a school trip. Croes is a disc jockey on the party boat Tattoo, which offers nightly dining, dancing and swimming and docks near the Holiday Inn hotel where Holloway had been staying on Aruba, a Dutch protectorate. Croes did not speak with reporters as he left the courthouse in the capital, Oranjestad, through a back exit. Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. No one has been charged. CBS News Correspondent Steve Futterman reports that after the three suspects are held for another eight days, authorities can make a request to the judge to hold them for an additional 60 days. Under Dutch law, a suspect can be held for up to 116 days without charge if a judge decides police have good reason. Searches for Holloway have been fruitless. Joran van der Sloot appears to be the focus of the investigation, reports Futterman. He reportedly was alone with Holloway just before she vanished. The three young men who remain jailed initially told police that after a night of eating, drinking and dancing, they took Holloway to a northern beach before dropping her off at her hotel around 2 a.m. On Saturday, Satish Kalpoe's lawyer said his client admitted that his story was a lie.
Satish now claims that he and brother dropped Holloway and Joran van der Sloot off together at a beach near the Marriott hotel, then went home, said the lawyer, David Kock. On Sunday, Kock said the brothers were becoming increasingly angry with Joran van der Sloot and accusing him of changing his story to put the blame for Holloway's disappearance on them. Kock would not elaborate. Anita van der Sloot said her son told her that he was alone on a beach with Holloway and left her there unharmed in the early hours of the day she vanished. Joran van der Sloot's lawyer, Antonio Carlo, said Sunday, "My client maintains his innocence." Meanwhile, numerous rescue crews continue to search for Holloway on land and in the ocean, with most acknowledging it would be a miracle if she were still alive, Futterman reports. "It's sad, but we know we are not going out there to find someone alive," said Ralph Baird, a petroleum engineer from Houston helping in the new search started Saturday by Dickinson-based Texas EquuSearch. The volunteer rescuers led a sniffer dog over land and combed the ocean bottom with sonar in a renewed search for Holloway, who went missing nearly a month ago. Texas EquuSearch's 24 volunteers, including eight rescue divers, arrived late Friday at the request of Natalee's uncle, Paul Reynolds, who lives in Houston. They brought four specialized dogs as well as the sonar equipment, which technicians could be observed testing on a dock near the Holiday Inn, the same hotel Natalee had stayed in. EquuSearch director Tim Miller said their search could cost up to $100,000 and that his group has already raised about $25,000. "No matter what happens, we can't leave without Natalee," he said.



On 6-27 FOX News reported:

DJ, Teen's Father Freed in Aruba
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — A party boat disc jockey was freed from police custody Monday, one day after an Aruban judge ordered the release of him and the father of a Dutch teen arrested in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway (search).
Steven Gregory Croes (search) was released from custody Monday, according to police in Aruba. A judge Sunday ruled authorities did not have enough evidence against him in the Holloway case.
Croes' mother spoke to FOX News' Geraldo Rivera Sunday evening after it was announced her son would be released.
"I am asking God to please let us know what's the problem in this case ... and where [Natalee Holloway] is and that we can find her alive and I will tell [Holloway's family] to please hold onto God right now, because now he is surrounding them with his love," Imelda Stacia-Soliana said.
Croes, 26, was one of five people held in the case of the 18-year-old young woman last seen in the early hours of May 30. No one has been charged in the case, including the last person reportedly seen with her, 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot (search).
Paul van der Sloot (search), was released Sunday. The high-ranking justice official studying to be a judge on the Dutch Caribbean island had been arrested Thursday as a suspect for collaborating in a crime with his 17-year-old son, according to his lawyer.
Anita van der Sloot (search) said the most important thing for her now "is that my son comes [out] free."
"A little bit of the nightmare clouds are now disappearing," Anita van der Sloot told The Associated Press. "The truth will always come forward. From the beginning, I trusted everything would be fine."
However, Natalee Holloway's aunt, Linda Allison, told FOX she was not pleased with the development, which she characterized as another down in the "emotional roller-coaster ride ... just take a deep breath, this is a setback."
The lawyer representing Paul van der Sloot said Sunday that his client has waived his right not to testify against his son. Under Aruban law, parents have the option to refuse to testify against their children. In waiving that right, Paul van der Sloot is essentially agreeing to take the stand.
Searches for Holloway have been fruitless.
Croes, who was detained June 17 and released Monday afternoon, is a disc jockey on the party boat Tattoo, which offers nightly dining, dancing and swimming and docks near the Holiday Inn hotel where Holloway had been staying on Aruba, a Dutch protectorate.
Paul van der Sloot was taken into custody in order to make his son talk, Aruba's justice minister said Saturday.
"I think they're trying to put some acts of pressure on the son," Justice Minister Rudy Croes, who is unrelated to the detained boat worker, told Geraldo Rivera in an exclusive interview.
Croes had said the detention of Paul van der Sloot — whose son Joran changed the story he told police about the night of Holloway's disappearance — could be key to solving the case.
"Any moment, we can have the solution," Croes said. "I don't think [Joran], if he really participated in the disappearance of this lady, I don't think he can hold out for so long knowing his father is detained."
Croes said Joran and the two other jailed suspects were surveilled electronically after being released following an initial round of questioning. He implied that information picked up by such surveillance led to their second detention.
"That's why, after a certain moment, they were seized," said Croes.
Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. Van der Straaten said the judge on Sunday ordered their detention extended another week.
Under Dutch law, a suspect can be held for up to 116 days without charge if a judge decides police have good reason.
The three young men initially told police that after a night of eating, drinking and dancing, they took Holloway to a northern beach before dropping her off at her hotel around 2 a.m.
On Saturday, Satish Kalpoe's lawyer said his client admitted that his story was a lie.
Satish now claims that he and brother dropped Holloway and Joran van der Sloot off together at a beach near the Marriott hotel, then went home, said the lawyer, David Kock.
On Sunday, Kock said the brothers were becoming increasingly angry with Joran van der Sloot and accusing him of changing his story to put the blame for Holloway's disappearance on them. Kock would not elaborate.
Anita van der Sloot said her son told her that he was alone on a beach with Holloway and left her there unharmed in the early hours of the day she vanished.
Joran van der Sloot's lawyer, Antonio Carlo, said Sunday, "My client maintains his innocence."
FOX News' Geraldo Rivera and The Associated Press contributed to this report.



On 6-27 ARUBA government spokesman TRAPENBERG claimed, “Prosecutors tell us that progress is being made in the case. We just hope they are on track to solving this mystery.”
On 6-27 it was reported that search dogs have gotten a "hit" near the old stone quarry, now filled in with water, and it is very close to the Murder Suspects VAN DER SLOOT house. It was reported that the quarry close to the Murder Suspects VAN DER SLOOT’s was a “regular dumping ground” for cars, appliances, etc. This stone quarry had been searched (for lack of a better word) by the ARUBAN Police, but, the ARUBAN Police force does not have the equipment needed to examine this quarry efficiently, so the head of Police specifically asked the Texas team to make this one of the target areas. The last thing the chief of Police said to him was "Be successful, Please!" Several years ago the quarry dried up and the body of someone long-missing was found. So far, the searching of this quarry has not yielded NATALEE.
STEVE CROES released from custody 6-27. Eleni Lotter-HOMEN, the ARUBAN court-appointed attorney for STEVE CROES, said, “The judge agreed there is not enough proof he was involved to keep holding him.”
On 6-27 a local BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA NBC TV channel 13 reported about comments from one of NATALEE‘s friends, JAMIE JUSTICE, on the ARUBA trip,

The Natalee Holloway case's main suspect, Joran van der Sloot, was no stranger to the Mountain Brook group. He'd been hanging out with them all week, according to one of Holloway's friends, NBC 13 reported. Jamie Justice said she got to know van der Sloot at the Black Jack table. “The way he came off wasn't at all in a threatening way,“ Justice said. “He was really naive to everybody.” Justice and many of Holloway's friends thought van der Sloot was a fellow tourist. “He didn't look like one of the locals and he didn't act like one of the locals,” Justice said. “He acted more like he was just down there vacationing.” On May [29], Holloway and her friends headed to the beach and pool around 10:00 a.m. for a full day of sun. At 8:30 p.m., they had dinner in the hotel restaurant and then went to the hotel casino where Holloway met van der Sloot. At about 11 p.m., Holloway and her friends went to Carlos and Charlie's bar where they once again ran into van der Sloot. Justice said Holloway spent most the night with her friends, not van der Sloot. However, at about 1:30 a.m. Holloway and van der Sloot left the bar together. Justice says although Holloway is a sweet person she isn't overly trusting.


On 6-27 ARUBAN Police claim they have interviewed 50-70 of Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT ’s and the KALPOE brothers school classmates.
On 6-27 DUTCH news-sourced “Expatica” reported:

Father of Dutch teen freed in ArubaAMSTERDAM — Police investigating the mysterious disappearance of US schoolgirl Natalee Holloway on Aruba have released a Dutch judge.Paul van der S, 53, who is a magistrate on the island, was taken into custody on 24 June on suspicion of being an accessory in the suspected murder, manslaughter or kidnapping leading to death of 18-year-old Holloway.An examining magistrate in the capital Oranjestad ordered the release of Van der S. from custody on Sunday evening, citing a lack of evidence to justify holding him any longer. DJ Steve C., 26, was also freed by the court.Van der S.'s son, Joran, 17, and two Surinamese brothers, Deepak and Satish K.,aged 21 and 17 respectively, were remanded in custody for another eight days.The three young men remain prime suspects in the case that has gripped Aruba and the US in recent weeks. They were seen with Holloway as she left a nightclub on the island on 30 May.What happened after that remains shrouded in mystery but no trace of Holloway has been found since then. The public prosecutor suspects she is dead, possibly murdered.Local officers and experts from the Netherlands have been joined in the search by a specialist company from Texas hired by the girl's family.Holloway was due to fly home on 31 May with about 100 classmates who had celebrated their graduation by holidaying on Aruba, a small Caribbean island of 71,500 people which is an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.



On 6-27 DUTCH news-sourced “Brabants Dagblad” reported:

Van der Sloot , persistent lawyer with principles
The lawyer Paul van der Sloot, that is detained in Aruba in the Natalee Holloway affair, is here mostly known for his 20-year-long fight against the building of a motorway around Boxtel.BoxtelPaul van der Sloot is indeed member of a brass band and he goes all out during the carnival, but in Aruba, he is mostly known as the serious lawyer for whom the principles of justice always and everywhere comes in first place. There was a huge disbelief in Aruba when he was arrested for his alleged involvement in disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Boxtel had experienced him as someone who would always persevere and had a thorough manner of working. Paul van der Sloot fought twenty years long (from 1973 until 1993) with local residents against the construction of a southern motorway, that had to go partly over the estate of the van der Sloot family. Paul van der Sloot stood his ground and fought civil servants and politicians that had proposed and produced the faulty plans for the new motorway in the Counsil of State. The motorway came eventually but it was not laid through the scenic valuable territory anymore but further away. In his birthplace Boxtel, van der Sloot was criticized a lot because while he was fighting the developments of the new motorway, the dangerous traffic was still led trough Boxtel and this was causing accidents and consequently was costing the lives of many people. van der Sloot was seen as a fault-finder that to prevent the motorway to be build on part of his land , was willing to sacrifice the lives of the youth who attended the schools in the vicinity of the local dangerous streets. van der Sloot said later on that the criticism hurt him deeply.TilburgVan der Sloot (53) got his legal education at the University of Tilburg in the seventies. He co-founded the Legal Faculty Association Tilburg and also the faculty newspaper “Nondejure.“ After he finished his studies he did not went to work for the government, but assisted citizens that had conflicts with the government. It was in that period in Arnhem, where he met a woman Anita (teacher of Artistic Formation) and it was also there were Joran and Valentijn, two of his three suns, were born.New jobIn 1991 Paul van der Sloot thought it was the time for a new job and he found one in Aruba where he was appointed for five year as lawyer for the Aruban government. The ministers were not impressed with his stance “I always first try to find a compromise. By simply prosecuting nobody gets wiser. If the authorities do something wrong I will always admit that. You must never interpret the facts differently then what they are. I am convinced that on the long run this will give better results,“ according to van der Sloot in an interview ten years ago in the Brabants Nieuwsblad. After a while van der Sloot got a different assignment: the government wanted him to only set up contracts. van der Sloot considered going back to The Netherlands, but he liked the small scale of Aruba and as it appeared he had enough possibilities to continue with his career. He became cabinets leader for the public ministry and gave classes of Administrative Law at the local university. JudgeTwo years ago van der Sloot got the opportunity to become a judge. With his background that meant that he had follow a training course of three years. During that training period, he was appointed as a substitute judge in the Antillean court. van der Sloot completed the training period of a year in the Netherlands recently but he has not conducted a court (hearing) yet.



On 6-27 it was reported that "Several years ago the [rock] quarry dried up and the body of someone long-missing was found." (Aruba did not make this known in reporting its crime statistics - it has only ever reported "petty street theft" crimes)
On 6-27 CNNHN reported:

NANCY GRACE, HOST: … Breaking legal news across the country. We go live to Aruba and the search for 18-year-old Natalee Holloway. That search rages on. A local deejay and an Aruban judge get out of jail, originally held in connection with Natalee's disappearance. Now, the judge’s son and two other suspects still behind bars.
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(COMMERCIAL BREAK)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) LINDA ALLISON, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S AUNT: With the release of Paul van der Sloot yesterday, hearing that news was very upsetting to the family, just a big disappointment. And we consider this a major setback. And we're hoping that, still with the detaining of the three original boys that were with Natalee the night of her disappearance, that hopefully they'll continue to have the interrogation and that, eventually, one of these boys is going to tell the truth. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: That's right. It was a kick in the pants to Natalee's family, both the judge wannabe Paul van der Sloot, and the deejay, held in connection with Natalee's disappearance, have been released. That's right. Get out of jail free. Tonight, let's go to Aruba. Standing by, Natalee's mother and stepfather, Beth and George Twitty. Also with us, the director of EquuSearch, Tim Miller, who has volunteered to fly to Aruba and help bring Natalee home. But first to CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul. Karl, if they saw fit to arrest Paul van der Sloot, called a judge by many, a judge wannabe by others, and this deejay, why did they -- if they arrested him, why did they let him go? KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what the judge decided when he heard these cases yesterday was there wasn't sufficient evidence to continue holding them. Under Dutch law, they have to have reasonable suspicion to arrest them in the first place. Obviously, the prosecutors thought they had that. But this judge was brought in from neighboring Curacao to ensure impartiality in the case. He looked at the evidence against Steve Croes, who had been arrested ten days previously. He looked at the evidence against Paul van der Sloot, who had been arrested three days previously. And he said there is not enough evidence to continue to hold them, so he had no alternative but to release them, Nancy. GRACE: George Twitty what you to say to the release of Paul van der Sloot? GEORGE "JUG" TWITTY, STEPFATHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: I'm very disappointed. Evidently they took him in and charged him with a huge array of charges. And I guess the judge came in -- the judge that missed the flight from Curacao -- came in the next day and obviously said, "Well, you know, we don't have enough to hold him here on attempted murder," or whatever all the charges were, premeditated. I'm not exactly sure what all the charges were. GRACE: Miss Twitty, what do you think about the judge's release? BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, MOTHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: Oh, Nancy, I was devastated. You know, I think everyone knows how hard that Jug and I have worked since May 30th at 11:00 p.m. And as I'm standing here, there is an individual in the room that was with us on that night in the early morning hours of May 31st. And he's come now for the fourth time. And I almost feel like we're back at the beginning. You know, I felt like we were really making progress and moving in the right direction. And now, Nancy, I can't tell you where we are. GRACE: With me in Aruba, Natalee's mother Beth Holloway Twitty, along with her husband, George Twitty. The search for Natalee Holloway rages on. We'll be right back. Please stay with us. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ALLISON: After hearing what was said the evening that Beth and Jug had come in on a Monday evening or early Tuesday morning hours where he was telling his son not to talk. And we keep going back to that again, that if you're telling the truth, that's the only way that any story is, is that there is only one way to tell it. And so these stories continue to change, and we really feel that the father knows something and he's withholding that information. (END VIDEO CLIP)(COMMERCIAL BREAK) SAN MIGUEL: Hi, everybody. I'm Renay San Miguel. Here's your HEADLINE PRIME Newsbreak.A teenage boy is recovering after a shark attack in Florida forced him to have is leg amputated. It's the second shark attack in the Panhandle area in 48 hours. The boy was fishing in just 80 miles from where a girl was killed by a shark on Saturday. Authorities are stepping up their patrols in the area. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down some weighty rulings today, approving the use of the Ten Commandment as a display as long as it does not promote religion, and ruling against Internet file-sharing services which allow the illegal swapping of movies and music. But despite wide speculation, no justices announced their retirement today. And this just in to CNN. The heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, John Walton, has been killed in a plane crash in Wyoming. He was 58 years old. We'll bring you more information as soon as it comes into us. That's the news for now. I'm Renay San Miguel. Now back to Nancy Grace. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)MARCIA TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S AUNT: You know, you see a lot out there. You know, your head might travel there for a second, but your heart won't let you. So you just bring it back to what the focus is, what we so desperately want, and that's for Beth and Natalee and the whole family, everybody, all the Holloways, everybody, to get home safe. You know, we're not losing hope. (END VIDEO CLIP)GRACE: Welcome back, everybody. I'm Nancy Grace. Thank you for being with us. We are live in Aruba. Let's go to Natalee's mother. Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old American beauty from Alabama, had a full scholarship waiting for her when she got back home, disappeared on her high school senior trip. To Beth Holloway Twitty.Beth, when did you find out that van der Sloot, this judge, or as you guys are telling me, a judge wannabe, just got released out of the blue? When did you find out? BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: Yesterday afternoon, probably between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. And Nancy, it was the most...GRACE: And how did you feel? B. TWITTY: Oh, Nancy, I was devastated. I was devastated. As I said earlier, I felt like we were thrown back to May 31 and those early morning hours. It was just unbelievable. GRACE: And to Mr. Twitty, Mr. Twitty, you are convinced this man knows something about where your girl is? GEORGE TWITTY, NANCY HOLLOWAY'S STEPFATHER: I'm convinced, Nancy, that he has more answers than he's saying since I confronted him that night. I went on -- I went on Dutch TV today, all the Dutch television stations came in here yesterday, and I pleaded to them to please, you know, look into the investigation, maybe send some more people down here. The answers are here. We know in our hearts that the three men in custody have the answers. And it is a matter of getting the answers out. I had a gentleman call me tonight from Atlanta that is -- his name is T.J. Ward (ph) from Atlanta, and he has a voice analysis machine and offered to come down here free. It's a new machine. It's just put out by the Israelis (ph). It's the best in the world. And all he needs to do is put the machine on the -- on one of the tapes that they have of the boys in the questioning. And, you know, I would hope that they would welcome something like that. But whether they will or not, I don't know. GRACE: Hey, Mr. Twitty, would you recount for us again that initial meeting that you had with the so-called judge and the boy, his son, and the other two, what happened that night? TWITTY: OK. We arrived here, and then within three hours we found out where the car was that Natalee was last seen in. We went to the judge's house with -- the failed judge. Went to his house, and he came with the two uniformed officers, he came to the gate -- I'm just giving you a quick synopsis.He called his son to see where he was at 3:30 or so in the morning. This son is supposed to be such an angel -- 3:30 in the morning he supposedly was at one of the casinos gambling. And so we all got in the car, including his father, went to the casino. He wasn't there. He called from there, and he said, "Where are you? I thought you said you were here." "Oh, I'm back home now." And so that's kind of the -- and there is more to it, but... GRACE: But when you got there, you told me the judge -- this judge, this so-called judge, was saying, "Don't say anything. Don't say anything."TWITTY: That's after we got back from the casino and he and Deepak were standing there. And we tried to question him and ask him about Natalee and what had happened. And when the questioning got a little bit heated as to what happened, his dad stepped in and Deepak and said, "This is not America. This is not America. You have no ruling here. You have no manners. Joran, say nothing." You know. You know, you could tell right off...GRACE: So, you know, Lisa Wayne, you're a defense lawyer. If this guy doesn't have anything to hide, why not tell Police what happened? LISA WAYNE, DEFENSE LAWYER: Well, you know, I think at this point obviously the delay in time hurts their cooperation. But, you know, you have to be careful here, because you have a judge, another judge flying in looking over evidence. GRACE: Well, that's his back side right there, Lisa, running away from questions. WAYNE: No, but you don't want -- you know, what the family doesn't want, Nancy, and either do you, is the wrong guy. They want the right guy. So if you're letting people go, and you're grabbing at straws, you've got to be very careful, because as a defense lawyer, I'm saying, if you got a case, charge somebody. If you don't have a case, let these people go. And get the right guy. GRACE: You know what, Lisa? Lisa, that was beautiful the way you totally sidestepped the question. I'm going to throw a hardball at Debra Opri. What about it, Debra Opri? Lisa Wayne wouldn't answer it, and I don't blame her as a defense lawyer. If this guy doesn't have anything to hide, why doesn't he tell Police what happened and why is he having his daddy cover up for him? DEBRA OPRI, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: You know, he answered your question for you. This is not America. He knows the Dutch law, and he will hide behind it. And unfortunately, Nancy, unless they find a body, unless one of those kids crack, with that father dictating to them to keep their mouth shut, they have no evidence. And unfortunately, because I believe she's an American and she is deserving of the American rights as well, I think at some point in time the American government should just jump in and start pushing things a little bit closer to reality. GRACE: I want to go back to Natalee's mom, Beth Holloway Twitty. They obviously have not cracked yet, these three.We know their stories have changed, Beth. We know their pointing the fingers at each other. We know they're hiding something, because the father said, "Don't talk anymore. Don't talk anymore."What makes you think, Beth that ultimately one of them will tell the truth? B. TWITTY: You know, Nancy, Jug and I were talking about that this afternoon. We were thinking of how -- how supported we are and how we have this net of friends and this support group carrying us through this. And I think of Joran, and I think of this one 17-year-old boy sitting there during these interrogations, and it kind of -- this question just came to my mind today. You know, how supported and well connected is he to endure this and to keep this powerful attitude and toying with the interrogators as he is doing? It just raised a question in my mind as to what he -- where he is. And how is he able to continue to do this? GRACE: Jug, what do you think? G. TWITTY: I'm very, very frustrated. I mean, how can a -- you've got three guys in custody that I actually talked to, that know they were with Natalee that night. And they hold the keys. You've got a 17-year-old, a 21-year-old, and maybe an 18 or 19-year-old. And if Joran can't be broken, the 17-year-old, he may be a psychopath -- I don't know what he is, he may be -- but you've got two other guys in there. You tell me interrogators can't break one of the three, it is hard for me to believe. GRACE: I agree. I want to go to the director of EquuSearch, Tim Miller, who has gone down on his own dime to try to help find Natalee. Mr. Miller, thank you for being with us, sir. Where were you searching today? TIM MILLER, DIRECTOR, EQUUSEARCH: We had a lot of areas that we searched today, Nancy. And we took a helicopter up, Natalee's father went up with me. And, you know, we've got a lot of things to do. We did a lot of diving. And the dogs got somewhat of an indication there may be possibly be something there. And we're just checking out...GRACE: Where? Where? Where? MILLER: Well, it was a lake that, you know, we was interested in, and it was fairly close to the family's house. And it's not cleared yet. But, you know, in lieu of all of that, hopefully the judge will be judge some day. But I just want everybody to know that I spent a lot of time with Beth last night. And when the judge was released, and Croes was released, I seen a woman that just almost hit her knees. And we hugged each other and she said, "Tim, please bring my daughter home." And my god, we cannot quit this search. My heart goes out to this family. And, you know, the frustrations are -- we're getting real emotional about it. And Beth asked me, "When should I leave this island?" I said, "Beth, you need to go ahead and go to a real estate company and let them know you're not leaving."So she kind of chuckled at that. And I don't know, I think we're here for a long haul, until every inch of this island is covered and we bring this girl home. You know, I don't even want to get into the investigation. It sidetracks me from the search. And it's hard not to get emotional what's going on, because it kind of sidetracks me too. But I'm sorry, I get emotional over it. And I see this family, I spend a lot of time with them. And my god, we can't forget them. We've got to bring their daughter home.GRACE: Hey, Tim -- Tim, you said that one of the dogs indicated somewhat that he picked up Natalee's scent at this lake, kind of a pond. MILLER: No, I don't want to say Natalee's scent. So I don't want to mislead anybody.GRACE: A scent. MILLER: A scent. And... GRACE: Wait a minute. Let me ask you my question. MILLER: Go ahead.GRACE: My question is, what had you given the dog -- what smell, what scent had you given the dog to I.D. on? MILLER: Nancy, they're cadaver dogs that just are trained for human remains. GRACE: Got you.MILLER: And so, anyhow, we're -- you know, we're eliminating things. And trust me, Nancy, they're not always right, believe me. I mean, there are some factors in there...GRACE: Oh, I know.MILLER: ... that could be wrong. So, you know, it's -- you know, we're doing everything that we can. But my god, this family needs some help. And they need some closure, or they need Natalee home. And we can't let them stay on this island alone. Beth asked me, she said yesterday, "How long are you staying?" And I said, "Beth I'm not leaving this island until you do." So, you know, we're here until whenever. And we'll bring in every resource we have to bring in. We'll bring in more resources. I think in ways we`re getting more motivated. I mean, you know, frustrations go along, there is no sleep. I've not taken a shower yet. I mean, we just got in. I didn't even shave this morning. But it is like the adrenaline is going. And we've just got do everything we can possibly do and bring in more high-tech equipment and stuff. And do what we can do for this family and for Natalee. I mean, I don't know, Nancy. GRACE: Mr. Miller, thank you so much for being with us. Mr. Miller, Tim Miller, the director of EquuSearch there in Aruba, still searching for Natalee Holloway. Thank you to her mom and step dad too.



On 6-27 “Boycott Watch” reported:

Missing Girl in Aruba sparks boycott of the vacation island
Editors Note: In response to this article, the website in question added "Prayers for Natalee" t-shirts to their offerings, but have yet to return our phone call.
The disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway has had a definite impact on tourism to Aruba - people are scared to visit the island in fear for their own safety and security. On at least one occasion, Aruban officials have pleaded to the general public to continue to visit their island which lives on tourism in response to a tourism drop off, and now even Aruban citizens are getting in on the act.Boycott Watch received an email from someone in Aruba bringing our attention to a website that has apparently made many people in Aruba upset - www.ToHellWithAruba.com which features a counter for the number of days Natalee Holloway has been missing and offers t-shirts mocking the island and promoting a boycott of it. The author of the email to us has good intentions and wishes people would offer "Prayers for Natalee" t-shirts, as both Americans and Arubaans are both praying for a happy ending to this sad story.We were unable to contact the sponsors of the 'To Hell With Aruba' website, so we will let it speak for itself and let you read the email from Aruba so you can decide for yourself what the truth is.Boycott Aruba website: www.ToHellWithAruba.com



On 6-27 MSNBC reported:

DJ, Dutch suspect’s dad released in Aruba
Three still remain behind bars; Texas team continues search for missing girl
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Aruban police Monday released a party boat disc jockey held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, a day after a judge said authorities did not have enough evidence against him.
Steven Gregory Croes, 26, did not speak with reporters as he left the courthouse in the capital, Oranjestad, through a back exit. Authorities would not discuss the judge’s rulings.
“Prosecutors tell us that progress is being made in the case,” government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg said. “We just hope they are on track to solving this mystery.”
He was one of five people held in the disappearance of Holloway, an 18-year-old Alabama honors student last seen in the early hours of May 30. On Sunday, police released island judicial official Paul van der Sloot, 52, after a judge said there also was not enough evidence to continue detaining him. His 17-year-old son, Joran, is one of three young men still in custody.
No one has been charged in Holloway’s disappearance.
Croes is a disc jockey on the party boat Tattoo, which offers nightly dining, dancing and swimming and docks near the Holiday Inn hotel where Holloway had been staying on Aruba, a Dutch protectorate. He had been detained June 17.
Paul van der Sloot was detained June 23 for allegedly collaborating in a crime with his son, according to his lawyer, A.J. Swan.
Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. Under Dutch law, a suspect can be held for up to 116 days without charge if a judge decides police have good reason.
The three young men initially told police that after a night of eating, drinking and dancing, they took Holloway to a northern beach before dropping her off at her hotel around 2 a.m.
On Saturday, Satish Kalpoe’s lawyer said his client admitted that his story was a lie.
Satish Kalpoe now claims that he and his brother dropped Holloway and Joran van der Sloot off together at a beach near the Marriott hotel, then went home, said the lawyer, David Kock.
On Sunday, Kock said the brothers were becoming increasingly angry with Joran van der Sloot and accusing him of changing his story to put the blame for Holloway’s disappearance on them. Kock would not elaborate.
Anita van der Sloot said her son told her he was alone on a beach with Holloway and left her there unharmed in the early hours of the day she vanished.
Joran van der Sloot’s lawyer, Antonio Carlo, said Sunday, “My client maintains his innocence.”



6-28-05
On 6-28 the “Scared Monkeys” blog reported with respect to MICKEY JOHN:

Friend of Monkey Talks to Mickey John
Before you watch Greta … see what Friend of Monkey has to say about her conversation with Mickey John.
I just got off phone with Mickey John.
Greta was at his house today and he may be on tonight.
I asked him if Deepak told him, he said “I never should have left her with Joran”
HE SAID NO, NEVER.
Deepak did say to him that he and Satish dropped NH and Joran off at the Marriot after he lighthouse. Then Deepak said he and Satish went home.
The whole thing he said about Holiday Inn was a lie that the VDS “family” made up and asked Deepak and Satish to agree to. As far as what Deepak meant by the VDS “family” he doesn’t know if it includes “Tom Dick or Harry” to quote Mickey John. Also Mickey did believe that Deepak was telling truth. Deepak was sorry to have supported the family lie as it landed him in jail.



On June 28, 2005 Current Murder Suspect ANTONIUS “Mickey” JOHN stated to FOX News that Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE stated to him when JOHN and Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE were both together in jail, that Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE , Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT , and Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT sat near the Murder Suspects SLOOT’s swimming pool and devised the first (of their many) alibi-lies, claiming that the 3 Main Murder Suspects who were the last persons with NATALEE dropped NATALEE off at the “Holiday Inn” entrance.…JOHN stated, “He and the Dutch guy and the Dutch guy's father made up the story. (their “Holiday Inn” alibi-lies) Deepak told me that he and the family sit down and make up the story. ... I don't know who the family consists of, but I know the father was involved.”
Here is the entire transcript of the June 28, 2005 FOX News interview of MICKEY JOHN:

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Tonight, stunning new information could show Police made a serious mistake in the Natalee Holloway (search) investigation. Earlier today, we spoke with Mickey John, one of the former security guards who was arrested and then later released. He told us some shocking stories about what he learned while he was behind bars.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VAN SUSTEREN: So, Mickey, when you got picked up, did you ever think that you'd be getting out?
MICKEY JOHN, FORMER SUSPECT: Yes, I was positive. I knew I'd be out. Sooner or later I would be out because I knew I was very innocent. All the way I know I was innocent, 150 percent innocent.
VAN SUSTEREN: So what happened? Were you home and the Police suddenly showed up?
JOHN: Yes, I was home sleeping around 6:20 (INAUDIBLE) morning. (INAUDIBLE) showed up, bust the (INAUDIBLE) I heard said, "You're under arrest." Nobody read my rights, nobody said nothing. All this commotion the Police said to me that, "You cooperating, we cooperate with. You're under arrest. That's it, let's go."
VAN SUSTEREN: What was the first thing they did when you got to the Police station? They put you in a cell, or they talk to you?
JOHN: No, they talked to me. Put me sit down, maybe handcuff (INAUDIBLE) after the guy say, "You know why you're here. You're for the missing girls. And now we're going to read your rights to you and you will sign it" (INAUDIBLE)
VAN SUSTEREN: At some point, Deepak was brought in to the same facility, Deepak Kalpoe (search), right?
JOHN: Yes.
VAN SUSTEREN: Ever know him before?
JOHN: I never saw him before, never in my entire life. I never saw him before.
VAN SUSTEREN: Had you ever heard of him at that point, that there was someone else who might be picked up in this case?
JOHN: Well, before I was locked up, I heard the news that there was - - the girl was last seen with three guys, which is two Suriname guys and the Dutch guy. So I knew there was at least three people more involved in this case, which should be picked up in the first instant, because they were last seen with the girl.
VAN SUSTEREN: So you were picked up on Sunday, Deepak picked up within the following Thursday, is that right?
JOHN: I guess so. Yes, more or less, yes.
VAN SUSTEREN: Between Sunday and Thursday, were you able to get any outside information about what was going on in the case, or were you just simply in the cell and interrogated from time to time?
JOHN: They just interrogated me the Sunday and the following Monday. And that was it. I was just locked up. And only I could see anybody. And my lawyer came to me and that was it.
But then Deepak came, and he introduced himself as Deepak. And he said he was being picked up for the missing girl. I felt relief, because I know I can throw a few questions from him to see if I get something from him.
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you think Deepak knew who you were?
JOHN: No (INAUDIBLE) never knew who he was, because he certainly was calling me Jamaican. He thought I was from Jamaica. So he was just talking to me freely and, you know, no problem.
I spoke to him more, and I tell him, "Tell me the truth," asking, "You saw the guy on the news?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Where the guy from?" He tell me, he think from Grenada. And right away, I knew he was talking about me, because I was the only one from Grenada.
So I decided to ask him a few more questions. And I said, "So you tell the guy (INAUDIBLE) what happened to the girl?" He said, "No." (INAUDIBLE) arrested on Thursday. I think a guy should be released that Friday, because, in their hearts, they know we were innocent.
He said a story being made up about dropping the girl of at a Holiday Inn, was all something being made up. He, and the Dutch guy, and the Dutch guy's father, they sit and made up the story.
VAN SUSTEREN: The father, too?
JOHN: All of them. They made up...
VAN SUSTEREN: Did he specifically say — Deepak specifically say to you the father was part of that?
JOHN: Deepak told me that he and the family sit down and they made up the story.
VAN SUSTEREN: So family and not father?
JOHN: Well, I don't know who the family consists of. But I know the father was involved, according to him. They made up the story, and they say that they didn't drop the girl off, because they said they would give the Police something to (INAUDIBLE) when somebody is missing in Aruba, they would find them a few days later by a crack house or with some beach bum or something.
So they made it up. But then, when push come to shove, and nothing was going on, he decided to tell his brother, "We're going to tell the truth and say exactly what took place," because he — I guess that much, he, by that time, he and the Dutch guy were saying different stories, so something wasn't going right.
VAN SUSTEREN: Did they say why they created the lie?
JOHN: Like I told you, they say like — they were hoping that something the girl would pop up or something, a few days after. And as I said, they drop her off at the Holiday Inn talking to a black guy, security guard dressed in black clothes. Said they know, like, everybody in public knows a tourist has been missing. They would find them a few days later, by, like I said, by some crack house or with some beach bum. So they made up something hoping that she would show up a few day and then they say, "OK, it all good. There she comes."
VAN SUSTEREN: But under the now story, which is that they dropped the Dutch teen and Natalee off at the beach, Deepak and Satish hadn't done anything wrong. So why did they need a cover story?
JOHN: Well, I don't know. I think these people, they have a plot together. He, as you can see (INAUDIBLE) so they, together with the Dutch guy, decide, "Maybe we can plan something," because they were together — they left the nightclub together. They were together.
The wouldn't say what happened with the girl, if he had fought with the girl. But they said they weren't — he told me they went to the California lighthouse. On their way back, they dropped the Dutch guy with Natalee close to the Marriott Hotel. He and his brother, Deepak [said], they went home.
VAN SUSTEREN: How certain are you that that your memory is correct that the family or the father was involved in creating this cover-up story?
JOHN: Well, he told me — he, all of them, sit and make up the story. He, Dutch guy, and the family. He told me they made up a story that they said they dropped the girl off at the Holiday Inn. She was talking to a black guy, security guard specific, dressed in black pants, black top.
VAN SUSTEREN: So what percentage certain are you that he said family or father that was involved in this?
JOHN: He said, “Family.”
VAN SUSTEREN: So you're certain?
JOHN: I'm certain.
VAN SUSTEREN: Did he ever mention any text messages or e-mails?
JOHN: No. He only said that, while he was home, he went on his computer to chat with some friend. And the Dutch guy sent him a text message on his cell phone saying that when he got home he would also chat with him online. So he said automatically this guy was still out at the time he and his brother was home.
VAN SUSTEREN: Did he say what that message said?
JOHN: No, he didn't. He just said — the message said that, when he got home, he would talk to him online. He didn't say anything else.
VAN SUSTEREN: How did he seem to be adjusting to being in jail?
JOHN: Well, to me, he was very, very calm. He spoke very calm. When they open my door to go out and see my lawyer, and passed the front of his cell, he was looking very calm. I would call him every five minutes and say, "Deepak, are you OK?" And he would say, "Yes, I'm OK." So he was very — looked relaxed to me.
VAN SUSTEREN: Didn't look worried?
JOHN: No, he was only stressed thing — he was only stressing that we would be out very soon, me, and he, and my friend who was locked up, and his brother. He was saying that, "We will be out very soon, and the Dutch guy he knew would remain in custody."
VAN SUSTEREN: He thought the Dutch guy would remain in custody?
JOHN: Yes, he said, "We would be out soon," but he told me the Dutch guy will remain in custody because he know he was the last — they dropped him off with the girl at the Marriott. And I think he's holding back something, the guy (INAUDIBLE) the father made up the story. He should know what took place.
VAN SUSTEREN: Did he say why he was willing to make up the story?
JOHN: Well, I guess they wanted (INAUDIBLE) maybe the Dutch guy have some power on them, they all friends, and the family stick and talk and say, "We're going to stick to that, and that's it," you know? Trade in some black guy, scapegoat, lock him up, I guess so.
VAN SUSTEREN: Anyone apologize to you?
JOHN: Not yet. Only Deepak, so far, in the jail. He apologize to me, tell me sorry because the story I was being locked up. Nobody else.
VAN SUSTEREN: So at some point, he realized who you were?
JOHN: I told him. I told him it was me, the security guard.
VAN SUSTEREN: What did he say when you told him who you were?
JOHN: He told me sorry, he was very sorry. And it is not because of their fault I was being locked up.
VAN SUSTEREN: Police ever apologize?
JOHN: Sorry?
VAN SUSTEREN: Did the Police apologize?
JOHN: No.
VAN SUSTEREN: Did the government of Aruba (search), anyone from the justice ministry, anybody like that apologize?
JOHN: Not yet, no. No one.
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you think you'll ever get an apology?
JOHN: I don't think so. I don't need their apology anymore, anyway.
VAN SUSTEREN: Anything else you'd like to say?
JOHN: Well, like I said before, the justice system, the detectives, they're all fools. They have to go to back to school. And they were used, like, a scapegoat, use, like, a black person in society to cover their mess.
So don't ever try it again with nobody, because they know we are innocent. And let justice prevail. And we know we will find the right person.
(END VIDEOTAPE)

Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE further told JOHN that the conspirators agreed that NATALEE would be found “a few days later by a crack house or with some beach bum or something.” (Which, apparently, has happened before on Aruba/in the CARIBBEAN)
On 6-15 Antonius “Mickey” JOHN quoted in CNN article “John, one of the security guards, told CNN that Deepak Kalpoe confided in him Sunday when they were both in jail. ‘He told me that when they left Carlos 'N Charlie's, they went straight to the lighthouse. Deepak was driving, his brother sitting in the front next to him. The missing girl was in the back seat behind Kalpoe, and the Dutch guy ( Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT ) was in the back seat behind his brother." "He didn't tell me what took place at the lighthouse," According to John, Kalpoe told him HOLLOWAY and Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT were "kissing and so on in the back seat. He said she was very, very drunk. I can recall he said that." JOHN said DEEPAK told JOHN that after leaving Arashi beach /Lighthouse area, they left Natalee with Joran at some fisherman’s huts, a beach close to the “Marriott Hotel.” They went to swim at that beach. That was the last time they saw Natalee. They went home and went to the Internet to chat. After one hour, they received a message from Joran that stated: "I have something to tell you." After his release, John also said Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE confided to him while they were in jail together that he ( Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE ) had lied to Police (see last paragraph of CNN June 20, 2005 article here


On 6-28 CNN reported:

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: What is new in the case of Natalee Holloway? Let's check in with CNN's Miles O'Brien for a look at what's coming up on "AMERICAN MORNING."Good morning.MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Good morning, Carol. Repeat after me. Comet.COSTELLO: Comet.M. O'BRIEN: Comet, yes. Yes. You know, that happens on July 4. That's going to be an interesting mission. It's going to bash in there. Talk about fireworks, but that's not what we're talking about right now.We're talking about Natalee Holloway. We have spoken to her mother once again this morning. Soledad spoke to her a little while ago. We'll be showing you that interview. She feels now more than four weeks after the disappearance of her daughter, as disc jockey Steve Croes is released, that the investigation is back to square one. She's expressing a great deal of frustration this morning.



On 6-28 CNN reported:

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: … Also ahead this morning, we'll take you back to Aruba. Questions now about whether this police investigation into Natalee's disappearance is making any progress at all. M. O'BRIEN: Natalee's mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, spoke to Soledad about what she's being told and what she's not being told, perhaps more importantly. S. O'BRIEN: She's so frustrated, as you can imagine, as we sort of lay out the releases and who's being arrested and then who's being released. M. O'BRIEN: With no apparent sign of progress. So we'll get her reaction on all of that. S. O'BRIEN: Oh, it's so tough on her and the whole family, too. M. O'BRIEN: Yes. S. O'BRIEN: And that's ahead this morning.
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S. O'BRIEN: 25 To Life is scheduled to be released in September for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PCs, as well. Still to come this morning, has the Natalee Holloway case gone cold in Aruba? Coming up, we're going to talk to Holloway's mother. She says she's frustrated with the way things are going there. That's ahead on AMERICAN MORNING. Stay with us. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) M. O'BRIEN: Just about half past the hour on this AMERICAN MORNING. Coming up, the decision to release two more suspects in the Natalee Holloway investigation raising some new questions about whether this case will ever be solved. S. O'BRIEN: Natalee's mom, Beth Holloway Twitty, among those most frustrated. She's our guest from Aruba, coming up in just a few moments. She's going to give us her reaction to the latest developments, or maybe the way she'd put it would be lack of developments in this case. M. O'BRIEN: It's been more than four weeks now. It's got to be an incredibly frustrating, difficult time for them.
(CNN did not discuss NATALEE during the rest of this segment)



On 6-28 CBS News reported:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/28/earlyshow/main704705.shtml

Natalee's Mom Upset Over Release
Says Freed Dad Of Murder Suspect Knows Something; Her Family Kept In Dark
(CBS) Natalee Holloway's mother calls the release from custody of the father of one of the suspects "a huge step backwards" in the investigation of Natalee's disappearance. A judge ruled over the weekend that there was not enough evidence to hold Paul van der Sloot, 52, a high-ranking judicial official on the island whose son, Joran, was among the last people seen with 18-year-old Natalee the night she vanished. Joran is among three suspects still being detained. "I felt like we took a huge step backwards," Beth Holloway Twitty told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm Tuesday. "I felt like we were progressing and moving in the right direction. Obviously, the interrogators have not been able to get anything out of Joran. And he seems to be only toying with the interrogators at this point. "We were really hoping that Paul – we don't know what his involvement is. (We) don't have any idea that he does have information and can help us solve this. (But) I feel that Mr. van der Sloot has some information that can be instrumental in solving this." Asked if she feels the van der Sloot family is hiding something, Twitty answered, "Oh, definitely." Twitty says she doesn't think "we can believe any of (Joran's) stories. He's had so many that have unfolded over the month. How would we know which one (to believe)? There's no way." Interrogations still offer the most promise for finding out about Natalee's fate, Twitty asserts, but authorities aren't telling the Holloway family much about the progress of their probe. She notes that Joran has been in custody more than two weeks, "and still we have no additional information. You know … maybe they are obtaining some (information), but as far as us, the family, you know, we really do not know where we are in this investigation anymore. We do not know." Still, "We're just really more determined now. …I want to make sure this island is turned upside down. I mean, that is a must. And it just gives me more hope day by day that we're ruling out possibilities and that Natalee is alive."



On 6-28 “Riehl World View” reported:

While there is currently no evidence to suggest that Joran v d Sloot threw a boy through a plate glass window, as some news reports have claimed, a reliable source has confirmed an incident on January 23 of this year which may have led to the rumor.In one of what might be a pattern of confrontations with visiting American teenagers - which will be addressed in a post tomorrow night, on the day in question Joran v d Sloot is said to have gotten into a fight with an 18-year-old male American over possible advances toward a female. The male and female Americans were said to be visiting the island together.At some point in the confrontation, Joran, much larger than the tourist, was reported to have thrown him against the plate glass window of a local Dunkin Donuts, however the window did not break.The Police were called to deal with the incident, however no arrests were made and no official report was filed.In addition to the hand-to-hand confrontation, one employee of the Dunkin Donuts has claims they heard Joran v d Sloot threaten the American tourist with a knife he claimed to be carrying.This report comes from a very reliable and objective source in Aruba.



On 6-28 DAVE HOLLOWAY stated he's tired of waiting but still believes the overall effort is headed in the right direction. "We wish it was over with, but the Police investigation is still continuing to make progress. Sometimes it's three steps forward and one step back, but it still feels like we're going forward."
On 6-28 ARUBA government spokesman TRAPENBERG claimed, "If a judge finds that investigative information was leaked either at the investigative phase or later on, it will have a definite effect on the sentencing phase. That's why they're being very careful. We owe that to the family."
On 6-28 TRAPENBERG claimed that ARUBA prime minister ODUBER asked officials in the Netherlands to re-assign the Royal Dutch Marines to help with the search. (The marines are based on Aruba and on the nearby island of Curacao)
On 6-28 MARIAINE CROES, a spokeswoman for the island's prosecutor's office, defended the pace of the probe on Tuesday. "We are still keeping all our options open. ... We are working as fast as our system allows us to work and still be meticulous."
ANITA VAN DER SLOOT claimed to the Associated Press 6-28 that ARUBAN authorities are fixated on her son and husband because Investigators have "lost control" of the probe, and in Twitty's mind, ANITA VAN DER SLOOT claimed, "Joran is guilty and that's it. What can I say to a woman who is desperate to find her daughter?"
On 6-28 BETH HOLLOWAY-TWITTY stated to ABC's "Good Morning America" that she was "devastated" by the release of Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT because she believes he is hiding vital information in the case. Recalling her questioning of Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT at his home, with his son and wife present, she said: "I have never sat across from an individual in a well-ventilated room and seen a man sweat so profusely and only increasing in intensity as the 90 minutes (of questioning) went on." Appearing 6-28 on CNN's "American Morning," she asserted that Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT "knows exactly what happened. He knows what, where, when, who, why and how."
By 6-28 Twitty and her family have been openly critical of the slow pace of the ARUBAN Police investigation, but they have also publicly spoken highly of ARUBAN authorities, saying that F.B.I. agents helping with the case have told them the local Police are doing a good job.
On 6-28 BETH HOLLOWAY-TWITTY stated she's tired of having to push the ARUBAN authorities for information. "I think everybody just wants an answer, and it's so frustrating not getting it." It was reported that NATALEE’s relatives say they've had to push the investigation along, even threatening to go to the media if certain arrests weren't made.
On 6-28 RUFO SOLOGNIER told FOX News that SOLGNIER is an Uncle of STEVE CROES, & SOLGNIER is a retired ARUBAN Police Lt., and next-door neighbor of STEVE CROES. SOLOGNIER also stated that he hardly ever sees CROES because he, “sleeps all day, and works at night.”
On 6-28 CROES told FOX News that he does not know Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT , Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE , nor Current Murder Suspect SATISH KALPOE , at all. His employer, WIGGINS, has fired him from his music disc-jockey job on “"Tattoo".”
On 6-28 DAVID KOCK also said that Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT is now saying that Current Murder Suspect SATISH KALPOE picked up Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT and took Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT home, but DAVID KOCK reiterated that it is "known" that Current Murder Suspect SATISH KALPOE was sleeping at that time. DAVID KOCK also said the phone call from Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT to Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE --in which Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT asked Current Murder Suspect DEEPAK KALPOE for a ride home--took place at 2:40 AM.
On 6-28 CNNHN reported:

NANCY GRACE, HOST: Tonight, the family of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, who vanished from her high school senior trip to Aruba, stunned and shocked by Aruban Judge Paul van der Sloot's release from jail. Natalee's mother convinced this judge is hiding information about her girl's disappearance.
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And the search rages on tonight for 18-year-old Alabama beauty Natalee Holloway. Holloway's mom convinced this Aruban judge, van der Sloot, has the answers.Tonight, Natalee's stepmother is joining us, Robin Holloway. In Aruba, defense attorney John Zara will be with us; in San Francisco, defense attorney Daniel Horowitz and defense attorney Paula Canny; in New York, clinical psychologist Dr. Patricia Saunders. But first, let's go down to Aruba and CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul. Karl, tell me about the search today. KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the search went on in two areas today, behind the McDonalds take-out here in the north of the island and also up in the area of the sand dunes. Of course, you'll remember that we're now in the fifth week of the search for Natalee. And we used that occasion to go back and try to trace, along with some of the defense attorneys, what the latest story of the three suspects still in custody is. We talked to the attorney for Satish Kalpoe. And he's also access to the statements made by Deepak Kalpoe and Joran van der Sloot, as well. The latest timeline that we can put together, Nancy, is this, that Satish and Deepak Kalpoe say that they dropped Joran van der Sloot and Natalee off at the beach near the Marriott Hotel around 1:50 a.m. And then, Joran says that he stayed until about 2:30 at the beach with Natalee and after that, he left. And there is also cell phone records to this. And there was a cell phone record about a call about 2:30, about 2:40, and this is what Satish Kalpoe's attorney had to say about that phone call. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DAVID KOCK, SATISH KALPOE 'S ATTORNEY: The story of Deepak is that Joran just said, "I'm walking home. I was on the beach with a girl, but she fell asleep, didn't want to get up, so I said, 'Forget it, I'm walking home.'" He said that we know, about 40 minutes later, 45 minutes later, there's an SMS message from Joran to Deepak again saying, "I got home," you know, "thanks for waiting."(END VIDEO CLIP) PENHAUL: Now what we did to try to test that out was walk from the Marriott beach to Joran van der Sloot's front gate down the route that he would have taken, as well, and through one or two shortcuts in his neighborhood. It took us 36 minutes. And all this timed by cell phone records that have been seized by the Police and are now being presented as part of the evidence, Nancy. GRACE: OK. OK.Daniel Horowitz, something stinks. Why would a teenager call another teenager and say, "Hi. I'm leaving the beach now." And then, in 20 minutes, "Hi, just want to check in, want to you know I'm home. I left the girl on the beach. I'm not with her anymore," Daniel? HOROWITZ: Nancy, it's just another nonsensical story by this young man who clearly killed Natalee Holloway. We know he did it. We know his dad knows that he did it. Otherwise, he and his dad would have been searching for her with desperation. This is the most nonsensical story he could make up. No young man leaves a young woman of that age at the beach alone, number one. Number two, he's changed his story. Time to pressure him. No U.S. citizen should book any vacation in Aruba until they squeeze that young man, find Natalee, and bring her home. GRACE: Take a listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, MOTHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: I was devastated. I felt like we worked so hard for a month. I mean, you know, we were here at 11:00 p.m. on the 30th and we worked so hard where we were. And I can't believe that it was ripped away from me. I don't know. Am I back at square one? (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Joining us now by phone, Natalee's stepmom, Robin Holloway. Thank you for being with us, Ms. Holloway. What was your response when this judge was released from custody? ROBIN HOLLOWAY, NATALEE'S STEPMOTHER: It is unbelievable, Nancy. I hope that they have something that they're working on behind closed doors, because I am just devastated that they let him go. In my opinion, he was sweating too much, too fidgety. I mean, he knows something, in my opinion. I mean, I was not there. I just can't believe they let him go. GRACE: You know, it seemed to me, to Karl Penhaul, CNN correspondent, it seemed to me that the judge being taken into custody was highly significant. In retrospect, Karl Penhaul, do you think this judge knows more about the actual disappearance, or did they arrest him just to pressure his son to crack? PENHAUL: There was speculation initially, Nancy, that he had been arrested to pressure his son somewhat. There was also behind-the-scene speculation, as well, that he may actually have known something more than he was letting on. But the judge who was brought from Curacao in to review this case, to keep a handle on it, to try and ensure some kind of impartiality, looked at the evidence that was presented to him and said, "I can't see anything on paper, any good reason to continue holding this guy." That's why they've let him go. GRACE: Take a listen to this, Karl. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, MOTHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: That night and the early morning hours on the 31st, we knew that he was instrumental, had some connection, some information he was withholding. And once I spent that 90 minutes in his home, I had the confirmation that I needed to know, yes, yes, he does have some information. I don't know what he has. I don't know how he's involved, but he can help give us some information on this. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: That's Natalee's mother. She told me she was stunned when the judge was released from jail. We'll be back live in Aruba live with Karl Penhaul. Please stay with us. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, MOTHER OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY: I feel like that I have carried this and it's June 13. You know, I really felt like we were pushing forward, and we're working together. And you know, after this weekend, when it's ripped out from me, you know, I don't know. Maybe I need a chart. You know, I would love to know where I am. I don't know if I'm at the beginning. I don't know if I'm in the middle. You know, I don't think any of us know where we are anymore.(END VIDEO CLIP)(COMMERCIAL BREAK)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's been 28 days, a full lunar cycle, since Natalee vanished. The moon above me now would have been exactly the same that night. It's bright enough to cast my shadow on the sand. It could have been romantic, if something had not gone terribly wrong. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Welcome back, everybody. I'm Nancy Grace. Thank you for being with us. Straight down to Karl Penhaul in Aruba. Tell me about the Dutch marines. It seems to me that they are waiting to join in the search. PENHAUL: The Dutch marines all along, Nancy, have been participating in this search as and when required. You'll remember right on early on in this search we saw them beating through mangrove swamps and bushes down on the eastern end of the island. It was them who found that blood-stained mattress. The blood turned out to be dog blood. But the Dutch marines have a base on the island here. And as and when they're needed, they're called on and drawn into that, the same as the Police and the Aruban search-and-rescue teams, as well, Nancy.GRACE: Joining us now, Aruban defense attorney, John Zara. He is also there in Aruba. John, welcome. Question to you, why hasn't the government released more details regarding Natalee's disappearance? What evidence do they have? JOHN ZARA, DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN ARUBA: Good evening, Ms. Grace. Your question is, why didn't they let more evidence (UNINTELLIGIBLE)GRACE: Why have they not released more evidence? ZARA: You see, in our system in Aruba, it's not a matter -- it's not an obligation for a public minister to leave evidence go. You see, they do their job, and of course, there is -- once a week, they do give a report. But it's not an obligation for them to be releasing...GRACE: Information.ZARA: ... information just like that. GRACE: OK, very quickly to Paula Canny, defense attorney. Could American authorities -- is there any way that we could step in and help the investigation, Paula? PAULA CANNY, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, as I understand it, FBI agents have actually gone to Aruba to help the investigation. Further, there's the Texas search team that has gone to help. So I believe that American authorities are actually doing what they can, as well as volunteer groups from America are going there, to try and help, you know, find Natalee. So I think our services are being offered and accepted by the... GRACE: Take a listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTONIO CARLO, JORAN VAN DER SLOOT 'S ATTORNEY: We have based our motion on a provision in the criminal procedure code of Aruba which says that, from the moment on that a suspect has been interrogated by a judge commissioner, from that moment on, the attorney of the suspect has a right to be present at any further interrogation. Under the criminal procedure code of Aruba, once a defendant is detained, and before the start of the interrogation, if the suspect indicates, "I want to speak with my attorney," then the interrogation cannot start prior to the suspect having spoken within his attorney. But after that conversation is finished, then you know, the questioning can begin, and the attorney has no right to be present. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Robin Holloway is with us, Natalee's stepmom. Ms. Holloway, I had great hopes that the case would be cracked after the father, the Aruban judge, was taken into custody. Do you feel as if the investigation's back at square one because of his release? R. HOLLOWAY: I don't know about square one, but that was a huge setback with them releasing him. I mean, in my opinion, I mean, these guys, they tell so many different stories. I don't know what their latest version is today. But I mean, as far as the father, I think he can provide some answers. I don't know if he knows exactly what happened or where she is, but he's got some answers that we need. And with him not being in custody, I mean, will we get those answers? GRACE: Back to CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul. You told me that some focus was on a manmade lake there. Any follow-up on that? PENHAUL: No, no follow-up on that. In fact, the search teams called off a search there yesterday morning, partly because they were saying that there was media interference, some cell phones or maybe wireless microphone equipment interfered with diver's communication equipment.Tim Miller of that EquuSearch search team said that a cadaver dog may have picked up some kind of scent or something, but certainly we didn't see them back there at the lake today. And nothing so far, according to the Police commissioner, has been found to indicate where Natalee may be or what may have happened to her, Nancy. GRACE: Karl, Karl, what did you just tell me about interference because of a cell phone? PENHAUL: It seems that the divers are using some kind of communication equipment to communicate, obviously, from underwater to command a command-and-control unit on the surface. And yesterday, Tim Miller and members of the EquuSearch team were complaining that, because of the heavy presence of media in the area, and also civilians there, that some of the equipment that media and civilians were using had interfered with their own communication equipment. GRACE: OK. Very quickly, before we go to break, to Dr. Patricia Saunders, clinical psychologist. Do you sense that after the arrest, the erroneous arrest of these two security guards, locals, that other people may not want to come forward in this case that may know something? DR. PATRICIA SAUNDERS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: Yes, I think very much so, Nancy. And the picture that I'm getting is that this is maybe a very closed society. We have got rich people, and we've got poor working people. And those rich people seem to be very powerful. People may really be afraid of consequences if they come forth. GRACE: Quick break, everyone.



On 6-28 CNNHN reported:

ANDERSON COOPER: But first we want to get you up to speed on developments in Aruba. Today the mother of missing teenager Natalee Holloway couldn't contain her anger or her frustration for that matter, and you can understand why, that a judge in Aruba was released on Sunday after Police said they had no sufficient suspicion for guilt. Those were their terms. Here's what Beth Holloway-Twitty told CNN.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, NATALIE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: I was devastated. I felt like we worked so hard for a month. I mean, you know, we were here at 11:00 p.m. on the 30th and we worked so hard or (ph) where we were. And I can't believe it was ripped away from me. (END VIDEO CLIP)COOPER: How that woman is holding up, I don't know. Beth Holloway-Twitty also says she feels like she is back to square one after all the work she's put in. Let's remember yesterday was the four-week anniversary of Natalee Holloway's disappearance. Three suspects are still in custody but Natalee hasn't been found and the investigation does seem to be slowing. Now we've learned an awful lot about Natalee's last known steps. But the suspects’ stories have changed while they’re in custody. So we asked our Karl Penhaul to take what we know and retrace Natalee's last hours. Take a look.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: According to the attorney for one of the men, all said in recent statements, this is the spot where Joran van der Sloot and Natalee got out of the car and headed off alone. By then it was 1:50 a.m. It would have been a night like tonight. A warm, tropical breeze is blowing out onto the ocean. It's been 28 days of full lunar cycle since Natalee vanished. The moon above me now would have been exactly the same that night. It's bright enough to cast my shadow on the sand. It could have been romantic if something had not gone terribly wrong. Even at 3:00 a.m., there are a few couples and late night revelers still around. Exactly what happened, we still don't know.Investigators say they've checked cell phone and Internet records from that night. Based on those records, Satish Kalpoe's attorney, David Kock, says Joran van der Sloot phoned Deepak Kalpoe between 2:30 and 2:40.I'm walking the same route Joran van der Sloot would have taken that night if this version of his story is true. I set off from the beach about 20 minutes ago. As you can see, there are stores and banks and some of them have closed circuit security cameras. Prosecutors have said security camera footage has been checked, but they declined to say if the tapes from these businesses were viewed and if there's any sign of van der Sloot. I'm taking a shortcut on this dirt track. Seemed to have woken up some of the local dogs. It's taken me about 36 minutes to walk from the beach right up to Joran van der Sloot's front gate. It's likely that by the time he arrived most of the neighbors were asleep as they seem to be now. From what we know, there are no eyewitnesses who saw him reach home. Assuming Joran van der Sloot did walk and text messaged Deepak Kalpoe as soon as he arrived, it would make it about 3:20 a.m. According to the Kock, Internet records show Deepak Kalpoe was web surfing when the message came through. Kock says his client Satish was asleep. His mother, Nadira Ramirez, backs that up.NADIRA RAMIREZ, SATISH KALPOE 'S MOTHER: I just opened the door silently. I peak. I saw Deepak's room closed. I peak. I saw the car and I went back to back. PENHAUL: van der Sloot's attorneys, Antonio Carlo, declined to talk to us for this report, but Kock has seen van der Sloot's statements to investors and says he's changed his story several times since his arrest. Claiming first Deepak Kalpoe picked him up from the beach after he left Natalee. Then saying it was Satish Kalpoe. In another version of the story, Joran van der Sloot said he walked home. What is certain is that all three young men, at least initially, cooked up a lie to cover their tracks once they realized Natalee was missing. What's still far from clear is whether they played a role in her disappearance.(END VIDEOTAPE)PENHAUL: We're now in week five of the search for Natalee and so far Police have given us no hard evidence to show whether Natalee's alive or dead. And they've certainly not given us any clue as to any possible motive if something terribly wrong did happen and if these three boys had something to do with that, Anderson.COOPER: Joran has changed his story, as you reported. Do we know what he is now claiming? Whether he walked home or is he still claiming that one of the Kalpoe brothers picked him up? Or do we not know? PENHAUL: We understand that he's been changing his story as further evidence and records have been presented to him. And so now with this final record that was presented to him, the text message, he's finally held his hand up, we understand, and said, no, I, in fact, walked home. Anderson.COOPER: But as you said, there are Police cameras, there are video cameras from banks and stores but they're not - the authorities aren't saying whether or not they checked them? PENHAUL: The authorities say they have checked some video footage. What we do understand from a legal source, not the Investigators themselves, that Police may not have got around to trying to check those video records of security cameras along Joran's route home until too late, until the store owners, in fact, had wiped the footage from those video cameras, Anderson.COOPER: That's unbelievable if that is, in fact, the case. Karl Penhaul, appreciate that report.When we come back, the judge's son and Natalee Holloway. He's accused of lying to Police. He's changed his story under arrest. But are folks in Aruba now coming to his defense? CNN's Rick Sanchez is there. We'll talk to him.Also ahead tonight, what is up with the Florida shark attacks? The perfect killing machine strikes twice in three days. But is it safe to go back in the water? Some are. And let's take you to a live report right now - live picture right there from Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where we are awaiting President Bush's speech. That will be at around 8:00. Our special coverage of that begins shortly. Be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)COOPER: Well just moments ago we retraced the final hours before Natalee Holloway vanished in Aruba. And she spent much of that night with 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot, a judge’s son, who is suspected of killing Natalee. He hasn't been charged yet. CNN's Rick Sanchez is live in Aruba.Rick, the guy has changed his story several times. According to his mom he's now saying, yes, he was on the beach with Natalee but he left her there drunk, alive. Does he have a lot of support in Aruba? RICK SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I would say he doesn't. Most of the people here that you talk to refer to him as, oh, the Dutch guy. And then they go on to explain that I think they're a bit perturbed about the fact that it took 10 days for him to be arrested while there were two security guards that were arrested right away. Obviously that hasn't sat well with a lot of people here on the island. And the story's unfolded, as you said, and as Karl was saying just moments ago, it's obvious that there's a real disparity from his original story. I go back to the real original conversations that I had, Anderson, with some of the young girls back in Alabama and they said, oh yes, he had changed his story several times the night we met them. He had told them that he was 19-years-old, told one he was 23- years old. Turns out he's 17-years-old. So there's some real issues there.And remember, this began with a guy who said, I took her out but brought her back to the "Holiday Inn," the very area where we are right now. Then changed his story, according to officials and some of the testimony, and says now that he ended up leaving her on the beach not far from where we are behind me right now. So there really is a story about stories here. And his attorney, meanwhile, is trying to make sure that he's treated fairly. Now the Police do have a right under Aruban law to talk to him but a judge would not be able to interrogate him, so says his attorney. He says they're trying to do that. This is what he had to say today. This is Antonio Carlo, Joran's attorney. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)ANTONIO CARLO, JORAN VAN DER SLOOT 'S ATTORNEY: The questions had to do with whether he had any involvement to any crime. So that, in our opinion, is interrogation. But, OK, the judge held the not (ph) position and we respected. It's a matter of interpretation. It's a matter of, you know, legalities. And we have now appealed the case and we are now awaiting the decision of the court of appeals. (END VIDEO CLIP)SANCHEZ: When you look at this, it's something that you had mentioned earlier on in this newscast, Anderson. The family is extremely frustrated. The Twitty's, that is. Saying that they're now looking at the possibility of trying to see if they can get some of the evidence in their hands themselves. They've hired an attorney and they're thinking about suing to be able to do just that. I'm Rick Sanchez in Aruba.Anderson, back to you.COOPER: And what that family's gone through is just incredible. Rick, thanks very much. We'll talk to you tomorrow.



On 6-28 MARCUS WIGGINS (with his attorney present) fired Current Murder Suspect "Steve" CROES.
On 6-28 NADIRA RAMIREZ told CNN “I just opened the door silently. I peak. I saw Deepak's room closed. I peak. I saw the car and I went back to sleep.”
On 6-28 “Mountain Brook” friends and family asked supporters to join in a letter-writing campaign asking the DUTCH ambassador in Washington for continued support in the search NATALEE. Letters can be sent to: The Royal Netherlands Embassy, 4200 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008.
On 6-28 PAUL REYNOLDS told the media, “I'm really afraid that the officials are beginning to feel that this is a blemish on the island and that they're trying to make it go away rather than resolving it. I think it's a mistake."
On 6-28 ANITA VAN DER SLOOT and Current Murder Suspect PAULUS VAN DER SLOOT were allowed to start visiting Prime Murder Suspect JORAN VAN DER SLOOT.
On 6-28 the “AP” reported:

Immigrants Feel Pressure from Aruba Case
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba is bringing attention to the Caribbean island at a time when the Aruban community in the Netherlands already is under scrutiny by the Dutch government.
Dutch media paid scant attention to Natalee Holloway's disappearance until the arrest last week of Paul van der Sloot, the Dutch father of one of the suspects and a senior legal official who is training to become a judge. van der Sloot was released on Sunday.
But Arubaans here have been following the news closely. Their concern is that the case could precipitate a sharp decline in tourism to the tropical island off the Venezuelan coast — a Dutch protectorate — resulting in economic hardship and spurring a wave of migration to Holland, at just the wrong time for the 120,000 immigrants already here.
“Everyone is talking a lot about it,” said Henry Breeveld, the director of a Rotterdam welfare organization for Antilles and Aruba immigrants.
“People come to Holland whenever the economy is bad or when they feel insecure,” Breeveld said.
The government proposal, which came before Holloway's disappearance, faces legal challenges because people from the islands — former colonies that remain part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands — are Dutch citizens. Islanders say the move is discriminatory and have vowed to fight it in court.
Young immigrants would have three months to find a job, enroll in studies, or return home.



On 6-28 the “Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association” (AHATA) reported:

In the afternoon the group discussed the "Aruba in the News" incident. Results of a consumer and travel agent survey were presented by FitzGerald & Co. Although it is a distressing situation, the overall results of this survey were not worrisome as yet. It however is the recommendation to repeat the survey after 3, 6 and 12 months in order to measure any changes. The airline and tour operators that were present indicated that so far they have not seen any trend in cancellations. Some partners have seen some
decline in future bookings while for others Aruba is ahead in future bookings. Short term as well as long term strategies were discussed on how to move forward with PR and
Advertising.