first he looked at the picture -- and i said, don't say you don't know her because we have eyewitnesses who say you got in the car with her. he said, yeah, i know who she is. he walks over to us and starts talking. he says he danced with her at carlos n' charlie's. >> after we talked a little bit and asked where she is, i don't know, i dropped her off. >> but it wouldn't be until 11 days after that visit that aruban authorities would detain joran and his two friends. 20-year-old deepak kalpo and his brother satish as suspects. >> i asked him, are you sure you guys didn't do anything? no, mamma, they don't even talk a word with her. me and my brother gave them a lift and they came home. they don't know anything else about that. >> initially, all three suspects told police they dropped natalee off at her hotel. but hotel surveillance video quickly proved otherwise. after admitting he lied to police about having dropped natalee off here at her hotel, 17-year-old joran van der sloot became their main suspect. tell us about joran. >> he was just known to be a big