Over the years, joran van der sloot has changed his story many times about what happened to natalee holloway or where her body may be. for instance, he told a dutch television station he dumped her body in this swamp, but in the end, it turned out to be just more talk. van der sloot, a young man with a privileged background, continues to baffle investigators. joran felt throughout that he was kind of untouchable, that they weren t really going to get him. his father was coaching him how to respond and what to say. joran s father, paulis, who s a prominent lawyer on the fast track to becoming a judge, but just last year, he unexpectedly died of a heart attack, leaving joran on his own. his father appeared to be his adviser. many people believe his father went to his grave knowing exactly what happened to natalee holloway.
we know that he had a very serious problem with his anger, with the rage that was within him once he lost control of himself. van der sloot s former attorney disputes that assertion saying joran didn t have a documented anger problem, insisting that van der sloot had a really good reputation. natalee spent the night partying with her friends here at this once popular night spot, carlos n charlie s. she was last seen around 1:00 in the morning getting into a car with joran van der sloot and two of his friends. she never returned to her hotel. coming up, an agonizing mystery in the caribbean and a mother s desperate pleas for help. natalee, you can reach me on your cell phone. i have it, and it s set up for international use now. and i will stay here until i find you. with the capital one venture card we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast!
Jesse mansur, the managing editor of this aruban newspaper. none of them were telling the truth. all three of them know what happened to natalee, i m sure of that. joran knows because he was involved. and the kalpoe brothers know because he told them. i mean, they were buddies. van der sloot s former attorney says the editor s statement is made out of ignorance that is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. the three young men are believed to be the last to have seen natalee, and natalee s parents are hopeful. after weeks of interrogation, the young men are free once again. ten seconds. jean casarez has followed van der sloot s case extensively for hln s in session. they are waiting for evidence. they need evidence. they re looking for forensic evidence because they want something to corroborate the
Police announce he s their prime suspect. the most striking thing to me when i think about natalee holloway and stephany flores, both of them together, they had one common denominator, it was joran van der sloot. stephany flores was with joran van der sloot five years to the day that natalee holloway was last seen. and that was the last time stephany flores is seen. peruvian police track down van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee s body. but wouldn t say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. his original message, for
Attorney says the editor s statement is made out of ignorance that is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. the three young men are believed to be the last to have seen natalee, and natalee s parents are hopeful. after weeks of interrogation, the young men are free once again. ten seconds. jean casarez has followed van der sloot s case extensively for hln s in session. they are waiting for evidence. they need evidence. they re looking for forensic evidence because they want something to corroborate the witness statements. and when we think about statements, we think about joran van der sloot. todd fuentes, headed up the fbi s international task force early in the investigation. he and his friends are arrested and released several times by the arubans over the course of the next couple of years. at one point, the dutch authorities also weigh in, but then drop it and release them. the same story comes out that there s a lack of evidence that he did anything to her.