Does anyone know why Beth Twitty no longer broadcasts with Greta van Susteran? I about fell off of my chair when I actually saw her talking on Nancy Grace one evening. Holy Moly. Maybe it was an old clip from 2005.
Van der Sloot's Mom: Maybe He Missed a Chance to Become an Actor
The mother of Joran van der Sloot -- who police say is a confessed killer -- says her son is no monster and suggests that he missed his calling as an actor.
In an interview with Dutch news station The Telegraph, obtained by ABC News, Anita van der Sloot talks about her reaction to people saying her son is guilty, saying, "As a mother, you don’t want to hear things like 'He's a serial killer or he’s a monster,' because he is not. I don’t have that image of him, so it's very hard to hear that."
As the ABC report points out, the accusations started not with the death of Stephany Flores in Peru but in Aruba after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. While Joran has never been officially charged, he remains the prime suspect in that ongoing investigation...
Over the course of the next few days, more details emerged. "My husband told me Natalie's family and uncle, mother -- with police -- had already come to the door," she says. "There had been a lot of yelling ... He thought these things should be discussed at the police station."
The situation confused her, she says, because "Joran had always been friendly with girls, why would this happen now? Why would he do something to a girl? So I didn't believe that, that he could hurt a girl in some way. As a mother, I was convinced he was incapable of it."...
"Then I thought if you lied because of this, then stop now because it's very hurtful for the parents," she says. "I felt so much for parents of Natalee. I could not imagine how it could be to lose a child, even if it was still thought that she ran away. I wanted to do everything to help."
As Joran's story changed, multiple times, his convincing tales led her to believe he had a talent for theatrics. "Maybe he missed a chance to become an actor," she says. "Maybe that should have been a role in his life ... I can hardly believe that he can fake this."
To the parents of his alleged victims, she says, "If they’d be here right now, I'd cry with them and give them a big, big hug."
The parents of Stephany Flores were quoted by ABC news saying they appreciate Mrs van der Sloot's words of support, but they worry this is all part of a scheme to create some sort of insanity defense.
Joran 's lawyer intends to appeal the rejection . If van der Sloot is convicted , he can be prisoned between fifteen and 35 years .
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Joran van der Sloot denies Judge an interview
Prairie Chicken
June 21, 2010
It appears Joran van der Sloot, Dutch student turned career criminal, today refused to give his confession to Judge Carlos Morales Cordova. The judge arrived at Miguel Castro Castro for the required meeting at 10:00am and left the prison at 11:20, when Joran refused to speak. Note: this was not a suggested get-together--he is required to make a formal statement to the judge.
"My client did not make statement before the judge, because we await the result of habeas corpus. Here we say that it has violated due process because he had no attorney (during police questioning) and they looked at his laptop without a warrant, among other things," said the lawyer to the AFP news agency.
Van der Sloot , 22 , it was stated in the newspaper Dutchman De Telegraaf, police say he only admitted to having killed the girl because Police had promised to extradite him to Holland.
Of the murder of Stephanie Flores says Van der Sloot : "I am framed . How exactly is it all gone, I'll tell you later . My lawyer focuses first on any procedural irregularities that have been made . I did not need to sit here ."
The entire matter was conducted in a confidential manner and the judge filed a report which stated that the defendant refused to answer questions , according to judicial sources.
Van der Sloot will stay in a separate corridor of the jail where four thousand prisoners are incarcerated. According to the Dutchman, rats creep at night through a toilet in his cell. However, the Dutchman has a very comfortable cell per Peruvian concepts. He has his own mattress and eats the same food as the prison director and guards. What's a rat or two?
I think he just stepped on his pee-pee again. He just pissed off the one person who holds Joran's future in his hand.
June 21, 2010
It appears Joran van der Sloot, Dutch student turned career criminal, today refused to give his confession to Judge Carlos Morales Cordova. The judge arrived at Miguel Castro Castro for the required meeting at 10:00am and left the prison at 11:20, when Joran refused to speak. Note: this was not a suggested get-together--he is required to make a formal statement to the judge.
"My client did not make statement before the judge, because we await the result of habeas corpus. Here we say that it has violated due process because he had no attorney (during police questioning) and they looked at his laptop without a warrant, among other things," said the lawyer to the AFP news agency.
Van der Sloot , 22 , it was stated in the newspaper Dutchman De Telegraaf, police say he only admitted to having killed the girl because Police had promised to extradite him to Holland.
Of the murder of Stephanie Flores says Van der Sloot : "I am framed . How exactly is it all gone, I'll tell you later . My lawyer focuses first on any procedural irregularities that have been made . I did not need to sit here ."
The entire matter was conducted in a confidential manner and the judge filed a report which stated that the defendant refused to answer questions , according to judicial sources.
Van der Sloot will stay in a separate corridor of the jail where four thousand prisoners are incarcerated. According to the Dutchman, rats creep at night through a toilet in his cell. However, the Dutchman has a very comfortable cell per Peruvian concepts. He has his own mattress and eats the same food as the prison director and guards. What's a rat or two?
I think he just stepped on his pee-pee again. He just pissed off the one person who holds Joran's future in his hand.
Joran van der Sloot
The Prairie Chicken
June 21, 2010
Today we wait with bated breath to hear which version of the "truth" Joran van der Sloot decides to tell to Lima Superior Court Judge Juan Buendia. I have no doubt he will have a story, but which one?
He told arresting officials in Chile that two intruders came in his room and killed Stephany when he went to get coffee and breakfast pastry.
That is also the scene he was trying to set up when he left the room for a few minutes, then asked a hotel employee to open his room for him. I believe he wanted the employee to find Stephany beaten and bloody, so he could stand there with the cups and say, no I'm clean, see, no blood, couldn't have been me. But instead, the employee simply unlocked the door and stepped back.
What could van der Sloot have been thinking when the plan didn't work? When he realized that the security camera was only a couple of meters from his door? Since he carried the story to Chile with him, I am guessing he was taking a chance that the cameras were not operating.
Lots of businesses put camera's in place to deter theft, but they aren't hooked up to anything, or they tape over every so often, destroying any images, to save the cost of a few tapes.
I have to tell you I am very impressed with Peru. Last night Dateline showed even more video--of Stephany cashing in before they left the casino, and another of Stephany before she entered the casino. To call Lima "third world" hardly seems appropriate.
And the gentle nature of most Peruvians was exhibited when Nancy Grace asked Stephany's father via telephone if he and the family was calling for the death penalty (not that Nanc would instigate blood letting...) Her father responded, "no, here we have no death penalty," and said it with a genuine show of support and respect for the laws of Peru.
There is much speculation as to why Mama van der Sloot hasn't flown to be by Joran's side. In fact, speaking of the devil, Nancy Grace ridiculed her about how to buy airline tickets: "you pick up the phone, you dial the airline, etc..." The Mrs. has never appeared too sharp, if you know what I mean, but when the Aruban reporter told ole' Nanc that mama was trying to figure out how to get tickets, I'm pretty sure she meant that the van der Sloots are low on funds.
Once Paulus died, she lost his income and now is making it on a teachers pay. According to newscasts, the family had depleted their savings five years ago paying off lawyers (and probably judges and any witnesses as well.)
She gave a statement to a Netherland news source that she wouldn't be going to Peru, but staying on Aruba. Good for her. Why should she run out to a country where she doesn't know the language, or have any friends, or know where to stay, or what the procedures and customs are there. What if she got over there and was taunted like Joran was when they took him to jail? She may have been overindulgent with her son, but she loves him.
It seems like early on in the Natalee Holloway case, mama van der Sloot said Joran had been in counseling in for his temper, so she is not in total denial. While she still believes Joran to be innocent of Holloways disappearance, she said it appears very clear that he is responsible for the death of Flores.
But you know what? This guy is 22 years old. That is SO young. What could have made this p.o.s. a murderer at such a young age and to completely ruin the life laid out before him? He is smart, evidently charming (altho I don't see it) and with a good education he could have done anything.
One more thing about Nancy Grace. Of course, she is following this case closely and Jean Casarez from tru.tv is in Lima reporting live every day. But Nancy must have been told that she is not allowed to speak rudely to Jean. I thought it was odd at first that Jean was escaping the wrath, but towards the last of the week it was obvious. Nancy is almost shooting smoke rings out of her nose, but is still quite polite to Jean. On Friday, she even waited until Jean was no longer on the line, then said to one of her whipping boys "What Jean just said is total BS." tsk.
June 21, 2010
Today we wait with bated breath to hear which version of the "truth" Joran van der Sloot decides to tell to Lima Superior Court Judge Juan Buendia. I have no doubt he will have a story, but which one?
He told arresting officials in Chile that two intruders came in his room and killed Stephany when he went to get coffee and breakfast pastry.
That is also the scene he was trying to set up when he left the room for a few minutes, then asked a hotel employee to open his room for him. I believe he wanted the employee to find Stephany beaten and bloody, so he could stand there with the cups and say, no I'm clean, see, no blood, couldn't have been me. But instead, the employee simply unlocked the door and stepped back.
What could van der Sloot have been thinking when the plan didn't work? When he realized that the security camera was only a couple of meters from his door? Since he carried the story to Chile with him, I am guessing he was taking a chance that the cameras were not operating.
Lots of businesses put camera's in place to deter theft, but they aren't hooked up to anything, or they tape over every so often, destroying any images, to save the cost of a few tapes.
I have to tell you I am very impressed with Peru. Last night Dateline showed even more video--of Stephany cashing in before they left the casino, and another of Stephany before she entered the casino. To call Lima "third world" hardly seems appropriate.
And the gentle nature of most Peruvians was exhibited when Nancy Grace asked Stephany's father via telephone if he and the family was calling for the death penalty (not that Nanc would instigate blood letting...) Her father responded, "no, here we have no death penalty," and said it with a genuine show of support and respect for the laws of Peru.
There is much speculation as to why Mama van der Sloot hasn't flown to be by Joran's side. In fact, speaking of the devil, Nancy Grace ridiculed her about how to buy airline tickets: "you pick up the phone, you dial the airline, etc..." The Mrs. has never appeared too sharp, if you know what I mean, but when the Aruban reporter told ole' Nanc that mama was trying to figure out how to get tickets, I'm pretty sure she meant that the van der Sloots are low on funds.
Once Paulus died, she lost his income and now is making it on a teachers pay. According to newscasts, the family had depleted their savings five years ago paying off lawyers (and probably judges and any witnesses as well.)
She gave a statement to a Netherland news source that she wouldn't be going to Peru, but staying on Aruba. Good for her. Why should she run out to a country where she doesn't know the language, or have any friends, or know where to stay, or what the procedures and customs are there. What if she got over there and was taunted like Joran was when they took him to jail? She may have been overindulgent with her son, but she loves him.
It seems like early on in the Natalee Holloway case, mama van der Sloot said Joran had been in counseling in for his temper, so she is not in total denial. While she still believes Joran to be innocent of Holloways disappearance, she said it appears very clear that he is responsible for the death of Flores.
But you know what? This guy is 22 years old. That is SO young. What could have made this p.o.s. a murderer at such a young age and to completely ruin the life laid out before him? He is smart, evidently charming (altho I don't see it) and with a good education he could have done anything.
One more thing about Nancy Grace. Of course, she is following this case closely and Jean Casarez from tru.tv is in Lima reporting live every day. But Nancy must have been told that she is not allowed to speak rudely to Jean. I thought it was odd at first that Jean was escaping the wrath, but towards the last of the week it was obvious. Nancy is almost shooting smoke rings out of her nose, but is still quite polite to Jean. On Friday, she even waited until Jean was no longer on the line, then said to one of her whipping boys "What Jean just said is total BS." tsk.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Police issue questionnaire asking about Kyron Horman's stepmother, vehicle
Oregonlive.com
Helen Jung, The Oregonian
Friday, June 18, 2010
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Helen Jung, The Oregonian
Friday, June 18, 2010
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The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is distributing a flyer showing photos of Kyron Horman's stepmother and the type of pick-up truck she is believed to have driven on the day the 7-year-old disappeared from his school.
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A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office declined to answer questions about the flyer or whether Kyron's stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman, is considered a person-of-interest in the investigation...
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authorities are asking students, teachers, parents and anyone who was at Skyline School...to answer the questions, which can be viewed here.
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Police ask that people return the questionnaire on Sunday, between 9 am and 7 pm to Skyline School.
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I sure was hoping it wouldn't lead to this.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Pondering the disappearance of Kyron Horman
The Prairie Chicken
June 17, 2010
This kids smile goes right to my heart. He is adorable.
But anyway, trying to figure out what happened the day that Kyron disappeared from Skyline Elementary School in Portland Oregon has been confusing at least. It would help if the police could be a little more specific as to what, if any theory they are looking at. Or even speculating.
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I looked through the articles for the first week and came up with a timeline of sorts. Not so much a timeline as a list of what happened as given by others that saw Kyron and his step-mom Terri Horman:
Who’s who, a very incomplete list as of 6 June, 2010:
MCSO= Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office—PPB=Portland Police Bureau
Captain Jason Gates of the Multnomah County sheriff's office spokesperson?
Ben Keefer, principal of Skyline Elementary School, at 11536 N.W. Skyline Blvd, Portland Oregon.
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Kristina Porter, Kyron's teacher
Gina Zimmerman, the president of the school's PTA, also parent.
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Kaine Horman, Kyron's father
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Terri Moulton Ecker Horman, Kyron’s step-mother
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Desiree McCullough Horman, Kyron’s mother
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Carol Moulton, step-mom’s mother and Kyron's grandmother.
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June 4, 2010, Friday
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Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby said Kyron Horman was at school Friday.
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They arrived sometime after the school opened about 8 a.m., went to his classroom, dropped off his coat and backpack.
They arrived sometime after the school opened about 8 a.m., went to his classroom, dropped off his coat and backpack.
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Terri Horman, Kyrons stepmother, took Kyron to a science fair at the school Friday morning, where they walked through a number of classrooms looking at displays.
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Parent Gina Zimmerman, the president of the school's parent teacher association, was at the school for the science fair and saw Kyron pose for the photo Terri Horman took of him in front of his science display on red-eyed tree frogs.
Parent Gina Zimmerman, the president of the school's parent teacher association, was at the school for the science fair and saw Kyron pose for the photo Terri Horman took of him in front of his science display on red-eyed tree frogs.
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His stepmother, Terri Horman, left at 8:45.
His stepmother, Terri Horman, left at 8:45.
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Tanner Pumala, Kyron's classmate, said he last saw his friend at about the same time (as when Terri left, at 8:45) when Kyron told him he was headed to look at another student's science project.
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"He walked by the hallway and I'm like, 'Hi, Kyron,' and he's like, 'Hi. I'm going to go see this cool one. It's electric.' I'm like, 'Alright, bye.' And that's the last time I saw him," Tanner said. "He never did make it back to class."
"He walked by the hallway and I'm like, 'Hi, Kyron,' and he's like, 'Hi. I'm going to go see this cool one. It's electric.' I'm like, 'Alright, bye.' And that's the last time I saw him," Tanner said. "He never did make it back to class."
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According to the sheriff’s office, the stepmother saw the boy walking toward his classroom at 8:45 as she left the building but officials with Portland Public Schools said Horman’s teacher never saw him in class which started at 10 a.m. The teacher marked him absent.
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What happened after that is unclear.
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But these are additional reports from various sources that I find interesting:
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Carol Moulton said the kids were supposed to report to their classes and be divided into small groups of a few students each. Each group was supposed to tour the science fair with a chaperone. Afterward, when they returned to their classes for roll call, Kyron wasn't there, she said. He apparently was not in any group and no one noticed.
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In another report Zimmerman said everyone went into their classroom for the science fair and broke into parent-led groups of four or five. She wasn’t sure what group Kyron was in, but she said the last time she saw him was at 8:45, when the groups began going from class to class.
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Again, according to the sheriff’s office, the stepmother saw the boy walking toward his classroom at 8:45 as she left the building but officials with Portland Public Schools said Horman’s teacher never saw him in class which started at 10 a.m. The teacher marked him absent.
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Kyron's backpack and jacket were found in his classroom. The children pointed out to the teacher that Kyron was missing and she never called his parents.
Kyron's backpack and jacket were found in his classroom. The children pointed out to the teacher that Kyron was missing and she never called his parents.
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Kristina Porter, Kyron's teacher has said that Terri Horman had previously told her that Kyron had an upcoming appointment but Porter didn't remember the date. She said she assumed he was at that appointment, having seen him with his step-mom that morning.
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When Kyron didn’t get off the bus in the afternoon, his parents called police.
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Gates said Saturday that police received a 9-1-1 call at 3:45 Friday afternoon.
Gates said Saturday that police received a 9-1-1 call at 3:45 Friday afternoon.
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Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby said two teachers saw Kyron with his stepmother and thought the two left school together.
Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby said two teachers saw Kyron with his stepmother and thought the two left school together.
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Nora Schreiber, a Skyline parent and volunteer, said the school has three main entrances and one secure exit. Two of the doorways are near the main office and are monitored, while a third on the north side of the school is not. Kyron's classroom is adjacent to that door, which opens onto a rear parking lot.
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I've heard it is now a criminal investigation. That can't be good.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Joran van der Sloot: What the Dutch have to say
Do not miss this video:
Joran van der Sloot simuló como coartada no tener llaves del cuarto donde asesinó a Stephany Flores video is in spanish, but watch anyway...
Joran alleen in cel uit angst voor moord
The Prairie Chicken
12 June 2010
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Just a note--the Dutch translation for van der Sloot is "of the ditch", which makes me smile every time I read it. In the Netherland news agencies, he is called Joran of of the ditch.
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When van der Sloot was transferred from Miguel Castro Castro to the Palace of Justice, he got a head of rotten lettuce thrown at his head. In the heat of the battle, I wish I could come up with stuff like that. There is always something rotten in my frig. Note to self... van der Sloot now admits that he lured Stephany Flores to his room to play Internet poker after he was filmed on security tape with her both in the Atlantic City casino and in the lobby and hallway of this hotel. Now he says he broke Stephany's nose with the elbow shot, then strangled her while she was still stunned from the facial blow. I still have to wonder how he managed to dislodge her eye with a right hook, elbow to the nose and strangle to the neck.
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Afterwards he stole her change purse and drove away in her jeep. He stole money with a value of almost 250 euro (? 5,000 US dollars do not equal 250 euros), and two credit cards. The murder in conjunction with robbery can warrant the longest sentence allowed in Peru, life in prison. It is still unclear when its process starts...
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For five long years the Holloway family has suffered the lost of their daughter Natalee, an American on a group senior high school vacation. van der Sloot was never charged. He was never condemned, for lack of proof...
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Now Joran wants to admit to the murder of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005. He is hoping that this will buy him a ticket back to the Netherlands where faces are a bit more friendly to him. I imagine Aruba will send a couple of guys over to Lima to interview him--but we must remember that as late as last week, the Aruban officials contended that there is no evidence that a crime ever happened at all.
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I'm afraid he now has to play the cards that were dealt to him. I can picture him cowering at Castro Castro. It's a much different visual than he being the big man, beating the hell out of small women, taking what he wants. Killing them.
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But the Netherlands/Aruba still consider him a golden son, for some odd reason. Maybe it's just anti-American sentiment. But if Aruban officials don't think a crime has been committed in Aruba, why would they want to fly all the way to Peru? To hear yet another version?
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One website (above) I read complained that it was cruel and inhumane to make Joran stand in front of the Peruvian press and let them photograph him to their hearts content. Check out the look on his face. He is pissed. He is not used to being treated with such a lack of respect. Poor Joran.
Joran van der Sloot simuló como coartada no tener llaves del cuarto donde asesinó a Stephany Flores video is in spanish, but watch anyway...
Joran alleen in cel uit angst voor moord
The Prairie Chicken
12 June 2010
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Just a note--the Dutch translation for van der Sloot is "of the ditch", which makes me smile every time I read it. In the Netherland news agencies, he is called Joran of of the ditch.
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When van der Sloot was transferred from Miguel Castro Castro to the Palace of Justice, he got a head of rotten lettuce thrown at his head. In the heat of the battle, I wish I could come up with stuff like that. There is always something rotten in my frig. Note to self... van der Sloot now admits that he lured Stephany Flores to his room to play Internet poker after he was filmed on security tape with her both in the Atlantic City casino and in the lobby and hallway of this hotel. Now he says he broke Stephany's nose with the elbow shot, then strangled her while she was still stunned from the facial blow. I still have to wonder how he managed to dislodge her eye with a right hook, elbow to the nose and strangle to the neck.
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Afterwards he stole her change purse and drove away in her jeep. He stole money with a value of almost 250 euro (? 5,000 US dollars do not equal 250 euros), and two credit cards. The murder in conjunction with robbery can warrant the longest sentence allowed in Peru, life in prison. It is still unclear when its process starts...
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For five long years the Holloway family has suffered the lost of their daughter Natalee, an American on a group senior high school vacation. van der Sloot was never charged. He was never condemned, for lack of proof...
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Now Joran wants to admit to the murder of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005. He is hoping that this will buy him a ticket back to the Netherlands where faces are a bit more friendly to him. I imagine Aruba will send a couple of guys over to Lima to interview him--but we must remember that as late as last week, the Aruban officials contended that there is no evidence that a crime ever happened at all.
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I'm afraid he now has to play the cards that were dealt to him. I can picture him cowering at Castro Castro. It's a much different visual than he being the big man, beating the hell out of small women, taking what he wants. Killing them.
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But the Netherlands/Aruba still consider him a golden son, for some odd reason. Maybe it's just anti-American sentiment. But if Aruban officials don't think a crime has been committed in Aruba, why would they want to fly all the way to Peru? To hear yet another version?
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One website (above) I read complained that it was cruel and inhumane to make Joran stand in front of the Peruvian press and let them photograph him to their hearts content. Check out the look on his face. He is pissed. He is not used to being treated with such a lack of respect. Poor Joran.
Joran van der Sloot: His Confession, or How can Dutch dweeb cause such international outrage?
The Prairie Chicken
June 12, 2010
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La confesión de Joran van der Sloot: “La tomé por el cuello y la estrangulé”
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The above link is the Spanish version of today's article in Peru's El Comercio.pe, which gives a bit more detail about Joran van der Sloot's confession to police concerning the homicide of Stephany Flores Ramirez in room 309 of the Hotel TAC.
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According to “90 Seconds” noticieron (news station), the admission was offered by the Dutch citizen in the presence of an appointed counsel and with the aid of a translator who transferred the questions to him from the authorities in his own language. In agreement with the narration, van der Sloot and Flores Ramirez entered his room about 5:30 a.m. of day 30 May after playing in the Atlantic City casino.
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As van der Sloot recounted, he suggested to Stephany that they could play poker on the Internet and for that reason they went to his room. Then - he says he received an e-mail that said “I am going to kill you mongolito (retard)”, which referred to the murder of Natalee Holloway, the young American whom he also admits to have assassinated in Aruba in 2005.
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Next, van der Sloot spoke to Stephany about the case and he told her they had stopped investigating the crime. She - according to Joran - had a strong reaction and he gave her a blow with his fist on the left side of her head. The Dutchman states that he reacted by hitting her with an elbow, leaving Stephany “in a faint”. He said in addition that the reaction of Stephany affected him so much that he took her by the neck with the two hands and strangled her “in the space of a minute”.
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Later, van der Sloot left the hotel in Stephany's SUV, but after leaving the vehicle parked in Furrow, he approached a taxi that took him to Ica and another taxi took him to Arica. According to his testimony, he told both taxi drivers that "they" were accusing him wrongly of murder.
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Both of the taxi drivers are under investigation for having aided van der Sloot in leaving the country.
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Joran van der Sloot: "Temo que me maten en la cárcel" ("They will kill me in jail!)
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The confessed killer of Stephany Flores Ramirez is afraid that he will be killed in prison for revenge.
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The coward is asking to plead to a sentence in Aruba in an attempt to escape the Peruvian prison system. He has offered to give up the location of the remains of Alabama student Natalee Holloway and while his motive has not been announced, it's my belief that he is hoping for a prison sentence in Aruba with his fathers old cronies and his mother to bring him cookies. Then in the mean time, Daddy's lawyer friends could figure out what to do with Peru.
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Dutchman asked to plead to sentence in Aruba: The Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot expressed fear that "they" will kill him after being committed in the penitentiary of maximum security Miguel Castro Castro. “I do not want to be imprisoned in Peru. I am scared...”, said between sobs during the confession to Police. He is also said to have cried and wailed on the telephone with his mother, claiming he was badgered into making a confession.
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van der Sloot was transferred in an ambulance to the carceleta of Palace of Justice under much security and with a great amount of journalists.
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Please forgive my rough translation
June 12, 2010
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La confesión de Joran van der Sloot: “La tomé por el cuello y la estrangulé”
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The above link is the Spanish version of today's article in Peru's El Comercio.pe, which gives a bit more detail about Joran van der Sloot's confession to police concerning the homicide of Stephany Flores Ramirez in room 309 of the Hotel TAC.
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According to “90 Seconds” noticieron (news station), the admission was offered by the Dutch citizen in the presence of an appointed counsel and with the aid of a translator who transferred the questions to him from the authorities in his own language. In agreement with the narration, van der Sloot and Flores Ramirez entered his room about 5:30 a.m. of day 30 May after playing in the Atlantic City casino.
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As van der Sloot recounted, he suggested to Stephany that they could play poker on the Internet and for that reason they went to his room. Then - he says he received an e-mail that said “I am going to kill you mongolito (retard)”, which referred to the murder of Natalee Holloway, the young American whom he also admits to have assassinated in Aruba in 2005.
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Next, van der Sloot spoke to Stephany about the case and he told her they had stopped investigating the crime. She - according to Joran - had a strong reaction and he gave her a blow with his fist on the left side of her head. The Dutchman states that he reacted by hitting her with an elbow, leaving Stephany “in a faint”. He said in addition that the reaction of Stephany affected him so much that he took her by the neck with the two hands and strangled her “in the space of a minute”.
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Later, van der Sloot left the hotel in Stephany's SUV, but after leaving the vehicle parked in Furrow, he approached a taxi that took him to Ica and another taxi took him to Arica. According to his testimony, he told both taxi drivers that "they" were accusing him wrongly of murder.
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Both of the taxi drivers are under investigation for having aided van der Sloot in leaving the country.
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"mama!"
Joran van der Sloot moments after rotten lettuce was lobbed at his head. You have to love the passion of the Latinos!
Joran van der Sloot: "Temo que me maten en la cárcel" ("They will kill me in jail!)
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The confessed killer of Stephany Flores Ramirez is afraid that he will be killed in prison for revenge.
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The coward is asking to plead to a sentence in Aruba in an attempt to escape the Peruvian prison system. He has offered to give up the location of the remains of Alabama student Natalee Holloway and while his motive has not been announced, it's my belief that he is hoping for a prison sentence in Aruba with his fathers old cronies and his mother to bring him cookies. Then in the mean time, Daddy's lawyer friends could figure out what to do with Peru.
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Dutchman asked to plead to sentence in Aruba: The Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot expressed fear that "they" will kill him after being committed in the penitentiary of maximum security Miguel Castro Castro. “I do not want to be imprisoned in Peru. I am scared...”, said between sobs during the confession to Police. He is also said to have cried and wailed on the telephone with his mother, claiming he was badgered into making a confession.
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van der Sloot was transferred in an ambulance to the carceleta of Palace of Justice under much security and with a great amount of journalists.
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Please forgive my rough translation
Joran van der Sloot New Hotel TAC Video!
The Prairie Chicken
June 12, 2010
Joran van der Sloot simuló como coartada no tener llaves del cuarto donde asesinó a Stephany Flores video is in spanish, but it's worth a thousand words...
June 12, 2010Joran van der Sloot simuló como coartada no tener llaves del cuarto donde asesinó a Stephany Flores video is in spanish, but it's worth a thousand words...
In the above video, just released by El Comercio.pe, Joran van der Sloot is caught on the security camera of the Hotel TAC before his much publicized exit from the hotel.
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At 8:35 am, 30 May, AFTER Stephany Flores had been beaten to death, van der Sloot leaves his room with two empty disposable cups. He hesitates before he actually closes the door tight, engaging the lock.
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He then seemingly pretends to be just returning and performs some phony knocks on the door as though trying to gain entrance. I can say the knocks are phony because, at times, his fist does not even touch the door. About here is where he spots the camera.
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He then leaves the scene but returns two minutes later with a hotel employee who uses a pass key at 8:39 am to open the door.
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The employee simply pushes the door lightly and backs away, instead of entering to find the melee' inside the room.
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Finally, the Dutchman entered to the room where Stephany Flores body was, ate his breakfast, then left the country.
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Was Joran trying to manipulate the hotel employee into finding the body? Was his idea to claim someone must have killed her when he left the room for coffee? He has already changed clothes.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Jordan A Brown, 11, to be tried as adult for murder
Lawrence County Judge Dominick Motto on Monday, March 29, 2010 ordered the now 12-year-old boy to be tried as an adult.
March 29, 2010
NEW CASTLE, Pa.
Jordan A Brown, a Pennsylvania boy who was 11 when he allegedly killed his father's pregnant fiancee with a shotgun will be tried as an adult in the death of both the woman and the 8 month fetus. Jordan Brown is charged...in the death a year ago of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk and the unborn boy in their western Pennsylvania farmhouse.
Jordan A Brown, a Pennsylvania boy who was 11 when he allegedly killed his father's pregnant fiancee with a shotgun will be tried as an adult in the death of both the woman and the 8 month fetus. Jordan Brown is charged...in the death a year ago of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk and the unborn boy in their western Pennsylvania farmhouse.
Lawrence County Judge Dominick Motto on Monday ordered the now 12-year-old boy to be tried as an adult. Per Pennsylvania law he could be convicted of anything from involuntary manslaughter to first-degree murder and could face up to life in prison...
A psychiatrist for the prosecution had argued the boy wasn't likely to be rehabilitated in juvenile court.
Boy faces adult trial in death of Pa. woman, fetus
A judge's ruling that a 12-year-old boy will be tried as an adult on charges of fatally shooting his father's pregnant fiancee is an unprecedented move, an advocate for defense attorneys says.
Joe Mandak AP March 30, 2010. This article has a bit more detail about the proceedings.
The disgrace of Arlington National Cemetery
By Mike Mount, Senior Pentagon Producer
June 11, 2010
June 11, 2010
Washington (CNN) -- Potentially hundreds of American veterans and their family members who were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery were misidentified or mislocated...the investigation culminated in a change in leadership at the historic cemetery that has been home to U.S. veterans since 1864.
...Army investigators found a "lack of established policies and procedures, a failure to automate records, and long-term systemic problems..."
Can't we do anything right? It just does not seem too hard to make a note of who went in each grave and mark the location. It's not rocket science.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Joran van der Sloot's tangled web...
The Prairie Chicken
June 8, 2010
livinginperu.com
This from Isabel Guerra, reporter
Joran van de Sloot's confession may be a strategy to lighten his sentence for murdering Stephany Flores, says criminal defense attorney Mario Amoretti. In opinion of Amoretti, van der Sloot may be trying to convince the authorities that he had not planned to murder Flores, but did it because of an emotional overreaction, because he got mad at her when he found her searching for his background. In this scenario, he could be sentenced to six years of imprisonment, and could apply for benefits and be released in three years for good conduct.
However, if prosecution can prove that the crime was premeditated, his sentence could range between 15 and 35 years. That's why it is very important to verify and check facts with the casino, to find out exactly how much money did each one won and lost that night...
According to Peruvian newspaper La Republica, Van der Sloot told police: "I did not want to do it. The girl intruded into my private life. She had no right. I went to her and I hit her. She was scared. We argued and she tried to escape. I grabbed her by the neck and I hit her."
Additionally, the correspondent in Colombia of the Netherlands ANP agency, Wies Ubags, confirmed to Peruvian press that Colombia is sending two homocide detectives to interrogate van der Sloot in the disappearance of two young women in the two days before he landed in Lima. These women were patrons of casinos on the nights of their vanishings, and van der Sloot did attend several casinos while his staying in Bogota.
The Columbia of the Netherlands, Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) is the largest news agency in the Netherlands.
U.S. prosecutors say $15,000 was transferred to a Dutch bank account in his name on May 10. He arrived in Peru four days later, his visit coinciding with the runup to a June 2-5 Latin America Poker Tour tournament with a $930,000 prize pool.
And just another personal note while listening to Nancy Grace screech at the camera tonight... Joran did not go 'fetch' coffee for Stephany. He had a dead girl in his room and had been up all night. He showered, shaved, changed clothes then had two cups of coffee to wake himself up. He needed to get out of the country. The story that she snooped in his laptop is bullchit.
If he was using the ruse of a computer for sale to get her to his room, as I speculated in my last post, he would need to explain her prints/dna on the computer once the police confiscated it.
Remember how he made sure he was in class the day after Natalee died, so as not to raise suspicion? And remember his stories about how Natalee 'wanted it'--trying to blame the victim?
Joran Van Der Sloot Asks to See His Mother Check out this webpage with lots of stuff re Joran.
Kyron Horman, missing from school in Portland, Oregon
The Prairie Chicken
June 8, 2010
Kyron Horman was last seen on Friday, June 4, 2010 inside Skyline Elementary school at 9 a.m. That day the school hosted a morning science fair and afternoon talent show. Authorities launched an intensive search and investigation into his disappearance that afternoon when Kyron did not get off of his bus, and continued through the weekend to no avail.
Some 1,200 tips reaching into Washington state have been called in. At the same time, he expressed frustration that some people have called in nonsensical tips, making jokes.
Law Enforcement previously reported that Kyron's stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman, was the last to see the boy about 8:45 a.m. as he walked to his classroom. The two had attended a science fair, where Kyron posed for the photo now shown on the missing fliers and news media.
Investigators now say Kyron was last seen at 9 a.m. inside the school, but declined to say by whom or where.
Missing Kyron Horman Facebook
Kyron Horman search attracts 1,200 tips, but still no sign of the Portland second-grader
Kyron Horman search turns up no new clues, investigators say today
June 8, 2010
Kyron Horman was last seen on Friday, June 4, 2010 inside Skyline Elementary school at 9 a.m. That day the school hosted a morning science fair and afternoon talent show. Authorities launched an intensive search and investigation into his disappearance that afternoon when Kyron did not get off of his bus, and continued through the weekend to no avail.
Some 1,200 tips reaching into Washington state have been called in. At the same time, he expressed frustration that some people have called in nonsensical tips, making jokes.
Law Enforcement previously reported that Kyron's stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman, was the last to see the boy about 8:45 a.m. as he walked to his classroom. The two had attended a science fair, where Kyron posed for the photo now shown on the missing fliers and news media.
Investigators now say Kyron was last seen at 9 a.m. inside the school, but declined to say by whom or where.
Missing Kyron Horman Facebook
Kyron Horman search attracts 1,200 tips, but still no sign of the Portland second-grader
Kyron Horman search turns up no new clues, investigators say today
Joran van der Sloot: Sloppy serial killer?
The Prairie Chicken
June 8, 2010
What a mess the "most hated man in the world" has gotten him into this time. It's all over the news, so there is no reason really to get you caught up, but thought I'd provide a few good links for the latest.
We hear this morning that Joran van der Sloot has confessed to the murder of Stephany Flores, a lovely Peruian student from a well-known family. According to van der Sloot, he went to get coffee and when he came back she was accessing his computer and viewing his files on Natalee Holloway. He said "I didn't WANT to kill her. She intruded into my private life." hmmm.
Before I post the links, I have a few observations to throw out there, of course. While his story sounds quite feasible, he told 27 different versions of Holloway's death, and still hasn't come clean. Either Peruvian interrogation is much more effective than that of Aruba or this is the first of many stories.
Now, why would a young woman who is openly gay go to a hotel (and a very cheap one) with a man she had just met? After seeing the video of van der Sloot and Flores entering his room that morning I doubt there was any sexual promise in it.
What we know is that Stephany had won $5000 that night, while Joran lost a few hundred. Her father has said he gave her $1000 for a new computer--was in her 3rd year of business college and worked for the family business.
What Joran knew by the end of the night was that this young woman had $6000 in her pocket and was looking to buy a computer. I suggest that he lured her into his room under the pretense of having a laptop to sell with the intention of raping her, robbing her, and leaving her dead.
He obviously changed clothes afterward, and after seeing the enter/exit video, he apparently shaved as well before he took off for Chile. Pretty cold blooded.
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