Natalee Holloway Case Discussion #861 10/16/11 - 12/23/11
texasmom:
It looks like they may try to locate the missing fishing boat with a Remus.
http://www.diario.aw/
October 15, 2011 Diario Front Page
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Papiamentu translation:
buzonan of navy regal owing to busca shanty cu aparatonan sofistica
oranjestad (aan) for of the barco hr. ms. pelikaan, buzonan of navy regal owing to descend in lama big for busca in profundidad for see if will can localiza the boat sahnty cu is perdi cu 2 piscador for of end of week happen. here can see the boat remus is wordo descend cu owing to aparatonan, for her buskeda can take lugar. can read more of this in the edicion here.
http://www.awemainta.com/noticia/
October 15, 2011 Page 3
In 1999, one of the missing fishermen (Pierre Croes) helped rescue three tourists (I think it says when their catamaran turned over).
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-At-Sea-Pierre-Croes-Emiliano-de-Cuba-Help-Us/211465062252107
texasmom:
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-british-forensic-team-launched
Dutch-British forensic team launched
Published on : 16 October 2011 - 7:50am | By Philip Smet (RNW)
Could this be murder? Was this person wrongly imprisoned? The Independent Forensic Team will look into politically sensitive cases in countries where there’s hardly any scientific investigation into crimes. The Dutch-British team is independent and non-commercial.
The Independent Forensic Team was officially launched a week ago as a nonprofit-making organisation, explains Pim Volkers one of its founders.
“Corruption or human rights abuses - it can be about death in suspicious circumstances or where someone is unjustly imprisoned. We will have done really good work if, after our investigations, it is shown that the person in question hasn’t committed murder or rape.”
Mr Volkers is director of the Verilabs forensic company, which mostly works for the Dutch police and justice departments. One and a half years ago, the firm went to Congo where the well-known activist, Floribert Chebeya, had been found dead under suspicious circumstances.
Experience
A Dutch organisation had requested the help of Verilabs and the Dutch embassy had mediated. “The country has just one clinical pathologist who has little experience in forensic post-mortems. The call went out for an independent team.”
The Congo case led to The Independent Forensic Team being set up.
“If we open the paper, we sometimes read about a situation which has to be investigated. This most often occurs in countries with a less well-developed system of justice – and where there’s absolutely no system of forensic investigation. We feel something should be done about this.”
Disputes
Mr Volkers set the team up together with his colleague, forensic pathologist Frank van de Goot, and British forensic scientist Angela Gallop. Dutch lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops, former London police commissioner John Stevens and Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries are on the board.
Mr De Vries has known Volkers and his team for some time:
“If the cause of death is questionable, one side will often accuse the other of influencing the forensic institute. You can then call upon an independent investigation team that is not involved and has no interest in taking sides, people with a good reputation. Then the chance is that the two sides will give up the dispute. That’s how it should work.”
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http://www.independentforensicteam.com/advisory_board/
IFT is supported by a special Advisory Board which ensures that the organization stays close to its founding principles of independence, impartiality, and technical excellence. Members of the Advisory Board include Prof Geert-Jan Knoops, Peter R. de Vries and Lord Stevens:
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Peter R. de Vries
For more than a quarter of a century, Peter R. de Vries had been the best-known crime journalist in the Netherlands. Born in 1956, De Vries has established an international reputation investigating (cold case) murders, disappearances, extortion, abductions and violent crimes. In 2013, De Vries’ career as a crime reporter will have spanned 35 years. He has solved innumerable murders, exposed miscarriages of justice, explained disappearances, unraveled major fraud cases and tracked-down fugitive criminals. He has researched the activities of organized crime, but also exposed corruption and abuse of power by judicial authorities. De Vries is author of ten true crime books, including the most definitive account of the kidnapping of beer baron Alfred Heineken.
During the course of his career, Peter R. de Vries has investigated more than 500 murders, both in the Netherlands and internationally, and is widely respected as an expert in the field. In many of these cases, De Vries has cooperated closely with police and detectives, while never compromising his independence. His tactical and analytical insight is especially renowned. De Vries has received several awards for his television work, including the prestigious International Emmy Award (2008) for his coverage of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway on Aruba.
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texasmom:
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MuffyBee:
Quote from: texasmom on October 17, 2011, 01:59:57 AM
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Thank you for posting the lovely picture, TexasMom.
texasmom:
YW, MuffyBee ::bee:: ::MonkeyKiss::
Just wish we could bring her home where she belongs.... :smt090
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