PROCES – VERBAALI, Clyde Anthony BURKE, sergeant first class, at the Korps Police Force Aruba and district II, explain the following at the section to multi-prevention crime classified.
On June 5, 2005 around 10:30 I, BURKE, interrogated as a suspect the man who gave his name as:
Antonios Mickey JOHN,
born in Greneda on September 25, 1974 of profession guard (A.S.I.S.) and living at the address Van Speykstraat xxxxxxx on Aruba.
Before the questioning, the suspect A.M. JOHN was notified that he was not obligated to speak.
The statement was given in English and translated by me, BURKE, into Dutch, has been put on record and sounds as follows:
Although I know that I am not obliged to speak, I am nevertheless prepared to give a statement. This the first time that I have come in contact with the police force and/or justice. I ended my guarding job on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 with the above company. The reason for this was that the contract that the company had for monitoring the “Allegro Hotel” had ended. I have worked since August 19, 2003 for this company.
On your question what is the color of the company uniform, I will answer you the following:
The color is dark blue a trousers with a white vest.
On your question if it’s possible I wear a wind jacket with my uniform while working, I will answer you the following:
I generally wear a black wind jacket if I have night duty.
On your question what shift (hours) I worked on the night May 29, 2005 up to May 30, 2005, I will answer you the following:
Sunday May 29, 2005 I worked from 06.00 till 14.00, I remember this clearly because there was a festival on the beach of the “Holiday Inn Hotel” because of the Soul Beach Music Festival. On Monday May 30, 2005 I worked from 06.00 till 14.00. That same evening I worked from 23:00 to May 31, 2005 around 07:00.
On your question where I worked, I will answer you the following:
I worked those days at the “Allegro Hotel”. On Monday I had day service and was a casino monitor. The night duty I monitored the outside.
On your question what I mean by the outside, I will answer you the following:
Monitoring the outside to make sure no problems occur in the yard (courtyard?)
On your question if I go to other hotels when I am working, I will answer you the following:
I sometimes walk to the “Radisson" and the "Holiday Inn hotel".
On your question when was the last time I was at the "Holiday Inn Hotel", I will answer you the following:
On Sunday May 29, 2005 around 12.00 I went to the hotel for the celebration on the beach. I also went on Sunday May 29, 2005 at around 21.00.
On your question what I did there, I will answer you the following:
I have a girlfriend who comes to Aruba from Boston. We met last year at the Allegro Hotel. Now that the Allegro Hotel is close, she stays somewhere in an apartment.
On your question if I can give you her full name, address, phone number and in which apartment she stayed, I will answer you the following:
She is called, “J” from Boston. I do not know her address and phone number. I saw her on Sunday at the beach festival. We agreed that I would meet her in the evening hours at the "Holiday Inn hotel". I didn’t remain there long because I had to work the next day. I didn’t see her again until Wednesday. I spoke with her and she said that nobody had seen the missing tourist.
On your question how I know what time I left, I will explain the following:
I got there around 21:00 and left between 23:00 and 24:00. I don’t remember the exact time well. I do remember I had to leave because the next day I was asked to work.
On your question if I walked by the lobby of the hotel, I will explain to you the following:
I walked by means of the sand because my car was parked between the “Allegro Hotel” and the “Hyatt Hotel”.
On your question what kind of car I drive, I will explain to you the following:
I drive a red “Toyota Tercel”, license number x-xxxxx. The car is owned by my mother.
On your question if I spoke with anyone at the "Holiday Inn Hotel", I will answer you the following:
I spoke only with “J” (girlfriend).
I can you explain that on Sunday were there young people at the bar. They were gone before I left. This was in "sport bar" of the hotel.
On your question if I spoke with any of them, I will answer you the following:
I did not speak with any of them.
On your question if I have heard about the missing American tourist, I will answer you the following:
I have heard about her.
On your question if I know or have seen the missing girl, I will answer you the following:
I do not know her and I have also never seen her.
On your question if I know a man named M. CELAIRE, I will answer you the following:
I know him by sight. Everyone that works as a guard at the hotels must know him or of him He commits many thefts in the hotels.
On your question when was the last time I saw “M” at the hotels, I will answer you the following:
The last time I saw him was May 31, 2005 in the evening hours. I cannot remember how late it was.
On your question how he was dressed, I will answer you the following:
He wore short pants (shorts), I cannot remember the color now and his upper body was bare (shirtless).
On your question where I exactly saw him, I will answer you the following:
I saw him in the vicinity of the Allegro. He was walking south in the direction of the “Radisson Hotel”. I must I did have a problem with “M” a long time ago. He once said to me that our guards sent the police force for him and that he would stab us. He had called me on my mobile telephone. I had found him hereafter during one of shifts and about this pointed out. I had him that we should talk right then if he had a problem and solve it then. He said to me that one of the guards that wore a black wind jacket sent the police force for him. I told him I was not the only guard that wears a black jacket.
On your question what I wore on Sunday when I went to the hotel, I will answer you the following:
I can remember I had on jean trousers. I cannot remember now if they are the same jean trousers that I now have on. (note interrogator: suspect A.M. JOHN has blue jean trousers of the make "No Fear")
On your question if I’ve seen anyone acting strangely in the vicinity of the hotels these last days, I will answer you the following:
I have seen no one acting strangely in the vicinity of the hotels.
I have not kidnapped or have assassinated anybody. That I would never do. I know that tourism is important for Aruba and I would never do something to disadvantage this. It brings in money and also jobs. I have lived here 10 years already and have worked hard for my money. I know that at the "Holiday Inn Hotel" many of the so-called "beachbums" hang around and sleep there at night. You should question them.
A.M. JOHN
After I, BURKE, read the declaration to the suspect A.M. JOHN in English, I translated it and he agreed to sign it.
Of which by me, BURKE, on oath of office made up this warrant, and has been signed at Noord on June 5, 2005 and has been closed.
Signed,
C.A. BURKE
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