Natalee Holloway Case Discussion #859 6/13 - 8/28/11

[Tamikosmom]

MD Man Stays Behind Bars In Woman's Disappearance
Monday, August 15, 2011

Prosecutors on the Caribbean island of Aruba say a judge has agreed to their request to continue holding an American tourist as a suspect in the death of a woman who was traveling with him.

The prosecutor's office says in a statement the judge accepted a petition to detain Gary V. Giordano for 16 more days.

Investigators say they need the additional time to investigate Giordano. Prosecutors have said he is a suspect in the death of travel companion Robyn Gardner.

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Statement from Robyn Gardner’s Family
Gardner’s family reacts to the continued detainment of Gary Giordano

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At this time, the family is choosing not to speak with media, and appreciates that all media members continue to respect their privacy. Additionally, the Natalee Holloway Resource Center has set up a confidential tipline for any credible tips on Robyn’s disappearance or current whereabouts. Anyone with any information can call 407-237-2295.  All tips will be reported to the FBI for investigation.

About the Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC)

The Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC) provides families of missing persons with an action plan, missing poster templates, contacts, resources, and handles press releases and media reach.  NHRC also provides education programs for traveling safe, crime prevention, and encourages careers in the fields of forensic science and law enforcement.  NHRC operates out of the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit

http://helpthemissing.org/

http://www.wbal.com/absolutenm/templates/story.aspx?articleid=78487&zoneid=3

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The book retells events leading up to the night Natalee Holloway disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005, and the ensuing investigation in the aftermath. It then focuses on the obstacles faced by the Holloway-Twitty family in their search for Natalee's whereabouts. Holloway recounts her anger at what she felt was a lack of cooperation from local authorities such as the Aruba Police Force, including the failure to obtain a warrant to search the home of suspect Joran van der Sloot.

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[Tamikosmom]

Website:
Natalee Holloway Resouce Center
http://www.crimemuseum.org/NHRC
http://helpthemissing.org/

Facebook:
Natalee Holloway Resource Center
http://www.facebook.com/HelpTheMissing

Help Find Robyn Colson - Gardner : Missing in Aruba
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Find-Robyn-Colson-Gardner-Missing-in-Aruba/230993886944552?sk=wall

[texasmom]

http://scm.oas.org/pdfs/2011/CP25570T.pdf

Victim Assistance:  Multilateral Cooperation

Presenter
Jeannette Richardson-Baars MA, Deputy Commissioner (Ag) of Police, Aruba National Police,
Chair of the working group for countertrafficking activities & National Coordinator Anti-Human Trafficking & Smuggling

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• Aruba is a destination country for trafficking in persons

• Risk sectors are: prostitution and labor (service and construction industry)

• In 2007 an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary working group for counter-trafficking activities was installed

• Governmental and semi-governmental agencies tasked with anti-trafficking efforts are represented in the working group

• Partners in the working group are:
– Aruba Police Force (chair)
– Public Prosecutors Office
– Directorate of Alien Policy, Admission & Integration
– Directorate of Foreign Affairs
– Directorate of Labor & Research
– Directorate of Social Affairs
• Bureau for Victim Assistance
– Directorate of Public Health
– Directorate of National Security
– Coastguard Aruba & Netherlands Antilles

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• Results so far:

– the training of government officials in victim identification and victim assistance is ongoing

– a draft for a publicity and awareness campaign has been completed

– a telephone helpline has been established (+297)5923231 as well as an email adress LCMM@kparuba.com

– an outline for a study on human trafficking and the sex industry has been drafted

– an committee (police, prosecutor, labor, alien affairs) has been installed to review information on possible cases of human trafficking (case study)

– an investigative team has been assigned to handle cases of human trafficking

– a basic referral procedure for cases and / or victims of human trafficking has been established

• the Country Coordinator has to be informed immediately of any possible cases of human trafficking and will alert the review committee

• the Bureau for Victim Assistance will take care of shelter and support for the victims

• In 2009 a Memory of Understanding on trafficking in persons, human smuggling and illegal immigration was signed by the ministers of Justice of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba to ensure further cooperation and support between the partners in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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What happened in 2010?

- one investigation into labor exploitation (HK Taylor)
* one victim, one suspect

- one investigation into sexual / labor exploitation (Strea)
* seven victims, four suspects
* forty-five possible victims

(I think this outlines the Alex Mathew/Foxy Lady case currently proceeding in Aruba...jmo)

at the end of 2009 two American females reported the loss of their passports

• they had been employed by Mister X as dancers in his club and he had taken their passports for safekeeping

• the police officer made a copy of their contract and contacted the National Coordinator who alerted the multi-disciplinary review committee

• a preliminary investigation led to sufficient indications of possible human trafficking and the case was handed to the Organized Crimes Unit for further investigation

• during the meeting of the National Coordinators a strategy for further cooperation was determined

• in the beginning of 2010 a Lithuanian female in Curacao made a complaint against Mister X, claiming to be a victim of human trafficking

• a male employee reported to have been forced into cooperation by the use of extreme violence

• in the summer of 2010 two Ukrainian females came to a police station and claimed to
have escaped from Mister X

• the investigation was intensified and preparations were made to arrest Mister X and his accomplices

• due to the risk for the victims it was decided they could not receive safe shelter on Aruba

• the Joint Investigations Teams NA&A provided the finances for transport to Curacao and later reinforced the investigative team

• the Victim Assistance Bureau Curacao provided shelter for the victims and made the necessary arrangements with IOM for return

• the National Police Service in the Netherlands provided for an expert investigator to join the team

• the National Prosecutors Office in the Netherlands provided for a specialized prosecutor

• during the raid at Mister X’s club two Brazilian females also claimed to be victims of
human trafficking and they were also transported to Curacao

• four arrests were made: Mister X, his girlfriend, his bodyguard and a police officer

• Mister X was transported to the prison in Bonaire

• the connection between Mister X and government employees is currently under investigation

• after the arrest two Russian females working in Spain contacted the investigative team to report that they were also Mister X’s victims

• more than seventy former employees have been identified of which forty-five possibly are victims of human trafficking

• the charges against Mister X will most likely include: human trafficking, being part of a criminal organization, money laundering and assault

Current status of the case:

- after his arrest Mister X was placed in preliminary detention and led before the investigative
judge

- the investigative judge ordered to interview several of the potential victims and witnesses
in this case

- as a result 10 more victims made an official compliant against Mister X for human trafficking

- Mister X made his first appearance before the court on the 17th of December 2010 and will do so again on the 1st of April 2011

- the case is expected to be brought before the court in the third or fourth trimester of 2011

- the nationalities of the known victims are: Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Brazilian, Russian, Hungarian, German, French and Scottish.

Partners in the STREA investigation are:

• The Aruba Police Force
• The Joint Investigations Teams NA&A
• The Prosecutors Office of Aruba and the Netherlands
• The National Coordinator of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands
• The Victims Assistance Bureau Aruba and Curacao
• The National Police Service of the Netherlands
• The International Organization for Migration

[Sharon/Tx]

Hiya Texasmom!  I wanted to post a few pics of Baby Beach just to show how isolated it is.  It is so calm until you get to the shell covered sandbar and opening.  We are excellent swimmers and snorkelers but that area looked and felt very rough so we did not venture out there.  Something about Baby Beach creeped me out while we were there.  You are very, very isolated.  Could you check your email and post the pics for me?!  Thanks and take care!

[texasmom]

Hiya Texasmom!  I wanted to post a few pics of Baby Beach just to show how isolated it is.  It is so calm until you get to the shell covered sandbar and opening.  We are excellent swimmers and snorkelers but that area looked and felt very rough so we did not venture out there.  Something about Baby Beach creeped me out while we were there.  You are very, very isolated.  Could you check your email and post the pics for me?!  Thanks and take care!

Sorry I didn't check in here for a while, I'll do it now.  Thanks for sharing!

[texasmom]

Here's one, the other is still uploading.

Baby Beach from Sharon/Tx

[texasmom]

Here's the other one:

Baby Beach posted for Sharon/Tx

[texasmom]

They showed Martin Savage (on Nancy Grace) in Aruba at the location where Gary Giordano said they went snorkeling, it was nothing like Baby Beach...it was down from it...rocky, even more secluded..and it doesn't make sense at all that anyone would've chosen that area to go snorkeling.

I don't think either one of them went snorkeling.

He's a big fat liar!   

jmo

[klaasend]

[Sharon/Tx]

Thank you Texasmom!  Also thanks Klaasend for the aerial view!  I'm with everyone else, "what happened to no body no crime?!"  Did we ever find out whose jaw bone it was that washed up?  This "One Happy Island" sure holds lots of secrets.  Hugs to all you Monkeys and thanks again Texasmom!  My prayers are with Robyn's family.

[klaasend]

Note with the satellite view you can plainly see that the current would tend to wash a body ashore at this location. 

[Blonde]

[Blonde]

Maybe while they were in the water he stepped on her until she drowned then he walked away .

[klaasend]

Blonde - I don't think she ever intentionally went in the water.  If she did and she drowned there, her body should have washed ashore.  

Most of what we are posting in the Robyn Gardner case is being posted in her thread:

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=11942.msg1462404#new

[Tamikosmom]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/missing-aruba-suspect-15-million-insurance-policy/story?id=14321496


Missing in Aruba: Suspect Took Out $1.5 Million Insurance


Authorities in Aruba are investigating an insurance policy taken out by Gary Giordano before his trip to Aruba as a possible motive in the disappearance of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner.

The investigation into the $1.5 million accidental death policy on Gardner -- which names Giordano as a beneficiary -- has been confirmed exclusively with ABC News by a police source in Aruba, as has the fact that he purchased the pricier one-year policy over the cheaper, more commonly purchased five-year policy.
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Thanks 4 Donks

It appears motive and premeditation has been established.

Janet

[Tamikosmom]

Missing in Aruba: Suspect Took Out $1.5 Million Insurance Policy
Aug. 17, 2011

Authorities in Aruba are investigating an insurance policy taken out by Gary Giordano before his trip to Aruba as a possible motive in the disappearance of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner.

The investigation into the $1.5 million accidental death policy on Gardner -- which names Giordano as a beneficiary -- has been confirmed exclusively with ABC News by a police source in Aruba, as has the fact that he purchased the pricier one-year policy over the cheaper, more commonly purchased five-year policy.

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Authorities said that that they found blood on a rock behind the dive shop at the Rum Reef Bar & Grill, which is the last place the two were seen together.

Investigators also told ABC News of Giordano's other erratic behavior at the time of the disappearance -- including that he left the search early to get some sleep at his hotel.

Three days after the search for Gardner began, Giordano got within feet of leaving the country before he was stopped at Aruba's airport, after passing through security and U.S. customs -- where he told customs he had to change flights because of weather, and inexplicably told officials that his travel companion was "taking another flight." When arrested, authorities say Giordano was drenched in sweat.

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Video:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/missing-aruba-suspect-15-million-insurance-policy/story?id=14321496

[grace-land]

Soooo...December will be 18 months in prison awaiting trial.  If it doesn't begin by then, then Joran is released to await trial but must remain in Peru.  What is taking so long?  I think that I'll go and read some of the comments there. 

http://elcomercio.pe/lima/1044136/noticia-caso-van-der-sloot-se-teme-que-lentitud-fiscal-posibilite-libertad-holandes

If Van der Sloot is feared that enables slow release of the Dutch tax
The lawyer for the family of Stephany Flores said in late December, the confessed murderer will be 18 months in jail and if no statement to that date could be released

Wednesday August 17, 2011 - 9:46 a.m.

In a recent criminal record within the Castro Castro is seen by Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, confessed murderer of Stephany Flores Ramirez, receive quietly and without much concern a number of documents on the charges facing the crime of homicide against her.

The serenity of the professional poker player should be, according to the Flores family's lawyer, Edward Alvarez, the Public Ministry would allow slow release in late December when he turns 18 months in jail without trial.

Speaking to elcomercio.pe, Alvarez explained that the owner of the Ninth Criminal Court of Lima Senior Prosecutor, Miriam Riveros Castellares received early June, the case file and had a period of eight days to submit the charge for the Judiciary so that the trial against Van der Sloot begins. However, you have not already done so.

"This is an irresponsible fiscal, has amassed files and does not take into account the time (...) A person may not be detained more than 18 months without trial. Definitely is not qualified for the position. This is a case, but she seems to matter very little, "said the lawyer.

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[grace-land]

A few comments from the article above. 

http://elcomercio.pe/lima/1044136/noticia-caso-van-der-sloot-se-teme-que-lentitud-fiscal-posibilite-libertad-holandes

Orlan Cuba (Orlandini)
Corruption everywhere!
August 17, 2011 10:29 Report

AGUILAR EDUARDO MALDONADO (45ceam)
JUSTICE HAS SUFFICIENT AND NECESSARY TESTS. Q SHOULD SHOW "THE IDEA OF WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION" IS PURE AND THERE CUENTO.Q "EL AS IS" FROM THE DOOR TO THE LAWYER SAYS "BOTH WANT THE JUDGE" AND DOES NOT KNOW IF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE OR CORRUPT!
August 17, 2011 10:53 Report

Magit Magit (magit70)
AMAZING !!!!... and most in need (or need more proof!) PJ to sentence ...? I killed another girl? (Because your having no one but two!). Must intervene here and the Minister of Justice or the same Pres (for cases of this nature).
August 17, 2011 10:55 Report

Jose Fernandez Rojas (josefer1977)
Long live Ollanta! jajjaaja sure the Dutch out to buy bread as crusillat and then!
August 17, 2011 10:58 Report

Eduardo Sanchez (eduardo0197)
But some judges have much time to be sending more crimes Fujimori to Chile knowing that is already doomed for life. There are murders that lasts more than 5 Agnos not found guilty and murderers free on the streets (not counting the marks increase)
August 17, 2011 11:06 Report

JUSTICIERO FOREVER (justiciero1)
NO !!!!!! WHEN PROSECUTORS "##$%%&//
August 17, 2011 11:08 Report

eduardo garcia molina (eduard20)
is it possible that this happening ... bone by a prosecutor Sloot irresponasbilidad go free? then say that the police released offenders ... clear corruption everywhere ... support you

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[texasmom]

Klaas just mentioned him a night or two ago... 

http://www.24ora.com/gallery.html?func=viewcategory&catid=426

Ramses Jesus Birthday White party 12aug'11

[trimmonthelake]

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/17/peru.van.der.sloot/
Woman's family wants speedy trial for van der Sloot
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 17, 2011 -- Updated 2200 GMT (0600 HKT)
(CNN) -- The family of a slain Peruvian woman is urging prosecutors to file their case against murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, warning that he may be released by December unless the case goes ahead.

"We are worried because Peruvian law says that if a suspect's trial doesn't begin within 18 months after his arrest, authorities are obligated to set the suspect free," Ricardo Flores, the dead woman's father, told CNN.
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