BREAKING: Holloway Case Solved
Filed under: Crime, Europe, General News, Lead Story, Netherlands — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on January 31, 2008 @ 5:58 pm CET
Dutch TV detective Peter R. De Vries has solved the Natalee Holloway case. Natalee’s family can finally have closure.
In what’s breaking news, Dutch TV inspector (detective) Peter R. De Vries says that he has solved the case of Natalee Holloway. Peter R. de Vries is very well known in the Netherlands, and has closed more cases; he’s connected with both criminals and law enforcement officials, all of whom (sometimes) help him out.
De Vries doesn’t want to say who the murderer is yet, we’ll find out about it when his weekly show is broadcasted which is coming Sunday. He’ll hold a press conference tonight (which I will watch), in which he’ll explain how he solved the case, etc.
He has solved the case by, among other things, using hidden cameras. On his website De Vries writes: “The moment I saw […] the images that make everything clear, I won’t ever forget. The words we spoke then I can’t repeat now [because they’re not suited for a young audience], but you will understand that when you see the video yourself. The video is the most thrilling secret-camera action I’ve done in all my life.”
Holloway’s mother has been flown into the Netherlands already. She was welcomed by De Vries.
Dutch investigators said recently that they didn’t have enough prove to continue prosecuting the main suspect Joran van der Sloot. It now seems that De Vries picked up where the police left off.
Again, it sounds a bit strange (TV Detective) but he’s very well known, very well connected, and when he says he has solved a case, he’s usually telling the truth (especially considering that Holloway’s mother already went to the Netherlands to, basically, watch the case be solved). Most people believe that when the police can’t solve a case, they share their information with De Vries.
More (in Dutch) here and here.
UPDATE
Just saw the press conference. Holloway’s mother is indeed with De Vries and he told her what happened to her daughter his afternoon. He said that she was highly emotional but also relieved. Closure.
When he talked about her he became emotional himself explaining that “it’s not nothing to bring news like this to a mother.”
Aruban and Dutch investigators have said that he has, indeed, provided them with crucial information. We’ll have to wait until Sunday to see what happened and who’s responsible, but most people - including myself - believe that Joran van der Sloot is, indeed, the killer. We’ll see Sunday though.
UPDATE II
Via reader Paul Hunt comes the following:
Transcript:
PdV: The confession of Joran. This must be something that you and your people have dreamt of the last years isn’t it?
Mr. Hans Moss (investigator in Aruba): This is very impressive. It’s an essential part that indeed lacked in our investigation. We have thought to ourselves that this was a very probably chain of events but until now we lacked sufficient evidence. This seems to be the ‘topping on the cake’ that we needed.
PdV: What do you think of the way he casually lays this out?
Mr. Hans Moss: That’s what impresses me. Clearly it’s the first time that he’s confessed to somebody; this is his coming-out. It’s perplexing that he could hold his tongue for two and a half years.
PdV: You notice he didn’t loose any sleep about this. He also talks with little respect about Natalee.
HM: I find it shocking.
Note, the reader commented “NL sleuths have unearthed an open directory on de Vries’ site with English-language quotes from a conversation between de Vries and Aruba public prosecutor Hans Mos that strongly suggest a confession by Joran.” This is, as of yet, unconfirmed. It could be real, it could also not be real.
I have no way of knowing whether it is true, but for what it’s worth.
1 Outside The Beltway | OTB
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Michael van der Galien passes on word from several Dutch language sources that Dutch TV inspector (detective) Peter R. De Vries claims to have solved the Natalee Holloway case. Speculation is that Joran van der Sloot is the killer but, in what seems l…
2 Paul Hunt
January 31, 2008 @ 6:51 pm CETNL sleuths have unearthed an open directory on de Vries’ site with English-language quotes from a conversation between de Vries and Aruba public prosecutor Hans Mos that strongly suggest a confession by Joran.
Screenshot
3 Michael van der Galien
January 31, 2008 @ 7:07 pm CETThanks Paul.
4 Wim Dankbaar
January 31, 2008 @ 7:27 pm CETPeter de Vries on the JFK assassination:
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=6839818414377381652
5 Wim Dankbaar
January 31, 2008 @ 7:29 pm CETAnother clip with Peter R. de Vries
One more http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=5046285590239784978
6 kranky kritter
January 31, 2008 @ 7:40 pm CETThank god for the writer’s strike, or it would be on law and order by the end of next week. :-)Seriously, can’t wait to find out what role secret cameras played in all this. Varying rules about surveillance and recording are already bound to become matters of explosive political contention, and this could fan those flames.
7 Tom
January 31, 2008 @ 7:46 pm CET"I can’t retype now" is not the correct translation. It should be something like "are not suited for a young audience".
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9 Paul Hunt
January 31, 2008 @ 8:56 pm CETI should add that I can in no way vouch for the authenticity of the information contained within the alleged screenshot. Upon re-reading it, the timestamp combined with the "press release" headline would indicate that this was to be released to the public by the Aruban Justice dept. , no? Or is it (part of) a genuine press release, but prematurely released? (Then why is it timestamped as this morning?)
It’s also rife with misappropriated colloquialisms ("topping on the cake") and spelling errors ("loose" as a verb) - but then the tone of Peter’s alleged quotes is reasonably congruous with his style in Dutch, and anyone who has heard him speak English will agree that his command of the language is passable but hardly stellar. Then again, why they wouldn’t have an experienced English-language editor go over this before publication boggles the mind, but then who am I to speak for SBS6’s or PRdV’s publication policies.
So I’m on the fence as to hoax or genuine. But there you have it.
10 Michael van der Galien
January 31, 2008 @ 9:03 pm CETPaul: I know. That’s why I tried to make clear that the authenticity can’t be verified right now. But for what it’s worth. Ignoring it completely isn’t an option either.
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13 Paul Hunt
January 31, 2008 @ 10:56 pm CETOn NL current affairs programme NOVA, a supposed insider to the investigation (whose name nor role I can confirm right now) claimed that Joran would have related the alleged confession to a twenty-something Aruban man he befriended in a casino in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
The alleged confession would have referred to Holloway’s death by "accident", through causes not specified, and Van der Sloot’s subsequent disposal of her body. Criminal psychologist Peter van Koppen weighed in, saying that under Dutch law, unlawful disposal of a body warrants a sentence not exceeding two years’ imprisonment and does not warrant pre-arraignment detention.
Perhaps another viewer can confirm the speaker’s name? There must have been a lower third, but I missed it.
14 Paul Hunt
January 31, 2008 @ 11:06 pm CETUpdate: it was reporter Tom Kleijn.
15 Paul Hunt
January 31, 2008 @ 11:17 pm CETDe Vries on NL late night chat show Pauw & Witteman: very tight-lipped, little new information. Answers the question as to why the crucial details will be withheld until Sunday, supposedly giving a possible "perpetrator" an opportunity to go into hiding thus: "Come Sunday you will understand it all."
16 Joe
February 1, 2008 @ 9:10 am CETWatch the preview of peter here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwDO8I_9n0
Seems promising!
17 Rudi666
February 1, 2008 @ 4:46 pm CETWhat will they find when they open the Al Capone vault?
18 annie
February 1, 2008 @ 6:30 pm CETThis guy is going to blogging a dutch TV news interview with witnesses of Joran’s confession live in 20 minutes http://equivocationnation.blogspot.com
19 Duncan Idaho
February 1, 2008 @ 8:10 pm CETPeter DeVries? Piter DeVries?????? never trust harkonnen scum.
20 Janis Smith
February 3, 2008 @ 7:51 pm CETWhere and when can this video be seen in America?
21 Robin
February 4, 2008 @ 12:46 am CETHello, I come from the Netherlands and saw the breaking show!! Joron gave a total confasion to a person witch he saw as his friend on a hiden camara. He did that a few times on diferance day in difarance weaks… the friend of Joran works for Peter R. de Vries and Joran trusted him… It was so shocking… He made a confasion Natalee died in his arms (alcohol and drugs he tought) and that an other friend of him droped the body into the see. You will read the newspapaers tomorrow for the whole storie…
22 Petr Kontosmeier
February 4, 2008 @ 7:02 am CETThis must be the final piece to deliver justice for the Holloways
23 William Rashner
February 8, 2008 @ 5:10 am CETThis email is for Peter R. de Vries
Peter Nice work on the Holloway case. Lets hope they run with your lead and convict this guy.
I want to discuss the Vince Foster death with you. I think you could be the right man to break this mistery. We have some pretty interesting insight in this case. It could be big. Let me know if you are interested.
Regards,
William Rashner
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