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maggie (69.47.255.42) -

i would like to know why vandersloot is not still in jail, i thought by aruba law if two people are together & one goes missing, the person not missing is charged with kidnapping why didnt this happen in holloway case, them boys got away with murder, & the whole world knows it! i will boycott aruba , my friends r till justice is served, this is an awful system you have, why isnt he joran charged with kidnapping, the perfect crime thats what this the perfect crime, sickings me, aruba is so very ignorant that they couldnt check in the first ten days????????? well maybe your stats r good for crime, but one is one too many scott free this murderer is, only in aruba!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #1 maggie (69.47.255.42) -

only in aruba do murderers go free!! what happen to law that states if you & another person go out together & only one comes back , thought that was kidnapping charge?????????? but noo vandersloot walks free, why did they bother rearresting the brothers you in aruba are so very ignorant , you let the crime scene be tampered with first ten days,then you let the only people that could of done natalee harm (the only) go free, it sicking & i hope no one goes there again, boycott you for you dumbness, total ignorance, for letting the perfect crime happen, while you lollygagged around with 2 people that didnt do it, how smart is that ! i have changed my whole outlook on aruba i hate it, i hate your foolish system, where murders walk free, you should be ashamed,& the poor arents what you have put them through , its heartless what you have done, set the ONLY ONLY ones who done it walk free!! shes not alive they said they buried her i believe that, why make up such a far fetched lie then retract it, because its true !!

Reply #2 Bill Hutson (167.82.191.50) -

I have read just about everything I could get my hands on regarding this case. Obviously justice was not done in the Hollaway Case. The Arubian Government, whether intentionally or negligenltly destroyed the case from the very first day. Regardless, of allowing the physical evidence to disappear, the continual changing of stories and lies tainted these suspects from the beginning. If I were a betting man, I would bet there was a 95% chance that all three were guilty as sin.

What I can't undertsnd are the statments we hear from Vandersloot himself in which he implicates Kalpoe. He further admits all three of them had sex with her. Let's get real, Natalie Halloway never planned to have multiple partner sex until she was drugged by these animals. This much can be established. Vandersloot admits she was at this home, but denied this earlier. Paul Vandersloot knew this and still there was a limited search of the property.

Finally, The Arubian Government acted swiftly while the United States was occupied with Katrina. It was there opportunity to strike while the press and news reporters were concentrating elsehere. The Hollaways are doing everything they can. If this were my daughter, I may be tempted to take justice into my own hands until they revealed where the body was located.

We need to keep this issue open and in particular discourage our young people from going anywhere near Aruba.

Reply #3 Wendy (205.188.116.202) -

BOYCOTT ARUBA !!!

Americans will not be back to Aruba untill Natalie is found or justice has been done! Aruba is Dead!

Reply #4 Tom (152.131.11.5) -

I agree with the above, the father also helped in the cover up

after the crime. Boycott Aruba and let it die a slow

death just like Natalee probably did! The people who control

the lucrative tourist busnesses are probably the same ones

involved in the cover up! High ranking Aruban and Dutch

Officials, some probably even in the Ministry Department.

Reply #5 Robert Tedder (205.188.116.202) -

This message has been sent to multiple message boards, both domestic and foreign. Please forward it on to all interested persons. Months ago I developed the Natalee Holloway Law and sent it to numerous senators and representatives, to include Alabama, to get their help in implementing the law. Others have come to me for the format I used to outline the law to Congress so they could also notify their senators and representatives. Thanks to all who demand justice and the continuing actions of Natalee Holloway’s family, success is within reach; the Alabama governor is now calling for a boycott of Aruba and seventy-five percent of Alabama citizens agree with the governor. The Alabama governor has brought his message to all American governors. Other states are now on board and the Natalee case is back in daily news. Dr Phil has backed the boycott and others are getting on board. The Natalee message is also gradually being felt in other countries. For all who haven’t contacted their congresspersons about Natalee’s Law, do it now to ensure that no American again becomes a victim of criminal activity in Aruba and then the Aruban legal system becomes part of the criminal problem preventing justice. If you know persons from other countries, let them know of the dangers of going to Aruba.

But remember that the boycott that is now being called for is not the optimal, long-range action. Only the Natalee Holloway Law, which is long overdue, is an optimal solution to the problem. For those who missed it, the Natalee Holloway Law is need when any American in a foreign country or vacation spot is victimized and the foreign government becomes part of the criminal activity or otherwise prevents justice for the innocent victim. This law allows the American president to prevent American airlines, ships, and other transportation going to the offending nation; this law also will prohibit Americans under penalty of law from going to the offending country. The president could apply all or parts of this law to the offending country. This law would immediately be applied to Aruba and stay in effect until those who drugged Natalee Holloway, abducted her, raped her and disposed of her or whose actions resulted in her death or second abduction receive realistic punishment under the law. When I say, “…whose actions resulted in her death or second abduction….” I mean that even if Joran van der Sloot had told the truth—which I doubt—and left Natalee at the Fisherman’s Shack after the rape, he is responsible for what happened to her—you don’t drug a person then leave them helpless on a beach. The same conditions would apply even if Natalee had become drunk from the 151 proof alcohol Joran disguised and gave her; however we know from multiple sources she wasn’t drunk. As far as Natalee being abducted to the slave trade in Curacao, no abductor would be at the Fisherman’s Shack at 3 AM unless Joran set up the abduction. The intent of Natalee’s Law and the gross incompetence of Aruban authorities and judges would also be explained to all European and other countries since their children would also be unsafe in Aruba. The Natalee Holloway Law and boycott are safety issues for American citizens and a warning for citizens of all countries, to include Aruba, and a law that should have been developed years ago.

I don’t care if it is an 8-year-old girl from any nation who comes to visit Aruba who is drugged, kidnapped, raped, and disposed of, or an 18-year-old, or any female foreign to or a citizen of Aruba, the Natalee case so far shows that there will be no justice in Aruba for the victim; that is, the offenders in Natalee’s case have not been tried in court. The Aruban incompetence in Natalee’s case is so overwhelming that there has to be another answer as to why justice has not been achieved—I will show you this answer!

Remember also that the same flawed, non-optimal police and legal system in Aruba also exists in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and the Netherlands (Holland). All countries should remember this fact when they want to go smell the tulips—if you are unsafe in one part of the Netherlands, it stands to reason you could be unsafe in all parts of the country. It is a fact that the three abductors and a fourth person lied about dropping Natalee off at her hotel, yet these persons walk the streets free. It takes a horrible excuse of a legal system to allow such actions and tells all Netherlands citizens that they can lie to the police and a judge and no action will be taken against them. Again, can you see why I say that no American, or for that matter no visitor from any country or an average Aruban citizen, is safe in Aruba? In the Natalee case there is ample evidence to bring multiple charges against the persons who drugged, kidnapped, raped, and disposed of her. Yet no trial has occurred; in fact a grossly immoral Aruban judge said there wasn’t enough evidence to even hold the offenders. I received information from an important Aruban that the Chief Prosecutor, a female, cried after this decision by the judge. She had firm information to prove rape; for example, one piece of evidence was that multiple witnesses were present when Joran admitted raping Natalee as she went in and out of consciousness. Now can you just imagine the depths of depravity of this rape cover-up by this Aruban judge? This fact above all else indicates that Aruban judges are involved in a cover-up to protect an important Aruban judge-in-training and his son. Of course if future information indicates that the Aruban prosecutor did not present all information to the judge as an investigative technique to gather additional incriminating information then I withdraw my statements.

The drugging and abduction of Natalee was a planned-in-advance and practiced offense. Natalee’s mother can provide additional information on this fact from persons who talked to her. Joran and the Kalpoes had tried the same type offense previously and from cable news an example of this fact by the three offenders was given which occurred the April before Natalee’s drugging and abduction. Joran on more than one occasion surreptitiously plied females with 151 proof drinks. Competent police officers could have identified the planned-in-advance abduction immediately—it appears the Aruban police cannot or don’t want to. Even an American detective trainee would have concluded immediately that Natalee was drugged, more than likely the drug was in the disguised 151 proof drink Joran surreptitiously gave her—this action alone indicates criminal intent. We know from multiple sources, including a representative of one of the offenders, that Natalee did not drink that much and wasn’t drunk. The schoolmates with Natalee weren’t drunk, Joran wasn’t drunk, nor were the Kalpoes drunk—so how would Natalee be drunk? We know that Natalee was out with her girlfriends at a casino, not drinking, before going to the club from where she was kidnapped and somewhere along the way she had a late supper. We know that Joran was at home around 11 PM and probably didn’t go to the club until around midnight. So in less than one hour he had to size up the situation, talk to his friends, become acquainted with Natalee, buy the 151 proof alcohol drink, put a drug in it, and give it to Natalee. With so little time left, it is likely that Natalee, who would drink slowly, drank only one of Joran’s drinks. There is an even greater reason that Natalee wasn’t drunk that I will present later. Natalee’s actions at the club, starting after midnight, were so out of character that it indicates a person who was drugged. All of the red flags indicating drugging were there, which you can look up on the Internet. In addition, no eighteen-year-old girl like Natalee who was a straight arrow, who was against drug use, who earned a scholarship by studying instead of going out with the boys, and who her mother stated was a virgin, would ever go to a foreign country and voluntarily leave a bar at one in the morning with a just-met twenty-one-year old foreigner as creepy looking as Deepak Kalpoe or an arrogant bully like Joran. The Aruban police have to be total keystone cops as any intelligent non-Aruban police officer would immediately realize that Natalee was drugged and abducted. Even under Aruban law Natalee was kidnapped, yet the kidnappers walk the streets free from punishment.

So what happened to Natalee? After she was drugged and kidnapped, she was taken straight to Joran’s apartment on the side of his father’s house, as the three abductors had pre-planned, where she was raped. We know from Joran’s statement in front of multiple interrogation witnesses that he took her to his apartment and had sex with her as she went in and out of consciousness—which is rape. Even if Natalee had been drunk, which she wasn’t, from the disguised 151 proof alcohol it would still be rape. It was also known right from the beginning that Joran had sex with Natalee from other statements. On the Dr Phil show an interview of Deepak Kalpoe was presented in which he admitted that Natalee was gang raped. He further stated that it was so easy. Foreign investigators are now saying one of the tapes was manipulated; however, the person conducting the interview states that Deepak actually made the statement. I don’t know if it was manipulated or not as you cannot put much store in foreign investigative statements about Natalee. However, enough evidence is available for conviction even without Deepak’s statement. But the Aruban police did not pick-up on an important part of Joran’s statement in front of multiple interrogators—a statement which brings a fourth person into the criminal action. That is, Joran told the interrogators that after he had sex with Natalee he took her to the Fisherman’s Shack and left her then called one of the Kalpoes. So, if Joran told the truth and the Kalpoes--after the rape--went home before Joran took her to the Fisherman’s Shack, and the police verified the call which they could easily have done, then Joran couldn’t possibly carry Natalee all the miles from his apartment to the Fisherman’s Shack. So how did Natalee get to the Fisherman’s Shack? Since Joran isn’t licensed to drive that leaves only one person who most likely would bring Natalee to the shack—his gambling buddy, his father, Paul van der Sloot! Why didn’t the Aruban authorities check out this fact? Of course I don’t believe Joran took Natalee to the Fisherman’s Shack but the police still should have questioned him on how he got to the shack.

We know of the previous disgusting actions of Paul van der Sloot. For example, he told his son not to tell the police anything—a certain red flag of guilt! He stated, “No body, no case” which was another indicator of guilt. We know from the statement of one of the black Arubans falsely arrested that Paul van der Sloot was with the Kalpoes and Joran when the lie was made up of dropping Natalee at her hotel. We know beyond a doubt from Natalee’s mother that Paul van der Sloot flagrantly lied to her. And as I will show later, by this lie Paul put his foot in his mouth big time and provided information which I believe links him to Natalee’s disappearance. Paul also had to orchestrate the 18 different stories Joran told to the police and then the silent mode Joran went into. When Paul met with Natalee’s mother he was sweating profusely, sweat dropping on the floor—this happening is an indication of extreme stress. I believe as does Natalee’s mother, and I have heard the same thing numerous times in the news, that Paul van der Sloot knows what happened to Natalee. Can you imagine that this despicable and immoral man could even be a judge in training? Yet this man has been cleared by an Aruban judge of involvement in the Natalee case. The judge who made this decision had to know from the media of the multiple despicable actions of Paul van der Sloot, yet he released this man with no recommendation that Paul van der Sloot be evaluated as to competency to be a judge. What depths of depravity Aruba has sunk to if they allow such an immoral person to be a judge. It stands out like a sore thumb that Aruba has a different moral compass than most of the world’s countries. Again, a reason no tourists from any country should go to Aruba. As I heard on the news, one of the judges who made a bad decision about the offenders who drugged, abducted, raped, and disposed of Natalee had previously released three men who gang raped a female. Aruba has no intelligent and moral judges—still another reason not to go to Aruba. A judge who releases persons who have admitted to gang rape of an incapacitated teenage female like Natalee or others is the utmost, the apex of human immorality, incompetence, and depravity and the Netherlands, if they have any concern for justice, should fire the judge.

So where is Natalee? Most likely she either died from the drugs that Joran gave her or had given to her or as she recovered from the drugs she went into a rage from being raped and fought with Joran who then beat her to death. I add this fact because Natalee’s mother was provided a positive statement that there was blood on one of Joran’s tennis shoes. Since all three offenders were scared of conviction for the gang rape, all three may have been involved in Natalee’s disappearance. But one fact stands out above all else—a young and strong Natalee would not have died from the small amount of alcohol but from the drugs given to her by Joran and maybe a combination of the drugs and the disguised 151 proof alcohol drink surreptitiously given her by Joran. Joran had previously tried the same alcoholic scheme on other females. Joran’s temper and bullying are well documented. This despicable individual, as mentioned on the news, even cursed his own mother when she visited him in jail. Joran was identified by Natalee’s family as the most arrogant teenager they had ever met. He, at seventeen, was running wild, gambling and drinking in clubs. He is a multiple liar as documented by Aruban police, Natalee’s mother, and from his Netherlands statement—in fact, if Joran was Pinocchio you’d need three flatbeds to go in front of him to hold his nose. Anyone who chronically lies like Joran and has practiced abduction of females before is capable of rape and murder. In my opinion, and I believe in Natalee’s family’s opinion, Paul van der Sloot to protect his spoiled brat of a son was involved in the disappearance of Natalee. I believe Natalee’s mother knew this fact starting with the first lie Paul told her.

Also, from a statement by Joran a friend’s father’s boat was mentioned and there was boat activity in the early morning hours on the day Natalee disappeared. Additional information may bear on the disposal of Natalee—information that came from Paul van der Sloot. In Natalee’s mother’s presence, a stressed and scared Paul van der Sloot first told Natalee’s mother that he picked “them” up at 4 AM before realizing what he had done and days later changed the time. So, put two and two together and consider this scenario: There is a 98 percent probability that Natalee died as a result of the actions of one or more of the offenders—death was more than likely from the drugs given her in combination with the disguised 151 proof alcohol. As the offenders had not counted on Natalee’s death and were extremely scared, the ring leader, a scared 17-year-old, went to his protector who orchestrated the disposal of Natalee’s body. First he sent the Kalpoes home to establish an alibi. Since they could not use their car once arriving home without waking their mother, they either slipped out and waited for the protector or else Joran called other friends to help dispose of Natalie. Meantime Joran or his protector called to get permission to use the boat, then put Natalee’s body in the protector’s car, picked up the Kalpoes or others, and went to the where the boat was docked and put Natalee’s body on the boat. The protector then went home to dispose of the evidence and waited for a call to pick up Joran and his helpers. He picked them up around 4 AM. This scenario could easily be verified by Aruban police. First, check the incoming and outgoing calls to and from the protector’s house. The outgoing call would tell who owned the boat and the incoming call would more than likely identify where the boat was located.

Again, notify your congresspersons continually to get the Natalee Holloway Law passed. If you have friends in other countries, remind them immediately that they are unsafe in Aruba or send them this message. Tell them that the boycott should be just the beginning. No American, tourist from any country, or ordinary Aruban citizen, can walk the streets of Aruba in safety. If they become a victim, based upon Natalee’s case, there will no real police help, a poor investigation, a discredited legal system, and totally immoral judges. The Aruban actions in Natalee’s case are gross incompetence and in my estimation a cover-up. When I say a discredited legal system, if you compare the American system’s feedback to victims’ families and allowing a reduced sentence for one of multiple offenders if that offender tells the truth to convict other offenders with the system in Aruba you will see that the Aruban system is a hundred years outdated.

The Aruban people should demand that they have competent government, from the police to judges. The Aruban police initially totally blew the investigation on Natalee, but what can you expect from a police department that can do just as they please. Competent police could have solved the case in a week. Any competent police would know that the last persons a missing person is known to be with should immediately be investigated. The police ignored leads, lost statements, didn’t take statements in one case until 19 days after talking with the individuals, placed barriers on the investigation, and would not give feedback on the investigation. In one case Dave Holloway gave the Aruban officials the name of an important witness but when he checked back the witness had not been interviewed. Dave had to go to the Prime Minister and give him the name of the witness; who knows if the witness was finally interviewed. Did you know that Natalee’s father when he first went to the Aruban police about Natalee was asked how much money he had? Despicable! This statement could be construed as wanting a bribe. A police officer stated that they would search the crack houses for her—again despicable! Natalee’s father said that the Aruban police stated if it had been someone else rather than Natalee they would have stopped looking for them. This incompetence and I-could-care-less attitude of the Aruban police indicate to me that Aruba is a lawless country where people of all countries are unsafe. It also indicates that Aruba, and as far as I know all of the Netherlands, lives by a lower moral code than most of the world.

The police did not identify those involved with Natalee--Natalee’s parents did. The original police chief in charge of the investigation was a friend of Paul van der Sloot and was quoted with the following statement: “How can I do this to my best friend’s son?” In addition, how can the Aruban prosecutor go on vacation at the height of the investigation? Aruban officials also tried to switch blame to Natalee’s family.

The Aruban Deputy Chief of Police, as stated in a magazine article, accused Natalee’s family of impeding the investigation. What rubbish and an indictment of a corrupt police, starting at the top. Moral countries would want a victim’s families providing information and doing minor investigative work. Thank goodness for Natalee’s mother; if not for her the Arubans would have done very little investigating. She had every right to be upset at the incompetence and lackadaisical and could-care-less attitude of the Aruban authorities. So was the initial gross incompetence of the Aruban police a cover-up orchestrated by Aruban officials? It would be an insult to all dedicated, competent, and moral police all over the world to call the Aruban keystone cops who did the initial investigation police officers. Aruban citizens are also in danger; for example, as given on the news, a woman went to the Aruban police because her male partner abused her and she was slapped to the floor by her partner in front of the police. The police told the woman that there was nothing they could do. If Aruban citizens purge incompetence from government, then by this action they can prevent future adverse actions that reflect against the Aruban and the Netherlands governments.

My upcoming book, The People’s President, also addresses the Natalee case and the incompetence and cover up by Aruban officials. In the book, the Natalee Law will be one of the first issues presented to Congress by this president. To all Arubans I say this: Natalee’s case shows that the average Aruban citizen is unsafe in their own country. Money, whether lost income to American companies or to Arubans, will not determine the results of the Natalee case, nor will incompetence and cover up by Aruban authorities and immoral judges. Beth Twitty and the rest of Natalee’s family will not go away in their hunt for justice and neither will I. Facts in this case indicate a lawless country and a country with a lower moral compass than most countries: Four persons broke the law in a criminal case and lied to a judge and walk the streets free. Evidence indicates that Natalee’s drugging and kidnapping was a planned-in-advance and practiced action and the persons who committed these crimes walk the streets free. Even by Aruban law what happened to Natalee was a kidnapping. There are multiple admissions of rape and the rapists walk the streets free. The Natalee Holloway Law should be passed by Congress! I ask all American citizens to join me in getting this law passed. In addition, all of the world’s countries should not let their citizens go to Aruba!!!

Reply #6 Robert Tedder (205.188.116.202) -

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Bush,

I ask you to take action to protect America’s children who go to foreign countries on their high-school graduation trips. As justification for this request, I offer the case of Natalee Holloway who disappeared in Aruba and other criminal information provided by the State Department relating to Aruba. Currently several states are advocating a boycott of Aruba because of the flagrant injustice of Aruban officials in covering up the crimes relating to Natalee Holloway’s abduction, rape, and disappearance. This boycott was needed because Aruba is unsafe for Americans. However, the boycott is not the optimal action.

Natalee Holloway, from Alabama, was a dedicated individual who earned a college scholarship by her hard work. She spent her time studying, in school activities, and in religious activities instead of going out with boys. Her goal in life was to be a doctor. As stated by Natalee’s mother, the person who should know, Natalee was a virgin who dedicated herself to her goals in life. Natalee, as well as her mother, received counseling on what to avoid in foreign trips before Natalee went to Aruba with high-school friends on her high-school graduation trip.

On May 30th 2005 in Aruba Natalee and friends went to the beach and pool around 10 AM. At 8:30 PM they had dinner at their hotel restaurant and then went to a casino. The prime offender in the abduction and rape of Natalee, Joran van der Sloot, was at this casino. According to the young girls with Natalee, Natalee only said Hello to Joran. Natalee and her girl friends went to a club, Carlos and Charlie’s, around 11 PM. Around 12 PM Joran van der Sloot arrived at this club. At the club also were two of Joran’s friends, two brothers, one 21-years old. Joran was a large 17-year old who was running wild and under psychiatric care. At 17 he drank in clubs and had his own gambling line of credit. It is know from numerous sources that Joran would come to Carlos and Charlies and buy 151 proof drinks for females. The criminal activity that later happened to Natalee had been tried several times before by the three offenders. From cable news a case was presented of Joran trying the same abduction the previous April. After arriving at the club around 12:00 PM Joran said hello to his friends and later talked to Natalee, and by his own admission surreptitiously slipped her a 151 proof drink. This drink had to be drugged, either by Joran or he had the bartender put a drug in the drink. I say the drink was drugged because as stated by Natalee’s girlfriends and even the lawyer of one of the offenders, Natalee wasn’t drunk. Only a drug would account for Natalee’s actions. That is, no straight-arrow like Natalee goes to a foreign county and leaves at around 1:20 AM with three foreigners she just met.

Natalee was abducted, that is kidnapped, from the club. Even under Aruban law what happened was kidnapping, yet the kidnappers walk the street free. We know beyond a doubt that Natalee was raped. In Natalee’s mother’s journal it is mentioned of at least 10 persons that Joran told of the sexual assault. In front of numerous investigators Joran admitted sexual assault as Natalee drifted in and out of consciousness. Yet when this information was brought to an Aruban judge, he would not let the case go to court and said there wasn’t even enough evidence to hold Joran. In any other country of the world Joran would have been convicted of rape. The judge’s decision can only be construed as a cover-up to protect Joran and his father, a judge in training. This judge in training exhibited horrible moral values in the case and as believed by Natalee’s mother and me, due to a statement from his own mouth, he was knowledgeable of or was involved in the disposal of Natalee’s body. This so called judge told his son to tell the police nothing. He told the offenders, no body, no crime. As we know from two separate sources, this judge was with the offenders when they made up the lie about what happened to Natalee. The judge further gave legal guidance to the offenders. But most of all he put his foot down his throat because he told Natalee’s mother in front of numerous witnesses and also repeated it the next day that he picked “them” up at 4 AM. He later lied and said he did not say 4 AM. Can you even imagine a judge lying?

The whole episode relating to Natalee was a cover-up from the beginning. The police totally blew the investigation. When Natalee’s father went to the police they asked him how much money he had. The Chief of Police was overheard saying “How can I do this to my best friend’s son?” In addition, the legal system in Aruba is ridiculous. The Police cannot bring the offenders back for questioning since the judge said there was no reason to hold them; however, they can be asked to come in voluntarily, which they won’t do. Also, it is not against the law to lie in an investigation in Aruba, which puts an end to the statement that Aruba is a low crime area. Natalee’s mother has a detailed journal on all of the adverse actions and cover-up by the Aruban officials. After being raped, more than likely Natalee died from the drugs combined with the 151 proof alcohol surreptitiously given to her and her body disposed of the night of her kidnapping.

Over and above the Natalee case, the State Department can brief you on the other adverse happening in Aruba that makes the island unsafe. For example, in June 2005 a report was issued stating that the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba are transit and destination points for trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. The State Department can also advise you of the large drug trafficking in Aruba.

I ask your help in implementing a new law, the Natalee Holloway Law. America has long needed a law that a president can use when American citizens are subject to criminal activity in foreign lands. The law should be composed of several parts which the president can choose from to protect Americans. For example, putting the country on the list of unsafe places, forbidding American planes or ships from going to the country, and any other action deemed appropriate to protect our citizens.

I ask you to remember Natalee Holloway and take action to provide justice for Natalee. Please, immediately put Aruba on the State Department’s list of unsafe places. Then proceed with implementing the Natalee Holloway Law.

Justice for Natalee!

Respectfully,

Reply #7 John (204.212.127.17) -

All you who want to boycott the Island of Aruba need to watch what happends everyday in your own country. You all are used to dissapearance of young and old in your own country and as this now happend to take place on Aruba you want to boycott?? Sit back and think for a while how ridicoulos you sound how childish you're acting, of boycotting a 19 by 7 mile Island where you can walk on the street at any time you want without getting hurt, raped, robbed or any other thing that happends around where you live.

Aruba citizens did alot more then you do for your own country when someone goes missing, ALOT MORE.. but it seems like you believe in something that doesn't exist you believe in things you read out of newspaper out of magazines now even books that was written about this case,... this is just a big market which you are just contributing on.

I believe the shaparones and her friends was the ones who's supose to be interogated in the beginning. What about her friends that expressed live on TV that Natalee did not appear for breakfast 3 morning in a row... bcz she was passed out.. she drank every night she went out, she overdo just like more girls do on Aruba. Many times girls and guys consume big amount of alcohol on their vacation which is something they can't do at home.. it's bcz they feel safe on Aruba.

CRIME:

Crime does happen everywhere around the world.. I believe there is no place on this world that is clean and does not have any kind of crime. But in Aruba crime and cases like this is not comon, this was something new for the Island this was something that never happenend before in my lifetime and is a lesson to learn from. But who knows where this girl is or as you think.. might be hidden.

I believe that this girl is still alive and is else where on this world and the only ones who knows is the parents.

At the other side of the coin.

If this girl was murdered or kidnapped.. I feel very sorry for this family for the loss of their daughter. But they do have to learn to appreciate what was done for them daughter.

Reply #8 Mark (152.163.38.174) -

Good point! Read the U.S. State Department warnings about travel in other countries... now, think how they would read about the United States!

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