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Anita van der Sloot Speaks Out
Anita van der Sloot Interview on GMA with John Quinones
Anita van der Sloot is the mother of Joran van der Sloot, a young man believed to have killed Stepany Flores and Natalee Holloway. She speaks out in her first interview here. As a mother, I don’t think there could be any greater pain in life than to know you have a murderer for a son. My heart goes out to his victims first and foremost, but it also goes out to her, too. I see her as a victim, too. I hope in someway she can find it in her heart to love Joran despite his sickness.
Joran Retracts Confession: More from His Mom
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Video update to the Joran van der Sloot case
Joran van der Sloot is supposed to make an appearance in front of a judge today. Anita van der Sloot was quoted as saying she will not visit Joran in his Pervuian prison, either. Watch the clip above for more info.
Anita van der Sloot: Changes Her Mind
ABC News is now reporting that Joran van der Sloot’s mom, Anita, gave an interview to the De Telegraaf and has apparently changed her stance on believing what Joran is capable of. ABC’s news article is titled,”Joran van der Sloot’s Mom Says He ‘Could Have Done Something’ to Peruvian Woman.'”
Read moreWhen I translate the Dutch paper into English with Google, it reads, “My son is sick in the head.” According to the article, Anita broke her long silence in an interview with the Associated Press, and said she can’t rule out that Joran “slain” Stephany Flores. Shortly before Stephany’s death, Anita said that she spoke to Joran and he sounded paranoid. “He felt monitored and reviewed”.
It is fascinating to read that Anita said that Joran believed he was responsible for his dad’s early death. Why would he ever feel that unless he put his dad under undue stress?!
ABC quoted Anita as saying about Natalee Holloway, “I believed Joran. Despite his many lies. I felt that he didn’t have anything to do with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. He had left her on the beach. I still believe that.”
Anita goes on, “After he was arrested for Natalee’s disappearance, he was traumatized,” the paper quoted her as saying, “We made a big mistake then. We sent him to the Netherlands to study. He should have gone to a closed clinic, he needed psychological help even back then. He wasn’t getting any rest, he was being persecuted.”
She said, “He lied so much, that we became desperate. He said to me too, ‘Mom, I sometimes don’t know any more if something is a lie or the truth. Joran is sick in his head, but he didn’t want any help.”
The saddest thing I saw was in ABC’s article. They wrote on behalf of Anita, “And she said she thinks it is time to ‘let Joran go.'”
No matter what I child did, I get sad when a parent no longer stands beside their child. I am not saying that she should support what he has done, agree with it nor approve of it — that would be wrong. It’s okay to acknowledge the nightmare, but she can still love him, even in his sickness. There is no other love as special as a parent’s love, and if Anita pulls away from Joran, she is another cold heart, if you ask me.
You can read more on ABC’s website here, or you can translate De Telegraaf for yourself.
Thanks, Karon, for the update!
Melody Granadillo, Joran’s Ex-girlfriend Speaks
ABC 20/20 video with Melody Granadillo and Chris Cuomo
ABC 20/20 tonight will show an interview with Melody Granadillo, Joran van der Sloot’s ex-girlfriend from Aruba. You can see a snippet of it here. It’s clear by this interview that Melody still has a soft spot for Joran. She appears to be a very kind, soft-hearted individual. When the two were together, there is little doubt that Joran called the shots.
Read moreInterestingly, Melody may never have been in danger with Joran, because psychopaths, even serial killers, often deem people “important” in their life, and these people they never seem to touch. It’s an odd phenomenon. Don’t get me wrong, I would never say you are safe with a psychopath, but most of them do have an odd history when you look at them.
Perhaps these “deemed-important-people” walk gingerly around these killers, and subconsciously know to never upset them. I don’t know. It would be interesting to study the personalities of those who were involved with psychopaths, who escaped their fury. What does a psychopath use to deem someone important? Joran still seemed to cling to Melody up until the end.
Think of BTK–aka Dennis Rader. He was married with children all of those years and never touched his wife or kids. Other serial killers, I think it was the Iceman, cried over someone he loved. I can’t remember if it was his mother who died when he was in prison or if he was falsely told his wife was dead or dying. Forgive me. Whatever it was, I remember being awestruck at how he had deemed someone of significance to him, because he was such a cold, callous man!
ABC 20/20 is also reporting this morning that Joran van der Sloot’s mom communicated with ABC and has stated she believes her son, Joran, is not a murderer. It’s not surprising, is it?
It surprises me that people can’t understand a parent’s denial. I can hear the logic from a distance. “I raised my son! I’ve known him his whole life. I know him better than anyone and he would not kill anyone. He could not kill anyone. They must have the wrong person. I am his mom and I know him the best!” Tell them that their child lies, and I can hear them reason back, “Who hasn’t lied? Who has raised a child that doesn’t lie?! Give me a break.”
