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Joran van der Sloot Confesses to Natalee Holloway’s Murder

Joran van der Sloot has finally confessed to killing Natalee Holloway in a proffer eighteen years after her murder.

He pled guilty earlier this week to trying to extort $250,000 dollars from Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway.  Be warned, his confession while brief, confesses the bare minimum, and is stone-cold chilling. He lacks any normal emotions and clearly has no remorse or regret: classic behavior of a psychopath.

You can listen to his confession here.

I never believed Joran van der Sloot from day one, and shared the boatloads of clues he left in his interviews.

I’ll provide links to those analysis below.

Were you following me when I wrote about Joran?

Van der Sloot’s confession is missing a lot of detail, if you ask me, but it likely alludes to the basic truth: a violent attack due to rebuffed sexual advances.  You don’t tell a psychopath no.

Van der Sloot also killed Stephanie Flores for rebuffed sexual advances as well in Peru.  He admitted to choking Flores, and I suspect that occurred with Holloway, too, sadly. I suspect he used it as a tool to get compliance for his needs, as horrific as that is to think about before killing these women.

He also creepily paints Natalee as an aggressor to his advances in his–what I would call–an edited confession.  I don’t believe for a minute that she got violent with him first by kicking him in the groin for making sexual advances, as he says. He likely choked her first, if she kicked him at all and it was likely a last ditched effort to get away–realizing she was in life-threatening trouble, sadly.  The truth can be so dark and painful to think about.

Do I think he only went into the water up to his knees? I question it: Would that carry a body away with certainty?  That seems questionable to me just on logic, but maybe the Aruba sea has deep drop offs in that location. I don’t know.

We don’t have the whole story here, and never will sadly. Not with a psychopath like Joran.

So this confession?  In my eyes, it’s a whitewashed version and told in a way that still protects Joran. He doesn’t want you to see all of him, still. But he at least owns it for Beth Holloway. I think she needed that to move on.

Looking back at what I wrote over a decade ago is also very chilling to read it now knowing his confession.

You can read my analysis from the Chris Cuomo interview in 2006 here. Or you can browse through all the posts I did over the years on this case by clicking here and here.

My heart goes out to the Holloway family to have to endure this psychopath for so long. Hopefully, they can move on with the lovely memories of Natalee, and find some healing, if that is possible.

Summer Wells Parents Speak Out

Summer Wells mom, Candus Bly, spoke out for the first time since her 5-year old daughter disappeared on June 15th –two weeks ago.

The first thing I want to ask her is why haven’t you spoken out before now?

Granted, I know her father has, but why hasn’t she? What took her two weeks?

You might wonder if it was because she was overwhelmed emotionally that she couldn’t, right? I could give her that. But to support that (if that is the case, I am suppositioning now), I would expect to see her expressing those emotions now, and we don’t!

It’s highly notable how flat-lined and unemotional both parents are! They are so relaxed and unstressed, I’m stunned actually! Are they on meds? Are there any meds that would knock out all emotions?

I am also shocked that there is no urgency, no pleas for her daughter’s return or asking people to help. They don’t seem to have any stress or worry this is an URGENT concern, do they?

They don’t do anything to help other people recognize her or bring her back either. They don’t describe what she was last wearing or anything. It’s mind blowing!

You’d think they were talking about a family picnic they had–not their missing 5-year old daughter!

Instead, they seem resigned and accepting that someone took her and there is nothing that can be done. This is not normal.

They should be holding up flyers, photos and keeping her face in the news! They should feel this is an urgent matter. They should be stressed, worried, concerned or sad — give me any negative emotion of loss! They don’t. It’s highly concerning.

Furthermore, Candus is telling us that her daughter was only out of her sight for a few minutes, right? So how far could the little girl have gone?

“…[Summer] wanted to go back over and see her brothers, and I said, ‘OK,’ and I walked her all the way over to the porch, and I watched her walking into the kitchen where the boys were watching TV. I told the boys, I said, ‘Watch Summer; I’ll be back.’ And within two minutes, I came back, and I asked the boys where their sister was, and they said, ‘She went downstairs, Mom, to play with her toys in the playroom.’ I said, ‘OK.’ And I yelled downstairs for her a couple times, and I didn’t get no answer, which was unusual because usually she always answers me. And so, I went down there to check, and she was nowhere in sight” (source).

So within what appears to be maybe 5 minutes, this little 5-year old disappear off the face of the earth and they couldn’t find her.

If you look at a map of their address, the child home is on a pretty secluded property where it would take her more than a few minutes to make it to the busy road.

More unusual is that both parents seem to believe they know what happened to their daughter, which doesn’t bode well to me. Most parents of a missing child do not want to make guesses about what happened to their child because they want EVERY avenue explored.

These parents are set on someone taking or luring their child, which seems very unlikely.

The odds of a stranger luring her is extremely low given the nature of their property, the distance from the road, the fact it is daylight, the short time frame the mom describes Summer being alone, the fact there was a dog in photos who I suspect lives at the property who would likely alert to a predator, and the fact a 5-year old isn’t talking online in forums to get someone to “lure” her from home as a teenager might be.

The odds are extremely low someone would (a) hang out in the bushes just hoping for the right time during the daylight, (b) see people active and about, and assume they could get her alone.

I’m not buying that theory at all and why are the parents?

When I see the creek in the back yard, as a adult with a missing 5-year old, I would worry about that first and foremost. Did she fall into the creek? Do they ever talk about it? Worry about it?

The father talks in one video about bears in the area, but they didn’t worry about the bears either? They only assumed a stranger kidnapped her in broad daylight while they were home. It defies logic.

Furthermore, they want to thank people in the video. Thank them for searching. Most parents of missing children don’t thank anyone until their child is home safe. The fact that they do doesn’t sit well with me.

They aren’t being forthright with us, if you want my opinion. Too many hot spots on this one sadly. I feel for Summer and hope she defies the odds and is somehow okay. Not believing the parents doesn’t mean they killed her, of course, but it can’t be ruled out.

Missing Jennifer Huston: Husband Speaks Out


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When I watch Jennifer’s husband, Kallen Huston, speak out in this video, nothing stands out to me as notable or concerning.

In the relationship, however, the more dominant and most regimented person of this couple is Kallen. Jennifer is soft soul who likely tried to do what pleased Kallen. Could she have decided to run off? It is possible. Is it likely? No. Jennifer wouldn’t leave her family guessing unless she felt extreme pressure to do so…

Charles Bothuell, Sr. and Missing Son

Last night on Nancy Grace a father found out his 12-year old missing son was found alive in the father’s basement. You get to witness a rare moment being recorded on TV when the father finds out.

We couldn’t ask for better footage to get to the truth in this case.

Do I believe Charles Bothuell, Sr. was surprised that they found his son?

No. I do not. Not at all.

Instead, I see someone shell shocked, caught on camera thinking like crazy what the hell happened and how he was going to handle it.

Charles doesn’t show any concern for the well being of his son nor does he seem curious about what happened.

The fact he doesn’t get up and get to his son’s side bothers me, too.

And when I see the father who is quite void of emotions give the celebratory arms, he leaks anger in partial form which is inconsistent with a man who is happy his son has been found.

And if you listen closely, we hear Charles say something telling. Very telling under his breath.

Does anyone hear it?

It says it all.

48 Hours: Cal and Michele Harris

48 Hours Mystery talked about the disappearance of Michele Harris this week, and the multiple trials Cal Harris has faced for Michele’s murder. So far, Cal Harris he been convicted twice of murdering Michele. However, both times, he managed to get the verdicts thrown out. It’s mind-boggling. He is facing his third trial this coming September.

Cal Harris is a wealthy and influential businessman in Owego, New York. No surprise.

Cal came forward on 48 Hours to talk about the case for the first time, yet ironically, he barred 48 Hours from openly asking questions.  That’s interesting, don’t you think?

He limited the questions he would answer by Erin Moriarty and frankly, he didn’t say anything that gave us a reason to believe him.

Furthermore, I found it astounding that Cal doesn’t want answers. At the press conference held this March by Cal, if you notice in the poster that was displayed, “Her kids want answers”.

Isn’t that interesting?

It’s interesting on two fronts:  Not only is Cal speaking and creating this poster on behalf of his children (which shows control by Cal that they aren’t doing this on their own–because Cal create it), it also doesn’t say “WE” want answers– meaning Cal isn’t seeking answers.  He doesn’t seem to have a need to know who did this, does he?  He thinks only his kids should want answers.  Hmmm…. I think it was a pretty big slip, if you ask me.

I also wanted to state that I believe Michele’s boyfriend Brian Earley and the nanny Barbara Thayer.

I do not believe Kevin Tubbs at all.  It took him six years to come up with his story?  Unbelievable. But his words alone give me reason not to buy what he is saying.

Sad story all around. I believe Cal Harris knows exactly where Michele’s body is.