Last Phase of the Holloway Case

The Last Phase of the Natalee Holloway Case
With a recap of the Fox News coverage, the
media now rests waiting for something to
emerge that will shed new light on the
disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
Their theories to date have led them nowhere
but they proudly present all they have done
as an example of an exhaustive search.
This column is a reminder of what they
haven’t done or considered.
First of all they have not given a hard look
at a possible motive for her disappearance.
I covered this is a previous article you can
find under my other articles. This is a key
determinate that all investigations pursue.
Motive answers why someone would want
to abduct Natalee. I use the word
abduction because murder is premature.
Without any evidence to support this crime,
abduction was seldom considered.
You will note that the media seldom mentioned
this possibility. They focused mainly on the
what they assumed had happened to Natalee
(i.e she had been murdered).
This focus in spite of no evidence to support
it- evidently was their vision of what would be
most news worthy.
The results speak for themselves.
Where does that now leave us?
It leaves us reviewing the whole case from
the standpoint of what went wrong in the
investigation that nothing was turned up.
This leads us to the investigators and their
methodology. This leads us to a review of
their theories on what happened and why
they looked where they did.
It leads us to ask why there is not an
internal review process being conducted
and if it is , when will the results
of that investigation be made public?
Concluding they did all that they could -
with no results is unacceptable.
It is unacceptable to the grieving family and
it is unacceptable to Natalee’s hope and it is
unacceptable to the country of Aruba.
For the reputation of either a corrupt or
incompetent police investigation will not
enhance visitors to flock to a country where
they may disappear and never be found.
It is in everyone’s interest except the guilty
to dig deeper into the case. One could excuse
the performance of the investigation as a lack
of leads or evidence but that begs the question
Why? With a reward and a small island to
search , false arrests (based on what?) and
screwball theories tossed out by a chief
investigator, the lack of leads and evidence
rings phony. Unless these red herrings
can be satisfactorily be explained it is time
for the investigation to focus on the
methodology and the agency doing the
investigation. This must be asked for- and
insisted upon - to either exonerate the
investigation team or find it’s faults.
The evident hope of the guilty party is to play
for time until public opinion becomes
resigned that the crime falls into the
unsolvable category.
This is almost too obvious. At the slightest
hint of bad publicity, an arrest comes
forward only to vaporize without
information. This is the tactic of “doing
something” just as a worker can appear
to look busy. It is not leading to results :
therefore, it is not aimed at solving the
crime.
Random arrests appear to be attempts
at effort but when this effort becomes a
visible ploy, serious interrogation of the
reason for the technique must be activated.
Those responsible should be aware they are
either encouraging skepticism or if they are
involved, looking more and more guilty as
time passes.
This is because if they are hiding something
they have no other choice to pursue.
They cannot find what will incriminate
them and they cannot expose what they
want to hide.
If nothing Could be done it would be a far
different story. But something Can be done
and it isn’t.
This is what makes this case so intriguing.
If it were fiction there would be thousands
of readers questioning the events, possible
motives and who was involved?
There would be an expectation the conclusion
of the book would reveal the culprits.
Nothing would be excluded as possible and
an elaborate plot to abduct young attractive
girls including corruption and cover up would
be brought to light, the villains caught and
the ending would be satisfactory.
There would be no loose ends left hanging and
there would be no public acceptance of the
nonsense the crime was unsolvable.
But this is a real case and as such
is not just something an author dreamed
up. A real person disappeared, a real person
abducted her and a real person ( or persons)
is out there thinking they are not going to be
found out.
The only thing these criminals have to hope
for is disinterest.
That isn’t going to happen. In the first place,
there are too many unanswered questions
and in the second place another similar crime
will cast light on what has been going
on. Criminals have to try again when they
succeed and it is only a matter of time until
they do. It would be better for all if that
didn’t happen. Digging into the investigation
may prevent the need for another victim and
reveal what really happened to the girl from
Alabama.

Another interesting article from
Dale Netherton