JORAN VAN DER SLOOT: TELL THE TRUTH
By REBECCA MOWLING
Dutch teenager Joran
van der Sloot has
admitted watching
the violent death of
Alabama student
Natalee Holloway.
Sources say that, after more than
22 discrepancies were found in his
statements about the night Natalee
disappeared, his latest testimony has
convinced Aruban investigators that
he was present when she died and
saw what happened to her.
Recently seen documents claim
Joran, 18, told police interrogators
that his friend Deepak Kalpoe, 21,
raped, murdered and buried Natalee.
But an investigation insider said
his story contains such detail that
the authorities believe Joran must
have been there himself.
"From the small details and the
graphic descriptions given by Joran
it is clear to investigators that he
was at the scene when Natalee
died," said the source.
The National Enquirer has been
at the forefront of the investigation
since Natalee disappeared on a high
school graduation trip on May 30.
For more than 11 weeks, our
reporters have shared the hopes
and disappointments endured by
her family and the police.
Time and again Joran's evidence
has led us all to believe we were on
the verge of a breakthrough — only
to have those expectations cruelly
dashed when yet another of his stories
was exposed as flawed.
Now The National Enquirer
appeals to Joran to show some
respect to Natalee and some mercy
for her distraught family. We ask
just one thing — that he finally tells
the truth so this mystery can be
solved and a beautiful teenager can
be laid to rest as she deserves.
According to the investigation
insider, official documents state
that Joran admitted to having sex
with Natalee. He claimed it was
consensual but her family insist she
was a virgin and that would never
be the case.
Natalee, 18, was last seen by classmates
from Alabama's Mountain
Brook High School leaving the popular
night-spot Carlos 'n Charlies
and getting into a car with Joran,
Deepak and his brother Satish
Kalpoe, 18. The insider said: "Natalee
thought she was getting a ride
back to her hotel with Joran but instead
I believe she was walking into
a set-up with the Kalpoe brothers
already in the car."
To read the rest of this article, pick up The National Enquirer — on newstands now.
Published on: 08/19/2005
