after holloway s 2005 disappearance, prime suspect joran van der sloot traveled the globe, jet-setting from one exotic location to another while basking in the media spotlight granting interviews and even writing an autobiography. he was living an easy life. he was gambling, playing poker. dating with women. dutch crime reporter peter r. devries has devoted the last few years to investigating the disappearance of natalee holloway and tracking joran van der sloot. the reason that joran started to give interviews and write a book, in my opinion, he somehow enjoys all the attention. and it makes him feel superior to all other people. but if van der sloot was reveling in his infamy, it seemed to blow up in his face in a hidden camera sting in the netherlands. by 2007, devries believed that van der sloot was responsible for natalee holloway s disappearance but could not find a smoking gun, until the day he was approached by a 34-year-old gambler named
in early 2008, not knowing he was being filmed in an undercover sting operation by journalist peter devries, joran van der sloot started to detail what he says happened to natalee holloway on an aruban beach that fateful night in 2005. at first, van der sloot claimed he simply left natalee on the beach and went home. but after several more hours in the car, vanderem cut to the chase.
days, he said he helped load natalee onto his friend s boat. and in the darkness, they threw her overboard into the ocean waters just off of the coast of aruba. and at the end, he said, i m relieved. i never told this to anyone and they shook hands. i have a lot to tell you. soon after van der sloot s alleged confession of being with natalee in the last moments of his life, peter r. de vries screened the video with natalee s mother, beth holloway. he got it all, every bit of it. that son of a bitch doesn t even care that oh, dear god, they don t even know if she was dead. it makes you wonder what path is he on? how many women could he do this to? this has to be it. this has to be it. you know, i guess enough was enough.
the interview, hoping to shed light on what might have gone so terribly wrong with her son. she was angry with joran. she said, we gave him a lot of trust. and now in this situation, we must say we gave him too much trust. according to the reporter, anita confirmed joran s claim that he was to receive mental health treatment in holland for depression. she said we had contact with some doctors. and they said it s better that joran goes back to the netherlands, goes to a clinic because of his mental situation. for joran, anita says she can cry no more. she still loves her son and i think deep down, she still wants to believe that he had nothing to do and he s wrongly accused
netherlands, allowing devries to reignite his sting operation. he said, well, they had nothing and i kept silent and i was only smiling at them. and he was very, very arrogant. coming up the devries sting continues and joran van der sloot describes what he says happened in the last moments of natalee holloway s life.