Joran Van Der Sloot

The Aruban Government has buckled under pressure. They can no longer cover up for Joran Van Der Sloot.

As Natalee Holloway's mother suggested, the authorities appeared to be protecting the three young men that they apprehended, Van Der Sloot, 17, and his friends, Surinamese brothers Satish Kalpoe, 18, and Deepak Kalpoe, 21.

Maybe Van Der Sloot believed his daddy, a Dutch official, would take care of things. Judging from this afternoon's events, daddy couldn't come to his rescue.

From FOX:

ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Authorities on Wednesday searched the home of Joran Van Der Sloot, the 17-year-old son of a Dutch official who was one of the last known people to see Natalee Holloway, a missing Alabama teen, alive.

Meanwhile, FOX News has learned that authorities may have intentionally let Van Der Sloot and two other men go after initial police questioning so they could be placed under surveillance. Sources told FOX News that Aruban authorities tapped the cell phones of Van Der Sloot and his two friends, Surinamese brothers Satish Kalpoe, 18, and Deepak Kalpoe, 21.

The trio, who told police they met Holloway at a night club and drove her to a lighthouse, were questioned by police shortly after the teen disappeared May 30. They claimed to have dropped Holloway off at her hotel, where they last saw her being approached by a black man. That testimony led to the arrest of two former security guards, who were released from custody late Monday.

The three young men have been in police custody since last Thursday. They have since changed their accounts of what happened at the lighthouse and afterward.

House Searched

Two police officers walked through the Van Der Sloot family's one-story, yellow-beige home, while others guarded the entranceway. A blue sport utility vehicle and a red Jeep were also towed from the property

Officers on the scene would not comment, and police spokesman Edwin Comemencia said he had no information.

At about 3:30 p.m. EDT, half a dozen investigators left the scene. A short time later, several other investigators, carried out several paper bags and loaded them into the back of a small white hatchback and drove off.

About 15 minutes later, a police minivan arrived, along with six or seven new investigators and a police dog. This new team spoke with a prosecutor outside the home, then went in.

Van Der Sloot is an honors student at Aruba International School and the son of a wealthy judge on the Dutch Caribbean island. He and two older friends have admitted leaving a club with Holloway on the night she vanished, but their accounts of what happened later differ.

Van Der Sloot engaged in romantic activity with the 18-year-old after a night of drinking and dancing, according to his friends, who are also in police custody. A lawyer for the boy denies he had anything to do with Holloway's disappearance.

Van Der Sloot's father planned to file a motion allowing him to see his son. Aruban authorities had denied visitation because of the father's status.

"When you're a minor you have a right to visitation from your parents. But because of legal concerns, because the father is part of the legal system, that right was not granted in the first instance," said Aruba government spokesman Rueben Trappenberg. Another judge will decide if the boy's father can visit him after the motion is filed.

Hope of finding Holloway alive was dwindling as Aruban police once again came up empty-handed after searching a swampy beachfront near the location where a female's underwear, used condoms and condom wrappers were found.


It looks like the mystery of eighteen-year-old honor student Natalee Holloway's May 30 disappearance may soon be solved.

There is now an inevitability about the case, that it's only a matter of time until news of Natalee's death becomes official.

I hope justice is served and Van Der Sloot pays. I wish there was a way he could pay as dearly as Natalee and her loved ones have. No penalty he receives can ever bring her back to them.

The unhappy ending to this saga will never go away.