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'Friend' knows who dumped Natalee

Friday 07 March 2008

Patrick van der Eem, the man who helped secretly record Joran van der Sloot confessing to being with Natalee Holloway when she died, has himself been secretly recorded by an Aruban tv company, Dutch media report on Friday.

After an interview on a local television station, Van der Eem carried on talking, thinking the cameras had been switched off.

But instead he was recorded saying that he knew who had dumped Natalee’s body at sea and that Van der Sloot had asked him for €2,000 to buy the man’s silence, the Telegraaf reports.

Van der Eem was also heard saying he had known Van der Sloot for several years. On Peter R de Vries’ tv programme, he claimed he befriended the Dutch student in a Nijmegen casino in 2007.

According to the Telegraaf, Van der Eem expects to become a millionaire because of his role in the Holloway affair. ‘And I will make sure that Joran and his entire family fall flat on their face. They had better emigrate to Africa,’ the paper quoted Van der Eem as saying.

Parts of the interview, which was recorded in Papiamento two weeks ago, have already been aired by TeleAruba. The interview was made following the news that Van der Eem has signed a US book deal.

News agency ANP reports that Van der Eem was furious after the partial broadcasts and has threatened interviewer Poentje Castro. Castro is seeking legal advice, ANP said.

© DutchNews.nl


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So van der Eem is determined to join the ranks of the missing-Holloway millionaires?

Will he be pictured swaggering around with the grieving mother on his arm, just like in-jail Joe Mammana used to do?

Hardly...from what history tells us, Beth Reynolds Holloway-Twitty won't ever return to Aruba, where she'll be held to account for her on-island activities in 2005.

The American press is totally ignoring the antics of these charletans.

By Hal | March 7, 2008 6:04 PM


The frist commemt by this poster was an insult to the halloways and the twitty's.I think if you had a missing Daughter and got know answers you would be upset to.Natalee has been missing for almost 3 years and Aruba has been covering it up.I hope and pray no one ever has to go threw what the halloways have and not know what happen to Natalee.By the way americans do care about this issue concerning Natalee Halloway. Sue

By sue maddern | March 11, 2008 11:52 PM


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