How many people are caught lying about why the Van Der Sloot property was not searched after both Paul Van Der Sloot and his son were both arrested for suspicion of Rape,Kidnapping and Murder?![]()
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Police Commissioner Dompig claims he was denied being able to search the Van Der Sloot property twice10/10/05 Big Story
Reporter: Okay, let me ask you about the search of Joran Van der Sloot house. Apparently this kid lived in an apartment that was connected to or sort of adjacent to his parents house.
Dompig: That is correct
Reporter: And the police only searched his apartment, deputy chief?
Dompig: That is correct. The fact is that we as a law enforcement agency always try to get the maximum. Meaning that we want to search as much places as possible.
We were not granted by the judge a search warrant for the complete house, we only received the warrant for the apartment.Reporter: But what about after Paul Van der Sloot was arrested, couldn’t you get a warrant to search the house then?Dompig: It was also denied, we were a bit disappointed with that. The judge was coming from another island I must point out. He said we didn’t make a good enough case to get a warrant.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Judge Bob With Interview Bon Dia Newspaper December 2007(Judge Bob Wit claims the Dompid obstructed the Investigation so the Van Der Sloots could have privacy and the OM never asked to search anything more then Jorans Apartment)
On Aruba the Chief of investigation in the time when Gerald Dompig was the Head Commissar, did not approve of the search of the house of the parents of Van Der Sloot as part of the investigation and had obstructed the investigation The impression was given also because it was the deal of a functionnaire(Dompig) who was learning to become Head, felt he had to protect the privacy of the family. Paul van der Sloot, father of Joran van der Sloot after having become a suspect in the case.At no moment did the OM ask to search more then that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
More on the search of the Van Der Sloot homeNatalee's Freebirds
JUDGE ROBERT WIT OBSTRUCTS THE GATHERING OF EVIDENCEJoran van der Sloot was arrested on June 9, 2005 and a search warrant was issued for a complete search of the Van der Sloot residence and property six days later on June 15th. When the prosecution and police teams arrived to search the home they were met at the door by Dutch judge Robert Wit who summarily change the search warrant on the spot to exclude the Van der Sloot main residence and grounds, limiting the search only to Jorans small apartment in the back of the house.
Judge Wit blocked the search of the van der Sloot residence even though he knew through Joran's police statements that he said he was in the main house in the early morning hours when he returned home after supposedly dropping Ms. Holloway off. In other words, Judge Wit ignored testimony by a key suspect to obstruct the collection of evidence from the suspect's residence.
Joran was arrested twice and his father was arrested once in the first month of the investigation. The main residence of the Van der Sloot home was never searched after either of these arrests.
Beth TwittyFOX NEWS LIVE DESK with Martha MacCallum - Nov. 28/06
BETH: Well I think they will always have to look at there were two personnel involved from the Aruban Justice Department and that is why we don?t have any evidence and thats what Jorans attorney will have to be reminded of. Its because of Bob Witt and Ben King stopped the search warrants. It was made to initially search the entire area of Montanja 19 the garden, the buildings and everything but on the spot high ranking employee of the Justice Office Bob Witt reduced the search warrant to only the room of Joran so thats why we dont have any evidence because of involvement of the obstruction from the Aruban Justice Department personnel.
Judge Wit did this knowing that Joran had given statements that he was in the main house the night and morning Natalee Holloway went missing, and there may have been evidence to be obtained within. Judge Wit was assisted by Ben Vocking, a high ranking official in the Aruba Prosecutor?s office who had taken a leave of absence to take care of his friend Paulus van der Sloot during his ?time of need.?
PETER DEVRIESGRETA VAN SUSTEREN (FOX NEWS) November 27, 2006
VAN SUSTEREN: What about the search of the van der Sloot property? Was that ever done, and was, you know--including, sort of, the cabana area where Joran lives?
DE VRIES: Well, the search in the home address of the family Van der Sloot was very strange because the search warrant was made by head prosecutor Karin Janssen, and contained an allowance to search the whole address,Montanja nineteen So, the gardens, the buildings--everything. But, when the police was on the spot, another high-ranking employee of the Justice office--it was Mr. Bob Witt--reduced the search warrant to only the room of Joran--and that was very strange.
PETER DEVRIESTHE ROBERT JENSEN SHOW (HOLLAND) November 28, 2006
DEVRIES: Yes the police missed several changes to do things right: when they wanted to search the house the door was opened by Mr. Ben King, an assistant of the Procurements Gen. office, the highest justice-office on the island, and a friend of the family who wanted to support the VdSloots in these difficult times? So clearly the search of the house hadnt been a surprise to the VdSloots. And the police had a warrant for the complete estate but a judge - Bob Wit - who was at the house as well said only Joran's room could be searched.
These are things a Dutch crime-reporter is of course totaly astonished about. Justice Department official Ben King, who later admitted to the media that he was a close friend of Paulus Van der Sloot, claimed he was on vacation and therefore not acting on behalf of the Justice department. It was King who personally informed the search team they could only search the small apartment of Joran Van Der Sloot, located in the back yard of the property just behind the main residence, when they arrived.
Also present at the Van Der Sloot residence was Dutch Judge Bob Witt from Curacao, who was one judge presiding over the case. It should be noted that Paulus Van der Sloot was a Dutch judge-in-training at the time of Natalee Holloway?s disappearance.
By limiting the search of the van der Sloot residence and property, Judge Wit obstructed justice by inhibiting the collecting of evidence and should be removed from the bench, and charged with this crime, before he causes even more damage within the Dutch judicial system.
We will also note here that two innocent black security guards were arrested for the crime four days before Joran was detained. The judge did not limit the search when they were paraded before the media while the Prosecutor and Police ransacked their full residences. The two guards were later released but not before the Dutch judge had made sure their lives were made miserable.
How ironic that the Dutch judges had no consideration for two black security guards who were arrested for a crime they had nothing to do with, and yet had time to block the search of a fellow white Dutch compatriot whose son, Joran van der Sloot, is still to this day the main suspect in the disappearance and murder of Natalee Holloway.
COLLUSION BETWEEN A DUTCH JUDGE AND THE ARUBA GOVERNMENTUnder Dutch law it is optional for a judge to attend the search of a suspect's house. We found no evidence one had been present at the security guards' homes when they were raided. Yet, we find Judge Bob Wit not only attending the search of the van der sloot home but already in the house when the search team arrives, destroying any element of surprise the authorities may have gained.
At the van der Sloot residence with Judge Wit was a high ranking official of the Aruba Prosecutor's office, Ben Vocking, who served as the Head of the Department of Prosecutor Support. The Prosecutor, Karin Jannsen at the time, is the very person who called for a search warrant so it is safe to assume both Judge Bob Wit and Ben Vocking had inside information into the search and many other aspects of the case. Vocking had taken a leave of absence the day after Natalee Holloway disappeared to be with his friend Paulus van der Sloot in his time of need. Clearly this is yet another conflict of interest between the government and the suspect in the case, Joran van der Sloot.
But the fact that Judge Bob Wit was at the home with government official Ben Vocking when the search party arrived raises even deeper questions about collusion between the judiciary and goverment. Certainly a judge does not go to a home and greet the suspects and inform them of an impending search before the authorities arrive. This would go against the grain of any effective investigation and curry favor to the suspect. Should the judge have not been with the Prosecutor and Police when they arrived at the house? Why was Judge Bob Wit already in the house?
All of this suggests collusion between a Dutch judge and a high ranking official from the Aruba Prosecutor's office to obstruct justice in the Natalee Holloway case.
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EDITOR JOSSY MANSUR OF DIARIO NEWSPAPERNANCY GRACE October 4, 2005
GRACE: Jossy, regarding the connection, what I perceived to be a close connection between the judge, Paulus Van Der Sloot and the retired chief of police who initially handled Natalee`s case, Van Der Stratten, were they friends?
MANSUR:Of course, they were friends. It stands to reason they were friends because Paul Van Der Sloot had many friends within the police department; he had many friends within the Department of Justice. And he had many friends with -- and he was friendly with all the judges in Aruba. He worked out of the same office as they did and did the same work.
Such a close working relationship with the Dutch judges during his training created an obvious conflict of interest when his son, and he himself, became implicated in the disappearance and very possible murder of Natalee Holloway. The Dutch Judicial system in Holland should have recognized such an obvious hazard to justice but chose to do nothing, allowing friends and acquaintances of van der Sloot to preside over the court hearings of both Paulus and his son.
The outcome of the judges rulings in the Natalee Holloway case have cast a dark shadow over the Dutch judicial system. It should be noted that Paulus van der Sloot was also arrested in the case for conspiracy to commit murder, and these same judges ruled on his case as well. The end result, as one might expect, is that both van der Sloots were freed from prosecution. It is apparent from all the rulings in the case that the Dutch cannot police their own, justice be damned.
A SERIOUS CONFLICT OF INTERESTThe courts in all of the Netherland Antilles are managed and executed from Holland, where judges are sent to the islands to preside over the judicial proceedings of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire. Paulus van der Sloot, father of the prime suspect in Natalee Holloways disappearance, was a judge-in-training in this very judicial system, working alongside and making the acquaintance of the judges in the Dutch system. Indeed, it has been reported that some of these judges were very close friends outside the official duties of the courts.
Judge Bob Wit intervened again eight days later when Joran’s father Paulus Van Der Sloot was arrested for reasonable suspicion in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, once again blocking a search of the Van Der Sloot home. Without question Bob Wit knew Paulus van der Sloot - they worked on cases together and appear to be very good friends judging from such an outrageous ruling. Since when do arrested murder suspects get immunity from having their houses searched? Judge Bob Wit needs to answer this question in the open forum of the Caribbean Court of Justice, rather than hide behind the opaque wall of Dutch law
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THE HOUSE SEARCH-Peter De Vries ResearchTranslated by liesbeth
(49.12 min) From our investigations on the island appeared that there was a lot of frustration with the local criminal investigators by the way the house search is performed at the residence of the main suspect, Joran van der Sloot. When the criminal investigators at 23 June 2005 unannounced arrived with a search warrant at the VanderSloot residence, the door was to their utter amazement not opened by Joran or his father, but by Mr. Ben King, the right hand of Mr. Croes Fernandez. This high ranked official appears to be a good friend of the family. He was staying in the house of VanderSloot and the criminal investigators assume that the house search was not a surprise for them anymore. King explains the criminal investigators that he wants to help this family, also in these hard times.
(50.18 min) The incident gives the criminal investigators the impression there is an outrageous conflict of interest between the Judge in training VanderSloot and the public prosecutor. But, that was not the only thing what happened, because after the unexpected confrontation with official King, Mr. Bob Wit, who was in charge of the investigation, arranged another setback.
The criminal investigators were waiting in front of the house with employees of the forensic laboratory. The order for search warrant concerned the address HuhHuh: the complete section. But on site, Mr. Wit decided that only this small apartment of Joran in the garden was allowed to be investigated. So, not the whole section and the rest of the house, what is what the police wanted to do.
(51.19 min) The criminal investigation department on Aruba calls the action of the judge commissioner incomprehensible, and experienced this setback as a failure of the first order. Joran had explained that he had been that night at the house, and he appeared to have lied on vital points. Reasons enough for an extended search, but the being ready criminal investigation team, got suddenly almost literally, no meter space.
(52.03 min) The investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway knows an almost bizarre enumeration of failures and blunders. Arguments between the head officer and the procurer general. A high justice civil servant who, as a good friend of the suspected family Van der Sloot, travels ahead of the searching team, and stays in the house of the family. A search warrant, which is restricted to a minimum. And interrogations of the main suspect, which are, according to the criminal investigation team, frustrated because his father has, as a judge in training, access to the facts.
VAN SUSTEREN: What about the search of the van der Sloot property? Was that ever done, and was, you know--including, sort of, the cabana area where Joran lives?
de VRIES: Well, the search in the home address of the family van der Sloot was very strange because the search warrant was made by head prosecutor Karin Janssen, and contained an allowance to search the whole address, “Montanja-nineteen.“
So, the gardens, the buildings--everything.
But, when the police was on the spot, another high-ranking employee of the Justice office--it was Mr. Bob Witt--reduced the search warrant to only the room of Joran--and that was very strange.
The police was extremely frustrated about this because they had some clues that something might have happened to Natalee elsewhere in the garden, or, in the house of the parents because Joran admits that he had been with Natalee, and Deepak, and Satish at the home of his parents.
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(Ben King shown here with JVDS to give DNA samples,which were later ruled to be destroyed because of errors made by the OM)
P165 From Joran's Book (Ben King finds humor in the search of the house) Does he also crack jokes that Joran's DNA tests were destroyed?
Wednesday Jun 15th, 2005
Later I learn from my parents that they have searched the house. Suddenly their appears a large number of police, detectives and press at our doorstep.
Ben King, a good friend of my dad, is visiting us with his wife. We?ve known him for already 15 years and my mother and his wife are best friends. I've also spent a few year at primary school together with their eldest daughter. He has taken up 2 weeks of holiday, just to ensure not to mix up his work with private matters. He works as a strategist at the public prosecution office, however is a non-legal person involved in totally different matters than the Holloway-case.
Our house is fenced of with a red-white police ribbon. The press tries to record everything with huge cameras from a large distance. Theyre shamelessly hanging over the wall in an attempt to take some good shots. My parents stay away from the cameras as much as they can.
The detectives were supposed to keep a list of everything they take, however they dont do that. Men dressed in white suits, a kind of astronauts, walk in my room and through the garden. There are also folk with two dogs that sniff around in the garden. Our own dogs have to be lashed.
Ben and his wife even make some jokes. My mother went out with the dogs a few days earlier and the trunk of her jeep is full of dog hairs. That will at least keep them busy for a while when they start searching for hair and you probably get a very clean car in return, after all the vacuum cleaning. Sometimes humor in this situation is the best way to survive.
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