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How do you know if they have "botched the investigation"?

The two security guards who were first arrested were formally charged, based on the lies of the three who were the last ones with Natalee and are suspects in her disappearance. And none of these guys have been formerly charged, regardless of the fact they've continued to change their stories. The Aruban authorities have not utilized the FBI like they should.

Have they released any details about their investigation?

No, and that's a big problem. What we do know doesn't shed a good light on their competence. It has been reported that the suspects, are from privileged families.

[ContemptofCourt]

regardless of the fact they've continued to change their stories.

Sorry, this is a rumor and pure speculation....unless you have a source.

In addition, it is Dutch procedure not to make the investigation public. In fact, it is my understanding that it is Dutch procedure not to even release the names of the accused.

It has been reported that the suspects, are from privileged families.

Again, this is completely false. Papa VDS was at first supposed to be a "high judiciary official," then just a judge, then a judge-in-training, and now we know that he merely has a masters in law and is the equivalent of a civil servant. The two brothers are not even Dutch or Aruban.