I feel sorry for mother Vander Sloot in all this. As much as it is a nightmare for Beth, it has to be a nightmare for her as well.
We should stop squabbling with each other on this horrible situation, and pray that some kind of resolution comes for all the families involved.
Pray that Natalee be found, so that justice can be served, and the families can deal with the reality of the situation, and no longer be in limbo.
Like Howlin, I lost my oldest child (daughter) at about this stage of life, and how I admire Beth. I was out of my mind when the call came in that my daughter was dead. I cannot imagine myself holding up the way she has in this horrible situation.
You put that so well. Natalee and her family are truly in limbo. (I'm so very sorry you lost your daughter. There's nothing more agonizing than losing a child. My heart goes out to you, and I know God has her in His Arms.) Truly, Beth Holloway is a hero in all this. You have to compare this with that other young woman missing from that cruise ship, and how the authorities 'handled' that. And her poor family, still in limbo, even suspecting she's being held in a Venezuelan brothel, subjected to God knows what.
I'm in complete awe of that woman.