Posted on 06/02/2010 1:42:42 PM PDT by RGVTx
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I think I speculated about it, not asked, but thank you for the information anyway.
I didn’t know this either...
While it was illegal to gamble in a casino in Aruba if you were younger than 18, the FBI determined that his parents had set him up with a $50,000 line of credit when he was but 17, the age that he met Natalee Holloway in a local casino.
50 grand line of credit???
At a casino????
WHAT dad does that for a 16 year old son???
Is this kind of thing perhaps typical in mafioso families where teens are already working for the mob???
Do the Peruvians know about water boarding? If not, I'm sure we could send some Green Berets down for a little training session. Course they will need a subject to use to train the Peruvians on.
Well it's nice thought anyway. But with The Won acting as CinC, it's not going to happen.
Thanks for the ping.
Chilling! She is going like a sheep to the slaughter.
Please Lord, let it be!
Let Natalee be returned to her family.
If anyone can find her, Tim Miller can.
It stuck out like a sore thumb to me, because I recall the PRECISE interview when Jug & Beth were standing together and told Greta about the casino line of credit.
I remember being appalled that the press didn't RUN WILD with that information.
How many children on Aruba have a fifty thousand dollar line of credit with a casino???????
It's outrageous.
I think JVDS may have met his nemesis.
I recall reading about that, but have not seen it.
I didn’t realize she’s the only one to report that.
I can understand the brother not wanting to discuss it anymore.
BTW, thank you for keeping this thread updated with information. FReepers are the best!
All it was is that a poster mentioned telling a co-worker, a shrink all about this case, and the shrink said that many homocidal psychopaths have an
UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE TO BE CAUGHT so they cannot kill again.
I never heard that before.
Ping to post 679.
It sounds like Joran was being raised to be a player. And not a gambler but a con-man, drug smuggler, human trafficking and whatever else could turn a quick profit.
It's extraordinary, and I think I'm still in a state of shock that he's been apprehended, it's like.... it's impossible that there would ever be justice for Natalee.... but, but... L@@K what's happenned!!
It's startling!
Natalee's old friends and family must simply be utterly astounded, in outright shock....
Did you seek the early link in this thread to a fascinating discussion elsewhere about the theory that Paulus may have FAKED his own death/funeral and is now living elsewhere under a new identity?
A truly remarkable read, link provided by KCVL.
No, I missed that link and thread. At any rate my gut feeling is that the Aruban authorities are deeply involved in racketeering and Paulus and Joran were just two of many players on the island. They became loose cannons that had to be secured and protected from scrutiny in order to keep a huge network of crime and corruption from being revealed.
Very interesting. Thanks for the link.
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