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Joran van der Sloot Speaks Out

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We get to see Joran van der Sloot talk to a Dutch reporter in this video for the first time since Stefany Flores’ murder. It is intriguing as the reporter says.

The first thing I notice is how much more down to earth Joran is at first. He says he feels guilty for everything he said in the media since 2005, “yeah”, but that flash of reality quickly disappears as Joran continues talking. His arrogance and ego swiftly take over — he just can’t resist himself.
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Quote of the Day:

Egotism (or arrogance) is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

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“I was doing a lot of things I shouldn’t have been doing and mostly going out all the night and sleeping all the day,” he continues with an arrogant smile.

We know immediately by his facial expressions and demeanor here that his sincerity is zip zero.

Read moreJoran still thinks he is smarter than everyone else, and he can dupe the world, but he does a horrible job of it, and everyone including their brother can see it in this interview. You don’t need me to point it out.

Joran is smug. He smirks and smiles when it makes absolutely no sense. If he is feeling remorse and guilt as he says, his emotions, facial expressions and body language should support his speech, but instead they betray him.

Joran doesn’t answer questions. He shrugs his shoulders when he makes statements that he wants us to believe he is confident about, when clearly he is not.

Joran is honest, however, when he says, “I have always been, uh, how do you call it, uh…um…impulsive. I’ve always been, eh, action right away, make a decision immediately and ah, and not think about what the consequences are.”

Wow.

Joran said something truthful to get us to buy into his fabrications…a common trait of a liar. It’s a clever method to make you question your stance, as most people believe we are all or nothing: Honest or a liar, and not a combination of the two. Its uncomfortable for us to hang in both realities that someone is honest and lies at the same time.

Watch Joran talk about how bad he feels for the Flores family. He couldn’t be gloating anymore as he talks. It’s sickening. He stumbles as he makes up his rhetoric.

He says, “I feel really that bad…uh… that her family had to lose a daughter, and it really… does hurt me (shoulder shrug), and i think about it all the time.” His behavior, body language and emotions leak his true feelings. When he shrugs his shoulder here, its like he is thinking “What should I say, uh, I don’t know…yeah, this…” Truly he does not speak from his heart or with any sincerity.

Joran says with laughter, “A web of problems, so I created all of them myself. Yeah. I have to deal with it now…deal with the consequences.”

This statement is so telling. No innocent man locked up in prison for a murder or TWO that he didn’t commit would say this, if they were being railroaded, as Joran so wishes we would believe–even if he did make poor choices. This sentence is all you need to see him say to see the truth.

Go back and read my first review of Joran on ABC after Natalee Holloway disappeared. Check out the comments, too. It’s fascinating to read. A lot of people questioned me and were not sure that body language and words could betray a liar back then. That was long before Lie to Me. Now with all the developments in the Joran case, everyone can see Joran is a classic pathological liar and a psychopath. I wonder what my naysayers from back then would say today?

Part 2: Anita van der Sloot Speaks Out

Anita van der Sloot Speaks Out


Anita van der Sloot Interview on GMA with John Quinones

Anita van der Sloot is the mother of Joran van der Sloot, a young man believed to have killed Stepany Flores and Natalee Holloway. She speaks out in her first interview here. As a mother, I don’t think there could be any greater pain in life than to know you have a murderer for a son. My heart goes out to his victims first and foremost, but it also goes out to her, too. I see her as a victim, too. I hope in someway she can find it in her heart to love Joran despite his sickness.

Crime Scene Photos from Flores Murder Released

Relatives of Stephany Flores attend her funeral in Lima, June 3, 2010. Chilean police on Thursday detained Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch man linked to the disappearance of a U.S. student in Aruba in 2005 and who is now the prime suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Peru. Flores was killed on May 30. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)
Stephany Flores Ramirez Funeral, Lima, Peru, June 3, 2010

48 Hours (and Crimesider.com) have obtained crime scene photos from the Stephany Flores murder. I happened upon them my mistake, only saw the first one and found the first one to be disturbing. It shows Flores’ hand.

Anita van der Sloot: Changes Her Mind

Joran Van der Sloot (L) is escorted by police officers on an airplane in Santiago June 4, 2010. Van der Sloot, who was arrested twice over the disappearance of a U.S. student in Aruba in 2005, has been expelled from Chile and will be handed out to Peruvian authorities where he is a prime suspect in a new murder probe, according to local media reports. REUTERS/Danny Alveal (CHILE - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

ABC News is now reporting that Joran van der Sloot’s mom, Anita, gave an interview to the De Telegraaf and has apparently changed her stance on believing what Joran is capable of. ABC’s news article is titled,”Joran van der Sloot’s Mom Says He ‘Could Have Done Something’ to Peruvian Woman.'”

Read moreWhen I translate the Dutch paper into English with Google, it reads, “My son is sick in the head.” According to the article, Anita broke her long silence in an interview with the Associated Press, and said she can’t rule out that Joran “slain” Stephany Flores. Shortly before Stephany’s death, Anita said that she spoke to Joran and he sounded paranoid. “He felt monitored and reviewed”.

It is fascinating to read that Anita said that Joran believed he was responsible for his dad’s early death. Why would he ever feel that unless he put his dad under undue stress?!

ABC quoted Anita as saying about Natalee Holloway, “I believed Joran. Despite his many lies. I felt that he didn’t have anything to do with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. He had left her on the beach. I still believe that.”

Anita goes on, “After he was arrested for Natalee’s disappearance, he was traumatized,” the paper quoted her as saying, “We made a big mistake then. We sent him to the Netherlands to study. He should have gone to a closed clinic, he needed psychological help even back then. He wasn’t getting any rest, he was being persecuted.”

She said, “He lied so much, that we became desperate. He said to me too, ‘Mom, I sometimes don’t know any more if something is a lie or the truth. Joran is sick in his head, but he didn’t want any help.”

The saddest thing I saw was in ABC’s article. They wrote on behalf of Anita, “And she said she thinks it is time to ‘let Joran go.'”

No matter what I child did, I get sad when a parent no longer stands beside their child. I am not saying that she should support what he has done, agree with it nor approve of it — that would be wrong. It’s okay to acknowledge the nightmare, but she can still love him, even in his sickness. There is no other love as special as a parent’s love, and if Anita pulls away from Joran, she is another cold heart, if you ask me.

You can read more on ABC’s website here, or you can translate De Telegraaf for yourself.

Thanks, Karon, for the update!