Is He Innocent or is he Guilty? Van der Sloot.?

Question

I am not going to say either way. There is one thing that gets under my skin and with years of experience under my belt I leave you with this statement reportedly by the boys father. "No body, no crime." This statement is indicative of, in my opinion only and not to be taken as evidence, the following:
(1) Lack of empathy.
(2) Confidence in the lack of an available body .
(3) Confidence that there will be no trace of it.
(4) Because of (2) and (3), a high probability of knowledge of it.
Now most parents will be defensive of their children at such a time. However, understand this, this is a statement that is not defensive entirely. It is a statement of alibi. An alibi given by a father in a case that is world wide headline news. A statement that would be given to every viewer out there. A statement that says "Hey investigator, you dont have a chance." Not a statement of empathy out to the family or concern for his son. No tact or a slip? Is he guilty or not guilty?

Rickinno: Corpus delecti. You need evidence of an act of violence or assistance in the death of someone before it becomes a crime and not merely a missing person who perished. Thanks for your answer though! Was curious as to how everyone out there felt. Been tossing this around in my brain for quite some time. I honestly believe that his father has knowledge and that his entire career politically is on the line. That sometimes deperate times lead to desperate rash decissions. I agree with your assesment of his son. Thanks again!

Answer 1

I followed this very closely the first 19-12 months.. but now like the mom.. I am so burnt out..
they keep giving false hope..

Yes, I feel he did do something.. like drug her..
date rape her.. then she OD .. and he got his buddies to help bale him out with his dad..
his dad has a high position.. so a cover up was necessary fast..
the investigation was blown from the very beginning on purpose I think..
will they ever come to trial.. no i don't think so..
good luck.. happy holidays

Answer 2

"Personally", I VERY much doubt that his father said that.

He denies it and I believe him. Why?

Because he's a JUDGE!!! He knows damn well that you don't need a body to prove a crime.

Does this necessarily mean that I don't think his kid's involved, or that he doesn't know more about what happened than he said?

No, not necessarily - I just think the reported comment is most likely more mud-racking yellow journalism.

For what it's worth - which is nothing - I'll tell you what *I* think happened. I think Natalie went down to the beach with him to get laid, they went swimming drunk, she drowned, and he panicked and covered it up.

I think he's a typical good looking rich kid who thought he was Gods gift to visiting tourist girls, and believed that - as a 'big man on a small island' he could get away with it.

Richard