Prayer Request for Georgeann Miller, Wife of Tim Miller
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by smckinney in Featured Articles, TES News,
02/03/10 — Tim Miller’s wife, Georgeann, has been diagnosed with the dreadful illness bone cancer. She and Tim are now making preparations for her much-needed treatments at one of the finest facilities in the world. Tim and Georgeann will let us all know when they decide they are ready to accept visitors or calls. Tim is devastated, and he is not really able to give his concentrated efforts to Texas EquuSearch at this time. We have counted on Tim to make many of our search decisions for years, but naturally, right now, all of his thoughts and concerns are about Georgeann. Tim will be contacting some of our various members and other TES associates from time-to-time, but he does not wish to receive any calls whatsoever at this point. He has been the Founder and Director of this organization for more than ten years … and he still rightfully remains so. He has specifically requested that no persons attempt to contact him by phone – or by any other means. Everyone will know when Tim feels he is ready to return to work. Let’s all please respect and honor his wishes, and let others know likewise. Any updates will be issued through this office. Tim has prayed for hundreds if not thousands of people during their time of need over the years. Now it’s time for all of us to pray for Tim and Georgeanne in their time of need. If you wish to leave you thoughts, prayers and well wishes, please leave a comment on this post. We will make sure Tim and Georgeann get them all. Thank you so much.
All of us at Blogs for Natalee send our thoughts and prayers to the Miller family.
The Learning Channel – Natalee Holloway: Lost in Paradise
Natalee Holloway’s story is every parent’s worst nightmare – the sudden and tragic disappearance of a child. Natalee’s mother, Beth, has been searching for four years and may have finally found her answer from the least likely source … the main suspect.
Date & Time (all times eastern/pacific)
Jan 17, 10:00 pm
Jan 18, 1:00 am
Jan 20, 7:00 pm
Jan 21, 2:00 am
Remembering Natalee at Christmas
Hat Tip: Mrskub
Peter de Vries – Video and Translation – Dec. 13, 2009
Hat Tip – Video – BFN Member Bastibro
Hat Tip – Translation – BFN Member GBMW
08-02-2008 snippets of Joran’s statement because of the Patrick van der Eem – Peter R. de Vries / Range Rover footage.
10:17
Joran alone in the room…playing with his hat.
10:49
Joran: I don’t want to talk about the Holloway case.
Detective: This is a hearing of you. Your status: suspect. Aruba has decided to re-open the investigation based on the current facts.
10:22
Detective: You came to the policestation voluntarily because, so we understood from the media – from the lips of your lawyer – that you want to make a statement.
Joran: That is correct. Let me start by saying I’ve got a huge imagination…and I’m staying with my previous statements given to the police – thus not the one at Peter R. de Vries – …that I’m keeping to those. That is what happened. And that what is talked about there (meaning the Peter R. de Vries tapes)…I’ve fantasized it all.
10:25
Joran: I wanted him to think I’m a smart guy…and that I would know what to do in a difficult situation.
Detective: Impress him?
Joran: Yes.
Detective: So it was more like presenting your CV: this is what you get.
Joran: Well, in the 8 months with me he’s insinuated things towards me a few times…I just knew: that is what he wants to hear…a story like that. I’ve had plenty of time to come up with something. I’m familiar with the case myself so I’ve also been thinking: what could possibly have happened. This is a scenario I choose to tell him but it’s not based on the truth.
10:40
Joran: I wanted, because of his stories he didn’t know,….I figured…okay…I’m going to tell him that I got away with something like that.
Detective: And you use the disappearance of Natalee for that?
Joran: And I used the disappearance of Natalee for that.
10:25
Detective: Tell, from your experience, the essential points…from the whole story…from all the conversations you had with Patrick what were deliberate lies..
Joran: Yes…that’s all I supposedly have done.
Dolph Richardson: Tangible.
Detective: Very tangible. According to me there are things that went the way they went.
Joran is silent for a bit and says then: Yeah…everything you…I’m referring to my previous statements to the police. Everything I told there is based on the truth.
10:48
Detective: Only, in the file as it is, there are facts and circumstances you can or can’t easily validate. You don’t do that.
Silence for a bit.
The simple fact: if we assume the given: Joran at the beach with Natalee. The simple fact: Joran leaves the beach & goes home. How?
Joran: I’ve also given a previous statement about that as well.
Detective: Yeah…which version is it?
Joran (annoyed & arrogant): You’re not listening very well.
Detective: I am listening.
Joran: I’m staying with my last version….
Dolph Richardson: And what was that?
Joran is silent for a short time…says then: Yeah, I’m saying I’m staying with that statement…you have to go back to that statement.
Detective: No, I’ve just said not any of that ’seek the difference’.
Joran: I’m telling you: I’m staying with my last given statements. And I don’t want to discuss the Holloway case.
10:43
Dolph Richardson (annoyed): I’m done with it!
Joran: Okay.
Dolph Richardson: So tell the truth. We start again…tell the truth! I didn’t come here to listen to this bullshit story, sorry.
Joran: Okay, then we’re done.
Dolph Richardson: No, tell the truth.
Joran: Then I’m exercising my right to be silent…then we’re done here. Piece of cake. Okay…then I’m leaving now.
11:49
Detective: Come with your truth.
Joran: I’ve given that already.
Detective: Then I’m asking you…what is your truth?
Joran (annoyed & arrogant): If I have to say it a 100 times, I will say it a 100 times: I’m referring to my previous statements.
Detective: Holiday Inn…your truth. It’s in the file.
Joran: Yes, that’s in the file.
Detective: Without a doubt it is certain that it was a big bullshit story. That is your truth. Then you’re still talking bullshit, Joran.
Joran: Well, that is my truth.
11:54
Detective: And may I – based on the de Vries tapes & the file – perhaps ask a question about your shoes? Clear that up…what happened to your focking shoes?
Joran: I’d rather not…I’d rather talk about something that is founded on proof.
? (don’t know who’s saying this): For example the shoes.
Dolph Richardson: What can you proof?
Joran: If I don’t know where they are how can I give proof?
Detective: Tell us where to look.
Joran: I don’t know…I left them at the beach so I don’t know. And I don’t want to discuss that. (emphasizing this)
11:01
Detective: We have found Daury. So that’s correct.
Joran: But he doesn’t know anything. Daury is someone I gotten to know on Aruba…I told you.
Detective: Yes, but we’ve found Daury. We’ve talked to Daury.
Joran: That’s just the name I came up with for some reason.
12:17
Detective: How do you prove based on the Peter R. de Vries tapes that Natalee didn’t die or pass out in your arms?
Joran: I’m saying that that isn’t true. You will just have to believe me on my big brown eyes.
Detective: No, that’s not possible anymore.
Joran: Yeah…but how do you want me to say it otherwise?
Detective: That is over and done with….can’t happen anymore.
Joran (annoyed): You know damn well I can’t prove that. What you’re coming up with are things…
Detective: No…so you can’t prove that.
Joran: No.
12:20
starts in the middle of a sentence…
Detective: ….that you, also in this conversation, and that is an indisputable fact…let me express myself carefully…aren’t telling the truth.
At this moment Joran looks away…not meeting the detective’s / Dolph Richardson’s eyes.
Joran makes a move to stand up…
Dolph Richardson: Sit…he’s going to prove it. He’s not bluffing. That’s the difference between my co-worker and you. You’re (pointing at Joran) are bluffing and he’s (pointing at the detective) not.
Joran (annoyed): Okay…as far as I’m concerned we’re done here.
Detective: No, but he can really…he’s not bluffing.
Joran: Well, prove it.
Joran is still moving as if in doubt to go or not.
Dolph Richardson: Well listen…sit..
Joran: Come…show your so called proof. You don’t have that. I know you don’t. So what are you saying that ‘you’ll prove’ while I know that won’t be the case?
Detective: I’m fine with it.
Joran: Yes.
Detective: I am (emphasizing this) going to prove that you haven’t told the complete truth in today’s story.
Dolph Richardson: We are going to prove that.
Detective: And I don’t feel any need whatsoever to share this with you at the moment.
Joran: And I don’t feel any need whatsoever to hear it.
Dolph Richardson: Good.
Detective: Then we agree on that.
Joran: Yeah. Yeah…then we’re done right? Easy.
Detective: We’re really done.
Unique Images of Police Questioning Joran van der Sloot Peter R. Tonight on de Vries
Unieke beelden van het politieverhoor Joran van der Sloot vanavond bij Peter R. de Vries
Vanavond is al weer de laatste uitzending van het seizoen voor Peter R. de Vries Misdaadverslaggever. In deze laatste aflevering komt Peter sinds lange tijd weer terug op de zaak Joran van der Sloot. De zaak die Peter R. de Vries o.a. een Emmy heeft opgeleverd krijg vanavond dus weer aandacht. Wat is er met hem gebeurd nadat hij voor het oog van de verborgen camera’s een uitvoerige bekentenis aflegde over Natalee Holloway? Velen denken dat hij de dans ontsprongen is, maar niets is minder waar. Vanavond toont Peter R. de Vries in de laatste uitzending van dit seizoen unieke beelden van het politieverhoor met Joran van de Sloot.
Naast Joran van der Sloot besteed Peter R. de Vries vanavond ook aandacht aan een notoire pedofiel, die onder een duister alias zijn gang kan blijven gaan als chauffeur van invalide kinderen. Ondanks diverse veroordelingen wegens ontucht, weet hij iedereen om de tuin te leiden en werkt hij doodleuk opnieuw met kleine kinderen. Peter R. de Vries confronteert hem vanavond met zijn verleden.
Kortom weer een spraakmakende laatste aflevering vanavond om 21.30u bij SBS 6.
GOOGLE TRANSLATION:
Unique Images of Police Questioning Joran van der Sloot Peter R. Tonight on de Vries
Tonight is already the last broadcast of the season for Peter R. de Vries Crime Reporter. In this last episode, Peter has long been the case back to Joran van der Sloot. The case that Peter R. de Vries including an Emmy has brought you so again tonight attention. What happened to him after the eye of the hidden cameras a detailed confession about Natalee Holloway? Many think he is a lucky escape, but nothing is further from the truth. Tonight shows Peter R. de Vries in the final season of this show unique images of the police interview with Joran van de Sloot.
Joran van der Sloot spent alongside Peter R. de Vries tonight attention to a notorious pedophile, under an alias dark hallway can continue as driver of disabled children. Despite several convictions for fornication, he knows everyone the runaround and he coolly re working with small children. Peter R. de Vries confronts him tonight with his past.
In short another controversial final episode tonight at 21:30 on SBS 6.
Peter de Vries Show – Sunday, December 13, 2009
CLINTON DEVON NELSON
By his mother, Carolyn Johnson
On August 9, 1985, Clinton Devon Nelson came into this world screaming and bruised. I was young and it had been a very difficult pregnancy and delivery; but this was one of the happiest days of my life. I used to joke about my son being born with bumps and bruises and, as it turned out, he had perpetual bumps and bruises the rest of his life. Clinton was always accident prone and always taking risks His thrill-seeking side took him down many paths; some I would not have chosen for my son. He was not a follower…he was a trailblazer. He never took the easy route and the paths he chose usually led him to more bumps and bruises. At times, Clinton would struggle as he grew and felt he did not fit in with the family. I disagreed…as he was the energy and part of the heart of our family. He loved to make us laugh.
When Clinton was 20 years old, he moved to Louisiana to reconnect with his biological father and his family. His father had given up all custody rights when Clinton was a little boy. I was most concerned about this move, because his father had led a completely different lifestyle than the one I had provided for my son.. I had hoped that his father had changed and that he would work with me in keeping Clinton on a healthy path; hence enabling his growth and strength.
A few months after Clinton’s move to Louisiana, he was hired to work on an oil rig. He was so pleased and very proud. He loved the thrill of this new job (often times dangerous) and the money he earned. He had dreamed of eventually becoming a Driller and, had he lived, would have accomplished this dream.
On the evening of September 1, 2006, while visiting with a friend, I was suddenly overcome with a most sickening feeling. I immediately felt something was wrong and I knew it involved my son, Clinton. I debated about calling him, but decided not to bother my independent 21-year-old with unfounded worries of his mother. Two days later (September 3rd), I received a call from Clinton’s biological father, asking if I had spoken to my son. He told me Clinton was missing; that no one had seen him since Friday night. The local police, according to his father, refused to file a missing persons report in hopes he would eventually show up. After several attempts, a report was finally submitted only after Clinton did not show up for work. This was the beginning of a nightmare that will never end!
Approximately one week later, I received another call from Clinton’s biological father. He proceeded to tell me that law enforcement suspected foul play and that they had activated cadaver dogs in a search of the woods. I literally fell apart; I could not breathe. My son is missing and now presumed murdered! I immediately placed a call to the local police department and left a message for the detective to return my call. Within a short time, I received that return call. I repeated the information that I had received from Clinton’s father. The detective rebuked this information; indicating they did not suspect foul play and there were no searches being conducted. He further suggested that.. “Your son is a young man. He is probably shacked up with some girl and he will turn up.”
It has been three (3) years since the disappearance of my son, Clinton. There have been so many conflicting stories/theories and so-called witnesses . But, one story stands out above all the others; that Clinton was the victim of a robbery and beating, which resulted in his death. The local law enforcement reports that even though there is no evidence of foul play, they speculate that foul play was involved and the case remains an open investigation. There have been three (3) searches conducted by Texas EquuSearch, but to no avail. My son is missing and I have no answers! I do believe my son is dead, foul play is involved and the people responsible are still out there…perpetuating constant agony and pain for my family.
If anyone has information regarding the disappearance of my son, Clinton Devon Nelson, please contact Detective Charles Owens, Bossier Parrish Sheriff’s Office at (318) 965-2203.
Sincerely,
Carolyn Johnson
Natalee Holloway Added to Alabama Department of Public Safety Missing Children List
By Jeremy Gray — The Birmingham News
November 06, 2009, 8:02PM
On Thursday, more than four years after the Mountain Brook teen disappeared while on a senior trip in Aruba, Natalee Holloway was added to a list of missing children on the Alabama Department of Public Safety Web site.
Special Agent Judy Orihuela, a spokeswoman with the Miami office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said tonight that Holloway’s family requested that information be added to the site.
The notice describes her as an “endangered” missing person and lists her current age as 23. It asks that anyone with information call 1-800-228-7688.
Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005 hours before she and classmates from Mountain Brook High School were to return home from their trip.
Orihuela said she did not know what prompted the family to request that her picture be posted alongside 13 other missing children and teens from across Alabama, some who have been missing for more than 10 years and others who disapperared as recently as a few months ago.
In March, an investigator hired by Holloway’s father, Dave Holloway, who has said many times that he would not give up until all options were exhausted, searched a pond in Aruba. Nothing was found. Holloway’s mother, Beth Holloway, has also continued to press for answers in the case and in April ”Loving Natalee,” a book about her family’s ordeal, was published.
Regarding Holloway: Investigation on Former Chief Completed
Inzake Holloway: Onderzoek naar oud-korpschef afgerond
26 Okt, 2009, 14:26 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — Het justitieel onderzoek naar de handelingen en integriteit van hoofdcommissaris Jan van der Straten is afgerond. “De laatste puntjes op de i moeten nog worden gezet”, aldus Ann Angela, woordvoerder van het Openbaar Ministerie.
Angela laat weten dat procureur-generaal Rob Pietersz de onderzoeksrapportage al heeft doorgelezen, maar dat hij vooralsnog niets kwijt wil over de bevindingen. “Hij vraagt om geduld.” Het onderzoek is in opdracht van Justitie-minister Rudy Croes (MEP) uitgevoerd, op aandringen van de Nederlandse staatssecretaris van Koninkrijksrelaties Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (CDA). Croes had namelijk meerdere malen kenbaar gemaakt dat hij Van der Straten ervan verdenkt het onderzoek naar de verdwijning van de Amerikaanse tiener Natalee Holloway bewust te hebben verhinderd. De voormalige korpschef zou het onderzoek hebben belemmerd om zijn vriend Paul van der Sloot te helpen bij het beschermen van zijn zoon, hoofdverdachte Joran van der Sloot. De oud-politiecommissaris zou van der Sloot en twee andere verdachten bewust pas tien dagen na de verdwijning hebben laten oppakken. De minister stelde ook dat Van der Straten destijds zei: “Dit kan ik mijn vriend Paul niet aandoen.” Jan van der Straten is inmiddels met pensioen.
TRANSLATION:
Regarding Holloway: Investigation on Former Chief Completed
October 26, 2009, 14:26 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — The judicial investigation into the actions and about the integrity of Head Commisar Jan van der Straten has been rounded up. “The dots have yet to be put on the i,” said Angela Ann, spokesperson of the Public Ministry.
Angela reports that Attorney-General Rob Pietersz has read through the investigation report, but for now he does not want to disclose anything about the findings. “He askes for patience.” The investigation was ordered by Justice Minister Rudy Croes (MEP), and insisted upoon by the Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (CDA). Croes had repeatedly expressed that he suspected Jan van der Straaten of deliberately hindering the investigation into the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway. The former police chief would have impeded the investigation to help his friend Paul van der Sloot protecting his son, the main suspect Joran van der Sloot. The former Police chief would purposely have waited till 10 days after the disappearance to arrest would der Sloot and two other suspects. The minister also said that Van der Straten had said: at the time “I can not do my friend Paul.” Jan van der Straten has since retired.
Natalee ~ Missing 52 Months
By Lousw, BFN Member
Another month has come to an end once again without knowing what really happened to Natalee or where she may be at this time. 1,585 days of wondering, waiting, hoping that someone would come forward with the truth and end this horrendous situation.
Although it has been so long, there is one thing that I still have and that is Hope. To lose Hope would mean that I concede to defeat – that I give up on Natalee – and that is something that I can not and will not do. Beth has stated her feelings about Hope and I can not agree more. She said, “Hope is a universal message that gets us through the times that are ahead” … “Hope is what keeps me going. You have to keep hoping for the future.”
The reality is that life must go on, but that does not mean that you should not remember. Beth says that not a single day goes by that she does not think about Natalee. I don’t call that a compulsion or obsession, I call it a feeling from the heart. Natalee is in our hearts and will be there forever and we will not forget.
I have put together a small scrapbook about Natalee. I will try to add to it from time to time. The final page of this scrapbook, however, has not been entered and will not be until Natalee is found and brought home. I do have Hope that I will be able to enter that final page.
