Is Natalee Holloway Still Alive?

I've been getting bits of information on this topic for a week or two now. Though really there isn't much to say. However, Beth Twitty is apparently scheduled to be on the Dr. Phil Show on Thursday - possibly discussing a phone call in which she heard Natalee's voice.

Additionally, it is rumored that she will state that she may now believe as Dr. Phil does, that Natalee is still alive. It's unclear how that reconciles with previous statements from Natalee's Mother in which I thought she had accused the three suspects of murder. It's possible this is based on new information.

In additional to Beth Twitty, I believe Ty Ritter is also scheduled to be on:

Ty Ritter has been in the business of protection since his  service in the Marine Corps where he bodyguarded officers, politicians, dignitaries and couriers.

After completing his military service, Ty formed a company which privately contracted with the U.S. government to conduct high-risk special operations in foreign countries.

Ty began specializing in kidnap recovery and kidnap prevention. To date, Ty Ritter and his team have recovered thirty-two kidnap victims from countries all over the world. Over half of the victims were children taken by strangers and sold into sexual slavery.

I'm unfamiliar with Ty Ritter's background but did find one additional link for him at this time - a site apparently dealing with movie and television scripts in development based upon his life.

TV Bodyguard (hour drama) Based on True Incidents in the Life of Ty Ritter - A young bodyguard working for his mentor, a Las Vegas Syndicate boss, battles to stay alive and avoid the corruption that surrounds him during a turf war between The Syndicate and The Mob for control of the city.

And

Double-Edged Sword (action drama) Based on True Incidents in the Life of Ty Ritter A fomer Marine defies the Federal Government by rescuing children who have been kidnapped from the U.S. and sold into slavery overseas. He's been shot, stabbed and thrown into jail, but what gives him the most pain are the hardships that his wife and young daughter are forced to endure because of his drive to follow his calling.

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Comments

[!]

I wish that this would be the case. It would be a miricle come true.
Look at the girl in Utah that was found still alive. Elizabeth Smart
Let is be so !

[Shari]

Until She Comes Home...Keep Searching

[Wayne]

If this is true, then why in the world go public if you may attempt a recovery?

[dugo]

http://nataleeisalive.ytmnd.com/ keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it (Appologies to Goebbels)

[Jan]

There is nothing that would make me happier than to know Natalee is alive under any circumstances - however if she is and is in some sex slave industry - I seriously doubt this is the result of Joran and the K's - so what would Beth do with her vendetta and all of her hate and revenge and threats and boycott and just plain vengefulness - would she apologize - I seriously doubt that any of these lunatics would - and shame on Phil if he is leading this woman on - too many are taking advantage of Beth and she is sucked in as the cable news is on this story. Beth cannot believe 100% raped and murdered and now believe alive and kidnapped - both are not possible!

[Jody]

I guess Beth decided that having the world believe Natalee is still alive would make good press and allow her to stay in the media until at least after Christmas.

[wreck]

Not doubting you Dan, but I have seen Beth definitely accuse the boys of Rape -- I have not heard her accuse the boys of murder.

[in-disbelief]

I really hope this isnt a rumor..how sick could someone be....GOD please be true

[letsbefair]

That's funny cuz TJ Ward was just on Rita's show talking about how Natalee died and Paulus disposed of her body. Hmmm, maybe TJ doesn't know what he's talking about?

[Kyle]

Dan,

have you been pessimistic all your life?

why did you take scared monkeys off your links?

your very negative

[Dan]

Not doubting you Dan, but I have seen Beth definitely accuse the boys of Rape -- I have not heard her accuse the boys of murder.

I thought the charge was murder as regards the alleged blood in the car - not sure if it only came from her though. Too many charges flying around to keep track.

[in-disbelief]

Geeeeez, it just turns right back around on Beth... people, you sound like little cats....give it a REST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeer
scratch scratch

[angela]

I believe she is still alive and Beth knows it. Dr Phil brought out some things that weren't supposed to be brought out. Now we will hear that Natalee ran away because of the traumatic sexual assault.

[Tx_Girl]

Thanks for the update. Sounded real good until the blurps about the scripts...

[Dan]

why did you take scared monkeys off your links?

Why would I not when I was banned from a board I never visited? And a blogger there tried to interfere with a source of mine, depriving me of information? Of course I removed their link. DOH!
I link reputable, ethical blogs. You been hitting the banana juice, again?

[in-disbelief]

I could use some banana juice tonight...ALOT of it :-)

[ustt]

I think Aruba has ratcheted up the "search" in order to hopefully cover up the mess in their cat box. Although they probably have Joe's words ringing in their ears - we are "infiltrating"

I remember something like the heaviest charge must be brought on someone. You can't add, but you can take away. That may be where the "murder" charge was brought up.

Beth had begun by saying "these 3 know something". Then when it was admitted by more than 1 of them that they had "gang raped" Natalee.

But I don't recall Beth ever stating she thought they "killed" Natalee.

I also believe when Joe says he has "infiltrated" Aruba, that makes the people doing the coverup there nervous because now the bad guys don't know who the "enemy" is-----they know Beth but they don't know the unknown. And the Scicilian "mafia" will get you, and they know this. Even if Natalee has run away, been abducted, or is dead, the infiltrators will find out. Infiltration is what I had hoped for all along.

[Brooke]

Okay here's how the story will go...
Natalee got amnesia and had been wandering around all this time ....After of course she had been kidnapped, the first thing out of BT mouth was "NH has been kidnapped."

[grandmatini]

Banana juice? Will that help the Eagles win tonight? Will that make T.O.'s grandma tell him she loves him?

Joe M. is a nobody. He thinks he's somebody, people who rape usually do think they are somebody, but in actuality they are nobody. They are the slimey scum that builds up under the toilet bowl rim that you don't see until you get really far down to scrub.

I hope Natalee is alive. But stories like this always make me suspect. I have to agree, why would this go public if there was a chance at truth?

[cindi in pa]

Joe DOES NOT BELONG TO THE MAFIA! He was only in t he press because of the crimes he was charged with. Even at that time, it was page 20 news under police logs. If he were Mafia and arrested, it would be front page. He is nothing more than a punk who learned how to get tough walking the concrete inside the prison system. Anyone in the Mafia would not make it news how they were going after someone. Please don't make our Philadelphia Mafia look bad with his association. It's not true.

As for Natalee being alive somewhere else. I hope that is true with all my heart. However if that's even remotely true, it would not be advertised for the world to see. And if Beth comes forward supporting that belief, even in the smallest way, there goes her chance of ever holding Aruba liable for Natalee's disappearance.

[katya]

It would cost a lot of money for the recovery of a life person. More donations for the fund, IMO

[in-disbelief]

Banana juice? Will that help the Eagles win tonight? Will that make T.O.'s grandma tell him she loves him?

ohhhh, that was wrong....she doesnt quite remember him, does she? ok, thats enough...im going to hell in a handbasket

[grandmatini]

Katya,

I think they would have plenty of money if mom would stop flying all over the place!

[grandmatini]

Maybe if T.O. finds the truth behind what happened in this situation the Eagles will take him back......NOT

[cindi in pa]

I hope Natalee is alive. But stories like this always make me suspect. I have to agree, why would this go public if there was a chance at truth?

Posted by: grandmatini | Nov 14, 2005 10:20:20 PM

Another side show. They can't let the news die down, not from the level it's been on anyway. Fox News makes me sick with what it has become. Like reading the National Enquirer.

As for the Eggles............ughhhhhhh they look bad. Maybe some hug's from Mom Mc Nabb :)

[grandmatini]

I think Mom McNabb is ready to hug T.O. around his neck - real tight!

[cindi in pa]

Maybe if T.O. finds the truth behind what happened in this situation the Eagles will take him back......NOT

Posted by: grandmatini | Nov 14, 2005 10:28:49 PM

looks like Donovan found that banana juice...14-7

[in-disbelief]

As for the Eggles............ughhhhhhh they look bad. Maybe some hug's from Mom Mc Nabb :)

Posted by: cindi in pa | Nov 14,

nope, not gonna happen..she might hit Terrell over the head with a soup can for trash talkin her baby!

[CitizenDick]

I think I saw this script in a Chuck Norris movie once.

[portland]

It's unclear how that reconciles with previous statements from Natalee's Mother in which I thought she had accused the three suspects of murder. It's possible this is based on new information.

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I don't think Beth has ever accused them of murder. In fact, I have heard her say several times that she doesn't know what they did with Natalee. She has certainly said that she feels the were involved in a gangrape, and that they have answers as to what happened to Natalee, but she has never said that they murdered her, so far as I am aware.

[in-disbelief]

talk about lookin bad, look at the Ravens...major let down...

[cindi in pa]

I am still wondering what made Beth possibly change her mind about Natalee being alive and elsewhere. Haaaaaaaaaaaa Unless JM has never been to Argentina.

[grandmatini]

I think Dan needs to start a Monday night football blog!

[cindi in pa]

I think I saw this script in a Chuck Norris movie once.

Posted by: CitizenDick | Nov 14, 2005 10:32:01 PM

hell yeah............but Chuck always wins ;)
He has not come back from being the oldest movie star alive to father twins lol.

[abott]

Beth Twitty is apparently scheduled to be on the Dr. Phil Show on Thursday - possibly discussing a phone call in which she heard Natalee's voice.

I just hope and pray for the best...

[in-disbelief]

well, im not gonna go on the football blog if everyone keeps ignoring me :-)

[cindi in pa]

The other thing I keep thinking about. Jorans several statements to the press. Something on the line of, he is not willing to tell what happened yet, but some day he would.

The idea Natalee could have been removed from the island for some type of slavery could very well be a reality. It happens even here in the united states. The NCIC has an entire site on slavery, child,prostitution, even here in the USA.

[Smokey]

i'm down with the MNF log. Tonite: Go 'Boys

For the season: Broncos Baby!

[cindi in pa]

I just hope and pray for the best...

Posted by: abott | Nov 14, 2005 10:37:27 PM

allagations won't work for me anymore. show us the money. phone logs, written documents. as a mother I know i often times project my greatest fears onto things my kid are doing. most of the time it winds up being just that. my projection.

[CitizenDick]

This was my original opinion of what happened to Natalee. I'd post this on the www.al.com Mountainbrook Forum, but they are all convinced she was murdered and her body dropped in the ocean.

"The kidnap and sale of children has become very big business in some countries, in particluar, countries in South America. When I first became involved in recoveries, a blond haired, blue-eyed girl sold for approximately $15,000 to $20,000. The sale price today has reached $100,000."

http://tyritterprotection.com/id15.html

[Smokey]

child prostitution, even here in the USA.

Posted by: cindi in pa | Nov 14, 2005 10:41:36 PM

Yeah like that girl they found in phoenix who was trapped in that bed-box thing, and sold for sex over the internet.
How in the world does that kind of thing go unnoticed for a month?

[grandmatini]

In-disbelief,

You route for Baltimore! How can I acknowledge that? Although I must admit you have a great stadium. Always liked the waterfront there. Great place to celebrate 4th of July - top floor of the Hyatt.

I unfortunately live very close to T.O. so I don't appreciate all of his little T.V. escapades. South Jersey is a great place to live, inexpensive compared to the rest of the state, close to Philly, the shore but you also have to live with a lot of the Philadelphia sports people. Used to live in Medford where there's a lot of Flyers players - nice group of people. A good number of Phillies too. But Moorestown - which is a real nice little town - seems to draw the ones who want to think they are someone. I'm considering moving back towards the Pine Barrens and just putting up with a longer commute!

[wreck]

...uhhh.... SM shows up as a link on my page here at RWV.

[cindi in pa]

Posted by: CitizenDick | Nov 14, 2005 10:45:08 PM

I hate calling you Dick, but you asked for it lol. Yes slavery for prostution is a very real event, we just don't hear of it often. I remember back in the 80's there were many stories in the american press about this.

Smokey, not sure about that case. I am sure her family or friends reported her missing. Not so sure it ever made it out of the local news though. As helpful as the Amber Alert system is, more needs to be done with missing persons. It's a problem belonging to this country, not just one county at a time. Somehow it has to make national news, regardless of the abducted's wealth, looks, skin color.

[doesanyonecareaboutnatalee]

It would cost a lot of money for the recovery of a life person. More donations for the fund, IMO

Posted by: katya | Nov 14, 2005 10:26:01 PM

Gosh girl, she made that statement the other night. You read my mind. The jackpot probably stopped growing when people caught on to her lies and calling for a boycott. Lets get these donations rolling in again. Who would want to be responsible for her not finding her daughter? We dont want her on tv screaming its everyones fault because they didnt donate .
But wait. Why dont she use some of that money she is spending flying from one trash show to another and use it to search for her daughter.

[cindi in pa]

seems to draw the ones who want to think they are someone. I'm considering moving back towards the Pine Barrens and just putting up with a longer commute!

Posted by: grandmatini | Nov 14, 2005 10:48:15 PM

Moorestown, was once known as the safest place to live in urban america. We used to joke as a family, yeah........until Charles (brother inlaw) bought a house there. He has since died, and I could tell you a story or two of his run in's with some flyers players. But I won't. I still have a nephew and his family that live there. Sister Inlaw AND niece in Medford. It is a nice area, but nothing beats the sticks. Well, unless we are talking Jersey Devil ;)

[cindi in pa]

Why dont she use some of that money she is spending flying from one trash show to another and use it to search for her daughter.

Posted by: doesanyonecareaboutnatalee | Nov 14, 2005 10:54:33 PM

Beth is using private donations to make some of these flights. At least the ones to and from philadelphia. The person paying for her flights here has also donated a large amount of case for the trust fund. You folks need to get off this abuse of trust money. Trust are a very regulated security. You can't just walk in to the holder and say.........gee, today I want to go to Aruba and go shopping. Working with trust funds, I can tell you, there is little abuse when they are set as in this case with a reputable establishment.

[CitizenDick]

I hate calling you Dick, but you asked for it lol...

Posted by: cindi in pa | Nov 14, 2005 10:49:53 PM

Just don't call me late for dinner...

[in-disbelief]

You route for Baltimore! How can I acknowledge that? Although I must admit you have a great stadium. Always liked the waterfront there. Great place to celebrate 4th of July - top floor of the Hyatt.

yeah our Stadium is awesome! Cant say that about the players this year...grrrrrr..Went to the superbowl in 2004 ..it was in houston(reliant stadium)

what a dump, im not kidding

Steelers fans? thats a free for all when Ravens play steelers...Im not exaggerating that a bit

funny, i dont mind philly whipping us, anyone but the Steelers...For some reason i feel a tad bit bad for terrell..i know i shouldnt, but Im just like that....I have never been to jersey..not even Atlantic City...

well, dont want to take up space with football chatter! nice chat!

[donnaanna]

...uhhh.... SM shows up as a link on my page here at RWV.

Posted by: wreck | Nov 14, 2005 10:48:29 PM

Me too!