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Aug. 17, 2008 On May 30th, 2005, Natalee Holloway went missing on
Aruba. Natalee was born in 1986 and was eighteen years old when she disappeared.
Had she lived, she would be 22 years old and most likely finished with her first
four years of college.
I wrote about Natalee quite extensively when the
disappearance was headline news and when I still had hope that the truth would
one day be told as to what really happened to her. I also had a lot of faith in
people I only met because of Natalee and I took most of them at face value.
Basically, they were strangers with a shared cause and a shared desire to see
that Natalee and her family receive the justice that every human being deserves.
Sadly, none of my hopes and goals were met and
where there was once trust and determination I found that I was faced with
disillusionment and disappointment. I was the lucky one; Natalee was faced with
nothing at all. Her family also were forced to live with the knowledge that they
would probably never see Natalee again.
So much has changed since that day in May that
there would never be enough time or bandwidth to cover it all. The world has
changed, my life has changed and I am not the same person that I was three years
ago. I am less trusting and I am hesitant to get involved where it concerns
people I don't know personally. I feel much regret about the above. I think that
it was easier being naive and giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. It beats
looking at strangers with a jaundiced eye and a heavy heart while wondering if
they will betray my trust.
I should add that some of the people that I met
during my foray into being an amateur detective turned out to be terrific
individuals that I still respect and remember with fondness and admiration. I
believe that they know who they are but I will mention Michelle of the "Boycott
Aruba" site and Don Symank; a man who NEVER gives up in his desire to help
victims and search for the lost. To this day they are both still trying to find
answers and for that reason among many, I have the greatest respect for them and
several others who I met along the way.
Even though I still follow the news and my ears
perk up if Natalee Holloway's name is mentioned, I no longer blog about her now
VERY cold case. Despite the admissions that Joran van der Sloot made to a
reporter and the other bits and pieces of information that surface occasionally
I will never again have that spark that ignited within me when I was a
daily blogger.
The strength that it took to keep up left me long
ago and now I just read and listen and say a little prayer when I think of
Natalee, her family and all of the others who are among the missing. I also say
a little prayer for those who still continue the search for justice because no
matter who is doing the searching, there must be those who carry on. There must
be those who never let the lost be forgotten and I am grateful for them.
For those who give so much there must surely be a
reward.
------------ About the author: Meri has a Medical/Legal background and is a former forensic researcher specializing in psychological profiling. Visit the Xlibris Bookstore! Email: writers2@cox.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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