EXCLUSIVE: Ex-FBI Agent Blames Private Eye For Deadly Mistake In Joran van der Sloot Case
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 @ 05:50AM
The FBI has been taking heat for Joran Van der Sloot’s extortion attempt in exchange for information on the whereabouts of Natalee Holloway’s body.
But former FBI agent and private investigator Harold Copus tells RadarOnline.com it is private investigator Bo Dietl who is to blame.
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“It’s really easy to blame the FBI right now... it’s extremely convenient,” Copus said in an exclusive interview.
“As Bo is aware, this event took place in Aruba and the last time I checked, Aruba is not a state in our union and it’s a foreign country.
“We have absolutely no law enforcement jurisdiction in a foreign country.”
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Dietl was working on a wrongful death suit against Van der Sloot for the Holloway family when Van der Sloot contacted the Holloway’s attorney, John Q. Kelly, via email and offered to tell the family where their daughter’s remains could be found in exchange for $250,000.
Kelly traveled down to Aruba to meet Van der Sloot with $10,000 cash and $15,000 was later wired to him.
Van der Sloot disappeared from Aruba three days later and the information he gave them turned out to be false.
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Blame is now being placed on the FBI for “funding” Van der Sloot’s travels to Peru, where he subsequently murdered 21-year-old Stephany Flores.
According to previous reports, the money was funded by the FBI, but Dietl tells RadarOnline.com: “The money was given by the Holloway family.”
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“Based on what Bo said, the sting operation started between the Holloway family, their attorney and Bo and the FBI wasn’t involved initially,” Copus said. “By the time they contacted the FBI it was already at act two of a three act play... It was too little too late.
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“The FBI is well familiar with how to deal with crimes that occur outside of the United States,” Copus added. “Bo had apparently forgotten how that works. When things go bad, nobody wants to take the blame.
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“The FBI among many things, I can assure you, documents all of their contacts that they paid out on this case and I’ll bet you there is a time and a date stamp saying the negotiations were ongoing with van der Sloot.”
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Joran is under arrest in Peru for the murder of Flores, a local woman he met in a casino that was later found stabbed to death in a hotel room registered under his name.
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“Van der Sloot needs to confess and give all the details of the Holloway case in hopes of a lesser sentence,” Copus said. “That is the only way the Holloway family will get closure.”
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Jul 19, 2010 @ 09:30
He's in jail - let's hope we don't hear a peep about him for the next 50 years -
Posted Sat, 06/12/2010 - 3:25am
oh-and is it just me, or does he look a bit like Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over he Cuckoo's Nest? (With a bad dye job)
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 6:25pm
Joran will never tell the truth. He is a psychopath who enjoys torturing others. You can bet Natalee was thrown in the ocean and 5 years later there is nothing to find - This subhuman should be hanged!
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 1:53pm
He will never tell where Natalie is unless it benefits him. He is a heartless human being. May he rot in hell.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 12:33pm
He's wearing the color of the Queen-orange! I'm sure his homeland is so proud of him. There seems to be a reason he doesn't live/stay there. Where is this honors student going to school, anyway?
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 12:13pm
I'm sure if the Joran incident had ended in his arrest in Aruba, the FBI would be taking full credit. Sorry guys, you're dumb, arrogant idiots who shouldn't be spearheading anti-terrorist investigations in this country.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:00am
The FBI has been coasting on it's former reputation for years, it's a joke. Full of losers who couldn't get into college and are now in charge of finding terrorists.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 10:54am
jake jackson is the reason why people hate tattle tails. What an idiot spell checking comments by posters. Get a life creepo
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 10:38am
I hope some big nasty man in a Peruvian prison makes Joran his b***h... He should rot in hell, and I sincerely hope that someday the Holloway and Flores families can have some piece... Aruban authorities have this girls blood on their hands...
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 9:59am
OOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSS, I meant peace LMAO Sorry, not awake yet LOL
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 10:00am