Ecstasy-Halloway Connection?

When it was reported that a young woman was missing in Aruba, my first thought was, "I wonder if someone gave her GHB in order to rape her?" I wondered whether something had gone wrong, and whether the person who gave her the drug had done something with her body.

This week, the National Equirer tied Ecstasy to Natalee's disappearance in a way quite similar to what I've been thinking:

Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot is terrified he and his family will be murdered if he confesses all he knows about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

The National Enquirer can reveal that police on Aruba are investigating this theory, which centers on whether narcotics dealers supplied Joran with the drug ecstasy, helped him get rid of Natalee's body — and told him he'd vanish forever if he didn't keep his mouth shut.

"Joran's statements have changed many times because he does not want police to find out who helped dispose of Natalee's body," said a source close to the case. "Police believe that people involved in getting rid of the body have threatened to murder Joran and his family if he ever names them." ...

As The National Enquirer reported last week, police theorize that Natalee died accidentally, possibly drowning after she fell and hit her head in a drug-induced stupor. Police also believe Joran confessed to his father that Natalee had taken ecstasy and when she died, Joran panicked and decided to get rid of the body. But he needed help — and knew where to find it.

"Joran is believed to be friends with a known ecstasy dealer in Aruba and police think that's where he got the drug," said the source.

"When Natalee died, Joran got in touch with the dealer. The theory is that the dealer had an incentive to dispose of her body so that police wouldn't trace the drugs back to him. But the dealer made it clear to Joran that if he talked he'd disappear too."

I've found another report that hold s out some hope that Natalee may still be alive. It, too, involves ecstasy, but this time, as a drug used to knock out women so they can be sold into sexual servitude. The story, on the Conspiracy Planet Web site, verifies one such case with the testimony of a U.S. Naval officer. The woman involved, Amy Bradley, is one of two that have gone missing after drinking at Carlos and Charlie's -- the same bar Natalee was seen at before her disappearance.

Here's what Conspiracy Planet says about Natalee:

Worldwide news reports say bartenders from Cancun to Aruba to Jamaica regularly spike the drinks of unsuspecting women with drugs such as Rohypnol (roofies) and GHB (liquid ecstasy) for the purpose of "date-rape," but reports also describe the increasing use of these drugs to place women in a submissive state to move them into position for transport to Caribbean island and South American brothels for indefinite periods for use as drugged prostitutes in known white slavery rings.

Leventhal said last night that the hotel manager of Aruba’s Holiday Inn-Sunspree Resort and Casino where Holloway stayed reported that all hotel security cameras were working properly.

But they do not verify the claims of the three men who said they returned Holloway to the Holiday Inn after driving her to the California lighthouse where one of the three said he "made out" and "was intimate" with Holloway while she was "intoxicated," according to Leventhal. ...

Other news reports also said Holloway was intoxicated; however, date-rape drugs are known to exhibit symptoms where individuals seem extremely intoxicated after consuming only a small amount of alcohol- more so than the amount ingested would warrant. ...

Late at night, Aruba’s California lighthouse could easily serve as a beacon to guide boats to the deserted beach to quickly drop off and pick up narcotics--but news show guests intimated for days that submissive females, possibly drugged by bartenders or other patrons at a popular club like Carlos and Charlie’s could be victims of sexual transport.

I'll keep you posted if anything new develops ...