Birmingham, Al (WIAT) Joran van der Sloot. Natalee Holloway. Stephany Flores.
One is sitting in a Peruvian prison. One was found murdered in his Lima hotel room. One is missing after being seen with him five years ago on a trip to Aruba.
Van der Sloot is in the middle of the complicated investigation of his alleged murder of 21 year old Stephany Flores. He remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Both of those circumstances are filled with questions and legal complications.
But there's little doubt in the blogosphere where the intertwined stories of the three continue to light up the web.
Babble.com says it's a site for parents. One of their current lead articles is entitled
"Why the parents of Joran van der Sloot's victims may never get closure" Read past the article to the comments and you'll possibly be startled by the ferocity of the response and the frustration and impatience with the slowness of the legal systems in both Peru and Aruba.
One sample: "Lying is Joran’s alibi. It worked when he killed Natalee, and he is hoping it will work again. Joran is a psychopath, and his mother believes the part he plays for her is “real” Joran. Oh momma.. the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves…"
There are dozens of other sites commenting on, or even focusing on van der Sloot and his victims.
An example that precedes his current troubles in Peru is devoted to the five year old disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Mountain Brook teen who disappeared on a trip to Aruba...after last being seen in van der Sloot's company.
Blogs For Natalee has been collecting and updating information on the case for most of the five years since Natalee's disappearance. It claims 435951 Posts in 8070 Topics by 2154 Members. It stresses it has no official connection to the Holloway family.
And then, there's Facebook. In a world where anything and everything has a Facebook page, why should the van der Sloot case be any different.
Here's a sampling:
http://http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joran-van-der-sloot/106167646085097http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stephany-Flores-Ramirez-and-Joran-Van-der-Sloot-Case/122041101165784?v=wall
