Could it Be?

Satish Kalpoe is the 18 year old brother of Deepak. Described by his mother, Nadira Ramirez as "a little more soft and understanding" than his brother. Satish had been living in Aruba about 3 years while 21 year old Deepak had been there for 7 years.

Deepak had been friends with Joran. Satish was not really as much fun to hang out with. But on May 29th when Joran called Deepak to see if he wanted to go to Carlos 'n Charlies; Satish would have pick him up. The boys were in luck that night, Deepak had run into his friend Steve at the Cybercafe and scored some X.

Deepak and Satish pulled up in front of Holiday Inn as he came walking out ready for a night of fun. Each grabbed an X and set off for Carlos 'n Charlies. Joran carefully grabbed the 4th tablet and the baggie it was in and began crushing the pill into a fine powder. With the radio blaring, the 3 young men rolled onto L.G.Smith Blvd. in the silver Honda. They arrived at the bar just before midnight. Satish and Deepak set off to make a few sales while Joran stalked his prey.

Over the next hour Joran poured the contents of the baggie into Natalees drink. Deepak and Steve make several hundred dollars and it seemed as if everyone was very happy in Aruba. Carlos 'n Charlies closes at 1:30 AM on Sundays, so the walkway out front was full of drunk and happy people being scurried outside. Natalee was seen by another group of Mountain Brook High graduates indicating that she was fine and planning to catch a cab with some friends up ahead and she would meet them back at the hotel in a few minutes. Then Natalee got into a silver Honda with a tall guy they recognized from their hotel but not from their school. It was later determined by witnesses that there were 3 males in the car with Natalee. Unnamed witnesses or an unnamed witness claimed Natalee yelled out the window "wahoo Aruba" as the car drove away, but that has never been verified. Another unnamed witness now claims to have seen Natalee leave with Deepak only.

Natalee was on her last night in Aruba, she wanted to have all the fun she could. She and her friends had gone to Carlos and Charlies several times during this trip, she was sure she would have a great time. After arriving Natalee had a fancy drink and danced with friends. She wandered around and say goodbye to her newfound friends when she saw that tall boy that had been giving her the once over at the casino earlier. He was good looking and she was interested in meeting him. Within minutes the young man approached her with a drink in hand just for her. Natalee warmly accepted and they struck up a conversation. The music was loud and hearing was difficult so they danced a while when Natalee said she needed some fresh air. Suddenly she was feeling very, very drunk. The young man, Joran asked his friend to give them a ride so they could get some air and less noise. Besides the bar was about to close anyway. Natalee made them promise to take her back to the Holiday Inn and got into the car.

They drove to the lighthouse but found others there so they left and went down the beach toward the fishing huts. Meanwhile Natalee is beginning to come in and out of consciousnous. As Joran and Natalee step out of the car, she stumbles, he helps her up and she smiles. Walking down the beach, Natalee begins to feel nauseas. Juron is still trying kiss and grope her, she becomes angry and scared, she can't keep her thoughts straight. Juron is raping her and her mind is so fuzzy. He gets up and Natalee tries to run but she stumbles again and again. Deepak is laughing at her and runs up from behind and tackles her. As he rapes her, she yells "NO, NO" . He hits her telling her to shut up. Natalee vomits then doesn't make another sound. She has passed. Deepak dresses himself before he realizes she is not moving. He hopes she is unconscious.

The boys can't believe this happened. No one is sure how she died, maybe the X, or maybe she choked on her vomit but they knew that they did not kill her. Juron remembered a place where they were building a new school, it would be easy to bury her there. She was wrapped in a towel and buried in a shallow grave.

Juron knows that he must tell his father. His father was the only judge on the island, he would give them advice and help them. Early in the morning, they told Paulus that she had probably taken something or drank too much and was hitting on them so they took her to the beach and she got sick and died. The boys were scared and did not know what else to do they explained to Paulus.

Paulus and another man went to retrieve the body, afraid it would be found. Paulus' friend had access to a boat and a lobster trap that would hold the body. They placed her in the trap with concrete blocks from the nearby building site and headed out to sea. The man knew that he had lost many traps in a specific area. Due to the tide or storms if the cages lost their anchor, they would wash out to sea. He assured Paulus this cage would be long gone by nightfall. They dropped her body into the ocean, declaring it a "burial at sea". Paulus paid him handsomely for his services.

Within days Paulus was consumed by people demanding hush money. Information about Natalee was up for auction, as the word of this spread across Aruba, the usual suspects came out declaring knowledge while secretly demanding money. Many were cons, just trying to get some money out of Van der Sloot or whomever would pay for the lie. But for Paulus there were so many that had to be paid, at any price.