Mothers

June 21, 2005: Anita van der Sloot kisses Beth Holloway Twitty good-bye outside the van der Sloots' home.


FOX reports:

ORANJESTAD, Aruba — In an emotional meeting Tuesday, Natalee Holloway's mother — who has pledged not to leave the island without her daughter — confronted the parents of one of the suspects in the case of the missing 18-year-old.

Beth Holloway Twitty, whose daughter disappeared May 30 in Aruba, went to the home of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch teen who is now behind bars. She was hoping to speak with the parents of the boy, whom she had earlier described as having "the most arrogant ... attitude of any 17-year-old I've ever seen."

Holloway Twitty got more than she expected — a 90-minute conversation inside the van der Sloots' home.

...Holloway Twitty told FOX News' Greta Van Susteren that she wanted to meet with the van der Sloots. The pair traveled to the van der Sloots' residence where Van Susteren captured exclusive footage of Holloway Twitty calling into the home to determine if anyone was there. After spotting someone behind a bush, she urged him to come out and take one of the prayer cards she has been distributing.

Shortly thereafter, Paul van der Sloot — the suspect's father who has been questioned in the case — emerged from behind the shrub, approaches the gate and invites Holloway Twitty and Van Susteren inside and asked for the cameras to be turned off.

During the emotional scene in the home, Holloway Twitty repeatedly asked the van der Sloots to tell her anything they knew about Natalee's disappearance.

An hour and a half later, the van der Sloots escorted Holloway Twitty out of their home. Anita van der Sloot kissed Natalee's mother goodbye.

...In an earlier interview with Van Susteren, Natalee's mother had said she was confident Joran van der Sloot and two other suspects know what happened to her daughter.

"I have absolutely no doubt at all" that these three men know what happened to Natalee, Holloway Twitty said.

"When van der Sloot approached the vehicle I was seated in he had the most condescending, arrogant ... attitude of any 17-year-old I've ever seen," Holloway Twitty said, recounting an early encounter she had with the Dutch teen after arriving on Aruba.

Holloway Twitty said she was holding a photo of her daughter and said, "I told him 'I want my daughter' and he said, 'What do you want me to do?'"

What an incredible turn of events!

I hope Natalee's mother got some worthwhile information from the van der Sloots, anything to give her some peace.

I have to give the van der Sloots credit for showing some compassion and speaking with Beth Holloway Twitty. They could have just ignored her. Perhaps their meeting will push the van der Sloots to urge their son to come clean with all he knows about Natalee's disappearance. They would have to be unbelievably hard-hearted to not be moved by a distraught, desperate mother searching for her child.

Beth Holloway Twitty is truly a remarkable woman.