I think so too; or a freighter. Wonder where the taxi driver brothers dropped him off in Arica?
There have been many reports, but this is what I have so far...(asking for confirmation from others...please).
She left on Wed. because of fight with family, father reported her on Fri., Sat night(early Sun morn) she meets Vanderslut, takes friends home, she returns to casino, leaves with him to go to his hotel around 5 am and he leaves alone at 8 am.
Just thinking outside the box, but I always wondered if he was "marketing" Natalee to the Kapoe brothers and possibly this was his gig in Lima also. Promising someone to deliver a girl to his hotel room. She then realizes trouble and tries to get away.
One thing is definite. This kid (sic) is a monster and very dangerous....especially now on an international lamb. I hope his mother has seen the light and is raising his brother a little differently...or attending parental classes, or psych would be best. They more or less let an undisciplined child rule his own life --till he had finally acted out in his horrific way searching for the instruction and discipline he so needed and unconsciously sought.
After Natalee they had 5 years to get him help.....what did they do...allowed him go to Thailand and get involved in the sex trade/trafficking. It's not something an 18 year old picks up on his own. Maybe pops was into more than we know.
I never followed the case on the threads, but just a bit on the tube. So don't know all the facts/rumors, etc., but I don't think the father was too good of a role model. And mother just kept her mouth shut to abide the father. JMO IMO