Joran's Ex-Girlfriend: 'He Was Romantic'

[@stanmonzon5788]

“He was a caring person”. No he wasn’t. He never was. The mask he put on was not the real him. This girl seems very sweet and trusting. Just the sort of person that a psychopath could easily take advantage of.

[@batteryincorporated]

You beat me to it, couldn't have said it better!

[@donnaj.1634]

Exactly!! He was never a nice caring man. That was his mask.

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

Sins can lead you to a dark path.

[@miaknig3130]

Exactly! He was a manipulative liar who knew what to say to appear as if he cared. Psychopaths only care about themselves, if they even care about that. Hopefully he will get what he gave, before his release date.

[@jadez57]

Just the sort of person that ‘could’ be jealous enough to kill over him too? 🤔

[@evelynjoyce]

16 year old girls are gullible. Psychopaths can be very charming. Charm isn't love. (There is nothing original in any of his poetry or love letters...and the lap dance pressure..wow so romantic!

[@TheCarmen07]

Thats a compliment in This Time, the sluttier he says you are is a huuuggee compliment ... sad world

[@gerardinecizmar]

Dear young ladies and men...Please realize that there are many more people out there like him. Often your gut instinct will tell you something is wrong but many people ignore it. When you suspect something is off with someone, run. I've been through a "relationship" with a psycho and initially, I felt negativity but I ignored it. My mother told me he was no good but I ignored her. I was lucky I wasn't killed but he threatened my life enough times and was physically and verbally abusive. Someone who was always jovial in public but evil behind closed doors. I got rid of him a long time ago but I still have nightmares. He took pleasure in making me miserable. He told lie after lie and never admitted to doing anything wrong. I think he actually believed he never did anything wrong. Sometimes I'm amazed that his behavior never got him killed but the thing is, they know who to prey on and who to leave alone. He was a coward with men. They pounce on you when you're at the most vulnerable points in your life and put on facades that could win Oscars. Beware.

[@SchlichteToven]

I can't believe what the interviewer asks her at the end: "Do you ever wish that you had tried to stop his going down the wrong path?" Seriously??? What the heck could she have done to change who he is? Why would anyone think it was the responsibility of a girl who'd dated him for a few months when she was 16 to prevent him becoming a murderer? And "a wrong path" is a phrase you'd use for high school students who get into drugs and start to fail their classes, not for a sociopathic, unrepentant serial killer. Melody's answer is dragged out of her by the leading question, but if she actually believes it, she hasn't matured much. If she'd stayed with him, he would have killed her by now.

[@juliesprik9479]

I agree, I think she's fooling herself.

[@Gwantsa368]

Absolutely right

[@kingayy9267]

People love blaming women for the crimes of men. Look at the Chris Watts case, for example: true crime fanatics have harassed his parents, convinced that his mother encouraged him to kill his pregnant wife and two daughters (ie: her own grandkids). Absolutely ridiculous.

[@Eventual-Visitor]

As we know the interviewer is a sociopath himself.

[@JaneDoe-ql7sc]

Right on, i felt the same way. What an inappropriate & mean thing to lay on that young woman's mind.

[@datinyone]

or maybe if she had of stayed in his life, she would have been dead.. she shouldn't feel guilty at all.

[@amanirose1582]

The boy, had a gambling addiction. He seems like a narcissist and lives for his own pleasure. I think the parents are to blame.

[@rosiepena8917]

AMANI ROSE - yep I completely agree. They spoiled the hell out of him and that's what happens when you spoil your kids! They turn into narcissists and think that they can get and do whatever they want.

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

Your sins you can open doors that you don't think they dont exist.From their bad things happen like death and all..

[@inasyal6311]

though exactly the same when i saw his mom...she looks like a narcisist

[@SanAntonioRealEstateAgent]

Hedonist

[@rosiepena8917]

His mother is so in denial that she raised a monstrous killer! She and her husband spoiled him which turned him into a narcissist and made him think that he could do anything he wanted. She just can't accept the fact that she raised such a monster.

[@kayceelee60]

There's always an indenial enabling mother behind every narc son SMH

[@dianemohammed7294]

Why did this dutch family came to aruba? Did they commit crimes and ran??

[@heymilli]

Kaycee Lee - that’s not always the case. Yeah it’s true sometimes, but not always. In fact I actually know of two diagnosed narcissists whose mothers were harsh, beat them, and looked down on them. But maybe they’re an exception.

[@kingayy9267]

@Milli People love blaming women for the shortcomings of men.

[@xlnuniex]

Nature VS nurture. Was he born or brought up this way. We still don’t know

[@katv3433]

I think Joran loved South America so much becase he was totally sticking out in the crowd of locals, making him catch the eye of the local girls, as well as seeming like a friendly and familar face to all the american and european tourists. All he needed is a little superficial charm and all the girls were his.

[@adammeddina5537]

A Casanova most Latinas love gringos

[@anbillie]

He was a narcissist and his mask simply fell off.

[@arduhyp]

anbillie psychopath and narcissist

[@JosannaMonik]

It's so scary how these men can have different personalities.

[@leah2308]

That's absolutely insane she has the exact same birthday and year to Natalee ... Spooky O__o

[@juliemcclain1248]

Not only does she share the same birthdate and year as Natalee, but he murdered another young woman on the anniversary of Natalees disappearance!

[@truthseeker5110]

@@juliemcclain1248 These are not coincidences, they were clearly premeditated and part of his plan imo

[@nancyv6661]

And the other girl looks like his ex too!

[@kingayy9267]

@Truth Seeker You think he knew Natalee's birthday before he killed her?

[@zoeclan2044]

Very. Then the other girl he killed on the same day as Natalee but years later. It really makes me feel like there is a coincidence and reason.

[@brookarellastyle260]

I feel for her, thinking that she could have changed him. He is a cheater, a master manipulator, a narcissist, a killer who also sold women into sex trafficking. She is so lucky that she got out when she did, before she was sold or killed. The only love he had was for Money!

[@annlanders978]

He's a sociopath. They can never be honest. Yes they can be charming. Think about Ted Bundy. I think Justin Bieber looks like him. Just saying.

[@NopeNotTodaySatan]

I was once married to a sociopath (unknowingly of course) they lie as easily and often as they breathe. They’re nothing but self serving.

[@Strawberriezzxo]

Same here…thank god I divorced quick but damn do they lie easily and at first it was believable…thank god we caught on 🙏

[@pamelamorrisonn]

@@Strawberriezzxo *God

[@susroberto1991]

She had Natalee's same birthday and he killed the peruan girl 5 years to the exact day of Natalee murder. This is to show you how sick he is.

[@juliemcclain1248]

I was just saying the same thing!

[@HandbagDiva]

I’m sure he didn’t ask every American girl what their birthday was so he can find one the exact same age to murder. It’s just a coincidence

[@kingayy9267]

You think he knew Natalee's birthday before he killed her?

[@kingayy9267]

@Handbag Diva Some people create connections in their own minds.

[@adav5533]

She's lucky to be alive.

[@Kyra_of_Kerkyra]

She has never seen the real him. She was too naive then and it will take a little more life experience still for her to fully understand what that man is. He was with her only because she was a good and steady supply of adoration for his narcissistic ego. Seeing her scrapbook it's clear she was unreasonably mad about him.

[@jadez57]

Precisely.

[@uncle_dj8424]

He used to be a caring person, yet at the same time he cheated on her during their whole relationship, she said. Contradiction anyone?

[@rolffschot]

same day same year ...same day five years later ...same day ...

[@hedykarim3614]

He’s a cold blooded killer . His parents has blood on their hands for defending him when he killed Natalie and went on to brutally kill another! He’s going to HELL

[@Dubbelehalvezool]

pure psychopath feeding material.... HE is the killer and SHE feels guilty about not giving him money. Psychopaths cannot feel guilt themselves, so whenever a friend or family tries to confront them to see if they show any guilt, they are comforted by the visible lack of guilt. Because they themselves would feel visibly guilty they think the person in front of them is not guilty as well. It's a form of psychological projection.

[@troubler2115]

I like this interview.great job.

[@witchcerridwen]

melanny says his spirit is gone.yeah thats whats happens when you kill somebody.

[@rosewatkins6779]

witchcerridwen T

[@IIIAmTheObserver]

Wow that "no..." at 5:34 seemed so convicing..

[@beatapailicchi3333]

She still loves him. I think that she would take him back.

[@lg4lg479]

He didn’t change you just didn’t see the monster he is

[@robsgarage4746]

this guy had a text book on how to pick up chicks at "Carlos and Charlies" and he also utilized a group of friends to get the girls at the hotel. I think he would slip something inside their drinks.

[@rupvictoria3017]

when I heard her poem I literally cried

[@JinJinDoe]

This girl dodged a bullet.

[@mikem3789]

Rest In Peace NH and SF. May God’s love comfort their families.

[@cacampbell3654]

This news feature was posted on KZbin ten years ago, which would have been 2010. Now, hopefully, no member of the media in the US would dare to suggest a young woman should take ANY responsibility for a former boyfriend’s choices or behaviour! In this video, that part of it was sickening.

[@stevenhearrell1564]

Little Joran was lost along the way. Melanie should not give him a thought, ever.

[@paulbuyswebdeveloper7402]

It still hurts her.

[@jilltheprivateinvestigator3328]

Off subject, but I didn't realize his nose was so big and funky.

[@briesthoughts2261]

Does anyone else feel like her book is just a way to get money? She still seems caught up in those memories.

[@bettywillbrowse]

Who cares if it is. Me going to work every shift is just a way to make some money. Someone else wrote a book to make money. Nothing bad about that.

[@abdolazi900]

She’s so cute and can feel her pure honest heart and not that type nagging girlfriends. Life is not fair if you’re good your partner wouldn’t

[@sillyputty7641]

Her 15 seconds of fame

[@gracemukemba9600]

Je hebt wel gedaan ik hoop dat hij verot in de gevangenis.

[@jaystein1405]

I saw a very honest person! Lol don't let her judge anyone's character. She's probably in San Fransisco looking for that bridge she bought online

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

Very normal. If he was really in love. But you can become into a narcissist, and then a psychopath. He is more than without conscience, he killed for the kick, the real lust. Like a serial killer. Of course. The murder was in Peru was so clear. No motive, just to kill…Natalee was also murdered I think…Just dumped because she had a kind of attack, no way…

[@talcareyifill5937]

That’s what narcissistic people do..nice at the beginning at the end the devil

[@RollerBladingSuxs]

is she from the aruba?

[@robinc4605]

Would've like to have heard more concern for the victims and their families coming from her.

[@robinc4605]

@@Byunniq She didn't have to be the killer to dedicate a smidgen of her interview to the victims. Rather it was saturated with information about the perpetrator. He doesn't deserve the attention, the victims do!

[@heymilli]

She answered the questions she was asked. She didn’t direct the interview, not to mention the fact that this is a cut and edited portion, it isn’t the entire interview. So we don’t really know all she said. Plus, the fact that she participated in the search for Natalee shows her concern.

[@kingayy9267]

@Robin C The interview is _about_ the killer, so it's going to be "saturated" with information about him.

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

Correct. If she's going to chime in and agree to an interview, the least she can do is keep the victims in mind.

[@robinc4605]

@@kingayy9267 A killer wouldn't be a killer without the victim/s!

[@eileeneclark9011]

5/19/19....WHAT is it with this GF? She is OBVIOUSLY PLEASED to have all this ATTENTION on her. She is a sicko too since she stayed in touch with him---knew about his drinking & drugging & other women & gambling in Thailand & Peru. WONDER HOW MUCH TV PPL ARE PAYING HER?

[@mckellsarah21]

Eileene Clark Glad I’m not the only one who saw it that way. She’s as narcissistic as he is.

[@martytruelove5026]

Joran is right...where he should be,Long gone and Forgooten !

[@andyhoms2001]

She's a sweetheart. Jordan really screwed up. She's much better off... certainly dodged a bullet!

[@amrose4214]

She dodged a bullet with him. Weird almost like those girls were a form of her. Sure its uneeasy that they had a puppy love relationship and sexually encounters but he wanted more or total control. His parents maybe to blame too dad judge in Aruba so connections there raised spoiled entitled kid who could get away alot of things. Sure confusing to her that he seemed sweet bf then he became evil.

[@kingayy9267]

The ugly ones always cheat.

[@Arizona_lilly]

2003 this was just 2 years before the poor girl Natalie’s what does he know wasn’t he a kid

[@buckwild6552]

He was romantic, he loved me so much he would share me with strangers in the casino parking lot. And if I didn't do it he would put hands on me because he loved me. I don't know why these strangers gave me money to give to him, but he was always happy.

[@korynnelyles2033]

Um..what??

[@mabelw7]

Murder is unforgivable. Everyone in denial

[@adriana.ostfriesland]

Laughing while answering? This girls is not very intelligent.

[@penelopek9645]

Maybe uncomfortable

[@mackthnife3]

She was probably his exaulted woman that he held up but sitll had violent sexual urges which he acted out on a woman who he was less attached to....

[@KRAZYKORNKID]

He was the killer all along....

[@heatherb.9395]

Really sad 😢😪😭 . . . If she would’ve sent him the $200 he might’ve came back instead of gone gambling. I didn’t know this part of the story til now 😵

[@katv3433]

So she was supposed to send him a significant amount of money, despite suspecting that he is most likely lying about wanting to visit her and would just spend the money on gambling? $200 might not seem much for someone from US or Europe, but is is a large sum for Peru.

[@SanAntonioRealEstateAgent]

Or maybe he already killed stephany and needed hwlp booking a ticket out

[@ryanjonsson2468]

Wow i don't know how spelling of her name melady or melanny but she is beautiful inside and out

[@paulbuyswebdeveloper7402]

People change Melody.... for the worse.

[@Arizona_lilly]

She has no $200 bucks this girl oh so that day he took that girls life

[@nancyv6661]

He wanted to kill her the whole time

[@aquakey9834]

pretty obvious however great her attachment she claimed to have for a person juz wasn't enough to overcome what 250bucks meant to her.....

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

She was right not to feed his gambling addiction.

[@faithinhumanity3390]

Clueless

[@carlahubbs3602]

One thing I think about him all you cares about himself he don't care about anybody else is a very wild person

[@Arizona_lilly]

I think to froends n family he’s someone else but to all these girls he’s meeting locals and many other girls who r just the fly by girls he thinks he can hurt n get away w it

[@donnaanderson5669]

She didn’t turn down his advances😮

[@bellaann4942]

In Alabama he would l get the death penalty. And he knows it.

[@hedykarim3614]

He’s manipulative

[@Wanderingnomad2829]

It is not your problem You ran is a demon - he is responsible for his demons

[@witchcerridwen]

yeah the pronounciation get better every time.no wonder if you hear it so often.i hope they will find the remains of nathaly and leave this bad stuff all behind us.rest in peace nathaly.

[@skoolie_life3261]

Romantic guys almost always have side chicks. They know how to play the game.

[@stepcollazo8134]

Did he ever get jail time for Stephanie florez murder??

[@Lookinassmalcolm]

That’s literally the only reason he’s in jail. Which is very well documented 🙄I wish y’all would actually read up on something before bringing up peoples death when there is information everywhere

[@requa700]

*why he built like megamind*

[@Arizona_lilly]

What happened 7 months

[@jazzjam4019]

u lady is so.lucky u are still alive..

[@JaneDoe-ql7sc]

he apparently had a very bad temper & took out his anger on the other girl. if his "longtime love" had sent him the money, & if he had actually come rather than squandering the money on gambling, at some point in time, he probably might've killed her.

[@BoiNlz]

But why she smiling tho ? 🧐

[@boaz.652]

He looks like pnokkio ?.

[@gracemukemba88]

She still Loves him .

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

This is so incredibly inappropriate and unnecessary. She's _gloating_ . If you don't have anything helpful to add about the horrible things he's done, sit back down.

[@gaylecheung3087]

She didn’t say no

[@markmedina4791]

yo its Chris aka "Fredo" Cuomo

[@joannewilson1483]

Even creeps may have been ok be for that didn’t fit in a took a bad path in life

[@stepcollazo8134]

I don't think she thinks of him like that no more ...that was 12 years ago .

[@smassey6848]

🤮 what a waste of an interview.

[@FVNL]

This guy does not know himself, but he is actually the devil

[@hankmoody940]

9:58 - the end of the 15 minutes of fame.

[@corysummers3008]

Oooooo, so it was a romantic killing?

[@corioberhansli9422]

Looks like she dodged a bullet!

[@victoriousangel8911]

The monster was younger at the time.

[@blondewildangel1]

she didn't know. .💖

[@muirgirl]

HOW HE COULD GO FROM THIS TO THIS uhhhhh so he finally got caught?

[@Livelifebegrateful]

Well he got his karma for cheating on you and for murdering those girls.

[@makeupgeekloya2884]

Aweeeee...NOT!!!!!! 🙅😑

[@shaygold943]

From where he was bringing money???????

[@stephanieromaynehebert3660]

Way more to the story

[@tomweir5269]

That’s sick

[@7777lori]

Sounds like he became evil and possessed!

[@aquakey9834]

was it something she smoked which made her think she looked like tt Peruvian gal? or do they not have mirrors in Aruba?

[@NENE-ci5xb]

Aquakey 98 ikr?! so much prettier than the Peruvian girl. Maybe she has bad self-esteem.

[@aquakey9834]

n i guess u must be related to her or something

[@divanmalan1598]

Was he romantic or were you just easy?......

[@jhoeh4672]

Why did Cuomo leave ABC for that one channel that claims to be a news Network

[@jasonwiggins6137]

Money I'm sure. Other than that it was a parallel move in regards to news.

[@emiliek2269]

But he’s not on Fox News

[@Sheridan-365]

You poor naive thing.