Dear Dr. Phil

We have great admiration for the level of quality and fact based information of your programs. Our lives have certainly been enlightened by your professional advice, and more so, we have been given the privilege of being able to understand and learn from the emotional and psychological issues of your guest and from your resulting professional interventions.

However, with disturbing disappointment, yet with confidence in being acknowledged by your professionalism, we strongly disapprove of your uncharacteristic handling of The Nathalee Holloway Case recently aired during your show. The issue being your subjective position towards the case which fundamentally conflicts with the principles of your show and, as we have grown to appreciate, your values.

Your subjective position, exacerbated by an apparent complete void of research on this subject has clearly allowed the family to manipulate your program for their personal gain similar to other popular media we consider as not being at your standards. With regards to this, and by agreeing to a boycott against Aruba, you have publicly and willingly taken a subjective position towards a nation which has held its doors open through the best, and recently, through the worst moments of your nation for the past 60 odd years.

Any genuine grief the Twitty family might have, which was clearly not evident during their extensive stay in Aruba, is no excuse for what is seemingly becoming an unfounded and personal vendetta against the people of Aruba. Everybody has the right on having his own opinion, but no one has the right on having his own facts.

It is not acceptable how the Twitty family and most of the US press have disrespected our legal system because they failed in bending the outcome to their choosing. Might we add that in Aruba as well as in the US a person is innocent until proven guilty and by you taking the position behind the Twitty family is as you, and we, say unconstitutional and shameful to the word of law of both our nations. It would have been more objective, and characteristic of you, to commend the incredible efforts our system is still allotting to this case in finding Nathalee, and on the other hand, like most of us in Aruba request an insurance fraud inquiry on the Twitty family.

Recently in New York a 5-month pregnant girl (Figueroa) went missing, however was last seen with the father of the child. The father of the child was interrogated but was not detained during the investigation which would be contrary to our legal system. It was not until they found her body that the father of the baby was detained and formally charged. No body, no case.

Please explain the legal difference in handling this case and the Nathalee Holloway case. This is the start of being objective.

If you can appreciate the aforementioned, and can find yourself in considering overturning the damage this specific show has caused to itself and to Aruba, consider airing another show dedicated to the Nathalee Holloway case, however, with guests from Aruba whom are capable of explaining your audience of the facts, and not sensationalism. Needless to say, Mrs. Twitty is most welcome to be on the panel as well.

Being confident in hearing from you, we remain.