| The Natalee Holloway Case | | | | from America, Natalee's family, along with Aruban |
| One of the most tragic missing persons cases to take | | | | police, approached the home of Joran van der Sloot in |
| place in the last few years is the disappearance of | | | | search of Natalee. Upon initial questioning, Joran denied |
| Natalee Holloway. There has been a lot of speculation | | | | any knowledge of knowing Holloway at all, but soon he |
| as to what has happened to Natalee since her | | | | changed his story. Joran admitted to being with |
| disappearance 3 years ago, and there have been | | | | Holloway that night, and told authorities he and his |
| quite a few developments in the case this past year. | | | | friends had driven her to a lighthouse to see the |
| Natalee Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005. | | | | sharks that surround the island. Van der Sloot was |
| Natalee and about 100 other students who had just | | | | arrested several times in connection with the |
| recently graduated from Mountain Brook High School | | | | disappearance of Natalee Holloway, but was released |
| had decided to take an unofficial senior trip to the | | | | each time due to what the Aruban government calls a |
| Caribbean Island of Aruba. It was during this ill-fated trip | | | | lack of evidence. |
| that Natalee would go missing, and the entire world | | | | There have been a lot of theories and speculation as |
| would focus attention on the tropical sandy beaches | | | | to what happened to Holloway, and what may have |
| of Aruba. | | | | been done with her body. New evidence that was |
| Natalee Holloway was last seen leaving a popular bar | | | | recently discovered has reopened the case and has |
| and grill called Carlos' N Charlie's at around 1:30 A.M. | | | | once again made Joran van der Sloot the prime |
| Holloway was reported to have been with Joran van | | | | suspect in the case. |
| der Sloot and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. Natalee was | | | | The evidence that has surfaced recently is a |
| reported missing the next day when she didn't arrive | | | | videotape that supposedly contains the confession of |
| for her return flight home. After reporting her missing, a | | | | Joran van der Sloot's role in the disappearance of |
| search of her hotel room was conducted. In her hotel | | | | Natalee Holloway. In the undercover videotape, Joran |
| room they found her packed bags, her passport, and | | | | admits helping dispose of Holloway's body, but was |
| her cell phone. | | | | unclear whether or not she was actually dead before |
| Immediately after missing her flight, Aruban authorities | | | | her body was disposed of. Throughout the course of |
| began conducting a search of the entire island looking | | | | the video, Joran seems to have no remorse or any |
| for Natalee. They searched for any sign of Holloway | | | | bad feelings for what happened to Holloway, but |
| throughout the island and the surrounding waters near | | | | actually seems to enjoy the media attention he's |
| the island, but the search failed to produce Natalee or | | | | receiving from the case. |
| any details surrounding her disappearance. | | | | The video evidence is being investigated along with |
| Shortly after going missing, Natalee's mother and | | | | other aspects of the case, as the family of Natalee |
| stepfather took a trip to Aruba to aid in the search for | | | | Holloway searches for answers and for justice in the |
| their missing daughter. Soon after arriving with friends | | | | disappearance of their daughter. |