Missing Woman Case

The Natalee Holloway Casefrom America, Natalee's family, along with Aruban
One of the most tragic missing persons cases to takepolice, approached the home of Joran van der Sloot in
place in the last few years is the disappearance ofsearch of Natalee. Upon initial questioning, Joran denied
Natalee Holloway. There has been a lot of speculationany knowledge of knowing Holloway at all, but soon he
as to what has happened to Natalee since herchanged his story. Joran admitted to being with
disappearance 3 years ago, and there have beenHolloway 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 justarrested several times in connection with the
recently graduated from Mountain Brook High Schooldisappearance of Natalee Holloway, but was released
had decided to take an unofficial senior trip to theeach time due to what the Aruban government calls a
Caribbean Island of Aruba. It was during this ill-fated triplack of evidence.
that Natalee would go missing, and the entire worldThere have been a lot of theories and speculation as
would focus attention on the tropical sandy beachesto 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 barrecently 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 vansuspect in the case.
der Sloot and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. Natalee wasThe evidence that has surfaced recently is a
reported missing the next day when she didn't arrivevideotape that supposedly contains the confession of
for her return flight home. After reporting her missing, aJoran van der Sloot's role in the disappearance of
search of her hotel room was conducted. In her hotelNatalee Holloway. In the undercover videotape, Joran
room they found her packed bags, her passport, andadmits 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 authoritiesher body was disposed of. Throughout the course of
began conducting a search of the entire island lookingthe video, Joran seems to have no remorse or any
for Natalee. They searched for any sign of Hollowaybad feelings for what happened to Holloway, but
throughout the island and the surrounding waters nearactually seems to enjoy the media attention he's
the island, but the search failed to produce Natalee orreceiving from the case.
any details surrounding her disappearance.The video evidence is being investigated along with
Shortly after going missing, Natalee's mother andother aspects of the case, as the family of Natalee
stepfather took a trip to Aruba to aid in the search forHolloway searches for answers and for justice in the
their missing daughter. Soon after arriving with friendsdisappearance of their daughter.