In May of 2005, a large group of Alabama high school students headed off to Aruba for an unofficial graduation trip. The day before they were all set to leave, an 18-year-old girl from the group went off with young men from a bar and wasn't seen again. When the rest of the students headed back home with no sight of her, an intense investigation began, with the prime suspect confessing numerous times, including just recently on October 18, 2023. But is he telling the truth? This is the story of Natalee Holloway.

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CASE SOURCES



https://www.wvtm13.com/article/natalee-holloway-van-der-sloot-news/45564407

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/natalee-ann-holloway

https://www.deseret.com/2005/6/12/19896907/lax-supervision-on-aruba-trip

https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-holloway-chaperone-speaks-out

https://www.eonline.com/news/1388112/joran-van-der-sloot-confessed-to-brutal-murder-of-natalee-holloway-judge-says

https://abcnews.go.com/International/caused-death-van-der-sloots-gory-peru-murder/story?id=10923141#:~:text=I%20had%20blood%20on%20my,of%20his%20assault%20on%20her.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/world/natalee-holloway-new-tip/index.html