[36], Shortly before leaving the case, Dompig gave an interview to CBS in which he stated that he believed Holloway was not murdered but probably died from alcohol and/or drug poisoning, and that someone later hid her body. But we never do. [26][32] The teenagers were accompanied by seven chaperones. "[195], CBS senior journalist Danna Walker stated, "There is criticism that it is only a story because she is a pretty blondeand whiteand it is criticism that journalists are taking to heart and looking elsewhere for other stories. Natalee Holloway Update: Consider the Source Next Time! [152] A part of the bone was sent to The Hague for testing by the Netherlands Forensic Institute. [85], At Aruba's request, the Netherlands took over the investigation. Nearly 17 years after Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba, the mystery of what happened to her may be solved. Another State Department official indicated, "Substantial resources are being applied to this as they [Aruba officials] continue to ask for more. She was a member of the National Honor Society and the school dance squad and participated in other extracurricular activities. M ore than a decade after the infamous disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old from Alabama who was vacationing in Aruba, her father may have broken the case wide open after. 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"When we determined these remains were human, I was shocked," Holloway said on the . [136], At the request of the U.S. Justice Department, authorities conducted a June 4 raid and confiscated items from two homes in the Netherlands. Natalee was last seen on May 30, 2005, leaving a bar called Carlos'n Charlie's on the Dutch island and getting into a gray Honda with Joran vander Sloot, who was 17 at the time, and two of his . [10][11], With the assistance of hundreds of volunteers, Aruban investigators conducted an extensive search operation. He admits to and apologizes for his initial untruths, but maintains his innocence. [7] Upon further investigation by authorities, Van der Sloot was arrested twice on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance and the Kalpoes were each arrested three times. His [65] After the jogger's statements, the landfill was searched three more times; the FBI used cadaver dogs to assist in the recovery operation. [98], On November 30, a judge ordered the release of the Kalpoe brothers. By R.G. [43] She subsequently stayed at the presidential suite of the nearby Wyndham Hotel. [176], Aruban police subsequently provided a fuller version of the relevant part of the tape in which Kalpoe's response differed from the Dr. Phil version, apparently due to editing that may have altered the meaning of what was said. Natalee Holloway: The Unsolved Case 16-Years Later | E! PEOPLE reached out to Oxygen about the apparent discrepancy, asking whether the remains found by Holloway came from the same site as the one investigated by Aruba police. [37][38] She left in a car with 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot a Dutch honors student who was living in Aruba and attending the International School of Aruba[39] and his two Surinamese friends, brothers 21-year-old Deepak Kalpoe (the owner of the car)[40] and 18-year-old Satish Kalpoe. [103], On December 18, prosecutor Hans Mos officially declared the case closed, and that no charges would be filed due to lack of evidence. ", "Authorities call off underwater search for Natalee Holloway's remains", "Interpol: Van der Sloot tried to extort Holloway's mother", "Van Der Sloot Talking About Holloway to Peru Authorities: Is He Lying Again? According to Jug Twitty, the gardener claimed to have seen Van der Sloot attempting to hide his face as he drove into the Racquet Club with the Kalpoe brothers on the very early morning of May 30 between 2:30a.m. and 3:00a.m.[63] Nancy Grace described the gardener as "the man whose testimony cracks the case wide open". Twitty urged that people not travel to Aruba and other Dutch territories because of what she stated were tourist safety issues. 30, 2020, 1:52 p.m. Natalee Holloway, 18, vanished in 2005 while in Aruba. Last year, John Ludwick claimed in a documentary that he helped dispose of the remains of Natalee Ann Holloway, an American teen whose 2005 disappearance in the Caribbean had become the subject of . The wrongful death suit was dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction on June 1, 2007;[179] the libel and slander case was initially set for trial on October 12, 2011[180] but was later set for April 2015. [93][94] According to Kock, the brothers objected to the search because officials did not show them an order justifying the intrusion. Details: The FBI is seeking information regarding Natalee Ann. [52][57] According to Dompig, the focus of the investigation centered on these three suspects from the "get-go". [116] On February 8, Van der Sloot met with Aruban investigators in the Netherlands and denied that what he said on the tape was true, stating that he was under the influence of marijuana at the time. [16] Holloway's remains were never found. It is a huge mystery, it is something people can identify with. [112] An individual reputed to be this friend, identified in the broadcast as Daury, has denied Van der Sloot's account, indicating that he was then in Rotterdam at school. It was shot in South Africa. In the video (seen above), Natalee's friend Mallie Tucker recalls seeing Joran van . New but unconfirmed reports suggest the father of Natalee Holloway may be one step closer to finding his missing daughter. [26][27] Holloway was scheduled to attend the University of Alabama on a full scholarship,[28] where she planned to pursue a pre-med track. [24], Holloway was the first of two children born to Dave and Elizabeth "Beth" Holloway (1960) in Memphis, Tennessee. [138] Dave Holloway returned to Aruba on June 14 to pursue possible new clues. According to Renfro, she and another American went to a drug house where Holloway supposedly was, bringing money, but found that Jug Twitty had already been to the area, spreading "a lot of uproar and panic in the direct vicinity", and nothing could be accomplished. A Florida man who came forward last year, claiming to have helped dispose of Natalee Holloway's body, is now dead, according to police. On June 9, the Kalpoe brothers and Jovan were arrested and accused of being involved in Natalee's disappearance. Natalee, then 18, was last seen on May 30, 2005, by classmates from her Mountain Brook, Alabama, high school as she left a bar in the company of Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national then living on the island. Dutch authorities even sent 50 of its own marines and three Air Force F-16s with infrared sensors to aid the search of the shoreline, and $20,000 was raised to help fund the desperate search. Beth Holloway has been living with a broken heart for 14 years.. News 65,266 views May 30, 2021 The 18-year-old disappeared 16 years ago on this day while celebrating her high school graduation in. [13][14][15] In addition to the ground search, divers searched the ocean for Holloway's body. Rejecting a motion to dismiss by Oxygen Media and . [173] Shelby stated, "For the safety, security and well-being of our citizens, I do not believe that we can trust that we will be protected while in Aruba. However, in 2010, he confessed to . "[190] However, Jake Meaney of PopMatters found the film surprisingly "calm and levelheaded", and praised Pollan's portrayal of Holloway's mother.[191]. We know the Holiday Inn told them they weren't welcome next year. [33], Holloway's family initially offered $175,000 and donors offered $50,000 for her safe return. RELATED VIDEO: Natalee Holloways Father Speaks Out Regarding the Human Remains Found After Their 18-Month Investigation, Asked what it would mean to know that this could be the end of his search, Holloway recently told PEOPLE: Right now I dont want to go there, because its a waiting game., When we started this new lead 18 months ago, Id already made the decision that Im going to go in skeptical, Im not going to allow myself to be disappointed, he said. According to Mos, this voice heard on the recording is not that of Paulus van der Slootthe Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the "father's" voice is almost certainly that of Joran van der Sloot himself, trying to speak in a lower tone. [18][79] Members of Holloway's family have denied that she used drugs. A man who claimed he dug up and cremated the body of missing teenager Natalee Holloway to help his murder suspect friend has himself been killed while attempting to kidnap a woman, police have . The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. [137] Aruban investigators used information gathered from the extortion case to launch a new search at a beach, but no new evidence was found. [132] On June 3, Van der Sloot was charged in the U.S. District Court of Northern Alabama with extortion and wire fraud. [8], Immediately following Holloway's missed flight, her mother and stepfather flew with friends to Aruba by private jet. Van der Straaten told the media that "Croes was detained based on information from one of the other three detainees. The woman who killed Joran van der Sloot's best friend in an act of self defense is sharing what she heard about the death of Natalee Holloway in an interview with Dr. Phil.. Emily Heistand, 23 . [48], American law enforcement cooperated substantially with Aruban authorities from the early days of the investigation. Nothing. In January 2012, Van der Sloot was convicted of the May 30, 2010, murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramrez in Lima, Peru. The case sparked a media sensation after the prime suspect, van der Sloot, suggested that the teen had been sold as a sex slave while later claiming she'd been buried in building foundations. [33], In televised interviews and in a book, Beth Twitty alleged that Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers knew more about Holloway's disappearance than they have told authorities and that at least one of them sexually assaulted or raped her daughter. [127], On March 29, 2010, Van der Sloot contacted John Q. Kelly, Beth Twitty's legal representative, with an offer to reveal the location of Holloway's body and the circumstances surrounding her death, if he were given advance of US$25,000 against a total of $250,000. Van der Eem, under the impression that cameras had been turned off, disclosed that he had been a friend of Van der Sloot for years (contradicting his statement on De Vries' show that he had met Van der Sloot in 2007), that he expected to become a millionaire through his involvement in the Holloway case, and that he knew the person who supposedly disposed of Holloway's bodyand that Van der Sloot had asked him for two thousand euros to buy the man's silence. It's the Natalee Holloway story you haven't heard: the tale of two parents who, even now, will go anywhere -- and endure anything -- to find answers. Aruban authorities sent divers to investigate, but no remains were ever recovered. Dr. Jason Kolowski, a forensic scientist leading the testing . Looking for an old soul like myself. Woman who stabbed man to death during North Port kidnapping was informant in Natalee Holloway case ABC Action News has confirmed that John Ludwick, who claimed to have helped Joran van Der. [193] Aruban government spokesman Ruben Trapenberg stated, "The case is under a microscope, and the world is watching. The sample will be matched against a DNA sample from Natalees mother, Beth. The Oxygen series follows the quest of Dave Holloway, an insurance agent in Meridian, Mississippi, who was divorced from Beth at the time Natalee disappeared, to find out conclusively what happened to his daughter. There have been multiple, similar incidents of speculation in the 15 years since her disappearance. [29] At the time of his daughter's disappearance, Dave Holloway was an insurance agent for State Farm in Meridian, Mississippi, while Beth Twitty was employed by the Mountain Brook School System. There are still multiple theories surrounding the 18-year-old's chilling disappearance in Aruba after prime suspect Joran van der Sloot was arrested for murder - and her body has never been found. [108] De Vries stated that he would tell all on a special television program on Dutch television on February 3. [165] Twitty also alleged that the person Van der Sloot supposedly called that evening was his father, Paulus, who, according to Twitty, "orchestrated what to do next". [177] An unofficial Aruban-affiliated spokesperson and commentator on the case said that the uncut videotape showed that Kalpoe had shaken his head and said, "No, she didn't", thereby denying that Holloway had sex with him and the other two men.