Natalee Holloway

Natalee Holloway is an Alabama teenager who disappeared on May 30, 2005, during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Joran van der Sloot and two other men have been arrested and released during the investigation into her disappearance.¹

November 17, 2008: Investigators in Aruba are pursuing new evidence in the disappearance of Holloway. A witness has come forward, telling investigators that van der Sloot confessed to her that he was involved in Holloway's disappearance.²

Fast Facts

Born: October 21, 1986

Birthplace: Clinton, Mississippi

Hometown: Mountain Brook, Alabama

School: Mountain Brook High School

Father: Dave Holloway

Mother: Beth Holloway

Disappeared: May 30, 2005

Last seen: Leaving bar with Joran van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe

Aruban police theorize she may have died from a drug or alcohol overdose

Disappearance

The night before her return flight to the United States, Holloway was seen leaving the popular chain restaurant Carlos n' Charlies in Oranjestad in the company of Joran van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe, and Satish Kalpoe. When Holloway failed to appear for her flight the next day, the Aruban authorities were notified. Under questioning, the three men claimed they took Holloway to Arashi beach to see sharks, and that afterward they dropped her off at her hotel. The Kalpoes and van der Sloot have each been arrested on multiple occasions, but have never been charged with any crime. Despite extensive searches and intense media coverage, Holloway has never been found.¹