The Murder of Natalee Holloway

On the afternoon of May 30, 2005, the senior students from Mountain Brook High School gathered at the airport in Aruba to make their return flight to Alabama after their celebratory trip, when chaperones noticed that one of the students was missing. Eighteen-year-old Natalee Holloway was last seen around 1:30 am that morning, leaving a bar with a student from the local International School of Aruba, but no one had seen or heard from her since and when they checked the hotel, Natalee’s luggage and other belongings were still in her room. It would take nearly twenty years before her killer was held responsible and the truth about her disappearance was brought to light. Thank you to the wondrous Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research! References ABC News. 2006. Exclusive: van der Sloot talks about night out. February 22. Accessed March 26, 2024.