Nearly eight years after she vanished, speculation about the fate of missing Alabama high school graduate Natalee Holloway continues. Most believe she is dead while others claim that she lives on in slavery. The mystery surrounding her disappearance has proved an enduring one that continues to draw professional and amateur sleuths alike.
After the devastating abduction and murder of his daughter Laura, Tim Miller started Texas EquuSearch, which uses the latest technology to find missing loved ones.
A Dutch newspaper reports that Joran van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year-sentence in Peru for murder and is the main person of interest in the disappearance of U.S. citizen Natalee Holloway, claims that he has gotten his Peruvian girlfriend pregnant. Van der Sloot claimed the pregnancy was unplanned. “[She] forgot to take the pill,” Van der Sloot told De Telegraph. “Her Catholic faith does not allow her to have an abortion.”
On June 5, 2005, Aruban cops arrested security guards Nick John, 30, and Abraham Jones, 28, on suspicion of murder and kidnapping.. Three days later a judge ordered the two men held on suspicion of kidnapping and murder. Under Dutch law, the police could hold the men for up to 116 days without charging them.
On June 3, 2010, and international warrant was issued for van der Sloot for the murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez, a young Peruvian woman. Van der Sloot was a suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, but rich and attractive, his media antics always seemed to overshadow the plight of his victims.
