Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. She was last seen alive on May 30, 2005.
Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. She was last seen alive on May 30, 2005.
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An Alabama judge declared Holloway legally dead in 2012.
An Alabama judge declared Holloway legally dead in 2012.
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A friend of Natalee Holloway signs a "wall of hope" erected in the weeks after the Alabama teen went missing. Media from all around the world covered Holloway's disappearance.
A friend of Natalee Holloway signs a "wall of hope" erected in the weeks after the Alabama teen went missing. Media from all around the world covered Holloway's disappearance.
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A diver from Florida State University and volunteers with Texas EquuSearch search the waters near the California Lighthouse in Aruba in July 2005.
A diver from Florida State University and volunteers with Texas EquuSearch search the waters near the California Lighthouse in Aruba in July 2005.
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Brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe leave jail after being freed in the Holloway case on July 4, 2005. The brothers, along with Joran van der Sloot, were seen with Holloway on the night she went missing. The three were<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2010%2FCRIME%2F06%2F03%2Fholloway.suspect.profile%2F"> arrested and released in 2005</a> in connection with the case, then arrested a second time in 2007 after Aruba's then-chief prosecutor Hans Mos said he had received new evidence in the case. Van der Sloot, then attending college in the Netherlands, was brought back to Aruba. But judges ruled the new evidence was not enough to keep them in custody.
Brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe leave jail after being freed in the Holloway case on July 4, 2005. The brothers, along with Joran van der Sloot, were seen with Holloway on the night she went missing. The three were arrested and released in 2005 in connection with the case, then arrested a second time in 2007 after Aruba's then-chief prosecutor Hans Mos said he had received new evidence in the case. Van der Sloot, then attending college in the Netherlands, was brought back to Aruba. But judges ruled the new evidence was not enough to keep them in custody.
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Joran van der Sloot, center, arrives at the hospital for DNA tests in July 2005, Today, van der Sloot is in prison in Peru after being convicted of murdering Stephany Flores in 2010.
Joran van der Sloot, center, arrives at the hospital for DNA tests in July 2005, Today, van der Sloot is in prison in Peru after being convicted of murdering Stephany Flores in 2010.
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Van der Sloot <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2012%2F01%2F13%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fperu-van-der-sloot-sentence%2F">confessed to the murder</a> of Stephany Flores. He is <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F03%2F10%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fperu-van-der-sloot-extradition%2F">expected to be extradited</a> to the U.S. after he serves his 28-year murder sentence. In the United States, he's been indicted on federal charges of extortion and wire fraud.
Van der Sloot confessed to the murder of Stephany Flores. He is expected to be extradited to the U.S. after he serves his 28-year murder sentence. In the United States, he's been indicted on federal charges of extortion and wire fraud.
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Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee, met with van der Sloot in prison in 2010. The case remains unsolved.
Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee, met with van der Sloot in prison in 2010. The case remains unsolved.
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