Netflix docuseries revisits Natalee Holloway case with new van der Sloot interview
The gist
Netflix released a three-part docuseries on Natalee Holloway featuring an unreleased interview with Joran van der Sloot.
He confessed in 2023 but faces no Aruba charges over her killing.
How it unfolded
- May 2005Natalee Holloway, 18, was reported missing in Aruba after last being seen leaving an Oranjestad nightclub with van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe; she never showed up for her return flight on May 30, 2005.
- May 2010Van der Sloot extorted Natalee's mother Beth Holloway, demanding $250,000 for information; after she paid $25,000, he led her attorney to a home and claimed Natalee was buried under the foundation, which proved to be a lie.
- May 2010Stephany Flores Ramirez, a 21-year-old business student, was reported missing on the five-year anniversary of Natalee's disappearance; days later she was found dead in van der Sloot's Lima hotel room.
Key terms
- docuseries
- A television documentary series consisting of multiple episodes screened in order.
- wire fraud
- A U.S. federal crime of using electronic communications to defraud someone, especially across state or international borders.
- running concurrently
- Describes multiple prison sentences that are served at the same time rather than one after another.
Source: Wikipedia