Case 141
Natalee Holloway
18-year-old Natalee Holloway had been looking forward to her senior class trip to Aruba all year. The tropical vacation was a rite of passage for students at Mountain Brook High School, who celebrated their newfound freedom with five days of sightseeing, swimming and bottomless booze in the idyllic Caribbean location.
As the trip came to an end, the students partied the night away at the local hot spot, Carlos ‘n Charlies. The next morning they gathered in the hotel lobby to make their way to the airport. But they soon realised that Natalee wasn’t among them.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
Loving Natalee: A Mothers Testament of Hope & Faith – by Beth Holloway
Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise – by Dave Holloway, R. Stephanie Good, Larry Garrison
The Holloway Files: Secrets from the Police Archives – by Wim van de Pol and Vincent Verweij
Portrait of a Monster – by Lisa Pulitzer and Cole Thompson
VIDEOS:
Joran van der Sloot’s interview with Greta Van Susteren (Parts 1 to 7)
WEBSITES:
Disappearance of Natalee Holloway – Wikipedia
Aruba – Wikipedia
Natalee Holloway Timeline – Crime and Investigation
Help the Missing – Crime Museum
Natalee Holloway Resource Center – Crime Museum
COURT DOCUMENTS:
ARCHIVES:
Dr Phil lawyer responds to suit over segment – The Montgomery Advertiser, Jan 31 2007
Holloway’s mom sues over TV series – The Pantagraph, Feb 6 2018
ONLINE ARTICLES:
3 more arrested in teen’s disappearance – NBC
Some Arubans angry at Holloway’s mom – NBC News
Natalee Holloway’s mom: $1 million reward – People
Missing teens mother leaves Aruba – CNN
Missing teen’s mom apologises for comments – CNN
Suspect: We had sex with Natalee – CBS News
Beth Holloway: Natalee is With God – CBN
Natalee Holloway’s disappearance remains unsolved nearly 15 years later: A timeline – ABC News
Missing White Female – Vanity Fair
Aruba Investigation Into Disappearance of American Teen Natalee Holloway Is Not Over – Fox News
Holloway suspect confesses, recants – CBS News
Hidden camera footage sheds new light on Holloway – The Chicago Tribune
Dutch Crime Reporter Peter De Vries Goes Inside Joran van der Sloot’s Explosive Tape – Fox News
A videotaped sting may have solved the mystery – People
Van der Sloot not arrested in Natalee case – Dutch News
Joran van der Sloot’s sex trade scheme – The Daily Beast
Van der Sloot admits Holloway family extortion plot – NBC News
FBI Cash funded shoot ‘slay’ trip – New York Post
Van der Sloot Google search stuns slain womans brother – CNN
Natalee Holloway suspect arrested in Chile for murder – ABC News
Joran van der Sloot’s graphic murder confession – ABC News
Joran van der Sloot charged with murder in Peru; allegedly lied about drug use – ABC News
Van der Sloot pleads guilty to Peruvian woman’s murder – CNN
Van der Sloot sentenced to 28 years for Peru murder – CNN
Peru to extradite van der Sloot to US… in 24 years – CNN
Joran van der Sloot seeking $1 million TV deal – ABC News
Imprisoned killer Joran Van der Sloot becomes a father after wife gives birth to girl – The Daily Mail
Natalee Holloway’s mother sneaks into jail, confronts suspect – NBC News
Cops test jawbone for Natalee Holloway link – NBC News
Tests underway to see if bone is Holloway’s – CNN
Jawbone not that of missing teen – ABC News
Results show jawbone does not belong to Natalee Holloway – The Florida Times Union
Natalee Holloway declared legally dead – CNN
Natalee Holloway declared dead by judge six years after disappearance – The Guardian
Natalee Hollowa’s bones may have been found at last – The Daily Beast
Skeletal fragments discovered in Aruba are not Natalee Holloway remains – Fox News
Natalee Holloway: Man who claimed he dug up missing teenager’s body killed in ‘attempted kidnap of young woman’ – The Independent
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