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A Complete Timeline of Natalee Holloway’s Mysterious Disappearance
Was the boy of her dreams actually a monster?
Natalee Holloway was a straight-A student who went on her dream graduation trip in 2005 but never returned. Holloway, an 18-year-old brilliant student, recently graduated high school from Alabama’s Mountain Brook High School. In late May, the classmates ventured to Aruba island that would later become a scandalous place marked by Natalee Holloway’s mysterious disappearance. Holloway’s parents and Alabama police tried solving her case for the next eight years. What really happened?
A Graduation Trip to Aruba
On 26 May 2005, Natalee Holloway, along with her 124 classmates and seven seniors, traveled to Aruba to celebrate their high school graduation. The group of teenagers stayed at the Holiday Inn Resort, a resort at the northern end of Aruba.
Natalee Holloway Met a Handsome Dutch Boy at Her Holiday Destination
Three days later, Holloway met Joran Van der Sloot, a 17-year-old Dutch from Noord, Aruba. The two quickly liked each other’s company as they were seen together throughout the evening and night of 29 May. Sloot joined Holloway at the famous Aruban bar, Carlos ‘n Charlie’s bar in downtown Oranjestad, where they both chugged drinks and danced. At 1 a.m., Holloway left the bar with Sloot and his two Indian friends Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe.
Natalee was Nowhere to be Found
The next day, everyone lined up for a count check before their departure back to America. One hundred thirty students arrived at the hotel except for one student that was Natalee Holloway. Holloway’s class fellows probed her room where all her belongings remained untouched, but she still could not be tracked. Holloway’s mother was then informed about her missing. The Holloway family immediately flew to Aruba and filed a case of their missing daughter to the Aruban officials.
