EP 22: Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores Ramírez

Natalee Holloway had her whole life ahead of her. She just graduated high school and earned a full ride scholarship to the University of Alabama where she planned to major in pre med. To celebrate their graduation, around 125 students from Natalee's high school took a celebratory trip to Aruba. On the night before her departure, Natalee is last seen getting in a car with locals: Joran Van Der Sloot and the two Kalpoe brothers. When the unthinkable happens and she doesn’t show up the next morning for her departure, her parents immediately go to Aruba to start searching. For the next five years the Aruba police department fails to put the right people behind bars while the family continued to fight. Then, five years to the day of Natalee's disappearance, Stephany Flores Ramírez is found murdered in a hotel room. Could this have been prevented? Will the Holloway family ever find out what happened to their daughter? Why would someone do something so evil?

Resources: 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/natalee-holloways-disappearance-remains-unsolved-15-years-timeline/story?id=67135012

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/18/us/joran-van-der-sloot-natalee-holloway-plea-wednesday/index.html

https://www.biography.com/crime/natalle-holloway-murder-timeline

https://abcnews.go.com/International/natalee-holloways-mother-15-year-journey-find-happened/story?id=67135633

https://abcnews.go.com/International/caused-death-van-der-sloots-gory-peru-murder/story?id=10923141

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/stephany-flores

https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/04/world/americas/peru-van-der-sloot-wedding/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/imprisoned-dutch-killer-joran-van-der-sloot-now-a-father/

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/dave-holloway-releases-statement-after-van-der-sloot-confesses-to-murder-of-natalee-holloway-in-plea-deal/

https://www.amazon.com/Aruba-Natalee-Holloway-Corruption-Paradise-ebook/dp/B007FZXEVK/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1L90CIOJTQ274&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hqV14yiMLwafVRGblVL-CqX21HpPVizFapOUYrvPqfk-O-jPQw1gpfp92YbEM_8Ges4S-XnfayJkF5AzAze1qKmbRwQr3oh9XshRHih_btgSHbocE8PiDaL89EpzKC3Dx40k1X8DKLgnZ7V3oEZA12WF1VHeNmh4PyTAwXgsS7hZpdKeizj7oxlm3c_N5yAggCT3kOs_DA49yTOaYQ4t7a330Nm9Ne8l3EtT2Fl0c2c.wCfAkdHL8lpLqKnFr-aSVE9VMLhioTrATX_O6CUFwdo&dib_tag=se&keywords=natalee+holloway&qid=1742343784&sprefix=natalee+holloway%2Caps%2C297&sr=8-3