Developments around the 2005 disappearance of high school teen Natalee Holloway, which led to a media frenzy captivating families across the globe, remained stagnant for more than a decade. Despite the family officially declaring the Alabama teen dead in 2012, her disappearance fueled the cultural canon with true-crime TV programming, …
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This week, Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty to charges of extortion and wire fraud, related to the 2005 disappearance of Alabama high schooler Natalee Holloway. With the plea, Van der Sloot, who is already serving 28 years in Peru for the death of another young woman, also confessed to …
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Joran van der Sloot changed his plea to guilty to charges of extortion and wire fraud tied to the 2005 disappearance of Alabama high schooler Natalee Holloway on Wednesday, according to CNN. John Q. Kelly, the lawyer for Holloway’s family, told NBC’s Today that a condition of the plea deal …
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Beth Holloway, Natalee Holloway‘s mother, expressed relief on Wednesday that she could finally achieve closure about how Natalee died. After 18 years as the prime suspect in the teen’s murder, Joran van der Sloot finally confessed that he beat Natalie to death on a beach in Aruba after she rejected …
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Joran van der Sloot, who for years has been the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of high schooler Natalee Holloway, has pleaded not guilty to 2010 federal charges that he had allegedly extorted Holloway’s family. Van der Sloot was extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he is serving …
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