Confession Reveals the Tragic Final Hours of Natalee Holloway's Life

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On May 30, 2005, then 18-year old Natalie Holloway disappeared while on a class graduation trip in Aruba. The subsequent two decades have been a never-ending journey of arrests, confessions, retractions, and even another murder. This week, however, long-suspected Joran van der Sloot finally gave a full confession as part of a plea deal around extortion and wirefraud charges. Sources: https://people.com/natalee-holloway-mother-rejects-joran-van-der-sloot-apology-8363854 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/us/van-der-sloot-holloway-murder.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/joran-van-der-sloot-confesses-he-bludgeoned-natalee-holloway https://people.com/joran-van-der-sloot-confesses-to-killing-natalee-holloway-with-cinder-block-court-records-8363650 https://people.com/what-to-know-about-natalee-holloway-disappearance-case-7567550 Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Current Affairs, our show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong
0:12.6	that are in the news right now.
0:14.6	So these shorter, more contemporary cases come out on Fridays while are extensive, full
0:19.9	length, super duper long main episodes come out on Wednesdays.
0:24.4	Some weeks, there is a single story, though, that is absolutely dominating the attention
0:28.8	of anyone paying attention to true crime.
0:31.6	And this week, it's the resolution of the case of Natalie Holloway, a then 18-year-old
0:37.6	girl who went missing in May of 2005 on a class graduation trip to Aruba.
0:43.4	This story has been 18 years in the making, so today we're going to do a very brief overview
0:49.6	of the case, followed by all the new details about her last night on Earth from the man
0:54.7	who has, as of Wednesday, October 18th, finally admitted to being her killer.
1:00.2	While I catch up on the fact that 2005 was 18 years ago, oh my gosh, you're telling
1:05.2	me.
1:06.2	Oh my god.
1:07.2	Okay.
1:08.2	So, let's get into it, shall we?
1:10.4	Natalie was headed towards great things.
1:13.0	She was born on October 21st, 1986, to Dave and Beth Holloway.
1:17.4	Her parents divorced when she was seven and when she was 14, her mother remarried and
1:21.4	moved to the family from Tennessee to Alabama.
1:24.2	Natalie was a straight-A student and extremely engaged member of her community at Mountain
1:29.2	Brook High School.
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