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Hi, guys. I'm Marie, and today we are bringing you a special episode that was originally

released on our Patreon exclusive channel.

There has been an update to this case, so we decided to make it public for everybody.

You're going to hear how we presented the case last year, and then you'll hear the update at the very end.

So let us know what you think.

I don't know if you guys have heard about Natalie Holloway.

It is a 2005 unsolved case.

And we kind of have a theme going on lately.

It's also going to probably sound very familiar to you for other reasons.

In 2005, Mountain Brook High School's senior class would take a trip from Birmingham, Alabama, to Aruba, to celebrate their graduation. And this was a long-standing

tradition at the school. If you don't know about Aruba, it is part of the Dutch Caribbean,

it has warm, sunny weather year-round, and as a plus for high schoolers who are recently graduated,

the drinking age there is only 18, which I imagine would be a huge plus. If you just graduated from high school and you're going on a senior trip, going somewhere where you can legally drink is probably pretty nice.

Wouldn't you think?

Yeah.

Also, I never got to go on a senior trip to a Rubo. What the hell? Among the seniors would be Natalie Holloway, who was a straight-A student that graduated with

honors. She was 5'4 with blonde hair and blue eyes and was part of the Bible Club and the

dance club.

She worked with several non-profits volunteering her time and had received a full eight-year

ride to the University of Alabama where she planned to study to be a doctor.

Her brother had actually previously taken the same trip, but her parents initially disagreed

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