Netflix releases documentary on Natalee Holloway case
Netflix released a three-part documentary titled "Taken: Natalee Holloway" on 4 Nov. The series centres on the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 18, who vanished on 30 May 2005 after leaving a nightclub in Aruba. It claims that Joran van der Sloot confessed to her murder, a narrative presented by the programme itself. Van der Sloot, now 38, is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for a separate murder. Beth Holloway, Natalee's mother, has pursued answers for 18 years. Aruban police arrested van der Sloot in June 2005 but released him without charges, and Natalee's body has never been found.
Key facts
- The documentary's confession claim is a narrative of the programme, not an established finding.
- Van der Sloot's Peruvian sentence is for a separate murder, not Holloway's disappearance.
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Why it matters
A new documentary revisits an unsolved disappearance that has lasted more than 18 years.
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First published from The National