May 30, 2005, was the last day of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway’s graduation trip to Aruba with her high school senior class. She didn’t return to her hotel and was never seen again.
By December of that year, all three were released without charges and the case was reportedly declared closed.Aruban officials reopened the case against van der Sloot after a tape showing him describing Holloway’s death, filmed via hidden camera by Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries, was released. Aruban officials, however, were unable to corroborate van der Sloot's statements.
Peruvian officials declined to extradite van der Sloot to the U.S. for these charges until he faced justice in Peru for Flores’ murder.Holloway’s father, Dave Holloway, requested the declaration, but her mother, Beth Holloway, opposed it.Just one day after Natalee Holloway was declared dead, van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing Flores in Peru.
“Throughout the years the PPO has ordered new investigations in this case. And we will do so in the future if new information give rise to do so,” Klaver said.