BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WRBL) – Thursday marks what would have been Natalee Holloway’s 35th birthday. The Alabama teen has been missing for more than 16 years, after going missing on a trip overseas.
Holloway was born October 21, 1986. Holloway, 18, went missing while visiting Aruba in the Caribbean in 2005.
Holloway was a graduate of Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and was celebrating graduation with other classmates at the time of her disappearance.
The case made international headlines and several law enforcement agencies were involved in the investigation.
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in Holloway’s disappearance, is currently serving 28 years in Peru for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores in a hotel room in Lima, Peru. Flores was suffocated and beaten to death on May 30, 2010, exactly five years after Holloway’s disappearance.
Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway, continues to advocate for the victims and their families. In November 2018, she came to Auburn to offer her support and help put out ribbons when another Alabama teenager, Aniah Blanchard, was reported missing. Tragically, Blanchard would later be found dead, and Ibraheem Yazeed charged with his murder.
Holloway was declared legally deceased on January 12, 2012. Her case remains unresolved.
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