What Really Happened To Natalee Holloway?

You probably know the story by now. Natalee Holloway and her friends are on a senior trip in Aruba. They are there to have a good time. 

On the 29th of May they go to a casino, located at their Holiday Inn they were staying at. That is where they met the nefarious Joran Van Der Sloot. After a while they decided to go to this local hot spot called Carlos N' Charlies and invited Joran to come along. He went with them with his buddies the Kalpoe brothers tagging along. 

They all stayed at Carlos N' Charlies until closing time.  

Joran and the Kalpoe brothers decided then decided they were going to go cruising around in the car and Natalee went with them. That is the last time Natalee was seen by her friends.

Joran says he dropped Natalee off and left on a beach.

What really happened to Natalee?

Joran was arrested twice in Natalee's disappearance. There were three fisherman on the beach that Joran said he dropped Natalee off on. The fisherman said that they didn't see Joran or Natalee there that night. A different witness says that they saw Joran's car, Joran and the Kalpoe brothers, on a different part of the Island.

In one of the many police statements that Joran gave, changed his story and said that he took Natalee to his apartment. Joran's friends say that he would frequently pick up girls from Carlos N' Charlies and take them back to his place or to a hotel to have sex with them. He usually filmed these encounters.

When the police searched Joran's computer and other personal belongings, there was no video or pictures of the girls. Did Joran give all the footage and photos to Paul Brough AKA Mr. Pink?

Mr. Pink had a water sports company in Aruba. He was luring girls from other places to come down to Aruba to be in porn films with promises of being models.

Steve AKA DJ Diablo, worked in Aruba on a party boat named Tattoo. After Natalee disappeared he came forward as a voluntary witness. He stated that he saw Natalee being brought back to the Holiday where she was staying by Joran and the Kalpoe brothers. Subservience video of the hotel shows that Steve lied. He changed his story several times, each time a lie. One of the lies he told was that he was working on the boat that night. Steve was arrested for giving a false statement to police. This made him a suspect and he was interrogated many times. It turns out that Steve was at Carlos N' Charlies the night of Natalee's disappearance. After Carlos N' Charlies closed for the evening, Steve's whereabouts are unknown for that night.

One week before Natalee was in Aruba, Tracy Allen was there with her family. During Tracey's stay, on May 21st, she got up just before sunrise to collect sea shells. She was walking on the beach where Joran says he dropped off Natalee. Tracy said that there was a man siting there. When Tracy started heading back, she noticed that the man had pulled his vehicle around and had it running with the doors open. He then ran up to her naked and blocked her way. He tried to get her to his car. She resisted, this got attention of other people on the beach and the suspect fled. 

Police tried to find the man. The man had dark skin, was about 25 years old, about 5'6" tall with short dark hair and wore glasses. The police showed pictures to Tracy and saw the man who tried to abduct her. The police took the man into custody. A few weeks later, the police called Tracy and told her the suspect was no longer in custody and may have fled to Columbia. 

Allegedly the man in the sketch was Cheremy Croes AKA Jerry Strawberry.

Did you know that Natalee's room door was opened three times on the night she disappeared with her key? An explanation for this was never found. There was no subservience footage of this and her roommates were never questioned. 

Police didn't try to get any surveillance footage, from anywhere, until three weeks after Natalee's disappearance. Most of the footage was erased by that time, because most places only held footage for two weeks.

Things You Need To Know About Natalee Holloway's Disappearance.