Why Natalee Holloway's Disappearance Remained Unsolved For So Long

Biography reports Natalee Holloway's mother and stepfather were immediately informed she was missing under questionable circumstances. They rented a private jet and traveled to Aruba with close friends to assist in the search for their daughter.

Local authorities were reluctant to declare Natalee officially "missing," as witnesses said she willingly left the nightclub with van der Sloot and his friends. However, several groups, including locals, other tourists, and search teams from Texas and the Netherlands, organized their own search for the missing teen. Unfortunately, no trace of Natalee was ever found.

As reported by Biography, authorities identified several persons of interest, including van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers, in the days following Natalee Holloway's disappearance. Although all three men admitted they left the nightclub with Natalee, they told different stories about what happened after they left.

Initially, Joran van der Sloot said they all visited a local lighthouse before taking Natalee back to her hotel. He later said he left her at a beach near the hotel, with the expectation that she would walk the rest of the way. Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe corroborated van der Sloot's story about leaving the teen on the beach.

As there was no body, or any physical evidence proving Joran van der Sloot or the Kalpoe brothers harmed Natalee Holloway in any way, they were all eventually released from custody. Biography reports authorities received numerous tips, but a vast majority proved to be false or misleading.

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