“As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” Beth Holloway, Natalee’s mother, told reporters outside the federal courthouse in Alabama.
courtroom, the family said they’re putting years of doubt and uncertainty behind them. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extorting Holloway’s mother, resolving a case that has captivated the public’s attention for nearly 20 years.Īlthough van der Sloot isn’t charged in Holloway’s death, his attempt to squeeze a quarter million dollars from the slain teen’s mother gave investigators a crucial link to the 2005 killing.
(AP) - The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances.
