Beth Holloway says she feels “victorious” after obtaining Joran van der Sloot’s confession to her daughter’s killing as part of a plea deal in an extortion case.
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#JoranvanderSloot #NataleeHolloway #Crime
there s proof , Dutman s serial killer, Now, eye foe for an eye. put him to sleep, so much money goes into serial killers, when thosr fund could be acutual use for grean n positive things, but the this the US, land of the free, hahahhahaha
Glad the mother has closure, but OMG! She gave the longest running SCAM known as the Polygraph credibility. The polygraph is incapable of determining truthful or deceptive statements. It is a hustle on the public since it’s inception in the 1920’s.
How is that justice tho, he won’t even be charged w/her murder? Now an eye 4 an eye (though illegal) would be a better punishment.
I think he got 20 years for the extortion of the parents though. Plus he still has like more time to do in that other girls murder. So I don’t think it’s likely he will leave one of those prisons alive.
Finally justice for natalee
If he were black, we wouldn’t be here!!! That white privilege is something else! I’m happy for the family for closure.
But where is Natalie?
Bodies don’t just float away. I’ve always been certain his father with connections helped his son.
yeah I agree
i always figured he threw her in the water and the sharks got her. How awful.
I mean if it was water that carnivorous creatures lived in it’s possible they ate the body until not much was left.
Fish bait my dear
I agree… lie detector or not, I honestly don’t believe he’s told the truth yet. I feel like he just said whatever to keep him from being extradited to the US.
He is a sociopath so passing a polygraph means nothing…
Its interesting i just thought about this case a month ago.
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SIP Natalee. Glad for her family, they got some closure. Hope Karma & Van Der Sloot meet up some day.
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Justice for Natalie is not justice for her family. Such a waste. Don’t send your kids to other countries alone. They’re not old enough at 18 to travel safely.
She wasn’t exactly alone. It was a school trip. There were 124 kids there and 7 chaperones.
Good for her and her family
God bless those parents who still don’t have answers
This creeps judge father enabled this ah. Once he died things started catching up to him.
Peace and Love for your family 😢
Van der sloot is a killer of the worst kind. He’s a depraved human being.
Beth Holloway the courage you have is for all of us God bless you & Natalee
Sometimes they no words !
Beth, look up Within Heaven’s Gates by Rebecca Springer. Page 64.😇
Justice on both Natalee and Stephany (Peru).⚖️👱♀️👩
Thank God he has finally confessed . My deepest sympathy to her family.
All the suffering 😢 he put the family through out
How can we be sure he did what he said?
He’s lied before
Truth be told I bet alot like me knew he was😡😈😥🙏
@Ryan Blanchehe still did it that’s all that matters
@Donna Lombardo We don’t really, there’s no actual evidence he did it other than his unreliable claims
May she finally rest in peace. ❤️🙏🏻❤️ and May her family find some peace too.
Not really. She gave that P. O. 💩 took quarter of a million dollars that she never got back. He didn’t do that alone. The two friends were in on it.
Im glad u feel that way i wish u amd family well .as for true justice ,No .He should be jailedcin US for his 20 then sent to peru for that sentence we all miss NATALIE
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Strong mom
I recall hearing about this whilst in secondary school here in Ireland. I’m a few years younger than Natalee and her story scared me out of going out on a Leaving Cert Holiday with my mates. I doubt it saved any of our lives but at the very least, Natalee’s story was a wake up call for 13 Irish teenagers that we weren’t as safe in the world as we’d imagined. It’s stayed with us now for nearly two decades and not one of us ever go on a date, holiday, or just a new place without telling several others in our group of 13. May the spirit of Natalee finally rest knowing her Mam has answers, and may her Mam know her daughter taught a dozen insignificant Irish girls to be more careful. I hope the Mam has peace, comfort, and feels love from round the world💞
Finally, Beth and her family have justice
So that actually makes him a serial killer
She means the white mark in Aruba but 18 years I’m happy they finally caught this creep
Rest in peace
I’ve been following this case since the beginning! In 2018 I was in Aruba, and I thought about her!
Born rich like this now serial murderer … how many more? It must be hard to be rich and so bored that one has to do this to innocent people.
He killed both young women while on dates with them. He probably tries to control his dates like slaves and is surprised when they don’t act like slaves, which his foolish mind cannot accept, so he kills them.
Thank the lord he finally confessed!
The only thing worse then the murder, is him constantly lying, knowing that no one believes him and yet continues lying year after year after year. I hope for the remainer of his sad pathetic life he experiences nothing but horror and disaster. God knows he deserves it.
That’s why I’m skeptical here.
He’s a pathological liar
Happy for you. Long a time coming.
I am so glad he was finally arrested, I am so happy for her family. Bless her parents and their long fight! 🙏
18 years of suffering for the family 👪 😢
Bless this family. God, please work through the people so that justice descends upon this depraved man as he deserves.
He is in a Peruvian jail. Little things in life could be worse than that.
It’s been a long hard Road for this family, and I’m so glad they finally have closure! May their lives be peaceful the rest of their days! May the guilty go to prison forever!!
So glad he confessed! Happy for the peace it brought the family. The strength in the family, never giving up hope and getting a confession in the end. Hero’s in this story help me to believe I two , will one day get answers who killed my brother. God bless
He’s lied before about this case, I would take what he says with a grain of salt.
He’s pathological
Hisfather should be tried for hindering. I remember being so upset that I decided to never go to Aruba. Then he kills another woman, like a privileged psycho
Paulus Van der Sloot the judge said there was no body…his mother Anita van der Sloot who was revered by thr Arubans said Joran is not the monster ppl are making him out to be.
So happy for you!! 🙏❤️
Wow it took this long for him to confess! So sad. I never forgot about her disappearance ever since i read about it. She would have been 36 like myself. Hope u r resting in peace beautiful girl. May u always watch over your mom who never gave up and who keeps yours memory alive❤justice will be served!!
I’m glad she finally got some closure. Van Dersloot is scum.
God rest her soul and your soul dear brave mother!
Hallelujah for Holloway family !!!😊
Hes still alive. ,married, has a child while in prison, yeah, I guess he’s got it pretty bad, but th dumbest thing is parents still let their teenage kids travel abroad, how stupid can one be?
I mean, thousands of abroad school trips happen annually, it’s probably more dangerous to drive daily than ever travel somewhere.
@Aphreyst i wouldn’t let my daughter go. Thats just plain idiocy. Too young. Too vulnerable. You go ahead and let your daughter go .
The class had 5 chaperones, who didn’t do their job.
Very happy and relieved for Natalee’s parents and family members. The pain they have carried these last 18 years must have been horrible. Hopefully today they can begin healing.
women strong all day long 🎃👊
It’s sad he is still alive. Every breath he takes is an abomination.
Now you Rest woman. Prayers to today.
Beth Holloway you are a beautiful, strong women. I admire your endless pursuit to bring your daughter’s killer to justice. I hope you can finally have some peace of mind now.
God please bless this family with your Peace 🕊️ and help them to hold on to “Good” thoughts and memories! 🙏💞🥲
I still would not be smiling
This creep isn’t a reputable source of information.
He’s a pathological liar who has lied about many things in this case many times so why is this any different?
I feel like I want to cry for this family. I remember watching her case when I was 17 when this happened. I’m just glad this brought answers, closure and healing for her family.
I wish that pain on no family, except trumps
That scum still didin’t tell he whole truth. I’m sure he left out the part about how he sexually assaulted her while killing her.
Justice will be served when some convict takes it out on Van der Sloot in the joint.
Still it was very painful to her mother,theyshould let the guy rot in jail only to be release in a body bag,serve him right
God bless you and your family. You fought a courageous fight and our thoughts and prayers are with you.
No high school kid needs a trip to Aruba.
I’m so sorry for you’re lost of your daughter! I can’t fathom loosing my beautiful daughter the way & amount of time you have had to suffer! May you find some solace in life to know that God had a better plan for your beautiful Natalie! God bless you!
I can’t remember the name but the book about this is fkn fantastic(ly written) and worth your while. Not my genre but I got hooked on it.
This woman never rested.
God bless Natalie’s family. May she rest in peace now. I pray he gets tried and gets the maximum sentence possible for killing her and putting her family through the this nightmare.
That dirt bag kept her family in the dark all these years, taking pleasure in tormenting her mother. There’s a higher justice that he’ll never escape. When he stands before God, that smug smile will be gone and he’ll get what’s due him
What a brave mom
We all knew all those years ago. If the authorities in Aruba were competent, they would have put that animal in jail from the time she disappeared. Look what he went on to do? Guy is a criminal that got away and just cant run anymore. Happy to see the Holloway family finally get justice and closure for their daughter.
Daddy Paulus Van der Sloot was a judge in Aruba and put the brakes on it…the rest is history…remember they called Beth Holloway crazy, while revered Anita Van der Sloot and family.
@wakanda I do recall. Corruption at its best. He passed away not long after as far as I can remember.
It is shameful that his parents tried to cover things up for this morally and mentally deficient man
The Jon-Benet Ramsey case is next.
God Bless her and her whole family. I can’t even imagine.. 💔
God forbid anything horrible happens to me, I wish I had someone like Beth Holloway fighting for justice. I think she always knew it was him from the get go – she was right. I’m glad that she finally got what she’d waited and prayed for – closure – for nearly 20 years she’s had to fight.
I’m so happy you got the answers you’ve so deserved for so long!!!
Glad their family finally received justice
I always believed he was guilty of murder but his story of the details sounds suspicious. As a coward he would have run to his daddy IMO.
I’m happy for Natalie’s family to finally find out what happened to her.
She is an amazing and strong mother and woman. ❤
As long as Natalee’s parents and family members now have a measure of peace and a sense that some form of justice has been served that’s all that matters. As far as I’m concerned this monster should never have a moment’s peace or a decent night’s sleep for the rest of his days. He’s a liar, a manipulator and a double murderer. It’s tragic that Aruba has such a short statute of limitations regarding murder. He cannot be prosecuted for Natalee’s murder. But the Universe will exact its own form of justice called karma.
so sad
So sad, if he would have did this year’s ago maybe there could have been a body or remains recovered.
Drinking alcoholic drinks is not for people as young as Natalee Holloway was.Especially don’t get drunk in foreign countries you never been. You can hurt your mother,just like Beth Holloway said that she was hurt.Especially if you end up bludgeoned to death and die.
What an amazing woman.
This lady never ages! She’s a beautiful lady and strong mother who never gave up. Finally closure for her dear heart of a mother. ❤️
Aruba is like some sort of Epstein Island along with undisclosed violent acts. Boycott it!
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Van der Sloot was the main suspect from the very beginning. Hopefully he will never get out of jail.
There is no justice for the dead. Move on
Thats so so troubling how one day your living a life with your family members the next your mourning the lose of one…i always try to put myself in their shoes and it terrifies me to think of losing one of my children. I cant say i would be as calm as this woman even 18 years later..GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY!!
Natalee would be so proud of her mother; her mother worked tirelessly to find out what happened to her daughter. Sadly someone like Sloot probably has Antisocial Personality Disorder so he won’t have much of a functioning conscience; not much, if any, remorse and certainly no empathy for those who are wired differently.
Welcome back…Mr. Hoyt!!..❤
Just because he was there as he did it. Doesn’t mean he can’t be tried here sobe when?
It’s a resolution, at least. I’m sure it felt good to hear it out. She knew it, and needed him to fess up. Peace to her & loved ones.
So glad for you and your family, Beth. A mother knows and you kept after it, for a long 18 years. May this weight that’s lifted off with this conviction give you the peace you and your family so very much deserve. ❤
I’ll never forget the way Patrice sang her name. Bless her soul.