In 2010, with Joran van der Sloot accused of Stephany Flores murder and held in a Peruvian prison, Beth Holloway reportedly traveled to the South American country to covertly meet with him in hopes of gathering information regarding her daughter. At that point, Beth’s attorney had already paid van der Sloot $25,000 for information related to Natalee Holloway’s whereabouts, but it turned out to be false, relating to the U.S. fraud and extortion charges, ABC News reports.
One year later, Natalee’s father, Dave, asked a judge in Alabama to declare his daughter dead, a move which reportedly surprised Beth, as ABC News elsewhere writes. Beth said at the time, “I had no idea Dave was filing this petition … I don’t know what this is about, or why Dave is taking this action at this time.” The next year, Natalee was officially dead, according to an Alabama judge, despite her mother’s disagreement.”
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Since 2005, there has been intense media scrutiny on the case, such as the 2017 documentary series, “The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway,” produced by Oxygen Media. More recently, Beth participated in a 2021 Fox Nation series “A Natalee Holloway Investigation with Nancy Grace.” There has also been good news for the Holloway family. In 2015, their granddaughter Rylee Holloway, daughter of Natalee’s younger brother and only sibling, Matt Holloway, was born. “I had no idea the love I could have for a grandchild,” Beth said (via Daily Mail).
