Natalee Holloway had just graduated high school when she vanished while on a trip to Aruba in 2005. The 18-year-old was last seen leaving a nightclub in Oranjestad with Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot and two others.

Holloway’s high-profile disappearance dominated news headlines for months, but her case remained unsolved until van der Sloot confessed to her murder nearly 20 years later in 2023. The new documentary series Taken: Natalee Holloway revisits the tragic killing, focusing on her mother, Beth Holloway, and her relentless search to find her daughter.

Here’s what to know about Natalee Holloway’s disappearance and murder.

Who Was Natalee Holloway?

Born on October 21, 1986, in Tennessee, Natalee Holloway was the oldest child of Beth and Dave Holloway. Her brother, Matthew, was two years younger.…