Natalee Holloway, Part Six by Susan Kelly
May 30 marked the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. It was, I’m sure, an occasion of great sadness for her family and friends. And a source of frustration for those who would like to see some resolution.
The case is at a standstill. Last March, a husband and wife from Pennsylvania went (more…)
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Natalee Missing 60 Months (5 years)
Posted in the Forum by Lousw, BFN Moderator:
Today, May 30, 2010, makes 1,827 days – 60 months – 5 years – since Natalee disappeared in Aruba.
Some question why we are still here after all this time. It is because we all understand and embrace the value and importance of life and thus have given our time in an attempt to bring resolution to a family that has for all this time only wanted one thing – to have their precious and much loved daughter returned home.
Natalee has made the word ‘life’ something to cherish and never take for granted. She has shown us that all life is precious, all life has meaning, and all life demands dignity and respect. She has, through her families, shown us what unending, unconditional, true love means. She has shown us that you can reach for higher goals, that you can be better than you were before, and that you can make a difference.
Do something special on this May 30th in honor of Natalee. Do not memorialize her, but rather pay tribute to her. Let people know that you still have hope and that you want them to have hope too – that she is important – that her life has meaning – that you care.
We hold true to the belief that everything happens for a reason. That is why we continue to be here season after season. We can not dwell on the past or the things that may have been done, but rather direct our thoughts and our focus on the days to come. There is no returning to yesterday and we do not know what tomorrow will bring, so we must make each day that comes a day of hope and promise for Natalee and her family. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, but faith looks up!
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Natalee Holloway – Missing in Aruba 5 Years
Natalee Holloway missing persons center set to open in D.C. in June
The 2005 disappearance of high school graduate Natalee Holloway in Aruba during a senior class trip set off a media frenzy that resulted in several books, a Lifetime network movie and hours and hours of coverage. But years have passed and there is still no word on what happened to Holloway.
Her mother, Beth Holloway, who has worked tirelessly to keep attention on her daughter’s disappearance, will be in Washington in June to announce the opening of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center, a new nonprofit to assist families searching for missing relatives.
The center will be based at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment on Seventh Street NW near Chinatown and the Verizon Center. The museum features Holloway’s disappearance in its “Cold Case” exhibit.
The nonprofit plans to serve as a crisis clearinghouse for families of missing persons in the United States and abroad, according to a statement from the museum. The nonprofit plans to give family members a plan, contact information, a media liaison and other services. It also will offer guidelines for children and adults to travel safely, including creating a national network of college volunteers who will promote the group’s safe travel program to high school and college students.
The launch is scheduled for June 8. The museum will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. at no charge. More information can be found on the center’s Web site.
“In creating this organization, we hope to prevent as many missing person cases as possible.” Holloway said in a statement. “But if tragedy does strike and a person goes missing, we want to provide the families support and reduce the numerous challenges that I experienced, and hopefully lead to the rescue and recovery of many more missing persons across the globe.”
Sporadic Ramblings, Natalee Holloway by Susan Kelly
Natalee Holloway, Part One
February 26, 2010
This case fascinates me. Superficially, it doesn’t appear complex. A young woman, vacationing in Aruba to celebrate her high school graduation, goes to a bar on the last night of her stay. There she meets up with a young man whom, according to some accounts, she’d encountered earlier that evening in a casino. Around closing time, the young woman leaves (More…)
Natalee Holloway, Part Two (Calling All Spirits)
February 27, 2010
All big cases attract people who claim to be in touch with the supernatural, and this one was no exception. One of my favorites was the self-proclaimed psychic who traveled to Aruba in the wake of Natalee’s vanishing, and, one night, had a dream, or vision, in which Natalee appeared to her with the (More…)
Natalee Holloway, Part Three
March 2, 2010
Well, Joran van der Sloot’s latest “confession” went as expected, although this time he managed to work up a few facial contortions intended, I suppose, to simulate grief and remorse, although he was apparently unable to squeeze out an authenticating tear.
Why is he doing this? If his conscience is bothering him–I sincerely doubt (More…)
Natalee Holloway, Part Four (The Internet Phenomenon)
March 11, 2010
If the cable stations went wild with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Internet went insane. In the summer of 2005, dozens of online forums devoted to “discussion” of the case sprang up like mushrooms (and toadstools) after a summer rain. Many of them are still in existence.
By the end of the summer of 2005, (More…)
Natalee Holloway, Part Five (Natalee Herself)
March 13, 2010
Too often the victims of crime–and I believe Natalee Holloway was a crime victim–are forgotten, or at least pushed to the background, particularly when the crime is an unsolved one. The actual mystery itself assumes the forefront: people are, naturally enough I suppose, obsessed with the whodunit/howdunit/whydunit aspect of the case. Everybody loves a (More…)
