Beth Holloway’s life turned upside down in 2005 when her daughter, Natalee Holloway, went missing during a high school graduation trip in Aruba. While Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing the teen in 2023, Beth is still fighting for justice because he has not been charged for the murder.
After Beth appeared in Netflix’s November 2026 docuseries Natalee Holloway: Taken, viewers have been left wondering what else she is up to today and where Natlee’s murder case stands now.
Where Is Beth Holloway Today?
Beth was working as a public school speech pathologist at the time Natalee went missing. She stepped away from the role for nearly 10 years while she was searching for her daughter.
More than two decades later, Beth revealed that she’s back in the classroom. “I think it’s good for the body to stay in motion and keep busy,” she said, according to Netflix’s Tudum. “And no idle time here, none.”
Beth also shared that she works with families of other missing people.
“Since so many people had reached out to help me, being a teacher, I found myself wanting to give back and share what I’ve learned with others since they had given so much to me,” she explained. “Sometimes I’m just there to facilitate communication with law enforcement. Maybe they need help facilitating search and rescue resources, personnel, guidance.”
What Happened to Natalee Holloway?
Natalee was 18 years old when she went missing while on a vacation to Oranjestad, Aruba. She was last seen on May 30, 2005, while leaving a nightclub and getting into a car with van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe.
The three men quickly became suspects in the case and were arrested twice throughout the investigation. They were released both times after authorities failed to find enough evidence to charge them with Natalee’s murder.
In 2010, van der Sloot was arrested for the murder of 21-year-old college student Stephany Flores Ramírez in Peru. That same year, he was indicted in the United States on federal wire fraud and extortion charges tied to a meeting he and Beth had in March 2010, in which he demanded money in exchange for information about Natalee’s disappearance.
Van der Sloot ultimately pleaded guilty to the federal extortion charges in 2023, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The sentence is currently running concurrently with his 28-year sentence for Ramírez’s murder.
As part of his plea deal, van der Sloot admitted that he killed Natalee and agreed to share information about her death.
Despite admitting to her murder, van der Sloot was never prosecuted for Natalee’s murder because Aruba enforces a 12-year statute of limitations for homicides. The window to convict him had closed since the time he confessed.
Beth Holloway Never Stopped Seeking Justice for Natalee Holloway
Beth reflected on van der Sloot’s confession in Natalee Holloway: Taken, as well as while talking to Tudum.
“The nightmare’s over, right? But I’m not done yet,” she said.
Beth explained that she has spent the last two years working behind the scenes with Netherlands-based attorneys Royce de Vries and Annemiek van Spanje to file a murder complaint against van der Sloot with Dutch authorities.
“I’ve been working busy behind the scenes, got the murder complaint,” Beth said. “And now we’re working on, hopefully, murder charges. So I’ve been busy, but one step at a time.”
