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A little girl found dead in her own home, killed even as her family was present in the house. The needle of suspicion swings from the parents to strangers. There's even a confession, which turns out to be fake. And over two decades later, the killer is still at large.
This is the unsolved case of JonBenet Ramsey.
It was the day after Christmas in 1996, when 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey went missing in Boulder, Colorado, in USA. Her mother Patsy called the police, saying she had found a ransom note. Cops arrived at the house, but no ransom call came.
Then, a policewoman asked JonBenet's father and a neighbour to search the house for anything unusual. JonBenet's lifeless body was finally found by her father in the house's basement, around 8 hours after her mother noticed the ransom note.
ALSO WATCH | Unsolved Crimes | Disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway: how suspect Joran played with police
JonBenet's body was found in a nightmarish state. Her hands were tied above her head, and her mouth was bound with tape, according to her father John. There was synthetic cord wrapped around her neck, and another cord tied loosely around her right wrist. Her body had reportedly been covered with a blanket and a sweatshirt.
The autopsy report said that JonBenet's skull had been fractured by a blow to her head. The killer had caused an 8.5-inch fracture on the side of her head. She had also been possibly sexually assaulted, and strangled. Blood, bruising, and abrasions were discovered in her private parts. There were bruises on her shoulders and legs as well.
Was the case doomed from the beginning due to mistakes by the police?
Critics say that the police's biggest lapse was not searching the house as soon as the missing persons' complaint was received. After that, police told untrained civilians, i.e. JonBenet's father and neighbour, to search the house. On top of this, friends and neighbours of the Ramseys were allowed to enter and exit the house unhindered. The family was even allowed to clean the kitchen, which could have ruined important evidence.
Despite these failures, some pieces of evidence were recovered.
These reportedly included a spot of blood on JonBenet's undergarments. Some DNA material was also found underneath the young victim's fingernails. A shoe-print from a Hi-Tec brand boot - which no one in the Ramsey family wore - was also noticed. Possible footprints on a suitcase, and on the wall near a window were also found.
An investigator noticed leaves and foam packing material in the basement which a murdering intruder may have tracked in. Also, a baseball bat was found outside the house with fibres matching a carpet in the basement. Finally, there was the 3-page long ransom note found by JonBenet's mother.
Based on the analysis of the evidence, police reportedly profiled the suspect as a white male, who was an ex-convict, and aged between 25 and 30 years.
The needle of suspicion swung between many individuals as the probe progressed.
One of the biggest breakthroughs was considered to be a development in 2006, when a former school teacher confessed to JonBenet's murder. John Mark Karr wrote an email with the confession to a documentary film-maker who was working on JonBenet's story. Karr, who was in Thailand's Bangkok at the time, was arrested and brought back to the USA. But he was let off after his DNA did not match the evidence found at the crime scene. Karr was considered a disturbed paedophile who was seeking fame through the case.
Another suspect was known sex offender Gary Oliva. He had been detained on different charges when police found JonBenet's photograph from a magazine in his backpack. Subsequently, a friend of Oliva claimed that he had confessed to having "hurt a little girl". Oliva also had a stun gun which was a part of police theory of how JonBenet was hurt. But Gary Oliva was also cleared through DNA tests.
As the murder took place inside their house, JonBenet's parents were also under suspicion. The garrote used to strangle the young girl was reportedly made with a paintbrush taken from mother Patsy's paint kit. Also, the ransom note was written on Patsy's stationary. However, handwriting analysis was inconclusive. Patsy was finally cleared in 2008 through fresh DNA analysis.
JonBenet's father John was also under police radar as he had found the body and also disturbed the crime scene despite being told not to touch anything while searching the house. He had removed the tape on JonBenet's face, and taken her body upstairs, thus possibly ruining forensic evidence. Coincidentally, the ransom note had demanded $118,000 which was the exact amount that John had received as a Christmas bonus that year. He was also cleared in 2008 after DNA tests.
JonBenet's brother Burke was the focus of a CBS documentary which examined the evidence. The suspicions of experts featured on the show leaned towards Burke who was 9 years old at the time of the murder. The experts said that JonBenet may have been hit with a flashlight, and the wounds on her back could have been made by a toy train. Burke filed a defamation case which was ultimately settled. He was also cleared by DNA analysis in 2008.
Another suspect was an electrician who worked at nearby auto salvage yard. Michael Helgoth had reportedly had a property dispute with the Ramseys. He allegedly committed suicide in 1997. His DNA didn't match the traces found at the crime scene.
Then there was the housekeeper - Linda Hoffman-Pugh. JonBenet's mother had reportedly told police that Linda had been facing money troubles and had asked for a loan for thousands of dollars, which Patsy had rejected. In turn, Linda accused Patsy of having mental disorders, and frequently fighting with JonBenet. However, Linda did not fit the suspect profile of a male ex-convict, and she was never formally accused.
A friend of the Ramseys - Bill McReynolds - was also considered by police. He had played Santa Claus at a Christmas gathering hosted by Patsy Ramsey. McReynolds had reportedly promised JonBenet a "special gift" that Christmas. McReynolds was investigated but cleared as his DNA didn't match the evidence as well.
In 1998 - two years after the murder - a grand jury began its investigation. In America, a grand jury is a group of people who decide whether to charge a suspect with a crime and begin criminal prosecution. A year later, the district attorney announced that the grand jury had concluded its probe, and the DA's team thought there was not "sufficient evidence" to warrant filing of charges.
But when the grand jury's indictment papers were released in 2013, they painted JonBenet's parents in bad light. The papers showed that the grand jury had wanted to indict JonBenet's parents on charges of child abuse resulting in death, and more significantly, being accessories to a crime. This was before the DNA analysis cleared the family.
With no breakthrough in the case, a serial killer theory was floated by a retired police investigator on an A&amp;E show. James Benish linked the JonBenet case to 2 other murders - those of Tracy Neef, and Aleisea Ruff.
7-yr-old Tracy Marie Neef was killed in March 1984 after being kidnapped from school, and sexually assaulted. Hairs found on Tracy's body were either lost, or contaminated by investigators. No one was convicted for the shocking murder of Tracy.
The second case involved 4-yr-old Aleisea Woolsey Ruff who went missing in July 1993, from Anini Beach, Hawaii. Her body was found underwater by Aleisea's father. Coroners said Aleisea had been sexually assaulted, before being drowned. A person named Aaron Schonlau was reportedly convicted, jailed for the crime.
James Benish believes a member of the Schonlau family may have killed JonBenet. A 2019 news report said that DNA testing was underway to check the theory.
JonBenet's mother Patsy died of ovarian cancer in 2006, two years before she was cleared of suspicion. Now, John Ramsey is continuing the fight for justice. In a recent appeal, JonBenet's father claimed that there is some DNA evidence which hasn't been tested, and it should be handed over to private agencies for analysis by latest technologies.
One of those agencies is Parabon Nanolabs which claims to have helped solve over 200 cases, including an unsolved stabbing case dating to 1975, and identifying a body found in 1981. The firm uses a technique called investigative genetic genealogy.
A request to hand over the evidence to such a company is reportedly pending with the Governor of Colorado.
Defending their investigation, Boulder police have claimed that 1,500 pieces of evidence have been analysed, more than 200 DNA samples tested, over 20,000 tips followed-up, and more than 1,000 people have been interviewed in the case so far.
JonBenet was a young pageant queen - winning titles like Little Miss Colorado, and America's Royale Miss. Her father was a wealthy software executive. Her mother had herself been a pageant queen-turned-suburban socialite. The Ramseys appeared to be a happy family.
Now, JonBenet lies in a grave in Marietta, Georgia, next to her mother, and her half-sister, who died in a car crash in 1992. Justice, even if it comes, is already too late.

Unsolved Crimes | Family at home, 6-yr-old killed in basement; killer still unknown: JonBenet Ramsey case

It was the day after Christmas in 1996, when 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey went missing in Boulder, Colorado, in USA. Her body was later found in the basement, but the killer has not been identified in over two decades.

A little girl found dead in her own home, killed even as her family was present in the house. The needle of suspicion swings from the parents to strangers. There's even a confession, which turns out to be fake. And over two decades later, the killer is still at large.
This is the unsolved case of JonBenet Ramsey.
It was the day after Christmas in 1996, when 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey went missing in Boulder, Colorado, in USA. Her mother Patsy called the police, saying she had found a ransom note. Cops arrived at the house, but no ransom call came.
Then, a policewoman asked JonBenet's father and a neighbour to search the house for anything unusual. JonBenet's lifeless body was finally found by her father in the house's basement, around 8 hours after her mother noticed the ransom note.
ALSO WATCH |<a href="https://www.editorji.com/in-depth/the-hook/unsolved-crimes-disappearance-of-us-teen-natalee-holloway-how-suspect-joran-played-with-police-1659637369389"> Unsolved Crimes | Disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway: how suspect Joran played with police</a>
JonBenet's body was found in a nightmarish state. Her hands were tied above her head, and her mouth was bound with tape, according to her father John. There was synthetic cord wrapped around her neck, and another cord tied loosely around her right wrist. Her body had reportedly been covered with a blanket and a sweatshirt.
The autopsy report said that JonBenet's skull had been fractured by a blow to her head. The killer had caused an 8.5-inch fracture on the side of her head. She had also been possibly sexually assaulted, and strangled. Blood, bruising, and abrasions were discovered in her private parts. There were bruises on her shoulders and legs as well.
Was the case doomed from the beginning due to mistakes by the police?
Critics say that the police's biggest lapse was not searching the house as soon as the missing persons' complaint was received. After that, police told untrained civilians, i.e. JonBenet's father and neighbour, to search the house. On top of this, friends and neighbours of the Ramseys were allowed to enter and exit the house unhindered. The family was even allowed to clean the kitchen, which could have ruined important evidence.
Despite these failures, some pieces of evidence were recovered.
These reportedly included a spot of blood on JonBenet's undergarments. Some DNA material was also found underneath the young victim's fingernails. A shoe-print from a Hi-Tec brand boot - which no one in the Ramsey family wore - was also noticed. Possible footprints on a suitcase, and on the wall near a window were also found.
An investigator noticed leaves and foam packing material in the basement which a murdering intruder may have tracked in. Also, a baseball bat was found outside the house with fibres matching a carpet in the basement. Finally, there was the 3-page long ransom note found by JonBenet's mother.
Based on the analysis of the evidence, police reportedly profiled the suspect as a white male, who was an ex-convict, and aged between 25 and 30 years.
The needle of suspicion swung between many individuals as the probe progressed.
One of the biggest breakthroughs was considered to be a development in 2006, when a former school teacher confessed to JonBenet's murder. John Mark Karr wrote an email with the confession to a documentary film-maker who was working on JonBenet's story. Karr, who was in Thailand's Bangkok at the time, was arrested and brought back to the USA. But he was let off after his DNA did not match the evidence found at the crime scene. Karr was considered a disturbed paedophile who was seeking fame through the case.
Another suspect was known sex offender Gary Oliva. He had been detained on different charges when police found JonBenet's photograph from a magazine in his backpack. Subsequently, a friend of Oliva claimed that he had confessed to having "hurt a little girl". Oliva also had a stun gun which was a part of police theory of how JonBenet was hurt. But Gary Oliva was also cleared through DNA tests.
As the murder took place inside their house, JonBenet's parents were also under suspicion. The garrote used to strangle the young girl was reportedly made with a paintbrush taken from mother Patsy's paint kit. Also, the ransom note was written on Patsy's stationary. However, handwriting analysis was inconclusive. Patsy was finally cleared in 2008 through fresh DNA analysis.
JonBenet's father John was also under police radar as he had found the body and also disturbed the crime scene despite being told not to touch anything while searching the house. He had removed the tape on JonBenet's face, and taken her body upstairs, thus possibly ruining forensic evidence. Coincidentally, the ransom note had demanded $118,000 which was the exact amount that John had received as a Christmas bonus that year. He was also cleared in 2008 after DNA tests.
JonBenet's brother Burke was the focus of a CBS documentary which examined the evidence. The suspicions of experts featured on the show leaned towards Burke who was 9 years old at the time of the murder. The experts said that JonBenet may have been hit with a flashlight, and the wounds on her back could have been made by a toy train. Burke filed a defamation case which was ultimately settled. He was also cleared by DNA analysis in 2008.
Another suspect was an electrician who worked at nearby auto salvage yard. Michael Helgoth had reportedly had a property dispute with the Ramseys. He allegedly committed suicide in 1997. His DNA didn't match the traces found at the crime scene.
Then there was the housekeeper - Linda Hoffman-Pugh. JonBenet's mother had reportedly told police that Linda had been facing money troubles and had asked for a loan for thousands of dollars, which Patsy had rejected. In turn, Linda accused Patsy of having mental disorders, and frequently fighting with JonBenet. However, Linda did not fit the suspect profile of a male ex-convict, and she was never formally accused.
A friend of the Ramseys - Bill McReynolds - was also considered by police. He had played Santa Claus at a Christmas gathering hosted by Patsy Ramsey. McReynolds had reportedly promised JonBenet a "special gift" that Christmas. McReynolds was investigated but cleared as his DNA didn't match the evidence as well.
In 1998 - two years after the murder - a grand jury began its investigation. In America, a grand jury is a group of people who decide whether to charge a suspect with a crime and begin criminal prosecution. A year later, the district attorney announced that the grand jury had concluded its probe, and the DA's team thought there was not "sufficient evidence" to warrant filing of charges.
But when the grand jury's indictment papers were released in 2013, they painted JonBenet's parents in bad light. The papers showed that the grand jury had wanted to indict JonBenet's parents on charges of child abuse resulting in death, and more significantly, being accessories to a crime. This was before the DNA analysis cleared the family.
With no breakthrough in the case, a serial killer theory was floated by a retired police investigator on an A&amp;E show. James Benish linked the JonBenet case to 2 other murders - those of Tracy Neef, and Aleisea Ruff.
7-yr-old Tracy Marie Neef was killed in March 1984 after being kidnapped from school, and sexually assaulted. Hairs found on Tracy's body were either lost, or contaminated by investigators. No one was convicted for the shocking murder of Tracy.
The second case involved 4-yr-old Aleisea Woolsey Ruff who went missing in July 1993, from Anini Beach, Hawaii. Her body was found underwater by Aleisea's father. Coroners said Aleisea had been sexually assaulted, before being drowned. A person named Aaron Schonlau was reportedly convicted, jailed for the crime.
James Benish believes a member of the Schonlau family may have killed JonBenet. A 2019 news report said that DNA testing was underway to check the theory.
JonBenet's mother Patsy died of ovarian cancer in 2006, two years before she was cleared of suspicion. Now, John Ramsey is continuing the fight for justice. In a recent appeal, JonBenet's father claimed that there is some DNA evidence which hasn't been tested, and it should be handed over to private agencies for analysis by latest technologies.
One of those agencies is Parabon Nanolabs which claims to have helped solve over 200 cases, including an unsolved stabbing case dating to 1975, and identifying a body found in 1981. The firm uses a technique called investigative genetic genealogy.
A request to hand over the evidence to such a company is reportedly pending with the Governor of Colorado.
Defending their investigation, Boulder police have claimed that 1,500 pieces of evidence have been analysed, more than 200 DNA samples tested, over 20,000 tips followed-up, and more than 1,000 people have been interviewed in the case so far.
JonBenet was a young pageant queen - winning titles like Little Miss Colorado, and America's Royale Miss. Her father was a wealthy software executive. Her mother had herself been a pageant queen-turned-suburban socialite. The Ramseys appeared to be a happy family.
Now, JonBenet lies in a grave in Marietta, Georgia, next to her mother, and her half-sister, who died in a car crash in 1992. Justice, even if it comes, is already too late.

A teenager goes missing. The person she was last seen with is arrested. He tells police one story after another. There's no proof, so the suspect is released, until he kills another girl. And all these years, there's no body, no sign, no idea at all of what happened to the first victim.
This is the unsolved case of Natalee Holloway.
In May 2005, 18-year-old Natalee travelled to Aruba from America. She was part of a high school seniors and chaperones' trip. On 29 May 2005, Natalee and dozens of other students went to a place called Carlos 'N' Charlie's Nightclub.
From there, the group dispersed, and Natalee was seen leaving the area at around 1:30 am in a car. She was wearing a denim mini-skirt, and a multi-coloured halter top. Three men were in the car along with Natalee - Joran van der Sloot, and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.
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That night, Natalee did not return to her hotel room. The next day - 30 May 2005 - the group returned to the US, with Natalee still missing.
Then began a game of arrest, release, repeat amid a lack of evidence, and changing stories.
On 5 June 2005, almost a week after Natalee's disappearance, police arrested two former hotel security guards. Four days later, on 9 June, Joran van der Sloot, and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe were arrested. On 15 June, Joran's house was searched, and two vehicles, computers, and cameras were seized.
Then on 18 June, the former security guards were released, while a party boat DJ was arrested. Four days later, it was the turn of Joran's father Paulus van der Sloot - a lawyer - to be arrested. On 26 June, both Paulus van der Sloot and the party boat DJ were released.On 4 July, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were released.
Almost two months later, they were arrested again, but on 3 September, Joran van der Sloot, as well as the Kalpoe brother were released again. The trio went to jail once again in late 2007, but not for long, as police still did not have much proof.
All this while, Joran and the Kalpoes played with the police - first telling one story about what happened to Natalee, and then changing it.
Initially, they claimed that they had taken Natalee to the California Lighthouse near Arashi Beach for shark watching. Later, they dropped her off at her hotel at around 2 am, where they saw a guard approaching her.
Subsequently, one of the former guards who had been arrested claimed that one of the Kalpoes had told him something else. Apparently, Natalee had not been dropped off at the hotel, and instead, Joran and Natalee had gone to a beach near the hotel.
Subsequently, Joran took authorities to the spot near the hotel where he claimed to have dropped Natalee off. He then claimed that she had fallen and hit her head while exiting the car.
A few years later, a crime journalist orchestrated a hidden-camera sting interview of Joran. In that video, Joran claimed that he had had sex with Natalee on the beach, but she had fallen sick, and starting shaking before losing consciousness. Joran confessed that he had asked a friend to throw her body out at sea.
When the sting aired, Joran claimed that what he had said was a lie to impress the person doing the hidden interview.
In 2017, a man appeared in a documentary to claim that he had helped Joran dispose of Natalee's body. A person named John Ludwick said that he had been paid in 2010 by Joran to dig up Natalee's remains and burn them. Ludwick also claimed that Natalee died due to a bad reaction to a drug which Joran had given her without telling her. Following this lead, Natalee's father and a private investigator found some human remains, but it was not Natalee.
Joran fell to even greater depths after his father died of a heart attack in 2010. He contacted the family attorney of the Holloways with a shocking deal. Joran offered to "help" Natalee's family if they paid him a quarter million dollars.
The Holloways got in touch with US agency FBI which made a plan to fool Joran into thinking that he was getting money. The objective was to put Joran behind bars, even if on wire fraud charges. Subsequently, the Holloways' attorney gave Joran $25,000 as initial payment.
In return, Joran said that he had hidden Natalee's body in the foundation of an under-construction house. But this story fell apart when Aruban authorities said that the house was not being built at the time. After this, Joran kept telling the Holloways' lawyer that he would surrender, but instead fled to Peru.
In Peru happened what seemed impossible, exactly 5 years after Natalee's disappearance. Joran met 21-yr-old Stephany Flores at Atlantic City casino in Peru's Lima. The two played poker for a few hours, and then Stephany went with Joran to his room at Hotel Tac.
On 30 May 2010 - the 5th anniversary of Natalee's disappearance - Joran left the hotel room alone, carrying nothing but a backpack. He told the reception desk not to disturb the girl in his room. Two days later, Stephany's body was found in Room 309. She had been beaten to death, possibly with a tennis racquet, and her neck was broken.
Joran fled, but was caught in Chile. He claimed to be innocent, but four days later, confessed to murdering Stephany in a fit of rage. He said that Stephany had been checking his laptop, and asking questions about Natalee Holloway. Joran justified his crime by saying that he had faced "psychological trauma" due to the Natalee case. In 2012, he was sentenced to 28-and-a-half years in prison in Peru.
Joran had a comfortable life before he turned into a murderer. He was born in 1987 in Arnhem, Netherlands. His mother was an art teacher, and father a lawyer. The family moved to Aruba when Joran was 10 years old. He was an honours student at the International School of Aruba. Joran was active in sports, as well as the island's nightlife, according to witnesses. Interestingly, Paulus van der Sloot was in the process of becoming a judge when the Natalee case happened.
Now, Joran is set to spend most of his life in prison. But he has found a wife - Leidy Figueroa - who met Joran while visiting another inmate at the prison. The two even have a daughter.
He now has a family after ruining the lives of two families.
Natalee was born in 1986 and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Her family included father Dave, mother Beth, and younger brother Matt.The kids lived primarily with their mother after their parents divorced in 1993. Natalee was an honors student, and a member of the school dance team. She had a full academic scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she wanted to study pre-medicine. Natalee was also part of the American Field Service helping foreign exchange students.
She was declared legally dead in 2012. With no body to bury, and full closure elusive, Natalee's parents are content that at least Joran is in prison.
He faces extradition to the US after his Peru jail term ends in 2038. He is accused of extortion and wire fraud in America which could send him to jail for 40 more years.
In 2010, Natalee's mother Beth visited Joran at the Peru jail. Later, she called it a freeing experience, as her campaign of 5 years to put him in behind bars had ended. She said that when she left the prison, she didn't feel any hate, but saw Joran as a "pathetic" person.

Unsolved Crimes | Disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway: how suspect Joran van der Sloot played with police | Stephany Flores murder | Aruba | Peru

Unsolved Crimes | Disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway: how suspect Joran played with police, then killed another girl


Unsolved Crimes | Disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway: how suspect Joran played with police

American teenager Natalee Holloway disappeared in 2005 while on vacation in Aruba. Till date, no one knows what happened to her.

A teenager goes missing. The person she was last seen with is arrested. He tells police one story after another. There's no proof, so the suspect is released, until he kills another girl. And all these years, there's no body, no sign, no idea at all of what happened to the first victim.
This is the unsolved case of Natalee Holloway.
In May 2005, 18-year-old Natalee travelled to Aruba from America. She was part of a high school seniors and chaperones' trip. On 29 May 2005, Natalee and dozens of other students went to a place called Carlos 'N' Charlie's Nightclub.
From there, the group dispersed, and Natalee was seen leaving the area at around 1:30 am in a car. She was wearing a denim mini-skirt, and a multi-coloured halter top. Three men were in the car along with Natalee - Joran van der Sloot, and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.
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That night, Natalee did not return to her hotel room. The next day - 30 May 2005 - the group returned to the US, with Natalee still missing.
Then began a game of arrest, release, repeat amid a lack of evidence, and changing stories.
On 5 June 2005, almost a week after Natalee's disappearance, police arrested two former hotel security guards. Four days later, on 9 June, Joran van der Sloot, and Deepak and Satish Kalpoe were arrested. On 15 June, Joran's house was searched, and two vehicles, computers, and cameras were seized.
Then on 18 June, the former security guards were released, while a party boat DJ was arrested. Four days later, it was the turn of Joran's father Paulus van der Sloot - a lawyer - to be arrested. On 26 June, both Paulus van der Sloot and the party boat DJ were released. On 4 July, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were released.
Almost two months later, they were arrested again, but on 3 September, Joran van der Sloot, as well as the Kalpoe brother were released again. The trio went to jail once again in late 2007, but not for long, as police still did not have much proof.
All this while, Joran and the Kalpoes played with the police - first telling one story about what happened to Natalee, and then changing it.
Initially, they claimed that they had taken Natalee to the California Lighthouse near Arashi Beach for shark watching. Later, they dropped her off at her hotel at around 2 am, where they saw a guard approaching her.
Subsequently, one of the former guards who had been arrested claimed that one of the Kalpoes had told him something else. Apparently, Natalee had not been dropped off at the hotel, and instead, Joran and Natalee had gone to a beach near the hotel.
Subsequently, Joran took authorities to the spot near the hotel where he claimed to have dropped Natalee off. He then claimed that she had fallen and hit her head while exiting the car.
A few years later, a crime journalist orchestrated a hidden-camera sting interview of Joran. In that video, Joran claimed that he had had sex with Natalee on the beach, but she had fallen sick, and starting shaking before losing consciousness. Joran confessed that he had asked a friend to throw her body out at sea.
When the sting aired, Joran claimed that what he had said was a lie to impress the person doing the hidden interview.
In 2017, a man appeared in a documentary to claim that he had helped Joran dispose of Natalee's body. A person named John Ludwick said that he had been paid in 2010 by Joran to dig up Natalee's remains and burn them. Ludwick also claimed that Natalee died due to a bad reaction to a drug which Joran had given her without telling her. Following this lead, Natalee's father and a private investigator found some human remains, but it was not Natalee.
Joran fell to even greater depths after his father died of a heart attack in 2010. He contacted the family attorney of the Holloways with a shocking deal. Joran offered to "help" Natalee's family if they paid him a quarter million dollars.
The Holloways got in touch with US agency FBI which made a plan to fool Joran into thinking that he was getting money. The objective was to put Joran behind bars, even if on wire fraud charges. Subsequently, the Holloways' attorney gave Joran $25,000 as initial payment.
In return, Joran said that he had hidden Natalee's body in the foundation of an under-construction house. But this story fell apart when Aruban authorities said that the house was not being built at the time. After this, Joran kept telling the Holloways' lawyer that he would surrender, but instead fled to Peru.
In Peru happened what seemed impossible, exactly 5 years after Natalee's disappearance. Joran met 21-yr-old Stephany Flores at Atlantic City casino in Peru's Lima. The two played poker for a few hours, and then Stephany went with Joran to his room at Hotel Tac.
On 30 May 2010 - the 5th anniversary of Natalee's disappearance - Joran left the hotel room alone, carrying nothing but a backpack. He told the reception desk not to disturb the girl in his room. Two days later, Stephany's body was found in Room 309. She had been beaten to death, possibly with a tennis racquet, and her neck was broken.
Joran fled, but was caught in Chile. He claimed to be innocent, but four days later, confessed to murdering Stephany in a fit of rage. He said that Stephany had been checking his laptop, and asking questions about Natalee Holloway. Joran justified his crime by saying that he had faced "psychological trauma" due to the Natalee case. In 2012, he was sentenced to 28-and-a-half years in prison in Peru.
Joran had a comfortable life before he turned into a murderer. He was born in 1987 in Arnhem, Netherlands. His mother was an art teacher, and father a lawyer. The family moved to Aruba when Joran was 10 years old. He was an honours student at the International School of Aruba. Joran was active in sports, as well as the island's nightlife, according to witnesses. Interestingly, Paulus van der Sloot was in the process of becoming a judge when the Natalee case happened.
Now, Joran is set to spend most of his life in prison. But he has found a wife - Leidy Figueroa - who met Joran while visiting another inmate at the prison. The two even have a daughter.
He now has a family after ruining the lives of two families.
Natalee was born in 1986 and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Her family included father Dave, mother Beth, and younger brother Matt. The kids lived primarily with their mother after their parents divorced in 1993. Natalee was an honors student, and a member of the school dance team. She had a full academic scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she wanted to study pre-medicine. Natalee was also part of the American Field Service helping foreign exchange students.
She was declared legally dead in 2012. With no body to bury, and full closure elusive, Natalee's parents are content that at least Joran is in prison.
He faces extradition to the US after his Peru jail term ends in 2038. He is accused of extortion and wire fraud in America which could send him to jail for 40 more years.
In 2010, Natalee's mother Beth visited Joran at the Peru jail. Later, she called it a freeing experience, as her campaign of 5 years to put him in behind bars had ended. She said that when she left the prison, she didn't feel any hate, but saw Joran as a "pathetic" person.

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