8 Chilling New Natalee Holloway Details

Netflix's latest docue series, examining. the Natalie Holloway case, has rocketed. to number one on the streaming service. So, what we're going to do is we're. going to take a closer look at some of. the most critical parts of the case. against her now confessed killer, you're. on Vand Derloot, as well as some of the. most shocking new details from this. documentary. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse. Weber. By the way, Thanksgiving is right around. the corner. Yeah, and Thanksgiving it's. supposed to be spending time with your.

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Thanksgiving easier or knock out a. holiday gift while you're at it. Use. code sidebar at chefiq.com to save 40%. off sitewide at checkout. Taken Natalie. Holloway. It is this brand new. documentary that premiered on Netflix on. Wednesday and it opens with a. heartbreaking scene. It's Beth Holloway. This is Natalie's mother, who has spent. the last two decades fighting for. justice in her daughter's case, chokes. up as she tries to read a victim impact.

statement. It's the same statement that. she read in an Alabama federal courtroom. to her daughter's killer, Yuron. Vanderloot. And this was after he was. convicted on extortion and wire fraud. charges as part of a bid to do less time. behind bars. Yuron agreed to finally. tell the truth or seemingly tell the. truth about what happened to Natalie. But to really understand this story, to. understand this documentary, you got to. go back to the beginning, May of 2025. This is when 18-year-old Natalie. Holloway and around a hundred of her. classmates had just graduated from high.

school in Mountain Brook, Alabama. They. set off to Aruba on a big group trip to. celebrate. It's supposed to be a happy. fun time. And some of those friends. ended up speaking with the makers of the. documentary, giving their firsthand. accounts of their final night in Aruba. And that is when they met Dutch national. Euron Vand Derloot, who was 17 at the. time. According to Natalie's friends, he. told them he was a tourist like them. But that turned out not to be true. He. lived on the island with his parents.

The last place that Natalie had been. seen by her classmates was outside a. nightclub and restaurant called Carlos. and Charlie's. Natalie was reportedly. seen getting into a car with Vanderloot. and two brothers, Deepo and Satic Kalpo. They were 21 and 18. One Fred said they. figured the men in front were taxi. drivers and Natalie would meet them back. at the Holiday Inn, the hotel. Didn't. happen. When Natalie didn't show up for. the flight the next day, panic started. to set in. Beth Holloway, Natalie's.

stepfather, Jug Twitty, and several of. Beth's friends, they headed for Aruba. right away. They even showed up at the. Vanderloot home wanting to know anything. that Euron would tell them about this. missing teen. And this began the. carousel of stories and lies that Euron. Vanderloot would tell over the next. several years. In his first telling of. the night that Natalie was last seen, he. confirmed that they met up at Carlos and. Charlie's where Natalie reportedly.

insisted he danced with her. Claimed she. was very intoxicated, wanted to keep. doing shots before saying she wanted to. go to the island's lighthouse and try to. see some sharks. Claims they laid on the. sand for a bit. They kissed, but that. was all. And then he and the brothers. dropped her back off at the Holiday Inn. He says she stumbled getting out of the. car, may have hit her head. Two security. guards reportedly picked her up and led. her back inside. Now, seems that story. may have spurred the arrest of two men. who worked as security guards. They were. actually the first suspects arrested in. connection with Natalie's case, but it. was soon revealed that Euron Vanderloot.

had lied. Natalie was never seen. returning to the hotel on surveillance. video. And despite being caught in the. lie, he wasn't arrested at that point. One of the focuses of the documentary is. the frustration that was experienced by. different groups of people involved with. the search for Natalie because Beth and. others felt that the police in Aruba, they weren't doing enough to hold Yon. Vanderloot and his alleged accompllices. accountable. Meanwhile, many locals felt. that the American media was slandering. their community. It was an island where.

tourism is vitally important and this. was hurting it. Now, Euron and the Calpo. brothers, they did all get arrested. several times, were eventually released. every time with police citing a lack of. evidence against them to keep them. behind bars. And at one point, the Ruben. Public Prosecutor's Office released a. statement saying they couldn't prove. that quote, "A crime of violence against. Natalie Holloway had been committed, nor. that her death has been caused by. involuntary actions by either of the. suspects." But it wasn't just Euron. Vanderloot who was drawing attention.

There was another detail that was. revealed in the documentary to show how. much attention was on Paulus Vanderloot. This is Euron Vanderloot's dad. Okay, he. was an attorney. He was training to be a. judge. There were a lot of rumors that. he had used his connections and his. clout and influence to help his son. escape suspicion. Aruba's then deputy. police chief Gerald Dumpig, who has not. spoken about the case publicly in more. than 10 years, told the documentary crew.

that there was no unoured connection. between Paulus and the police. department. But he admitted that. Paulus's position did complicate matters. because as an attorney, he was granted. more visits and alone time with his son. than he otherwise might have been. And. Paulus was quoted at one point as. allegedly saying, "No body, no crime.". So that only increased the mistrust in. this case. Now, he was taken into. custody at one point on suspicion of.

possible involvement in the. disappearance, but he was released. During an interview with Sidebar earlier. this week, we had TJ Ward, a private. investigator. He has helped with the. search for Natalie for years and years. From the very beginning, he claimed that. he discovered that Paulus was directly. involved in getting rid of Natalie's. body. That's his allegation. That's his. thought. And that is why he believes. Natalie's remains have never been found. If you're interested in that, you can. check out the full interview on the Long. Crime YouTube channel. But Paulus, to be. clear, has never been charged with a.

crime in connection with Natalie's death. or disappearance. Okay, let's also talk. about Greavan Sustran for a minute. Okay, because Beth Holloway also worked. closely with Fox News host Greta Van. Sustra who traveled to Aruba several. times to cover the story and help. investigate. They told the. documentarians that they'd gone to the. Vanderloot home wanting to talk and. Paulus invited them inside. The cameras. had to be turned off. According to. Greta, Anita Vand Derloot admitted that.

her son had anger management problems. since elementary school. had previously. seen a psychologist, possibly for. oppositional defiance disorder. However, she and Paulus insisted that Euron. Vanderloo was a sweet boy who would. never hurt anyone. Euron continued to. give constantly shifting stories to both. the police and reporters who were. clamoring for any new information about. the case, any clues. Deputy Police Chief. Don Pig, who I mentioned before, claims. that Euron changed his story around 40. times. But without forensics, without a.

believable confession, a body, this. investigation was at a standstill. Now, something else revealed during the. interviews was that Euron Vanderloo was. actually known on the island as a. womanizer who might have had an issue. with consent or being told no. He. reportedly had previously organized. parties for teen tourists to meet girls. So, an indication that he should have. been looked at maybe a lot more closely. And during one of those interrogations, Euron reportedly told police that Deepac. Kalpo had raped and killed Natalie and.

then he buried her body. So, that became. the first indication that Natalie. Holloway might really be dead and not. just missing. And at this point, Beth. told the interviewer that while her. entire world crumbled around her, she. kept thinking one thing. quote, "God. trusted me to take care of her for 18. years. Now I had to trust him to take. care of her." As a free man, Euron. Vanderloot went back to the Netherlands. and went to college. But he wasn't done.

being in the spotlight. Nope. Continued. to give interviews about his alleged. connection to Natalie, his claims. getting wilder and wilder. Gave an. interview where he went into graphic. detail about a sexual encounter he had. with Natalie. During another, he claimed. that he sold Natalie into sex slavery. for $10,000. He later said he made that. up. A renowned investigative reporter. out in the Netherlands. Peter Device. worked with a man who befriended Euron. Vanderloot went undercover with multiple.

cameras and microphones in a car to try. to catch your confessing to criminal. action. And I'll tell you, it seems he. did. He was seen on camera saying he. disposed of her body and that she'll. never be found. But days before the. story was set to air, Euron sent a. statement claiming that anything he said. in that car was a lie. He was just. trying to impress his friend with big. talk. Now, we told you in our last. episode about Euron Vanderloot extorting. Beth Holloway, asking for $250,000.

in exchange for information about what. happened to Natalie and where her body. was. But what he said had to be the. truth. And of course, it wasn't. Her. body wasn't found and US prosecutors. filed extortion and wire fraud charges. against Euron. But Euron did get $25,000. from Beth as a down payment and he. headed for Peru reportedly for a poker. tournament. And this is when his entire. life changes. We learned more about what. happened in Peru in this documentary.

You see, Euron Vanderloot reportedly. told police that he'd been on a losing. streak at the tables for days. And this. is when he played in a game against a. young woman named Stephanie Flores. She. beat him. They hit it off. Him offering. to teach her how to play online poker. back at his hotel. She agreed. The pair. was seen on security video from inside. the hotel lobby. And that was the last. time that Stephanie Flores was seen. alive. Euron Vanderloot would later. allegedly confess that when he opened. his laptop, there were all sorts of.

Facebook posts and messages about Euron. being indicted on those financial crimes. charges and Stephanie put two and two. together on who he was. And that's when. he claims he panicked and choked and. beat her to death. According to Peruvian. police, Stephanie was killed in that. hotel room exactly five years to the day. that Natalie Holloway disappeared. Euron. was sentenced to 28 years in a Peruvian. prison for murder. Now, meantime, the.

documentary says that Beth, Greta, others, they kept investigating and they. were still getting tips. In fact, WhatsApp messages started to pour in. with photos of alleged evidence. connecting to Natalie, like clothing. The photos also included shots of grave. sites and even bones. The person on the. other end wanted money in exchange for. sending the evidence. A shirt that Beth. was convinced must have been the one. Natalie was wearing when she disappeared. was sent in for DNA testing at the FBI.

But heartbreakingly it didn't belong to. Natalie. And it turns out the person. behind the WhatsApp was just a scammer. Back in Peru, it seemed Euron Vanderloo. was living his best life, if you can. believe it. He'd gotten married, even. had a baby thanks to conjugal visits. He. also allegedly had been allowed to have. a pet in his prison cell, a little. bunny, but that during a visit once, that bunny scratched his daughter. So, he quote ripped its head off. Yeah. An. FBI agent that was featured in the. documentary recounted that story, told.

the interviewer, quote, and then he. carried on with other conversation. I've. dealt with a lot of criminals, and as a. female, I thought, this is probably one. of the most dangerous ones. Now, with. help from the FBI, the US convinced Peru. to extradite Euron Vanderloot to the. United States to face those extortion. charges. And the idea would be that he. would be sent right back to Peru after. all of that. And a deal was worked out. where Euron would come to Alabama as a. loner prisoner. And if he told them what.

really happened to Natalie Holloway, the. sentence would be concurrent with the. one in Peru, meaning it would be served. at the same time, not additional time. He'd never have to spend any time in an. American prison if his whole term was. finished there. But if for some reason. Peru lets him out early, he'll be sent. back to the United States. There was a. man described as one of the FBI's best. polygraphers, Michael Leock, brought in. He was brought in to hear what Euron. Vanderloot had to say, concluding that. he was likely telling the truth. So what.

did Euron say? Euron told investigators. that he got Deepo to drop him and. Natalie off on the beach near her hotel. so he could try to smooth talk his way. into getting her to sleep with him. They. laid down in the sand. They were. kissing, but when he tried to go. further, she said no. He insisted, but. then she kicked him in the crotch. So he. said he then kicked her quote extremely. hard in the face and then picked up a. nearby cinder block and crushed her head. with it. claimed he dragged and carried.

her body kneede into the ocean and let. her go. But here's the thing, the waters. all around Ruba had been searched. How. could they not have found any sign of. her? So, in the documentary, the. polygrapher said he's also an avid water. sports guy and he'd actually been to. Aruba where he discovered that on one. side of the island, the wind blows hard. away from shore. So if her body had. gotten to a certain distance, she was. gone. Beth Holloway said hearing Euron's.

confession was incredibly difficult, but. that the not knowing was the worst part. That was pure torture. So while Euron. Vanderloot confessed to killing Natalie. Holloway, he's never been charged with. her murder. His confession couldn't be. used against him as part of a profer. agreement, and the statute of. limitations has run out in Aruba. So is. there a new legal path? Well, here's the. thing. Beth Holloway's fight isn't over. just yet. She revealed to a Netflix blog.

on the day that the documentary. premiered that she had been working. handinhand with Dutch attorneys to see. that Euron be held accountable. According to the blog, they're working. to file a murder complaint with. authorities out in the Netherlands. One. of the attorneys working with Beth. Holloway is Royce Devise. This is the. son of the journalist I mentioned. before, Peter Devise, whose undercover. reporting exposed Euron. He says he's. going to finish what his father started. And as Beth said in the documentary, quote, I think Natalie would be proud of.

all of us. Euron tangled with the wrong. girl. I want to bring in somebody who. has been following this case. I want to. bring in somebody who watched the. documentary. Matt Manino, criminal. defense attorney, former prosecutor, friend of the show. Matt, thanks for. taking the time. You're watching this. documentary. Okay, you're seeing this. What was the biggest revelation to you? What do you see maybe as the something. you didn't know? Biggest new piece of. information or maybe not. Maybe not. I. mean, what what can you tell me?

>> Well, Jesse, I I thought it I thought it. was well done. Um. the one thing that I was really. interested in that that I hadn't seen. before was the interaction between. attorney um Kelly and Vanderloot. you. know, that that that sort of setup where. where they're in the hotel room and. they're talking specifically. about him telling where Natalie's body. is and actually signing an agreement, accepting some cash, having money wired.

Um, you know, that that, you know, we. knew that there were charges ultimately. filed against him and that he was that. he plead guilty to those um uh wire. fraud charges. Uh but but to see how. that was all set up with the aid of the. FBI, I thought was an interesting uh. perspective on on how uh they were. relentless in trying to get a. prosecution of u uh Vanderloot. >> I thought the part the renowned. polygrapher on hand like is is your. Vanderlow telling the truth in the end?

Was he telling the truth during this. profer because he seems like a. compulsive liar that he's never can be. believed. What was your take on it? Is. that what happened to Natalie Holloway? Because again, I mentioned it before, you know, he maybe he maybe killed her. that way, but did he dispose of her body. in that way? There could be different. ways to look at whether or not her body. was put in the water. I mean, do you. believe that that is the truth is what. to happen to her? >> Well, you know, we know that he's told. literally, you know, tens of hundreds of.

different uh things that happened here. He had a different story. He would. change it as he was talking. Uh so it's. hard to say, hey, this is a reliable. statement, but there was a polygraph and. and you know, scientifically polygraphs, although they're not admissible in. court, uh you know, they they um are. used widely and accepted uh in the. criminal justice system um you know, as. a tool to help investigations. And here. I thought the polygrapher who they you.

know touted as one of the top. polygraphers in the FBI you know gave us. some good insight on on what is involved. in a polygraph. But also I thought it. was interesting that he added his own. sort of footnote that hey I was in Aruba. and and you know the uh the island the. water on one side will will push you. back to shore and on the other side will. take you out to sea. um you know so so. it's it is plausible uh that Vanderloot.

took Natalie Holloway's body put her in. the water after he bludgeoned her and. that her body went out the sea because. she was on that side of the island where. where that would happen. Uh so I thought. that was an interesting perspective on. on you know that question because a lot. of people have asked you know h how did. her body vanish and go out to sea and. and that was an interesting uh footnote. on it.

>> Look the the other question is what's. justice? What's justice in this case? Justice would be Yuron Vanderloot being. tried for murder somewhere and spending. the rest of his life in prison I. imagine. Right. So the question becomes. can he be charged in Aruba? Can he be. charged in the Netherlands? You see. reporting right now about potential ways. that could happen. I guess it's under. review by both jurisdictions, but. there's statute of limitations issues. There's also um issues with the actual. charges jurisdiction. Do you think it's.

possible that he could be brought up on. murder charges in Aruba in the. Netherlands? Well, uh, Jesse, you know, I took a look at the law in Aruba, and. it's unusual in that they have a statute. of limitations for murder of 12 years. So, if 12 years passes from the time a. murder occurs and there's no arrest, uh, then there's no way to go forward with a. homicide or or or murder charge in.

Aruba. And and that's completely. different than every state in the United. States. In in every state in in the. United States, there is no statute of. limitations for murder. So, you know, a. murder could happen 50 years ago, and we. see these cold cases where we're able to. to to make some uh DNA match or. something years and years after. a homicide occurred, and you're able to. prosecute based on that. It doesn't. appear that that's the case in Aruba.

Now I don't know what what the Dutch. authorities could do um with regard to. this but uh you know it the other thing. that I think is important is that there. was this discussion that. if he confessed and and said what. happened to Natalie that there wouldn't. be any prosecution for that. And we. we've seen how that's worked in other. cases where where district attorneys. have made or prosecutors have made. promises not to prosecute and then later. a new prosecutor wants to and those.

cases have been problematic. So So I. think it would be a a difficult task at. this point to prosecute him for. homicide. >> Do you think that deal was a mistake? Well, I think they they wanted closure. um you know, for Natalie Holloway's. family. Obviously, Beth Holloway uh was. was a real um force in this case. And. and you know, for the most part, when. when you look at at this um series, you.

know, it's it's kind of a victory lap. for Beth Holiday. C Holiday Certainly, it's a terrible terrible case. your. daughter is murdered uh and and and. disappears on this on this school trip. Um you know, but you know, she was a. force and you know, is it is it is it. fair ultimately that someone has. confessed to a crime and and is not.

going to be held accountable for that. specific crime? Um, I I think, you know, looking at the statute of limitations. and looking at what was available, this. was the best option uh for prosecutors. uh to try to get at least closure for. the Holloway family. >> There's a lot of questions about, you. know, did he have help? Do you got a. sense of clarity? What do you think? Well, you know, we know about the the um. the two brothers that that, you know, were in the car that had had driven uh.

Natalie, you know, allegedly driven. Natalie in in uh uh Vanderloot to the. beach. Um you know, he at one point. tried to blame them uh for for her uh. disappearance and her her death. Um, you. know, there there are so many factors. and and we saw during as we watched. this, you know, how how some of the some. of her friends and and others came under. scrutiny, you know, why would you let. her if she was drinking, why would you.

let her leave with three guys in the. car? Why didn't you try to get a hold of. her? Why didn't you try to find her? Why. didn't you know she was missing until. the following day? uh you know and and. frankly it got it got pretty ugly with. with sort of the media mob attacking the. police investigation attacking you know. friends of the victim in in in some way. Um you know but but ultimately. um you know he he's taken responsibility. for it but can we believe him based on.

his track record? Yeah, it's it's it's. frightening because. you think Stephanie Flores could have. been alive. She could have if if Would. you agree with that? Would you agree if. things were handled differently, she'd. be alive today? >> Well, yeah. I mean, I if he wasn't free, you know, you know, to to go about and. do whatever he wanted to do, travel, you. know, get on a plane and and fly to a a. poker tournament. Um, yeah, she she.

would be alive today. I mean, we know. that that there wasn't a confession from. him early, but there were contradictory. statements. I mean, he gave so many. different versions of what occurred. almost, you know, thumbming his nose at. authorities in some way and and feeling. emboldened by that. You can you can just. see by his demeanor uh when he's. transported and finally released uh you. know, from jail. You know, were these.

were these statements at least enough, hey, he's lying to authorities, he's. lying to investigators. Is there some. way that you can continue to hold this. person, you know, while this. investigation continues? Can you charge. him with making false statements to the. police, which in some way, you know, could could detain him further? I mean, there there are a lot of different. things in hindsight that you could look. at, but it just as a former prosecutor, you know, I spent eight years as the. district attorney in the county in. Western Pennsylvania, you know, this is.

a guy that you really have some strong. opinions about if you're an. investigator. And we heard from the. investigator uh himself um you know, he. he wouldn't go on camera, but he would. he did talk to the to the series. Um, you know, was there more that that you. could do here? Was was there was there. something that prosecutors in Aruba and. the authorities could do to charge him. with at least giving false statements, misleading information in a very serious.

criminal investigation that somehow. could have restrained his his his. movements. >> That's a fair question. You have to it. comes up during the course of the. documentary. Look, I think I think the. biggest takeaway of course is how strong. this family is, right? Beth Holloway's. mission to keep, you know, trying to. find answers as to what would happen to. her daughter, keep her memory alive. Um, and this is not the end of the journey, potentially get justice in a different. way. Um, I always wonder whenever you. see these kinds of documentaries about.

older cases, first of all, younger. people who probably didn't even know. about this are now exposed to this. We. also live in a day and age where social. media, there's new, you know, digital. evidence. Um, it just makes me wonder. that with the this documentary, could we see movement? Could we see more. answers? Could we see more information. coming out today in a way that maybe. wasn't possible years ago? Well, Jesse, that's an excellent question and I think. we see that in a lot of cases um where.

you know essentially you know this a. cold case uh you know sits there for. years and and all of a sudden you know. there's new evidence revealed. There's. there's something that that leads. prosecutors to to evidence that. ultimately uh can be used through the. technology that we have today to tie. somebody uh to to a horrendous crime, you know, such as this one. um you know this happened you know 21.

years ago and there's still interest in. it and and I think that this the way. that this um series unfolded on on. Netflix you know chronologically it you. know for people who who don't know. anything about it or people who heard. about it or read about it at the time. can now put into place exactly what. happened here and you can see how this. invest in investigation evolved and. ultimately. its failures uh at times and ultimately. some innovation by the FBI and Beth.

Holloway's attorney uh to get some. accountability for Vanderloot. Um I I. think uh was was a revelation. >> We shall see. We shall see what happens. next. Matt Manino, thank you so much. I. really appreciate it. >> Thank you, Jesse. >> And that's all we have for you right now. here on Sidebar, everybody. Thank you so. much for joining us. I'm Jesse Weber. I'll speak to you next time.