responsible, and her mother and stepfather thought she had earned it. this was her reward for working so hard and getting a scholarship to alabama. a reward that promised a tropical paradise, an island full of fun, adventure and partying, lots of partying, with old friends, and new ones. like joran van der sloot, a charming and outgoing young man who called aruba his home. jean casarez is a correspondent with hln s in session. joran van der sloot was a young man that came from a very good family, went to a very prestigious school in aruba. van der sloot seemed to have everything going for him. but he also had a reputation as a party boy with a temper. this is the managing editor of the aruban newspaper. what do we know about joran? i mean, on the surface, he was
van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee s body. but wouldn t say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. his original message, for $250,000, i ll tell you what happened to her. and because he s playing on their emotions and saying, i ll give you this if you give me money, basically an extortion. finally after five long years, beth holloway would sit face to face with the man she believes knows what happened to her daughter. it s too late for natalee, it s too late for stephany. it s too late for me. but it s not too late for you, joran. you can make some choices here, and you can make the right decision. if it was an accident, tell me.
why are you running? authorities seemed to be no closer to solving the mystery. then, earlier this year, a stunning twist. 21-year-old stephany flores is found dead in a lima, peru, hotel room. video surveillance shows a man outside the room where her body was found. joran van der sloot. police announce he s their prime suspect. the most striking thing to me when i think about natalee holloway and stephany flores, both of them together, they had one common denominator, it was joran van der sloot. stephany flores was with joran van der sloot five years to the day that natalee holloway was last seen. and that was the last time stephany flores is seen. peruvian police track down
an honor student. he seemed to be a good kid, as you would say, raised by good family. what do we know really about him? we know that he had a very serious problem with his anger, with the rage that was within him once he lost control of himself. van der sloot s former attorney disputes that assertion saying joran didn t have a documented anger problem, insisting that van der sloot had a really good reputation. natalee spent the night partying with her friends here at this once popular night spot, carlos n charlie s. she was last seen around 1:00 in the morning getting into a car with joran van der sloot and two of his friends. she never returned to her hotel. coming up, an agonizing mystery in the caribbean and a mother s desperate pleas for help. natalee, you can reach me on
editor of this aruban newspaper. none of them were telling the truth. all three of them know what happened to natalee, i m sure of that. joran knows because he was involved. and the kalpoe brothers know because he told them. i mean, they were buddies. van der sloot s former attorney says the editor s statement is given out of ignorance, not supported at all. the three young men are believed to be the last to see natalee, and natalee s parents are hopeful. after weeks of interrogation, the young men are free once again. sen tekds. jean casarez has followed van der sloot s case extensively for hln s in session. they need evidence. they re looking for forensic evidence because they want something to corroborate the