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Netflix announces 3-part documentary on disappearance of Natalee Holloway
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The disappearance and death of an Alabama teenager is the subject of a forthcoming Netflix documentary titled “Taken: Natalee Holloway“. Set to premiere Nov. 4, 2026, the three-part documentary will focus on the infamous disappearance of high school graduate Natalee Holloway during a class trip to Aruba and her mother’s 20-year battle for justice.
Netflix to spotlight disappearance of Natalee Holloway
In 2005, Mountain Brook High School graduate Natalee Holloway disappeared during a class trip to Aruba. What followed was a two-decade-long nightmare in which investigators and Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway, searched relentlessly for answers.
Although Natalee was officially declared dead in 2012, her disappearance remained a high-profile missing-persons case until late 2023, when Dutch national Joran van der Sloot confessed to Natalee’s murder. Following the confession, van der Sloot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for extortion and wire fraud, served concurrently with a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores.
Netflix’s upcoming three-part documentary series will tell the story through the eyes of those closest to Natalee, including her mother and friends who were with her on that fateful trip.
You can watch the trailer and read the synopsis for “Taken: Natalee Holloway” below.
“On May 30, 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway vanished on a high school graduation trip to Aruba — and never came home. What followed was years of unanswered questions, a missing teenager, and a mother’s relentless fight for the truth. Now, over 20 years later, Natalee’s mother, Beth, is ready to tell the complete story. With exclusive, unprecedented access to Beth and those who were with Natalee when she vanished, this three-part documentary series from Story Syndicate (Maternal Instinct, Titan: The Oceangate Disaster) and directors Dani Sloane and Matthew Galkin is the definitive account of a case that gripped a nation and never let go. It’s a story of a mother who refused to stop searching, an investigation that spanned continents, and a daughter whose memory endures. This is Natalee’s story, told at last in full.”
Netflix synopsis
“Taken: Natalee Holloway” will premiere on Netflix on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.
