The plea deal appeared to benefit both van der Sloot and the Holloway family. He was accused of trying to sell information about the location of Holloway’s remains to her mother, Beth Holloway, in exchange for $250,000. Van der Sloot’s confession was publicized shortly after he pleaded guilty in an Alabama federal court Wednesday to extorting and defrauding Holloway’s family. How the search for answers has unfolded since Natalee Holloway vanished in 2005 Mountain Brook High School/Holloway family Natalee Holloway is seen in her senior year portrait from the Mountain Brook High School yearbook.
