The Lies of Joran van der Sloot: The Full Timeline of Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores Ramirez

The Lies of Joran van der Sloot: The Full Timeline of Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores Ramirez

From Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast by Moms and Mysteries Podcast

July 7, 2026 · 1h 7m

About this episode

This episode lays out the entire timeline of the Natalee Holloway case and the subsequent murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez by Joran van der Sloot.

For nearly two decades, one man told story after story about what happened to Natalee Holloway. He blamed other people, invented elaborate coverups, took money from her family in exchange for false information, and even confessed more than once, only to take it all back. Many of us followed this case in real time as it dominated the news headlines for years. From Natalee's disappearance in Aruba in 2005, to Joran's arrest and conviction for the brutal murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez in Peru in 2010, to his eventual federal confession in 2023, the developments kept coming. But because the news came out in pieces over eighteen years, it was easy to lose track of how all the threads connected. This week we are laying out the entire timeline from beginning to end to piece the whole story together in one place. We look at Joran's early warning signs, the devastating mistakes in the initial Aruban investigation, the sting operations, the second tragic murder that could have been prevented, and the confession that finally brought a form of resolution to a grieving mother. If you lived through the news coverage of this case the way we did, this episode is the perfect way to see how the…

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