“I think she fought like hell with her killer. She stood her ground,' Beth Holloway said of Natalee's final moments fighting van der Sloot.
What would have been a day of celebration for her loved ones comes three days after it was revealed van der Sloot had confessed to bludgeoning the 18-year-old to death and dragging her into the ocean after she fought off unwanted sexual advances.
In high school, Natalee was in the National Honor Society, studied Spanish and was a member of American Field Service, which works with foreign exchange students. She had taken trips to Europe, Canada and some cruises. She planned to study premed that fall on an academic scholarship. “We are convinced that a higher power will pronounce the ultimate judgment on this defendant and anyone else who helped him prevent us from bringing Natalee home,” his statement read.
“Yes, I said, ‘That’s her,’” Beth Holloway recalled with a brief smile. “She fought like hell. I think she fought like hell with her killer. She stood her ground.” Prosecutors in Aruba on Thursday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to send them records from its investigation of Joran van der Sloot after his confession. In Aruba, the statute of limitations for homicide is 12 years.in her death “cannot be answered with a straightforward yes or no,” Ann Angela, a spokeswoman for Aruban prosecutors, said.
“She was smart, and so accomplished, and I have no doubt she would have made all her dreams come true. She had real hope. The hope that filled her heart fills mine, and I will wake up every day remembering who she was,” Holloway said in her impact statement to van der Sloot.
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