Shocking Discovery! Natalee Holloway’s Father Finds Human Remains In Aruba

Twelve years after Natalee Holloway vanished during a vacation in Aruba, her father says he hopes a recent discovery of human remains could give him answers about what happened to his daughter.

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Dave Holloway revealed on Wednesday that he and private investigator T.J. Ward have conducted an 18-month investigation and discovered human remains. However it is not yet clear if the remains are Natalee’s, and they are being DNA tested to determine their identity.

“When we determined these remains were human, I was shocked,” Holloway said on Today. “I know there’s a possibility this could be someone else, and I’m just trying to wait and see.”

Holloway disappeared during a trip with friends in 2005 following her graduation from an Alabama high school. The story made headlines around the world,  but no one has ever been charged in her disappearance.

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Joran van der Sloot, the man who Natalee was last seen with outside a popular tourist bar, was named as an early person of interest. He is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for killing business student Stephany Flores, who was murdered on the fifth anniversary of Holloway’s disappearance.

An informant known as “Gabriel” put Holloway and Ward in contact with a man they claim had knowledge of Natalee’s disappearance.

Calling the lead “by far the most credible” he had seen in the past 12 years, Holloway stated that the man claimed he had been directly involved in disposing of Natalee’s remains — along with van der Sloot.

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The tip led the men to a location behind a house in Aruba, where a team dug up remains that were later tested and found to be human.

The DNA test will take several weeks to a month, Holloway said. If they turn out not to be Natalee, he says he hopes the Aruban government will work with them to determine whose they are, and figure out if a crime has been committed.

To learn more about this case, watch the “Natalee Holloway: Lost in Paradise” episode of Investigation Discovery’s Vanity Fair Confidential on ID GO now!

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Main photo: Dave Holloway [Today / YouTube (screenshot)]

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