Exactly five years to the day that Beth Holloway’s daughter Natalee disappeared in Aruba on a class trip, another young woman was murdered by the prime suspect in Natalee’s case. Joran van der Sloot confessed to killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Peru hotel room, a murder with eerily similar circumstances to Natalee’s death. Even though Natalee’s case remains unsolved, Beth says that Flores’ death has helped her accept her daughter’s own fate.
“When I saw the ferocity of how he murdered Stephany, it really kind all of brought it full-circle to me then as to what happened to Natalee,” Beth tells Oprah in an interview from “Oprah: Where Are They Now?”. “That really marked my journey as far as beginning to accept — not get the closure, but to understand — that I now need to begin to find peace and joy, and to move on.”
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“Oprah: Where Are They Now?” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on OWN, returning with all new episodes in March.
