‘Taken: Natalee Holloway’: Where Is Joran van der Sloot Now & Will He Face More Charges?

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Taken: Natalee Holloway is now streaming on Netflix, revisiting the disappearance of Natalee Holloway more than two decades after the case first made headlines.
The three-part documentary, which premiered on Wednesday (November 4), follows Beth Holloway‘s search for answers after her 18-year-old daughter disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba in May 2005.
In October 2023, Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing Natalee as part of a plea agreement in a federal extortion and wire fraud case connected to her disappearance.
Although the now 39-year-old confessed to the killing, he has never been convicted of Natalee‘s murder.
Now, Beth is revealing that she’s continuing to pursue criminal charges against him in the Netherlands.
Keep reading to find out where Joran van der Sloot is today and what could happen next…

Where Is Joran van der Sloot Now?
Joran van der Sloot remains imprisoned in Peru, where he is serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramírez.
The Dutch national was convicted in 2012 following Stephany‘s killing in Lima, Peru.
He was temporarily transferred to the United States in 2023 to face charges involving an attempt to extort money from Natalee‘s mother in exchange for information about her daughter’s remains.
On October 18, 2023, he pleaded guilty to extortion and wire fraud and received a 20-year federal prison sentence, which runs concurrently with his Peruvian sentence.
As part of the agreement, Joran provided investigators with an account of Natalee‘s death, admitting that he killed her on an Aruban beach in 2005 and disposed of her body in the ocean.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, he had previously obtained $25,100 from Beth after promising information about Natalee‘s remains.
As recently as August 2026, Joran was reported to be held at Challapalca prison in southern Peru, where he requested a transfer after claiming that other inmates had threatened him, according to NL Times.
It remains unclear whether that transfer request has been approved.

Will Joran van der Sloot Face Murder Charges for Natalee Holloway’s Death?
Although Joran confessed to killing Natalee in 2023, he has not been charged with her murder.
However, Beth is continuing her efforts to hold him legally accountable.
In a new interview with Netflix’s Tudum, published on November 4, Beth revealed that she’s working with Dutch attorneys Royce de Vries and Annemiek van Spanje to pursue murder charges.
“The nightmare’s over, right? But I’m not done yet,” she said.
Beth filed a criminal complaint with Dutch prosecutors in March 2026.
In April, Aruba’s Public Prosecution Service announced that it was making its case file available to prosecutors in Amsterdam to help them assess the complaint.
Aruban authorities explained that the statute of limitations had expired for manslaughter in Aruba and that the evidence they reviewed was insufficient to establish murder or aggravated manslaughter charges there.
However, Dutch prosecutors could potentially pursue a case because Joran is a Dutch national and the applicable limitation period has not expired in the Netherlands, according to Dutch prosecutors.
That does not mean charges are guaranteed.
Beth told Netflix that Dutch prosecutors are gathering documents related to Natalee‘s case as they review the possibility of further legal action.
“It’s in the hopper,” she said of the case’s current status, adding that seeking justice is a “new mission.”
“I stayed true to my mission, I wanted answers, I got [them]. Took a long time. Now, OK, this is another step,” she explained.
For now, no new murder charges have been announced, and there is no confirmed timeline for a charging decision.
All three episodes of Taken: Natalee Holloway are available to stream on Netflix.
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