7. The 2006 Arrests
Both of Van der Sloot’s friends were rearrested on August 26, 2006 due to being linked with taking photographs of underage girls. The police hoped this might force the boys to talk and finally reveal the truth about what happened to Holloway. Unfortunately for the local authorities, no confessions were made. At this time Van der Sloot once again changed his story, saying Holloway had drug paraphernalia on her and wanted to be left on the beach alone, so he did. According to Holloway’s parents and classmates, this seemed very out of character for Natalee.