Updated Timeline:
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March 29th
- Joran contacts Beth Holloway and offers to share how she died and where the body was hidden in exchange for $250,000. (16)*
April 3, 2010
[*]John Q. Kelly and Beth Holloway fly to Aruba to meet with Joran. No money exchanged.
April 15, 2010
[*]Beth Holloway wires $100.00 to Joran with more to come. (verified in unsealed additional documents)
May 10th
- $15,000 wired from Beth Holloway's Mountain Brook, Ala. bank, to a bank in the Netherlands. (6,9,16)
- $10,000 paid to Joran in cash. (9,16)
- Joran takes them to a house and tells them it is where NH's body is hidden. It was later discovered the house did even not exist when she disappeared, proving the story a lie. (16)
- Contract is signed between Joran, Beth and John Q. Kelly as well as photographs taken of them signing contract. ( verified: in Nancy Grace Transcript: 6/11/10 )
May 13th
- Joran leaves Aruba.
- Joran arrives Colombia
May 14th
- Leaves Colombia ()
- Arrives in Lima, Peru ()
- [May have Checked into Hotel TAC - Conflicting reports. - This date is less credible than may 16th.]
May 16th
- Joran checks in to Hotel TAC, and prepays for 14 Nights. (11)
May 17th
- Joran admits in an email that he lied about the information he gave. (16)
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May 24, 2010
John Q. Kelly sends Joran an email: Very troubled. I'll contact you tomorrow. (verified Today Show, also image in Media thread)
NOTE: There also has to be a follow-up email from John Q. Kelly to Joran.
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May 25, 2010
Joran sends John Q. Kelly and email: "I understand, and I am sorry even though you might not believe it, I trully am. I will wait to hear from you. (veried Today Show. also image in Media thread)
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May 27, 2010
Joran meets Stephany for the first time. (verified Jean C. News Report)
May 30th
- Surveillance video shows Joran and Stephany playing poker at the same table, and Stephany winning $1700. (10)
- 5:15am - Leaves Atlantic City Casino ()
- 5:20am - Arrives at Hotel Tac Lobby ()
- 5:21am - Leaves Hotel Tac Lobby towards room 309 (2,3,15)
- 5:23am - Enters Room (2,3,15)
- 8:10am - Seen on camera leaving room in same clothes he entered room earlier in, Goes to gas station/supermarket to buy 2 cups of coffee and bread.
- *Stephany uses his computer and finds emails relating to Natalee Holloway (5)
- Seen on camera returning from buying coffee at gas station/supermarket. Holds 2 cups of coffee and bread (biscuits). (17)
- Stephany confronts him about emails, they fight.
- [8:30am - Conflicting reports - Murder Takes Place, Time of death. (17)]
- 8:35am - Leaves the room carrying 2 cups of coffee, and something else (keys) in his hand. Closes the door behind him. Stands outside room looking around, and knocks on the door as if he is locked out. Walks out of frame. (18)
- *Drinks coffee and eats biscuits while he considers what to do with the body.
- 8:35am - Leaves the room carrying 2 cups of coffee, and something else (keys) in his hand. Closes the door behind him. Stands outside room looking around, and knocks on the door as if he is locked out. Walks out of frame. (18)*
- 8:37am - Walks back into frame, looks at camera. Leaves and tells front desk that he got locked out. (18)
- 8:39am - Hotel staff member opens the door for him. Joran is carrying 2 cups of coffee. Once door is open, staff member leaves without going inside. (18)
- 8:46am - JVS Leaves Hotel Tac wearing different clothes, carrying 2 bags (3,15)
- Takes taxi to Jorge Chavez Airport, but gets freaked out by police. Instead: (19)*
- Takes a taxi to Peru/Chile border. (13)
June 1st
- 11pm - Hotel TAC receives call from someone looking for vadersloot. Call was forwarded but noone answered. (8)
June 2nd
- ~12am - Hotel Receptionist notices Joran owes money for 2 nights, goes up to the room, and knocked on the door. Noone answered, but she heard the television blaring and assumed he was sleeping. She spoke with someone, presumably her manager, and he said to use a spare key to go in. When she went in, she discovered the body. Stephany was wearing only red panties and a black t-shirt, but was half covered with a piece of white clothing. The receptionist turned off the TV and lights on her way out. (8)
- Joran Enters Chile On Foot - Customs Paperwork (10)
- Stays in a hotel in Santiago. Leaves his credit cards there. (6 pg. 2)
June 3rd
- Joran is captured by police while travelling in a taxi on the highway between Santiago and Valparaiso. (11)
- Extortion Charges Are Filed
June 4th
- Joran is flown to the border city of Arica to be expelled. (12,14)
- Joran arrives in Peru, driven across border near Santa Rosa to police station. (12)
June 5th
- Joran arrives at Lima Police Headquarters. (14)
June 7th
- Confesses to her murder while in Peruvian Custody.
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