[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
It's 7:16.
Sitting outside the
Brickell Bay Beach Club,
waiting for John and his girlfriend
to depart Aruba, heading
back to the States.
So if John misses his flight,
doesn't he have to do a reschedule fee?
John is stuck here.
We can only speculate
what he's gonna do.
I mean, what is he gonna do?
He's gonna have to start
gambling to try and earn money,
but he doesn't even have
any money to start with.
Gabe leaving John and
his girlfriend here
gives the Arubans more
time to pick them up
and get information out of him.
There he is, there he is.
They are running.
We're gonna circle around and see.
Okay, he's got a ride somewhere.
Oh, here's the taxi.
I was like, "Oh, my lord,
he's getting away."
He's in a taxi; He's getting away."
[TENSE MUSIC]
He ran like a bat out of hell.
Oh, f
We've given the police all
of their flight information.
They know when they leave.
All we can hope is that
they're waiting for them
at security at the airport.
Oh, he's hauling



.
Oh, she got plenty of money.
Yeah, guys, they're running around,
trying to figure out where to check in.
[PLANE WHINES]
Well, they were able to
scurry in and get through
Get through customs and check in.
So they're on the plane with Gabriel.
Just kind of sad that
we've come this far
and hit another dead end.
But the only saving grace is,
maybe kick-started for the Arubans.
They might be able to
get some trace evidence
and be able to implicate
John, get him back here.
But as it stands right now,
we move on.
[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]
When do you y'all think
y'all will be leaving?
Well, I don't know yet.
So we'll see.
Hey, they're back.
Hey, guys.
- What's going on, folks?
- Oh, hi, there.
What's going on?
What's going on?
It's been a crazy day.
Eventful morning.
We went to the hotel.
Gabriel and his girlfriend
came out by themselves.
And they got in the car and left.
- Alone.
- Alone.
And right around 8:00
or a little bit after,
John and his girlfriend
came out running.
I mean, they came out running.
And just happened to be
a taxi they waved down.
So Gabriel left them?
He left them.
He surely left them.
They must have told this taxi driver
they'd give him extra money,
because he was driving
like a bat out of hell.
I mean, he was flying.
They made the flight.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Absolutely feel like he slipped
right through my fingertips,
because we were so confident
that he would at least get
called in for questioning.
It's very deflating.
Of course I'm disappointed,
but I'm not surprised.
I've been down this road too many times
to get my hopes up.
If this turns out to be a hoax,
then that's a very sick person.
But, you know, his time will come.
There'll be some tough
times for that guy.
You saw what happened
to Joran van der Sloot.
He's serving 28 years at a
horrible, horrible prison.
He's living in horrible conditions.
Inside his cell, his bed,
a mattress on a slab of cement.
His sink and toilet,
little more than a hole in the floor.
There's no electricity, no
heat, no air conditioning.
It's just brick walls and bars.
And he said in the wintertime,
it gets down below freezing.
If you don't have a roommate
that you can snuggle up with,
you'll freeze to death.
Even though it's not
for Natalee's justice,
but just knowing the fact
that he's behind bars
in a very difficult environment
gives you some sense of satisfaction.
That was part of the
healing process for us,
just knowing he was locked
up in a horrible prison.
That gave us some closure.
His sentence was 28 years.
So it's been seven now,
so he's got 21 more to go.
And after 21 years, he'll
come to the United States
to face those extortion charges,
where he faces up to 50 years.
So, according to the FBI,
he'll never get out
of the prison system.
But, you know, that still
does not resolve the issue
of, you know, where's Natalee?
What did they do with her?
And what exactly happened?
We are here in the Sarasota office
of the Florida FBI office.
And John is gonna do the right thing.
We are here in the Sarasota office
of the Florida FBI office.
And John is gonna do the right thing.
My f ing heart is pounding.
Huh?
Heart's pounding.
You need to relax, man.
It's gonna be okay.
You just need to relax.
Okay, today is Sunday March 26, 2017.
I'm here with John Ludwig.
You're here on your own accord?
- Yes.
- You know I'm recording it.
You know I'm filming it, okay.
And I hope that you'll
be truthful to me,
what your involvement
is and what you know,
what Joran van der Sloot told you,
- okay?
- Okay.
How long have you known
Joran van der Sloot?
Since 2010, February,
when his dad died and
he moved back to Aruba.
- Okay.
- I was living there
at the time.
And we happened to just run into