Natalee Holloway Is Dead, Judge Decides.Missing teenager Natalee Holloway was declared officially dead today in a gloomy court in Alabama, according to a lawyer representing the girl's father.
Judge Alan King signed the statement after a hearing attended by both parents in Brimingham Holloway, according to Mark White, attorney for Holloway's father. The statement will then go to the Civil Registry Office, which will produce a death certificate, said White.
Beth Holloway sat quietly in the back of the courtroom for the procedure, according to his lawyer John P. Rey. She had opposed the idea of declaring her dead daughter, he was unwilling to give up the slight hope that Natalee could be alive somewhere, said King.
Holloway's request to be declared dead came from his father David Holloway said in court documents that because no evidence of Natalee is alive, it's time to declare his legally dead.
The father had previously told ABC News that his request was prompt in part by their desire to use $ 2,000 of Natalee college fund to help his younger brother.
His lawyer, Mark White, said his client would receive the close of the proceedings and allowed to present the death certificate as proof, in case you need it, that her daughter is gone. White noted that dealing with insurance and other "paperwork" can be difficult without the statement.
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Natalee's mother agreed.
"Beth's position is that she has no proof or indication that Natalee is still alive, but in the absence of any evidence or indication that she is dead, she always wants to be in that bright light of hope," said Beth Holloway's attorney, John P. Kelly. "No mother likes, without evidence, that his daughter was pronounced dead. She wants to carry around everywhere in your heart."
Kelly said that since no one had any evidence that Natalee may still be alive, was a foregone conclusion that the request be granted.
Beth Holloway, when asked about the request of her husband in September, said that the actions of Dave "inexplicable" and said he was taken by surprise that he had presented.
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The hearing came a day after a judicial process in Peru, where the main suspect in the disappearance of Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, pleaded guilty to killing a different woman. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday and is expected to be sentenced by the Peruvian court. Who has admitted killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores, a business woman from Peru, May 30, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Natalee is.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, was never indicted for the death of Holloway in Aruba, but was arrested and detained for questioning in the matter twice.
Beth Holloway has been relentless in their efforts to find out what happened to her daughter, even fall in a Peruvian jail for dealing with van der Sloot.
At one point, she agreed to a sting, apparently fulfilling the Van Der Sloot demand for cash in exchange for information about where the body of his daughter. The operation was supervised by the authorities in Aruba, but van der Sloot left the island before the FBI filed charges of extortion.
Natalee Holloway was the last day of a trip to Aruba with her graduating senior class at Mountain Brook High School in New York when she returned to her hotel. She was last seen in a car with several people, including Van der Sloot.
Judge Alan King signed the statement after a hearing attended by both parents in Brimingham Holloway, according to Mark White, attorney for Holloway's father. The statement will then go to the Civil Registry Office, which will produce a death certificate, said White.
Beth Holloway sat quietly in the back of the courtroom for the procedure, according to his lawyer John P. Rey. She had opposed the idea of declaring her dead daughter, he was unwilling to give up the slight hope that Natalee could be alive somewhere, said King.
Holloway's request to be declared dead came from his father David Holloway said in court documents that because no evidence of Natalee is alive, it's time to declare his legally dead.
The father had previously told ABC News that his request was prompt in part by their desire to use $ 2,000 of Natalee college fund to help his younger brother.
His lawyer, Mark White, said his client would receive the close of the proceedings and allowed to present the death certificate as proof, in case you need it, that her daughter is gone. White noted that dealing with insurance and other "paperwork" can be difficult without the statement.
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Natalee's mother agreed.
"Beth's position is that she has no proof or indication that Natalee is still alive, but in the absence of any evidence or indication that she is dead, she always wants to be in that bright light of hope," said Beth Holloway's attorney, John P. Kelly. "No mother likes, without evidence, that his daughter was pronounced dead. She wants to carry around everywhere in your heart."
Kelly said that since no one had any evidence that Natalee may still be alive, was a foregone conclusion that the request be granted.
Beth Holloway, when asked about the request of her husband in September, said that the actions of Dave "inexplicable" and said he was taken by surprise that he had presented.
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The hearing came a day after a judicial process in Peru, where the main suspect in the disappearance of Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, pleaded guilty to killing a different woman. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday and is expected to be sentenced by the Peruvian court. Who has admitted killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores, a business woman from Peru, May 30, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Natalee is.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, was never indicted for the death of Holloway in Aruba, but was arrested and detained for questioning in the matter twice.
Beth Holloway has been relentless in their efforts to find out what happened to her daughter, even fall in a Peruvian jail for dealing with van der Sloot.
At one point, she agreed to a sting, apparently fulfilling the Van Der Sloot demand for cash in exchange for information about where the body of his daughter. The operation was supervised by the authorities in Aruba, but van der Sloot left the island before the FBI filed charges of extortion.
Natalee Holloway was the last day of a trip to Aruba with her graduating senior class at Mountain Brook High School in New York when she returned to her hotel. She was last seen in a car with several people, including Van der Sloot.
