Natalee Holloway: A Case That Captivated The Nation

Hope For Natalee

Claire and Mallie felt helpless in the wake of Natalee’s disappearance. They truly believed that Joran had something to do with it, and spent days being unable to sleep waiting for news. One of the girls even admitted that she was afraid to shower in case she missed something important.

To deal with their grief Mallie and Claire created friendship bracelets to raise awareness. They called these three-thread yarn bracelets “Hope for Natalee bracelets” and made thousands of them. The girls passed these out to their friends and even mailed some to Beth Holloway in Aruba, which she passed out to locals.