Natalee Holloway was 18 and on a high school graduation trip to Aruba when she vanished on May 30, 2005. There are still many unanswered questions about the circumstances of her presumed death (her body has never been found), but on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance, her mother Beth Twitty and the National Museum of Crime & Punishment are partnering to create a nonprofit that will provide answers to families with a missing loved one.
The Natalee Holloway Resource Center will be housed in downtown Washington, D.C. and the nonprofit center will provide families with an action plan, templates of missing person posters, media liaisons, helpful contacts, as well as other services that can guide families through a traumatic crisis.
The Center will not only provide resources for families after a disappearance, it will try to educate high school and college students on how to prevent a tragedy through education and travel safety tips.
In March, a couple of scuba divers photographed what appears to be human remains that could be those of Natalee. Investigators are analyzing the photo to assess its authenticity and that it does, in fact, depict a human skeleton.
The center will launch on June 8, according to AP.
Photo courtesy of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center.