Natalee's Father Writes Book About Ordeal

Dave Holloway, father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway has written a book "Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise," in which he describes the frustration the family has faced while dealing with Aruban authorities in the search for their daughter.

Dave Holloway is scheduled to appear on ABC's Good Morning American to discuss the release of this book on Monday, April 17. The television show's web site features an excerpt from the book called "Eveybody's Child" in which Natalee's father describes the events leading up to the high school graduate's trip to Aruba and the family's first days searching for the 17-year-old.

In the excerpt, Holloway said he and his wife Robin did not approve of the senior trip to Aruba -- when they were asked to pay the $985 cost for it as a graduation present -- because "it was too extravagant, and we did not think it was appropriate."

But because her stepbrother Matt had made the same trip two years earlier "and her twin cousins were graduating with her class and were going along with her this year, Beth (Natalee's mother) felt comfortable allowing Natalee to make the trip."

Natalee Holloway has not been seen since May 31, 2005 when she left a nightclub in Aruba with Joran Van Der Sloot, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe the morning that she was scheduled to fly back to Alabama.

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Book Excerpt: Natalee Holloway's Father Speaks Out

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Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise

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Natalee Holloway: Missing in Aruba

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