Joran van der Sloot Admits to Killing Natalee Holloway
Nearly two decades after she went missing during a school trip in Aruba, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has confessed to killing the Alabama teenager.
Joran van der Sloot’s confession comes after multiple arrests over the years in connection to her disappearance — he was released each time due to lack of evidence. In 2010, he murdered another woman, Stephany Flores, in Peru and is currently serving a 28-year sentence for that crime.
Peruvian authorities temporarily released the 36-year-old to the US in June to face extortion and wire fraud charges that stem from him trying to get Natalee Holloway’s family to pay him $250,000 in 2010 in exchange for information about the location of her remains. He pled guilty to those charges today, and in a proffer, confessing to the murder.
After reviewing the proffer, the federal judge presiding over the case, Anna Manasco, said there is a reason why Natalee’s body will never be found, but didn’t explain further. She then sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which will begin once he completes his 28 years in Peru.
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