Joran van der Sloot Confesses He Bludgeoned Natalee Holloway
Beth Holloway has finally received closure regarding her daughter Natalee‘s 2005 disappearance in Aruba, 18 years later. Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in Natalee’s case, confessed to her murder and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and extortion charges in a Birmingham federal courtroom. He struck a deal to reveal the circumstances of Natalee’s death and the location of her remains.
Natalee went missing during a high school graduation trip to Aruba, with van der Sloot being the last person seen with her. Despite suspicions, Aruban authorities couldn’t build a case against him. However, U.S. federal prosecutors in Alabama charged him with extortion and wire fraud in 2010 while he was imprisoned in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores, a college student.
In the U.S. indictment, it was alleged that van der Sloot attempted to extort $250,000 from Beth Holloway in exchange for information about Natalee’s fate. The guilty plea in Birmingham held him accountable for this scheme.
Beth Holloway, though not entirely satisfied with the outcome, declared Natalee’s case solved in her eyes after 18 years. She revealed in court that van der Sloot bludgeoned her daughter after she rejected his advances and disposed of her body in the ocean. Van der Sloot was sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison. He will first serve the remaining time in Peru for Flores’ murder, and if it exceeds 20 years, he won’t return to the U.S. for the extortion and wire fraud sentences.
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