Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005, is expected to plead guilty to extortion after trying to get her mother to pay him $250,000 to reveal the location of the teenager’s body.
Court records indicate van der Sloot intends to plead guilty in federal court in Alabama on Wednesday, reportedly after previously pleading not guilty.
The Dutchman was extradited to the United States in June to face fraud and extortion charges related to the disappearance of Holloway, 18, who was on a class graduation trip to Aruba.
She was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, who was 17 years old at the time.
Van der Sloot was identified as a suspect in her disappearance, but was never charged in connection with her death.
His body was never found.
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutchman suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, will appear at a hearing Wednesday in a case alleging he tried to extort Holloway’s family. REUTERS The main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005 is due to appear in court next week. She is expected to plead guilty in a fraud and extortion case.
US prosecutors allege that in 2010, van der Sloot asked Beth Holloway for $250,000 to reveal the location of her daughter’s body.
A grand jury indicted him that year.
After receiving a $25,000 advance payment from the desperate mother who spent years trying to find out what happened to her daughter, her lawyer met with van der Sloot in Aruba, but the plan quickly fell apart.
Van der Sloot is being charged with fraud and extortion for trying to get Holloway’s family to pay him to reveal the location of her remains. AP Van der Sloot has been serving a prison sentence in Peru for strangling a woman to death.
It was revealed that the foundation of the house in which he claimed his remains were buried was not under construction at the time of his disappearance.
The suspect’s emails later revealed that he made up the entire story.
Just days later, on the fifth anniversary of Natalee’s disappearance, van der Sloot strangled a woman to death at a casino in Peru, where he is serving a prison sentence.
He was extradited to Alabama in June to face fraud and racketeering charges.
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