Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, will finally get his day in American court, but not until he is finished serving a 28-year-sentence in Peru.
Bachelor Number 1 is twenty-six years old, hails from the Netherlands and enjoys extorting the mother of one women he very likely murdered in exchange for the whereabouts of her body. He also murdered a Peruvian college student after she uncovered details about the first crime on his computer and defended himself by…
Mary Hamer, a Florida radiologist and total fucking nutcase has, in what she believes to be a spiritual mission, donated over one hundred thousand dollars to the legal council of Joran Van Der Sloot, the Dutch citizen accused of the murders of both Stephany Flores and Natalee Holloway. Despite Van Der Sloot's…
Joran Van der Sloot has just been sentenced to 28 years in a Peruvian prison for the murder of Stephany Flores. He was also fined $74,000. Peru doesn't have the death penalty or life sentences, and Van der Sloot may have lessened his sentence (prosecutors were reportedly seeking 30 years) by offering a "sincere…
Joran Van Der Sloot has plead guilty to the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores in a Lima, Peru hotel room. He apparently offered a "sincere confession," which under Peruvian law could get him a shorter sentence than a standard guilty plea. According to the AP, he said,
Peruvian authorities formally charged Joran Van Der Sloot today with the murder of Stephany Flores, after her family voiced concerns that he'd be freed if they delayed any longer. Peruvian law dictates that suspects can only be held for 18 months without a charge, and Van Der Sloot's time would have been up in…
The lawyer representing Joran van der Sloot in his murder trial has now quit. He says van der Sloot isn't paying his bills, and they can't agree on a strategy for the defense. It's unclear how this will affect the trial — van der Sloot has a hearing coming up next week.
Van Der Sloot will reportedly plead guilty to murdering Stephany Flores in Peru last year, but will cite temporary insanity in his defense. He'll apparently argue that he was overcome with "violent emotion" after Flores "intruded into my personal life" by looking up information about Natalee Holloway on his laptop. Because …
A jawbone found in Aruba will be tested to see if it belonged to missing American Natalee Holloway — and meanwhile, onetime suspect Joran van der Sloot is reportedly living "like royalty" in a Peruvian jail.
In a bizarre turn of events, Natalee Holloway's mother snuck into the Peruvian jail where Joran van der Sloot is being held, to tell him she has "no hate in her soul" for him. Now she's in custody.
Clearly with nothing to lose, the young murder suspect has admitted to extorting Natalee Holloway's parents by demanding money for the location of their daughter's body. His stated motivation: revenge.
It's true that the story of a woman traveling abroad can end a few different ways. Thanks for the reminder!
• New evidence has linked Joran Van der Sloot with the disappearance of two girls from Thailand. Van der Sloot was allegedly involved with a sex trafficking ring, where he recruited a dozen young Thai woman.
• According to a study from Cornell University, children of mothers who play favorites are more likely to show depressive symptoms far into adulthood than those who received equal treatment as children.
According to Joran, he's quite the eligible bachelor in Peru. In an interview published on Tuesday, he boasts that he's already received several marriage offers. "One of them even wants me to get her pregnant," he told De Telegraaf. [AP]
Alleged two-time murderer Joran Van der Sloot has retracted his confession, according to a Dutch newspaper. But even though he now denies involvement in the death of Stephany Flores, pretty much everyone (including his mom) still thinks he did it.
According to Radar, this is the shirt Joran Van der Sloot was wearing the night he murdered 21-year-old business student Stephany Flores. What you can see here...doesn't really require explanation. Image after the jump. [Radar]
Police have released documents that show the evidence against confessed Dutch murderer Joran Van der Sloot. RadarOnline has published the grisly details, along with photos of the official papers.
Melody Granadillo dated Dutch murderer Joran Van der Sloot in October, 2003, just two years before he allegedly killed American teenager Natalee Holloway. And now she's coming forward to talk about her famous ex-boyfriend.
Joran Van der Sloot's defense attorney Maximo Altez has announced that he's dropping the case due to potentially violent harassment. "I've received threats, many threatening e-mails. I'm an older person. This isn't for me," he told the AP. [Newser]
