Joran Van der Sloot Peru

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Van der Sloot: I'm a Snake
 Van der Sloot: 
 I'm a Snake 
Jun 14, 2010 4:00 AM CDT

Van der Sloot: I'm a Snake

The strange journey of boy who wanted 'to be a lion'

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot knows something that shouldn't surprise anyone: "If I had to describe myself as an animal, it would be a snake," he has revealed on YouTube. But he has higher aspirations. "I want to be a lion and one day I will be a...

Peruvian Prison Terrifies Van der Sloot

Accused murderer 'afraid I will be killed'

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot is being so forthcoming about Natalee Holloway's fate because he fears what will happen to him behind bars. "I don't want to be imprisoned in Peru," People quotes a Peruvian paper as reporting. "I am afraid I will be killed." Hence the...

Van der Sloot Jailed on Murder Charges

Peru judge orders him to prison until trial

(Newser) - A Peruvian judge today ordered Joran Van der Sloot jailed on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman, determining that he acted with "ferocity and great cruelty." The judge issued the order before dawn, instructing penal authorities to place the 22-year-old...

Van der Sloot Ate Breakfast Next to Victim's Body

While he mulled what to do with battered corpse

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot scarfed down a coffee-and-cookies breakfast next to the battered body of Stephany Flores as he considered ways to dispose of her corpse, he told investigators. "I was going to use one of my suitcases to take her out of the hotel, but I didn't do...

FBI Paid for Van der Sloot's Peru Trip

They gave him $25,000 to build an extortion case

(Newser) - The FBI secretly gave Joran Van der Sloot $25,000, which he then used to evade them and fly to Peru, where he killed a young girl, sources tell the New York Post . Van der Sloot had tried to shake down Natalee Holloway’s mom, Beth, for the money, promising...

Confession Was Forced: Van der Sloot Lawyer

Police will take suspect on a crime-scene walk through today

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot was forced to confess he murdered Stephany Flores, the suspect's Dutch lawyer has said. "Joran told his mother crying Monday that he was being interrogated under reasonably barbaric conditions," the lawyer told a Dutch newspaper yesterday. On Monday, Van der Sloot tearfully confessed to...

Van der Sloot Confession Leads to New Search in Aruba

More details emerge in the Flores murder

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot has confessed —to one killing. But as more details in the Stephany Flores Ramirez case leak, new information regarding Natalee Holloway's disappearance may have come to light: Investigators in Aruba are searching near a bird sanctuary. More from the Daily Beast and the Telegraph :
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Natalee's Mom Clams Up About Van der Sloot

FBI orders Beth Holloway not to discuss suspect in disappearance

(Newser) - Natalee Holloway's mother held a press conference this morning, but an "FBI directive" kept her from discussing Joran Van der Sloot's possible involvement in her daughter's disappearance, the Birmingham News reports. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in that case and has confessed to murdering Stephany Flores Ramirez,...

Van der Sloot Confesses
 Van der Sloot Confesses 
Jun 8, 2010 7:38 AM CDT

Van der Sloot Confesses

Dutchman says he killed Peruvian woman in fit of rage

(Newser) - Peruvian police have obtained what Aruba couldn't: a murder confession from Joran Van der Sloot in the killing of a young woman. The Dutchman has admitted killing Stephany Flores, 21, in his Lima hotel room, a Peruvian government official tells MSNBC . Van der Sloot says he broke her neck in...

Van der Sloot Video Shocks Victim's Family

Peruvian woman's relatives stunned by Holloway connection

(Newser) - For the family of Stephany Flores Ramirez, the fear surrounding her disappearance was compounded by a shocking revelation: that the man she'd last been seen with was Joran van der Sloot, the top suspect in the Natalee Holloway case. After police gave the family the suspect's name "my wife...

Judge Extends Van der Sloot Probe

Dutch national will remain jailed in Lima, Peru

(Newser) - Peruvian investigators will have another week to consider filing charges against Joran Van der Sloot, who will remain locked up in Lima while they work, CNN reports . The Dutch man has not been charged in the death of Stephany Flores Ramirez, whose body was found last week in a hotel...

Peru Parades, Interrogates Van der Sloot

Murder suspect greeted with voodoo Jorans

(Newser) - The lone suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway was paraded—moist-eyed and looking stunned—before reporters as Peruvians denounced him and detectives began interrogating him in the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Joran Van der Sloot arrived yesterday at police headquarters in a brown Interpol SUV and was escorted...

Van der Sloot Back in Peru

 Van der Sloot 
 Back in Peru 
Jun 4, 2010 4:16 PM CDT

Van der Sloot Back in Peru

Suspect in Sunday murder, Holloway disappearance leaves Chile under guard

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot has arrived in Peru, where he is wanted in connection with the murder of Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel Sunday. Van der Sloot, 22, was taken into custody yesterday in Chile, which promptly deported him, AFP reports . Van der Sloot, long a suspect in the...

Cops: Van Der Sloot Tried to Sell Holloway Details

He's charged with extortion in Alabama

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot tried to sell an unidentified buyer details about Natalee Holloway's death, including where to find her body, say Alabama authorities. The Dutch citizen, long a suspect in her 2005 disappearance in Aruba, allegedly asked for $250,000 and had received $15,000 in advance. Alabama authorities...

Chilean Police Detain Joran Van der Sloot

He's wanted for questioning in murder of Peru woman

(Newser) - Chilean police say they have detained Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, who is sought in the murder of a woman in Peru. Police say he has been taken into custody in Chile's capital of Santiago. Van der Sloot has long been suspected in the 2005 disappearance of US teen Natalee...

Girl Found 'Covered in Blood' in Van der Sloot's Room

Killing likely happened exactly 5 years after Holloway disappeared

(Newser) - It's deja vu all over again for Joran Van der Sloot—except this time there's a very bloody body. Van der Sloot was named the top suspect yesterday in the murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found "covered in blood" in a Lima, Peru, hotel room booked under...

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