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Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, where he is expected to plead guilty to trying to extort money from her mother and provide new information about what happened to the missing teen. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Joran van der Sloot confession about Natalee Holloway’s murder was ‘chilling’ attorney says

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, where he is expected to plead guilty to trying to extort money from her mother and provide new information about what happened to the missing teen. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

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Beth Holloway speaks to media after the appearance of Joran van der Sloot outside the Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba admitted he killed her and disposed of her remains, and has agreed to plead guilty to charges he tried to extort money from the teen's mother years later, a U.S. judge said Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Butch Dill )

Aruba requests van der Sloot case documents, including his description of killing Natalee Holloway

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Letter to the editor: Van der Sloot should pay for murder

FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, where he is expected to plead guilty to trying to extort money from her mother and provide new information about what happened to the missing teen. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Joran van der Sloot reveals new details of Natalee Holloway killing as part of plea deal

By Kim Chandler and Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee Holloway, speaks during the opening of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC) at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, indicate Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Attorney: Joran van der Sloot plea deal contingent on disclosing details in Natalee Holloway death

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Media sets up outside the Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse before Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway arrives in court, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. Van der Sloot will be arraigned before a federal judge in Birmingham, not far from the suburb where Holloway grew up, in his first court appearance in the case. (AP Photo/Vash Hunt)

Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance is in court for trying to extort victim’s mother

By KIm Chandler - Associated Press

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, back left, is driven in a police vehicle from the Ancon I maximum-security prison, outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. The main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba is expected to be extradited Thursday from Peru to the United States. .(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway departs Peru on extradition flight to U.S.

By Regina Garcia Cano and Franklin Briceno - Associated Press

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Jan. 11, 2012. The Peruvian government said on Monday, June 5, 2023, that Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway, will be extradited this week to the United States. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Peruvian judge affirms extradition to U.S. of Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot

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Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Jan. 11, 2012. The Peruvian government said on Monday, June 5, 2023, that Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway, will be extradited this week to the United States. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to fight extradition to U.S.

By Mauricio Munoz - Associated Press

Joran van der Sloot sits in the courtroom before his sentencing at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Jan. 13, 2012. The government of Peru on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, issued an executive order allowing the temporary extradition to the United States of Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Dutch suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance faces extradition from Peru to U.S. on fraud charges

By Regina Garcia Cano and Franklin Briceno - Associated Press

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro Prison in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen, in which he remains the main suspect. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance faces extradition to U.S. on fraud charges

By Regina Garcia Can and Franklin Briceno - Associated Press

In this Jan. 13, 2012, file photo, Joran van der Sloot sits in the courtroom before his sentencing at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru. Peruvian prison officials denied on Monday Nov. 3, 2014, a claim that convicted killer van der Sloot was stabbed by other inmates in the remote maximum security prison where he was recently transferred for disciplinary reasons. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Peru prison officials deny Joran Van der Sloot stabbing claim

By Franklin Briceno - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a police station in Tacna, Peru, near the Chilean border, on Friday, June 4, 2010. Peruvian police said on Tuesday, June 7, 2010, that Mr. Van der Sloot has confessed to killing Stephany Flores in his Lima hotel room on May 30. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Dutch killer Van der Sloot to marry pregnant girlfriend in prison wedding

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo, Joran van der Sloot sits in the courtroom before his sentencing at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru. Van der Sloot's lawyer, Maximo Altez, said Wednesday, May 14, 2014, the 26-year-old Dutchman and his Peruvian fiance have nearly completed legal arrangements to wed. He says the future Mrs. van der Sloot, Leydi Figueroa, is five months pregnant with a boy. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Peru lawyer: jailed Van der Sloot to be a father

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

** FILE ** Joran Van Der Sloot. (Associated Press)

Peru: Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to U.S. in 2038

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** FILE ** Joran Van Der Sloot. (Associated Press)

Convicted killer Joran Van der Sloot to marry from jail

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro Prison in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen, in which he remains the main suspect. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Report: Imprisoned Dutch killer van der Sloot to be father

By Franklin Briceno and Toby Sterling - Associated Press

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro Prison in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen, in which he remains the main suspect. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Peru court: Van der Sloot to be extradited to U.S., but only after serving sentence

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Joran van der Sloot, 24, sits Jan. 13, 2012, in the courtroom at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, before he received a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, a young woman he met at a Lima casino. (Associated Press)

Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press