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Joran van der Sloot allegedly struck a deal to plead guilty to involvement in an extortion plot and tell what he knows about the Alabama teenager's disappearance and death in Aruba in 2005.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Joran van der Sloot is expected to plead guilty to his involvement in an extortion plot connected to Natalee Holloway's disappearance, and her family's lawyer said the deal will require him to reveal how the Alabama teen died.

“It [the plea agreement] was conditioned upon Mr. van der Sloot revealing details of how Natalee died and how her body was disposed of,” family lawyer John Q. Kelly told NBC News on Sunday.

Holloway, went missing while vacationing in Aruba with classmates celebrating their high school graduation in 2005 and she was declared dead by an Alabama probate court in 2012.

He was extradited to the United States in June to face allegations that he demanded $250,000 from her family in exchange for information about her disappearance.

But it was suddenly rescheduled, which likely means the defendant and government have reached a deal to avoid trial, although it's not clear what charges he'll plead to.

Van der Sloot was already in custody in Peru after being convicted of killing a 2010 a Peruvian college student, Stephany Flores.


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