Manasco called Natalee’s death a “brutal murder” and said the only evidence is his confession to killing her and the “disposal and destruction of her remains.” Van der Sloot, Peeples said, “picked his victim” and in choosing to defraud Beth Holloway, “chose his own greed over Beth Holloway’s grief.” Attorney’s Criminal Division, and Assistant U.S. The extortion case was prosecuted by Lloyd Peeples, chief of the U.S. Should van der Sloot be released from the Peruvian prison early - for any reason - he would then have to serve the remainder of the 20-year sentence in the U.S. Flores was killed five years to the day Natalee disappeared. Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the 2010 murder of Lima college student Stephany Flores. Natalee’s parents were allowed to hear his confession “in real-time.”
Van der Sloot plea states he exploited the fear of Holloway’s mother that she would never find her daughter’s body or know what happened to her unless she paid him $250,000.Īs part of the agreement, van der Sloot had to take a polygraph which prosecutors said he passed. Beth was the only family member who spoke in court. According to court documents, the judge would consider statements only from the victim of the extortion and wire fraud – Beth Holloway – and members of Natalee’s immediate family.
