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Joran van der Sloot's confession that he killed Natalee Holloway ended the nearly two-decade-old mystery about what happened to the Alabama teenager who disappeared in Aruba in 2005.
Beth Holloway said she recognized her feisty daughter in Joran van der Sloot's description of her kneeing him between the legs when he refused to stop his sexual advances.
Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 in a confession that was revealed publicly Wednesday as he entered a plea deal with federal prosecutors in an extortion case stemming from the disappearance that received international attention. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
As part of a plea deal in a fraud and extortion case, Joran van der Sloot confessed to killing 18-year-old Natalee Holloway in 2005. CBS News' Janet Shamlian speaks with Holloway's mother about the admission some two decades after her daughter's disappearance.
A federal judge Wednesday said the prime suspect in the death of Natalee Holloway admitted to killing her. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has details from inside the courtroom.
A judge says the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba admitted he killed her. Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday to extorting the Alabama teen's mother in 2010. The 36-year-old had demanded $250,000 from her in exchange for the location of her daughter's remains. Part of the plea deal required Van der Sloot to reveal information about what happened to Holloway.
Joran van der Sloot was charged in 2010 with trying to extort $250,000 from Natalee Holloway's mother Beth Holloway in exchange for information about her missing daughter's remains.
Joran van der Sloot, the last person to see American Natalee Holloway alive before her disappearance in 2005, appeared in a U.S. court yesterday after being extradited to face extortion charges. Holloway's body was never found, and her family hopes the case against van der Sloot will lead to answers. Michael George reports.
The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and extortion. Those charges involve receiving money from the Holloway family in exchange for information about the teen's disappearance in Aruba. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
Joran Van der Sloot is not charged with killing Natalee Holloway, who was declared dead several years ago.
Van der Sloot is not charged with killing Holloway, but faces charges in Alabama over his alleged attempt to extort money from her family.
The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has been extradited to Birmingham, Alabama. Joran van der Sloot faces charges of extortion and wire fraud related to promises he allegedly made to Holloway's family about leading authorities to her body.
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance and suspected murder of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, arrived in the U.S. Thursday to face charges of extortion.
The main suspect in the disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being extradited to the U.S. Peruvian authorities have turned Joran van der Sloot over to the FBI. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
Joran van der Sloot has been transferred temporarily into U.S. custody from a Peruvian prison, where he's serving a 28-year sentence for another woman's murder.
Holloway was 18 when she was last seen during a trip with classmates to Aruba. She was last seen leaving a bar with Joran van der Sloot.
Joran van der Sloot, in prison for another murder and awaiting temporary extradition to the U.S., was involved in "a fight between prisoners," his lawyer tells CBS News.
Joran van der Sloot, who had long been the prime suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance, entered a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors in an extortion case stemming from the vanishing that received international attention.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch national from Aruba, is currently serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of a different woman.
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