Natalee Holloway was beaten to death on a beach in Aruba and her body pushed out to sea after refusing the advances of the chief suspect in the 2005 killing, who admitted to the murder before pleading guilty Wednesday to extorting money from the missing teen's mother.
Although Joran van der Sloot isn't charged in Holloway's death, his confession may finally resolve a case that has captivated the public's attention for nearly two decades, spawning extensive news coverage, books, movies and podcasts.
Van der Sloot, now 36, pleaded guilty to the extortion and fraud charges in exchange for a 20-year sentence. That prison term will run concurrently with a 28-year sentence he's serving in Peru for killing Stephany Flores in 2010.“You have brutally murdered - in separate instances years apart - two young women who refused your sexual advances,” she said.
The judge said the plea deal required van der Sloot to provide all the information he knew about Natalie Holloway's disappearance, allow her parents to hear in “real time” his discussion with law enforcement, and take a polygraph test. Frightened and unsure what to do, he said he dragged her body until he was knee-deep in the waves, then pushed her out to sea.
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