Joran van der Sloot Confesses to Killing Natalee Holloway<br />After almost two decades, Joran van der Sloot has finally confessed to killing Natalee Holloway.<br />In a shocking turn of events, court documents reveal that van der Sloot admitted to the grisly murder in detail.<br />The confession came shortly after he pleaded guilty to extorting and defrauding Holloway's family.<br />Beth Holloway, Natalee's mother, expressed her relief, stating, "Joran van der Sloot is no longer the suspect in my daughter's murder.<br />He is the killer."<br />According to a transcript of an interview with his attorney, van der Sloot confessed to killing Holloway with a cinder block on an Aruban beach after she rejected his sexual advances.<br />He then disposed of her body in the ocean.<br />This isn't the first time van der Sloot has been involved in such heinous acts.<br />He previously admitted to killing Stephany Flores, a Peruvian woman, in 2010.<br />These two murders prompted Judge Anna Manasco to sentence van der Sloot to 20 years on federal charges.<br />However, Holloway's body has never been found, and in 2012, an Alabama judge declared her legally dead.<br />Despite multiple arrests in connection with Holloway's death, van der Sloot was released due to a lack of direct evidence.<br />Currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for Flores' murder, van der Sloot was also convicted of trafficking cocaine into his prison, resulting in an additional 18-year sentence.<br />Although he was temporarily released to the US to face the extortion and wire fraud charges, it is unlikely that he will return to the US to serve prison time.<br />His 20-year federal sentence will be served concurrently with his sentence in Peru.<br />Natalee Holloway disappeared in 2005 while visiting Aruba on a high school graduation trip.<br />She was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and two other men.<br />The three men were arrested but released due to insufficient evidence.<br />Van der Sloot was later charged in the US for an alleged plot to sell information about Holloway's remains to her family.<br />After 18 years of mystery and misery, the confession of Joran van der Sloot brings some closure to the case of Natalee Holloway's disappearance.<br />However, her body may never be found, leaving unanswered questions and lingering pain for her loved ones.<br />#latestnews #news #cnn
