Joran van der Sloot
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Aruba Police Department photograph of Van der Sloot, 2005
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| Born |
Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot 6 August 1987 Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Other names | Murphy Jenkins |
| Occupation | Student, restaurateur, gambler |
| Criminal charge | Extortion, wire fraud (USA) |
| Criminal status | Sentenced to 28 years imprisonment at Challapalca prison (Peru) |
| Spouse(s) | Leidy Figueroa (m. 2014) |
| Children | Dushy van der Sloot |
| Parent(s) | Paul van der Sloot / Anita van der Sloot-Hugen |
| Conviction(s) | Qualified murder, simple robbery (Peru) |
Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːrɑn vɑn dεr ˈsloːt]; born 6 August 1987) is a Dutch citizen who killed Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru in 2010. He is also the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
After Flores Ramírez's murder on 30 May 2010, Van der Sloot fled to Chile, where he was arrested and extradited back to Peru for questioning regarding the murder. On 7 June 2010, he confessed to bludgeoning Flores. He later tried to formally retract his confession, claiming that he had been intimidated by the National Police of Peru and framed by the FBI. A Peruvian judge ruled on 25 June 2010 that the confession was valid and on 13 January 2012, Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for Flores' murder.
While living in Aruba five years earlier, Van der Sloot had been the prime suspect in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba on 30 May 2005, exactly five years before Flores' murder. Van der Sloot was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States for wire fraud and extortion related to Holloway's whereabouts. Holloway's disappearance remains unsolved.
The Holloway and Flores cases both attracted widespread media attention;Time magazine declared Van der Sloot's arrest the top crime story of 2010. Van der Sloot was the subject of international news coverage from prison, leading to controversies that resulted in the investigation and suspension of several Peruvian officials.
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