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Timeline of the death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway involving Joran van der Sloot, who is a suspect.

Timeline of the death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway involving Joran van der Sloot, who is a suspect.

Timeline of the death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway involving Joran van der Sloot, who is a suspect.

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Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch murderer who is suspected of being involved in the disappearance and presumed murder of Alabama student Natalee Holloway in 2005, will be sent from Peru to the United States to stand trial.
After Holloway disappeared in Aruba at the age of 18, van der Sloot killed a 21-year-old Peruvian woman named Stephany Flores several years later.
In 2010, he was charged with extortion and wire fraud in a federal court in Alabama. He was accused of attempting to obtain money from Holloway's family by revealing the whereabouts of her remains.
Late on Wednesday, authorities in Peru declared that they would temporarily hand over custody to the United States.
Beth Holloway has stated that Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, will be sent to the United States. The following is a chronological sequence of events: In May 2005, Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old from Mountain Brook, Alabama, went on a school trip to Aruba with a group of friends before their high school graduation and went missing.
On May 30th, a group of acquaintances visited a nightclub where they encountered van der Sloot, who was also 18 years old at the time.
He and Holloway were spotted exiting the bar in each other's company.
Holloway was unsuccessful in catching her flight back home.
The Dutch citizen and two individuals he knew, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe who were brothers, were among the initial individuals under suspicion.
Van der Sloot was taken into custody by the police, but was later released as there was insufficient proof against him.
In 2007, the police re-examined the suspects due to the discovery of "new information," but ultimately decided to release them again.
The body of Holloway was never discovered.
In 2010, there was the killing of Stephany Flores and an incident involving the United States.
Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old student of business from a prosperous Peruvian family, encountered van der Sloot on May 30, 2010, which happened to be the fifth anniversary of Holloway's vanishing, as stated in the indictment.
She ended up dead because of it.
Later on, Van der Sloot stated that he murdered her in a moment of rage when she found out about his involvement in Holloway's vanishing.
Earlier, they had encountered each other at her father's casino in Lima. However, the next morning, he caused her death in his hotel room. This incident occurred in June 2010 in the United States.
The Northern District of Alabama's Attorney's Office has declared that van der Sloot has been charged with extortion and wire fraud for attempting to sell information regarding the location of her body to her family.
Joran van der Sloot, in an exclusive statement, rejects the credibility of a new witness and accuses him of causing pain to his family. According to court documents, the witness demanded $250,000, with $25,000 upfront and the rest upon the identification of the victim's remains.
According to prosecutors, he guided the family's attorney John Q after being given $10,000.
Kelly led authorities to a location where he asserted that Holloway's body had been buried.
The indictment states that he was dishonest.
The corpse was absent and remains undiscovered.
In 2010, an indictment was issued and in 2012, van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the murder of Flores and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. He was also declared dead by authorities. Recently, Peru authorities announced that he would be temporarily released from custody to face charges in the United States.
During the same week in January, a judge approved the father of Holloway's plea to legally declare her deceased.
Dave Holloway desired to stop the payments for her medical insurance and release some money from her college savings account to support her younger sibling.
On July 4, 2014, van der Sloot got married to Leidy Figueroa, who was seven months pregnant and 24 years old, in a ceremony that took place inside the prison where he was being held in Peru.
According to The Associated Press, he expressed his desire to marry her again after his sentence was completed.
On May 10, 2023, the process of extraditing Holloway began. Beth Holloway, his mother, made a statement announcing the extradition, which was later confirmed by officials in Peru who agreed to transfer him to the United States.
Temporarily held in custody to undergo legal proceedings.
The Flores family in Peru is mourning the loss of their daughter, just like Holloway's family. Van der Sloot's defense lawyer, Maximo Altez, stated that he would resist extradition if his client requested it, but he had not yet spoken with him as of May 12th. Access the Fox News app by clicking here.
According to him, a few members of van der Sloot's family think that his situation may improve as a result of the extradition.
According to Altez, the prison where his client was being held, Challapalca, is the most terrible prison globally.
Joran is currently experiencing a state of extreme suffering or torment.
Holloway would have turned 36 years old today, but instead, he would be in a more comfortable version of hell.
This report was contributed to by Louis Casiano from Fox News and The Associated Press.