Full confession: Court releases audio of Joran van der Sloot explaining what happened to Natalee Holloway
Updated: 6:10 PM CDT Oct 18, 2023
Plus, uh she, she asked to go back to her hotel, but I was just trying to get dropped off *** little bit uh further away from her hotel so we could walk back to her hotel and I might still get *** chance to, to be with her. That's what I was hoping for. So what happens? Um Yeah, Deepak drops me off at ***, at *** place *** little right of the, of the Marriott hotel known as the Fishermen's huts. Um This place it's not so far from, you know, the next hotel is the Marriott and the next hotel after that is, is another Marriott which is *** timeshare and then it's the, the Holiday Inn. Um Well, we, we walk along the beach, Deepak and Satish, get out, come with what happens, Deepak and Satish leave. They uh they leave, uh they go back to their home, I assume they go back to their home. Um They get in their car and they leave. Uh I'm actually with uh I'm actually with uh with Natalie walking along the beach. I find *** space before we get to the, before we get to the Marriott hotel. Where I lay her down, we lay down together in the sand and we start kissing each other. I, I get her to kiss me again. We start kissing each other and I start fielding her up again and she tells me no, she tells me she doesn't want me to fill her up. I insist, I keep feeling her up either way and she knees me. She ends up kneeing me in the crotch when she needs me in the crotch. I get up on the beach and I kick her extremely hard in the face. Um Yeah, she's laying down uh unconscious, possibly even dead but definitely unconscious. And I see right next to her there's *** huge cinder block laying on the beach when you say cinder block, uh looking at the walls of this uh place. Is it like the, the exact same cinder blocks? I see *** huge cinder block lane on the, on the beach. I take this and uh yeah, II I smash her head in with it completely. Uh Yeah, our face basically, you know, uh collapses in even though it's dark, I can see your faces collapsed in. Um Afterwards, I don't exactly know what, you know, I, I'm scared, I don't know what to do. Uh And I decided to, to take her and to put her into the ocean. So I grab her and I pool and half walk with her into the ocean. Um I uh I push her off. Uh, I walk up, uh, up to about my knees into the ocean and I push her off into the, into the, into the sea. Um, and, yeah, after that I, I get out, I walk home.
Full confession: Court releases audio of Joran van der Sloot explaining what happened to Natalee Holloway
Updated: 6:10 PM CDT Oct 18, 2023
The entire confession from Joran van der Sloot for the death of Natalee Holloway was released Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and extortion.Listen to his full confession above.Warning: The confession is graphic and may be disturbing to some people.Joran van der Sloot said that Natalee Holloway asked to get dropped off at her hotel, but he wanted to get dropped off further away so that he might have a chance "to be with her," according to his confession.They were walking on the beach and kissing when he tried to "feel her up," and Natalee Holloway said no and kneed him in the crotch, he said in the confession. He kicked her in the face and he thought she was either dead or unconscious.He saw a cinderblock next to her and "smashed her head in with it completely," the confession states."I'm scared," the confession states. "I don't know what to do. Uh, and I uh, I decide to 鈥� to take her and uh 鈥� uh to put her into the ocean. So I grab her and I 鈥� I half uh, half uh and half walk with her into the ocean. Uhm, I uh, I push her off. Uh, I walk up uh, up to about my knees into the ocean and I push her off into 鈥� into the 鈥� into the- into the sea."Read the full confession here.Because of the 12-year statute of limitations in Aruba, van der Sloot is not likely to face charges for her murder.Beth and Dave Holloway were able to condemn van der Sloot directly in court."Joran, for eighteen years, you have denied killing my daughter Natalee," the impact statement from Beth Holloway said. "Your lies and manipulation, taunting us with fake news interviews and wild stories of what happened to her, have caused indescribable pain and harm to my family and me. The grief I feel lives way down deep in my soul. Now in the course of being sentenced for attempting to sell me her bodily remains, you have finally admitted that you, in fact, murdered her.">> INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: The murder of Natalee Holloway He said that despite what van der Sloot did, he does not feel like he is sorry for what he did to their family."We are satisfied that our daughter died at his hands, and that he acted alone," Dave Holloway said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The entire confession from Joran van der Sloot for the death of Natalee Holloway was released Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and extortion.
Listen to his full confession above.
Warning: The confession is graphic and may be disturbing to some people.
Joran van der Sloot said that Natalee Holloway asked to get dropped off at her hotel, but he wanted to get dropped off further away so that he might have a chance "to be with her," according to his confession.
They were walking on the beach and kissing when he tried to "feel her up," and Natalee Holloway said no and kneed him in the crotch, he said in the confession. He kicked her in the face and he thought she was either dead or unconscious.
He saw a cinderblock next to her and "smashed her head in with it completely," the confession states.
"I'm scared," the confession states. "I don't know what to do. Uh, and I uh, I decide to 鈥� to take her and uh 鈥� uh to put her into the ocean. So I grab her and I 鈥� I half uh, half uh and half walk with her into the ocean. Uhm, I uh, I push her off. Uh, I walk up uh, up to about my knees into the ocean and I push her off into 鈥� into the 鈥� into the- into the sea."
Read the full confession .
Because of the 12-year statute of limitations in Aruba, van der Sloot is not likely to face charges for her murder.
Beth and Dave Holloway were able to condemn van der Sloot directly in court.
"Joran, for eighteen years, you have denied killing my daughter Natalee," the impact statement from Beth Holloway said. "Your lies and manipulation, taunting us with fake news interviews and wild stories of what happened to her, have caused indescribable pain and harm to my family and me. The grief I feel lives way down deep in my soul. Now in the course of being sentenced for attempting to sell me her bodily remains, you have finally admitted that you, in fact, murdered her."
>> INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: The murder of Natalee Holloway
He said that despite what van der Sloot did, he does not feel like he is sorry for what he did to their family.
"We are satisfied that our daughter died at his hands, and that he acted alone," Dave Holloway said.