Joran van der Sloot likely not facing murder charge

Joran van der Sloot unlikely to face murder charge if he admits details of Natalee Holloways death

DEAL COMES WITH AN INTERESTING CAVEAT. YES, IT DOES, SHERI. ATTORNEY JOHN KELLY, WHO HAS REPRESENTED THE HOLLOWAY FAMILY, TELLS ME VAN DER SLOOT MUST REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED TO NATALEE ON HER SENIOR TRIP 18 YEARS AGO, A MYSTERY THAT HAS HAUNTED HER FAMILY EVER SINCE. FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, NATALEE HOLLOWAY’S FAMILY AND HER COMMUNITY HAVE ENDURED THE PAIN OF THE UNKNOWN. NOW FAMILY ATTORNEY JOHN KELLY TELLS US JORAN VAN DER SLOOT IS REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT HOLLOWAY’S DEATH IN ARUBA. THE CONFESSION IS PART OF A PLEA BARGAIN IN A FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD CASE LINKED TO HOLLOWAY’S DISAPPEARED CASE. THERE WON’T BE ANY FURTHER, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATION OR SEARCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE ASKING FOR. NATALEE REMAINS, OF COURSE, VAN DER SLOOT HAS CLAIMED TO KNOW WHERE HOLLOWAY’S BODY WAS HIDDEN BEFORE HE OFFERED SIMILAR INTEL TO HOLLOWAY’S MOTHER IN 2010 IN EXCHANGE FOR A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION. ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, HIS TIPS PROVED FALSE AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD. FORMER US ATTORNEY JAY TOWN BELIEVES THIS NEW OFFER SHOULD COME WITH MORE CREDIBILITY. I THINK THOSE WILL BE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOLLOWAY FAMILY WHERE THEY CAN AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHY THE BUREAU AND THE PROSECUTORS BELIEVED THIS PARTICULAR ADMISSION. VAN DER SLOOT FACES UP TO 20 YEARS FOR EACH FRAUD CHARGE IN THIS WEDNESDAY SENTENCING, WHICH HE WON’T BEGIN SERVING UNTIL COMPLETING A SEPARATE PRISON TERM FOR MURDERING A WOMAN IN PERU. JORAN VAN DER SLOOT HAS DECADES WORTH OF PRISON TIME TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE, AND HE STILL HAS HELL WAITING FOR HIM. SO NO, IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN BRING TO THE HOLLOWAY FAMILY IN TERMS OF CLOSURE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. CLOSURE. THEY’VE SOUGHT FOR MORE THAN 6000 DAYS NOW. NEITHER MORE, NEITHER VAN DER SLOOT ATTORNEYS OR PROSECUTORS WOULD CONFIRM IF A CONFESSION ABOUT NATALEE’S FATE IS A PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT. KELLY TOLD ME THE DETAILS WOULD NO

Joran van der Sloot unlikely to face murder charge if he admits details of Natalee Holloways death

Details about Natalee Holloway’s death and how her remains were disposed of could be revealed on Wednesday.An attorney for the Holloway family, John Q. Kelly, has said Joran van der Sloot has made a confession about Holloway’s fate as part of a plea bargain.Joran van der Sloot is charged and previously pleaded "not guilty" to one count of extortion and one count of wire fraud against Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.Those charges stem from a plot to sell Beth Holloway information about her daughter's fate for $250,000.The tips provided to Kelly in 2010 turned out to be false, prompting the federal charges in the U.S. However, Kelly has said that Aruba has a 12-year statute of limitations for murder.So, even if van der Sloot has admitted to killing Holloway, who was an 18-year-old on her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, it is extremely unlikely he would be prosecuted for murder.He is already serving a 28-year prison term for murdering a woman in Peru on the fifth anniversary of Holloway’s death in 2010.The Peruvian government is loaning van der Sloot to the U.S. to adjudicate the wire fraud and extortion charges.Federal Marshals are then expected to return him to Peru in the coming days. BackgroundNatalee Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, went on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. She was 18 years old. She never showed up for the return flight home.Her classmates said they last saw her with Joran van der Sloot, who was 17 at the time, and two others as they left a club. The three said they dropped her off at a hotel. They were questioned and detained but freed because of a lack of evidence.Joran van der Sloot contacted a cooperating witness via email in 2010. He told them that he would accept $250,000 from Holloway's family in exchange for promising to lead them to her body, identifying the people involved in her death and explaining the circumstances of what happened. He modified his offer so that he would accept the first $25,000 to take the witness to her body, and then on recovery, he would receive the rest of the money. The first $10,000 was given in cash �� with another $15,000 wired. This is the basis for the wire fraud charge. Read the full affidavit below. He has not been charged in her disappearance. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Details about Natalee Holloway’s death and how her remains were disposed of could be revealed on Wednesday.

An attorney for the Holloway family, John Q. Kelly, has said Joran van der Sloot has made a confession about Holloway’s fate as part of a plea bargain.

Joran van der Sloot is charged and previously pleaded "not guilty" to one count of extortion and one count of wire fraud against Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.

Those charges stem from a plot to sell Beth Holloway information about her daughter's fate for $250,000.

The tips provided to Kelly in 2010 turned out to be false, prompting the federal charges in the U.S.

However, Kelly has said that Aruba has a 12-year statute of limitations for murder.

So, even if van der Sloot has admitted to killing Holloway, who was an 18-year-old on her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, it is extremely unlikely he would be prosecuted for murder.

He is already serving a 28-year prison term for murdering a woman in Peru on the fifth anniversary of Holloway’s death in 2010.

The Peruvian government is loaning van der Sloot to the U.S. to adjudicate the wire fraud and extortion charges.

Federal Marshals are then expected to return him to Peru in the coming days.

Background

Natalee Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, went on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. She was 18 years old. She never showed up for the return flight home.

Her classmates said they last saw her with Joran van der Sloot, who was 17 at the time, and two others as they left a club.

The three said they dropped her off at a hotel. They were questioned and detained but freed because of a lack of evidence.

Joran van der Sloot contacted a cooperating witness via email in 2010. He told them that he would accept $250,000 from Holloway's family in exchange for promising to lead them to her body, identifying the people involved in her death and explaining the circumstances of what happened.

He modified his offer so that he would accept the first $25,000 to take the witness to her body, and then on recovery, he would receive the rest of the money.

The first $10,000 was given in cash �� with another $15,000 wired. This is the basis for the wire fraud charge.

Read the full affidavit below.

He has not been charged in her disappearance.

This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.

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Joran van der Sloot unlikely to face murder charge if he admits details of Natalee Holloways death

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