Dutch Murder Suspect Escorted by Chilean Police in Santiago
Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot is escorted by Chilean police to an awaiting plane in Santiago, Chile, on June 4, 2010. He was to be flown to northern Chile and then transferred overland to Peruvian authorities. He is expected to be charged with the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima, Peru hotel room. The 23-year-old van der Sloot, a citizen of the Netherlands, remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway, and Alabama teenager, on the island of Aruba in 2005. UPI/Dinko Eichin
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LIMA, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Dutch suspect in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway received a 28-year sentence Friday in Peru for killing a young woman in Lima.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A judge in Alabama Thursday declared Natalee Holloway dead, 6 1/2 years after she disappeared while on a school trip to Aruba.
LIMA, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national suspected of killing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder in Peru.
LIMA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Joran van der Sloot told a court in Peru he needs more time to decide whether to plead guilty to killing a 21-year-old woman
LIMA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Joran van der Sloot is suing the government of Chile for extraditing him to Peru, where he faces murder charges, his attorney said.
LIMA, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Video showing Joran van der Sloot allegedly admitting to the death of 21-year-old Stephany Flores is being aired by news organizations in Peru.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba in 2005, has filed papers seeking to have his daughter declared legally dead.
LIMA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Peru charged Joran van der Sloot with murder in the 2010 death of a Peruvian woman and said they'll seek a 30-year prison sentence for him.
LIMA, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A suspect in the death of a U.S. teenager could see charges dropped in the death of a Peruvian woman if prosecutors don't move quickly, the woman's family said.
LIMA, June 15 (UPI) -- Dutch national Joran van der Sloot could be formally charged in the death of a woman at a hotel in Lima, Peru, now that he has a lawyer, court officials said.
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