Peru official: Van der Sloot admits guilt

LIMA, June 8 (UPI) -- Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has confessed to killing a Peruvian woman, police sources said Monday.

The Peruvian newspaper La Republica and local television station America Noticias reported van der Sloot allegedly told authorities he killed Stephany Flores Ramirez, 21, because she learned he was suspected in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

The news Web site Living in Peru reported an unnamed high-ranking government official said Flores angered van der Sloot because she used his laptop computer to look for information about him.

"I did not want to do it. She intruded into my private life," van der Sloot allegedly said in a confession. "... I approached to her, she was scared, we quarreled and she tried to run away. I grabbed her by the neck and hit her ... ."

Van der Sloot, 22, could be formally charged Tuesday, Living in Peru said.

Flores's body was found in his Lima hotel room last week.

Van der Sloot, who was captured in Chile and returned to Peru last week, has not been charged in the disappearance and suspected slaying of Holloway, the Alabama teen who vanished while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba.