Van der Sloot is the main suspect in this week’s slaying of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found Wednesday in a Lima, Peru, hotel room registered to the Dutch man. Chilean police told CNN that paperwork showed that van der Sloot entered Chile on Wednesday.
Peruvian Interior Minister Octavio Salazar Miranda said Thursday that Peru has made arrangements with Interpol to extradite van der Sloot. Van der Sloot, 23, was traveling alone in a taxi near the Chilean central coastal city of Vina del Mar when he was detained, said Douglas Rodriguez, spokesman for the Chilean Investigative Police.
Van der Sloot was transported Thursday afternoon to police headquarters in Santiago, Chile’s capital. TV images showed him emerging from a black police SUV at the police station. His hair, which had been black in previous images, was red and worn in a close-cropped crew cut.
In Peru, a wake was held Thursday in Lima for Flores, who was scheduled to be buried later in the day. An uncle of Natalee Holloway said he was saddened by the Flores family’s loss. “We are disappointed that Joran has been able to do this to another young girl,” Paul Reynolds told CNN. “He was not held accountable for what happened to Natalee and as a result has been able to repeat his actions. Sorry this other family has to go through the same thing we have.
The woman’s bludgeoned body was found in Room 309 of the Hotel Tac in the Miraflores section of Lima, police said. She suffered blunt trauma to the head, breaking her neck, and to her torso and back, Peruvian police said Thursday.Van der Sloot had been staying at the hotel since arriving from Colombia on May 14, police said. Room 309 was booked in his name, authorities said.
A hotel guest and an employee witnessed the pair entering the hotel room together at 5 a.m. Sunday, Guardia said. Police have video of van der Sloot and Flores together the previous night at the Atlantic City Casino in Lima, he said.
How will he worm himself out of this one…will daddy come to the rescue again?
#20 pedro
Quick, write the screen play before somebody beats ya to it. Yeah, somehow I doubt this kids THAT unlucky. I really doubt the Holloway’s would have the will or the resources for such a complicated plan. If Natalee was my kid I’d pay somebody to kill him, not have somebody else killed to frame him. But the story’s still good enough for a miniseries.
You can really tell the guys who watch too much junk cable TV — they have a creepy infatuation with cases of murdered young white women.
I’ll guess these same guys couldn’t come up with a single name of a murdered old black person.
#22 I agree. For example, I can tell when someone is full of shit.
I think he was set up too..not that it matters…the truth will come out about Natalee now…Stephany’s dad even says so himself….he should have fessed up when he had the chance…instead of concocting all of those stories….he could have after his Dad died, he could have fessed up then with less consequences…most people thought she died of an OD and he freaked…we all know his dad paid big money to keep his azz free instead of telling the truth…now the truth will only be the truth…he will soon die at the hands of Peruvian prisoners…probably after much torture…but only after he has told the truth about Nat and where her body is…set up? probably. Does it matter to anyone? Not really, people just want the truth…for Nat’s Mom’s sake and for Nat’s sake….May she RIP.
WOW…This case sure has a lot of timely coincidences..Now its solved and wrapped up in a neat Bow…Things that make you go HHUuuummm