Primary suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance admits to killing her, judge says

"You have brutally murdered in separate incidents years apart two beautiful women who refused your sexual advances," the judge said.

By Madeleine Hubbard

Published: October 18, 2023 12:06pm

Joran van der Sloot, the primary suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway during a trip to Aruba, admitted to killing the Alabama teenager, a U.S. federal judge said Wednesday.

"I have considered your confession to the brutal murder of Natalee Holloway," Judge Anna Manasco said, according to CNN.

"You have brutally murdered in separate incidents years apart two beautiful women who refused your sexual advances," she also said, referring to how he pleaded guilty to murdering a 21-year-old woman in Peru in 2010.

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