The prime suspect in the disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway reportedly told a friend that he and his father rented a boat and “taken care of things” two days after her disappearance.
The exchange seen by The Messenger shows that Joran Van der Sloot sent an email to someone named David G from his Yahoo! account. email address in 2010 in which he makes another sinister claim about what happened to the missing teenager.
Holloway, an 18-year-old from suburban Birmingham, disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Her remains have never been found, although an Alabama judge declared her legally deceased in 2012 without dissolving the case.
Van der Sloot was extradited to the United States from Peru in June and faces charges in her disappearance. She was the last person seen with her. He faces one count of racketeering and another count of wire fraud after he allegedly offered to reveal Holloway’s whereabouts in exchange for $250,000 from her family.
Joran van der Sloot (right), the main suspect in the disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway, said he and his father (left) rented a boat and “took care of things.”
Holloway, an 18-year-old from suburban Birmingham, disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Her remains have never been found, although an Alabama judge declared her legally deceased in 2012 without dissolving the case
Van der Sloot was extradited to the United States from Peru in June and faces charges in her disappearance. She was the last person seen with her
The crimes are the only charges ever linking the Dutch national to Holloway’s disappearance in May 2005.
Although he is not charged with murder, he remains the main suspect in the case.
Federal prosecutors received an email from the same account that Van der Sloot used to contact Holloway’s family, in which he described what happened in the days after her disappearance.
“My father got a boat two days later,” he wrote to David G. “We took a trip and took care of everything.” That’s all I’ll say.’
Police in Aruba have spoken to numerous boat operators on the island to get more information about Holloway’s disappearance.
Investigators recently spoke with a man to find out if he was involved in dumping the teen’s body.
“It always seemed very likely that she was taken out on a boat,” an investigator told The Messenger.
“But the key is to find out who would have put him there to do that. “He and his father didn’t have their own boat.”
Federal prosecutors have alleged that Van der Sloot contacted Holloway’s mother, Beth Holloway, through her lawyer in March 2010 and said he would reveal the location of the teen’s body for $250,000, with $25,000 paid upfront.
According to authorities, Beth and her lawyer met him at a hotel in Aruba during an undercover investigation, gave him $10,000 in cash and transferred $15,000 to his bank account.
Federal prosecutors received an email from the account through which Van der Sloot (pictured with his parents) contacted Holloway’s family, in which he described what happened after her disappearance
“My father got a boat two days later,” he wrote to his friend David G. “We took a trip and took care of everything.” That’s all I’ll say’
Van der Sloot has reportedly changed his story about the night he was with Holloway.
He claimed he picked her up, but she demanded that she be put down, so he threw her to the ground, where she hit her head on a rock and died instantly, according to prosecutors.
Van der Sloot then allegedly took Kelly to a house and said his now-deceased father, Paulus van der Sloot, had buried Holloway in the building’s foundation.
During a hidden camera interview with Dutch journalists in 2008, the suspect claimed the teenager suffered a seizure and died while having sex on the beach.
He said a friend named Daury helped him load her onto a boat before throwing her body into the sea.
But Van der Sloot later claimed he had lied to journalists.
Federal prosecutors have alleged that Van der Sloot contacted Holloway’s mother, Beth Holloway (right), through her lawyer in March 2010 and said he would reveal the location of the teenager’s body for $250,000, with $25,000 paid upfront would
Police in Aruba have spoken to numerous boat operators on the island to find out more about Holloway’s disappearance
The suspect was extradited from Peru, where he was serving a 28-year prison sentence for the 2010 murder of a woman.
Van der Sloot was convicted of the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, 21 – who was killed five years to the day after Natalee’s disappearance.
Peruvian prosecutors said van der Sloot killed Flores, a business student from a prominent family, when he tried to rob her after learning she had won money at the casino where the two met.
They said he killed her with “cruelty” and “cruelty,” beating her in his hotel room and then strangling her. He pleaded guilty in 2012.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges related to Holloway’s disappearance and is being held in an Alabama prison. His trial has been postponed until at least November.