The United States is eager to try Dutch Citizen Joran van der Sloot in court for fraud after he reportedly swindled the mother of American teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba while on her high school graduation trip from suburban Birmingham, Alabama. While no body was ever found, a judge declared Holloway to be legally dead in 2012. Van der Sloot lived on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, and Holloway was last seen leaving a bar with him and two other men on May 30, 2005.
But Van der Sloot is currently serving a murder conviction in Peru for the death of 21-year-old Peruvian student Stephany Flores, who was killed by the Dutch citizen in his hotel room, after meeting in a Lima casino, five years after the disappearance of Holloway. In order to face his day in court, Van der Sloot must be extradited to the United States by the Peruvian government.
The government of Peru has agreed to send the convicted murderer to the United States, but with one clause: He must serve his sentence in Peru. Van der Sloot will complete his murder conviction in Peru in 2038, which means Holloway's family will have to wait 24 years to get their day in court.
Van der Sloot, who is the chief suspect in Holloway's murder, does not face murder charges for the American teen's murder. The United States will charge the suspect with extortion and for defrauding the Holloway's mother--Van der Sloot allegedly accepted $25,000 in cash from the Holloway family, prior to leaving for Peru, in exchange for giving them the location of her body, according to U.S. prosecutors. Peruvian news agency Andina has disclosed that Van der Sloot will extradited to Alabama.
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