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Natalee Holloway Suspect Joran Van der Sloot Confesses to the Murder of Peruvian Woman

By Walin & Klarich

It was recently reported that Joran Van der Sloot, the Dutch citizen who was the prime suspect in the disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, confessed to the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez in Lima, Peru. Ramirez was found murdered in Van der Sloot?s hotel room. The two met hours earlier playing poker at a casino. Ramirez was an avid poker player and Van der Sloot was allegedly traveling through South America entering poker tournaments. Ramirez, the daughter of a Peruvian circus impresario, was found by hotel employees with a broken neck and bleeding from the nose. Though she was found half-clothed, there was no evidence sexual assault took place. During Van der Sloot?s police interrogation, he stated that the two got into a verbal and physical confrontation after Ramirez allegedly found incriminating information about Natalee Holloway?s disappearance on Van der Sloot?s laptop...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).