van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee s body. but wouldn t say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. his original message, for $250,000, i ll tell you what happened to her. and because he s playing on their emotions and saying, i ll give you this if you give me money, basically an extortion. finally after five long years, beth holloway would sit face to face with the man she believes knows what happened to her daughter. it s too late for natalee, it s too late for stephany. it s too late for me. but it s not too late for you, joran. you can make some choices here, and you can make the right decision. if it was an accident, tell me.
police announce he s their prime suspect. the most striking thing to me when i think about natalee holloway and stephany flores, both of them together, they had one common denominator, it was joran van der sloot. stephany flores was with joran van der sloot five years to the day that natalee holloway was last seen. and that was the last time stephany flores is seen. peruvian police track down van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee s body. but wouldn t say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. his original message, for
attorney says the editor s statement is made out of ignorance that is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. the three young men are believed to be the last to have seen natalee, and natalee s parents are hopeful. after weeks of interrogation, the young men are free once again. ten seconds. jean casarez has followed van der sloot s case extensively for hln s in session. they are waiting for evidence. they need evidence. they re looking for forensic evidence because they want something to corroborate the witness statements. and when we think about statements, we think about joran van der sloot. todd fuentes, headed up the fbi s international task force early in the investigation. he and his friends are arrested and released several times by the arubans over the course of the next couple of years. at one point, the dutch authorities also weigh in, but then drop it and release them. the same story comes out that there s a lack of evidence that he did anything to her.
witness statements. and when we think about statements, we think about joran van der sloot. todd fuentes, headed up the fbi s international task force early in the investigation. he and his friends are arrested and released several times by the arubans over the course of the next couple of years. at one point, the dutch authorities also weigh in, but then drop it and release them. the same story comes out that there s a lack of evidence that he did anything to her. then, in january 2008, joran tells someone natalee was dumped at sea. he later denies that story and tells a reporter he sold natalee to human traffickers for $10,000. at the time, he s 17 years old. is he in contact with sex slave traders, let s say, to be involved in that level of organized crime? we don t know. again, more denials and a new story.