Precisely five years after the american natalie holloway vanished in aruba. van der sloot, one of the last people seen with her, was just 17 at the time and was heavily investigated. officials never had enough evidence to charge him in her disappearance. the u.s. government has sought to extra diet him to stand trial here for extorsion. he is accused of taking money from the holloway family on a promise to lead them to their daughter s body. she has still never been found. authorities believe he used the money to travel to peru where he met stephany flores. reporter: peruvian police say he long ago confessed to the flores killing. they argued he did not have a translator and if he killed her it was in a fit of rage after she brought up the holloway case. what he will say remains anyone s guess. the court agreed to his request giving him more time to think of
American, natalee holloway, vanished in aruba. van der sloot, one of the last people seen with her, was just 17 at the time and was heavily investigated. officials never had enough evidence to charge him in her disappearance. the u.s. government has sought to extradite him to stand trial here for extorsion. he is accused of taking money from the holloway family on a promise to lead them to their daughter s body. she has still never been found. authorities believe he used the money to travel to peru where he met stephany flores. peruvian police say he long ago confessed to the flores killing. his attorney argued he did not have a translator and if he killed her, it was in a fit of rage after she brought up the holloway case. what van der sloot he will say remains anyone s guess. the court agreed to his request giving him more time to think of his own long, strange story.
Van der sloot, one of the last people seen with her, was just 17 at the time and was heavily investigated. officials never had enough evidence to charge him in her disappearance. the u.s. government has sought to extradite him to stand trial here for extorsion. he is accused of taking money from the holloway family on a promise to lead them to their daughter s body. she has still never been found. authorities believe he used the money to travel to peru where he met stephany flores. peruvian police say he long ago confessed to the flores killing. his attorney argued he did not have a translator and if he killed her, it was in a fit of rage after she brought up the holloway case. what van der sloot he will say remains anyone s guess. the court agreed to his request giving him more time to think of his own long, strange story. tom foreman, cnn, washington.