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Joran van der Sloot

By cbs42

  • Natalee Holloway goes missing in Aruba

    Natalee Holloway goes missing in Aruba
    Holloway leaves "Carlos and Charlie's" nightclub with Joran van der Sloot according to eyewitnessesNatalee Holloway Anniversary

  • Van der sloot arrested in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway

  • Van der Sloot released by Aruban authorities

  • Van der Sloot interviewed by Fox News

    During interview, Joran suggests that he left Natalee alone on the beach at 3am

  • Van der Sloot publishes book about Natalee Holloway

    Van der Sloot publishes book about Natalee Holloway
    "The Case of Natalee Holloway" is released, he restates his innocence in the matter.

  • Aruban authorities search van der Sloot home in Aruba

    Aruban authorites search the grounds and house of the family, find nothing

  • Van der Sloot Re-arrested

    Arrested in Holland and transported to Aruba based on "new evidence".

  • Van der Sloot released, Holloway case closed

    Explanation was lack of evidence

  • Dutch television airs van der Sloot confession

    Youtube video of confessionThough he denied it after the fact, a Dutch reporter gets a confession from Joran van der Sloot- he said that Natalee died accidentally due to a seizure (or something like it) and he had some friends help him hide the body.

  • Van der Sloot: I sold Natalee into sex slavery

    On an interview on Fox News, van der Sloot says he sold Natalee into sex slavery. He later recants this story.

  • Van der Sloot: I disposed of Natalee's body in marshes

    Van der sloot suggests that he disposed of Natalee Holloway's body in marshes in Aruba. Authorites checked out the story and found inconsistencies with it, ultimately discounting it.

  • Van der Sloot alledgedly offers info

    Near the 29th of March, van der Sloot alledgedly contacted a representative of the mother of Natalee Holloway offering to tell her the truth for money.

  • Van der Sloot receives money from Holloway family

    $15,000 was allegedly wired to his account- authorities discount what he told the family because the house he said Natalee was buried in did not exist in 2005

  • Stephany Flores reported missing

    Stephany Flores reported missing
    On the five year anniversary of Natalee Holloway going missing, a 21 year old woman named Stephany Flores goes missing. The common thread- Stephany Flores was last seen alive entering Joran van der Sloot's hotel room in Lima, Peru.

  • Van der Sloot charged with extortion and wire fraud in Alabama

    Van der Sloot charged with extortion and wire fraud in Alabama

  • Van der Sloot arrested in Chile

    Van der Sloot arrested in Chile
    Joran van der Sloot is arrested after seemingly fleeing to Chile and brought back to Peru by authorities.

  • Video of van der Sloot and Flores entering hotel room surfaces

    Video of van der Sloot and Flores entering hotel room surfaces

  • Van der Sloot confesses to Flores murder

    In a statement he would later recant, van der Sloot confesses to the murder of Stephany Flores to Peruvian authorities. He said his motive for the murder was that Flores accessed his laptop and discovered information about his connection to Natalee Holloway.I

  • Van der Sloot charged in Peruvian court

    Van der Sloot charged with first degree murder and robbery in Lima Superior Court

  • Van der Sloot sues his lawyer

    Van der Sloot sues his lawyer

  • Tabloids raise sex slave charges against van der Sloot

    Tabloids raise sex slave charges against van der Sloot