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• Van der Sloot pleads guilty to Peru killing

  January 11, 2012 1:43 PM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - Joran van der Sloot will be sentenced on Friday, after pleading guilty today to the murder in 2010 of a Peruvian woman he had met at a casino in Lima. The murder took place exactly five years, to the day, after the disappearance of American... more »

• Man held in connection with American woman missing in Aruba

  August 30, 2011 8:08 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of a man being held in Aruba on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance and presumed death of a 35-year-old Maryland woman says his son is "not a monster." In an interview with NBC's "Today" show that aired Tuesday, Frank Giordano said his son... more »

• Aruba Judge orders US man held in disappearance

  August 15, 2011 7:41 PM

  ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Prosecutors on the Caribbean island of Aruba say a judge has agreed to their request to continue holding an American tourist as a suspect in the death of a woman who was traveling with him. The prosecutor's office says in a statement the judge accepted... more »

• American girl missing in Aruba

  August 11, 2011 8:47 AM

  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The mother of a woman who disappeared during a trip to Aruba says the family is hoping for the best outcome and praying she'll be with them soon. In a statement released by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center, Robyn Gardner's mother, Andrea Colson, also expressed... more »

• Aruba jawbone does not belong to Natalee Holloway

  November 23, 2010 2:08 PM

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The prosecutor's office in Aruba says a jawbone with a tooth recently found on a beach does not belong to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. The agency says that an analysis based on dental records rules out that the bone fragment came from... more »

• Holloway family lawyer dismisses Van der Sloot claims

  September 7, 2010 10:08 AM

  The lawyer for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba has dismissed claims by the Dutchman suspected in the case that he extorted money from the parents to get back at them. Speaking on NBC's Today Show Tuesday, John Kelly, a lawyer for Natalee Holloway's mother... more »

• Police: Van der Sloot says he knows Holloway location

  June 11, 2010 8:18 AM

  The chief of Peru's criminal police says Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has told police that he knows the location of the body of missing U.S. teen Natalie Holloway. Gen. Cesar Guardia tells The Associated Press that Van der Sloot "let slip that he knew the place... more »

• Police give Dutchman case to prosecutors

  June 10, 2010 8:13 AM

  Peru's criminal police chief says that Joran van der Sloot's confession in the murder of a 21-year-old woman was so complete that police decided there was no need to take him to the crime scene for a walkthrough. Gen. Cesar Guardia says the case against van der Sloot, who... more »

• FBI paid $15K in van der Sloot sting

  June 9, 2010 12:25 PM

  Two federal law enforcement officials say U.S. authorities paid Joran van der Sloot $15,000 in a sting operation and delayed arresting him because they were trying to help build a murder case against him in the 5-year-old unsolved slaying of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. During that delay, Van der... more »

• Natalee Holloway's uncle hopes case is reopened

  June 4, 2010 8:21 AM

  The uncle of a teen who disappeared in Aruba in 2005 says he hopes authorities there reopen the case now that the man linked to his niece's disappearance has been arrested in a killing in Peru and is facing extortion charges in Alabama. Speaking to NBC's "Today" show Friday,... more »

• Holloway suspect arrested in Peruvian killing

  June 3, 2010 3:16 PM

  Chilean police say they have detained a Dutch man who has long been suspected of killing American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. This time Joran van der Sloot was being sought in the death of a woman in Peru, five years to the day after Holloway disappeared. Police say... more »

• Suspect confessed in Natalee Holloway murder

  February 23, 2010 2:27 PM

  The suspect in the disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway has confessed to disposing of her body in a swamp on the Caribbean island of Aruba, according to a Dutch tabloid newspaper and Aruba's chief prosecutor. Joran van der Sloot made the statement in a sit-down interview with a... more »

• FBI probes disappearance of cruise ship chef

  December 7, 2009 4:57 PM

  A cruise line says the FBI is investigating the disappearance of an Italian chef who may have gone overboard from an American cruise ship. The probe was initiated Monday morning after the Princess Cruises' Coral Princess docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Cruise spokeswoman Julie Benson says... more »