In January 2023, an additional 18 years were added to his sentence for trafficking cocaine while in prison. A Peruvian judge ruled on 25 June 2010 that the confession was valid, and on 13 January 2012, Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment for Flores's murder. He later tried to formally retract his confession, claiming that he had been intimidated by the Peruvian Police and framed by the FBI. On 7 June 2010, Van der Sloot confessed to bludgeoning Flores. Īfter Flores's murder on, five years to the day after Holloway's disappearance, Van der Sloot fled to Chile, where he was arrested and extradited back to Peru for questioning regarding the murder. He was the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot ( Dutch pronunciation: born 6 August 1987) is a Dutch murderer, convicted in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru. Sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (United States) Sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment (Peru) Qualified murder, simple robbery, drug trafficking (Peru) extortion, wire fraud (United States)
