Double murderer apologises to the Holloway family and says he is a different person now
Joran van der Sloot has admitted to bludgeoning Natalee Holloway to death after they met at a bar in Aruba—ending a near two-decade mystery about her case.Van der Sloot, 36, was jailed for 20 years in federal prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to attempting to extort $250,000 from her family in exchange for information about her death. The sentence will run concurrently with his 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of his former girlfriend, Stephany Flores.
As part of his plea agreement, Van der Sloot, 36, agreed to tell detectives everything he knows about Natalee's disappearance, and her parents were allowed to hear his confession.Van der Sloot addressed the court before his sentencing and apologized to the Holloway family.
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