Van Der Sloot Confesses To Peruvian Murder

Joran van der Sloot has apparently confessed to the murder of a Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores Ramirez, after a night of drinking and gambling when the woman found stories online about van der Sloot's history and his suspected involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Van der Sloot didn't like it when she intruded on his "private affairs". It turns out that Flores was murdered five years to the day from Holloway's disappareance.



Flores' father believes that van der Sloot's laptop may contain details about his life and whereabouts, including possible victims elsewhere in the world. I think that latter part is speculation, but van der Sloot was a key suspect in Holloway's disappearance and is now facing charges in Alabama for attempting to extort $250,000 for information on the whereabouts of Holloway's remains.

Manhunt Underway in Chile For van der Sloot: UPDATE: Caught

Peruvian officials are getting assistance from Chilean law enforcement in hunting down Joran van der Sloot in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman, Stephany Flores, in a Lima hotel room.

Flores' body was found clothed, face down on the hotel room floor Wednesday, abrasions on her face and body, and signs of trauma, Peruvian Police Gen. Cesar Guardia said. An autopsy is in progress.

Van der Sloot was in Lima for a poker tournament, police said, and appears with Flores in a video at a casino. A hotel employee spotted the pair around 5 a.m.

"We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room," said Guardia.

The police say van der Sloot fled the hotel, alone, four hours later.

Chilean authorities believe he is still in their country and are searching hotels in the tiny towns of its northern provinces.

This murder took place five years to the day following the infamous murder of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. No one was ever charged in that murder, and her body was never recovered. Here, there is considerable forensic evidence and the body is in the hands of the medical examiner.

To clarify something I wrote yesterday, this report spells out where Flores was found:

In Lima, police Gen. Cesar Guardia said at a news conference that the slain woman was found Wednesday in a room at a hotel where van der Sloot had been staying and that she had been seen with the suspect early Sunday, when she was killed.

UPDATE:
Van der Sloot was apprehended by Chilean police in Santiago, Chile:

The suspect, Joran van der Sloot, was escorted by three police officers as he was taken from a dark vehicle into a police office in downtown Santiago, Chile. He made no comment as he entered, walking calmly and without handcuffs as journalists shouted his name. It was not immediately clear where he was picked up.

In Lima, police Gen. Cesar Guardia said the slain woman was found Wednesday in a room at a hotel where van der Sloot had been staying and that she had been seen with the suspect early Sunday, when she was killed.

The killing happened exactly five years after the May 30, 2005, disappearance of Holloway during a high school trip in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island where van der Sloot's late father was a prominent judge.

Prosecutors said van der Sloot is still their main suspect in the case even though he was never charged.

Guardia said the 22-year-old Dutchman was in Peru for a poker tournament and appears with the dead woman in a video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday. The two were later seen entering the hotel by one of its employees about 5 a.m. and the Dutchman departed alone about four hours later, he said.

"We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room,'' said Guardia.

UPDATE:
The hits keep on coming. Van der Sloot is now being charged in Alabama for trying to extort $250,000 in return for revealing the location of Natalee Holloway.

Are you kidding me?

Holloway Suspect van der Sloot Wanted for Murder By Peruvian Authorities

Five years to the day after Natalee Holloway disappeared from the face of the earth in Aruba, one of the prime suspects is now being sought in the murder of a Peruvian woman.

Chief of detectives Col. Miguel Canlla said police are seeking Joran van der Sloot, 22, in the Sunday killing of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores in a Lima hotel.

El Comercio newspaper in Lima reported that the girl was stabbed, according to police. She is the daughter of a businessman and race car driver, Ricardo Flores.

The girl's father, Ricardo Flores, said van der Sloot appears with her in video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday.

Police say they are seeking to confirm van der Sloot's identity with the Dutch Embassy.

Police told El Comercio that she had been seen going out in recent days with van der Sloot. He reportedly arrived in Peru on May 14 from Colombia and left the country on Monday bound for Chile, according to RPP.com in Peru, citing immigration officials. Interpol has been notified to assist in the search. Canlla says Peru is asking Chilean authorities for help in the case.

The victim's body was found in a hotel room in the República de Panamá Avenue in the Miraflores district.

Now, all of this could be a coincidence. After all, he's notorious because of the connections to the Holloway case.

It could be a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and with the wrong hotel room.

It could be a witch hunt and the authorities are out to get him.

Or, he really did commit this murder and can't get out of the criminal act the way he did in the Holloway case because the evidence is far stronger here.

I'm going with that last option, primarily because the woman was found in a room registered to van der Sloot and there's video of the two of them together the previous night.

He's got some serious explaining to do - and why he happens to be the focus of not one but two murder investigations occurring five years apart - to the day (as noted by anonymous emailer).