JORAN VAN DER SLOOT – the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen NATALEE HOLLOWAY – was desperate for cash after gambling away $10,000 he’d gotten from Natalee’s mother in a cruel shakedown.
Instead of living the high life he craved, the Dutch-born thug was staying in a seedy $36-a-night hotel in Peru, and whining that he couldn’t get a girl.
Then he watched while STEPHANY FLORES won nearly $4,000 in a poker tournament in a Lima casino – and her fate was sealed.
Five hours later Joran’s hotel room was a blood bath.
The 21-year-old daughter of a former Peruvian presidential candidate lay dead on the floor – her neck broken, one eye dangling from its socket, her bloodied face so brutally battered that her brother didn’t even recognize her in the morgue.
According to van der Sloot’s confession to Peruvian investigators, Joran had been partying with Stephany, the high stakes poker playing daughter of a former Peruvian Presidential candidate, when she glimpsed a strange message on his laptop.
It was a chilling death threat implicating Joran in the mysterious disappearance of Natalaee Holloway on the 5th anniversary to the day!
Suddenly, Flores realized she was with the prime suspect in the presumed murder of an American teen beauty who vanished after being with the charming Dutchman — And NOW she was alone with him in HIS hotel room.
According to his confession obtained by Peruvian law enforcement authorities after Interpol apprehended the murder suspect in neighboring Chile, van der Sloot admitted (translated from the original police transcript):
"We sat on the bed when I gave her a hard right elbow in the face — on her nose. I think her head hit the wall backwards. Then she started to bleed – there was blood everywhere.
"What am I going to do? Blood on my shirt – blood on the bed —
"I immediately sat down on her and started to choke her with two hands.
"I held her down for one minute.
"Then I saw her on the floor. But she was still breathing.
"I took my shirt and put it on her face, pressing hard, until I killed Stephany."
Cops also grilled him whether he had given Flores drugs, particularly a "roofie", as the autopsy revealed amphetamines in her bloodstream.
The hulking 6 foot 5′ brute denied drugging her.
After being questioned further by the advocate (police appointed defense lawyer), he was asked if he wanted to amend anything to his statement.
Realizing what imprisonment in Peru could mean, van der Sloot cagily opened the door to possible extradition to Aruba.
"I wish to discuss the Natalee Holloway case. If there is a chance that this proceeds quickly and smoothly, I can be extradited to Aruba. I want to talk about the case but not now.
"I want to talk with the police in Aruba. If there is a risk that that case can be closed, then I am willing to assist in clarifying it."
SEE THE OFFICIAL POLICIA NACIONAL DEL PERU DOCUMENTS:
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FIRST POSTED: 1 PM EDT 6.15.10
