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Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway case, expected to plead guilty to extortion charges

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Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to federal extortion and wire fraud charges in Alabama. Van der Sloot pleaded not guilty to the extortion and wire fraud charges in June after he was extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on June 8, 2023. Martin Mejia/AP MORE: Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway case, pleads not guilty to extortion, wire fraud charges Suspicion still surrounds van der Sloot in connection to 18-year-old Holloway's May 2...

Escaped murder suspect Michael Burham captured, in custody: Police

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Fugitive Michael Burham was taken into police custody after a week long manhunt, police said. Fugitive Michael Burham, a murder suspect described as "survivalist," was capture d and taken into custody Saturday after a weeklong search, police said. Burham, 34, is a suspect in homicide and rape cases in Jamestown, New York, and escaped on July 6, police said. He was being held in the Warren County Jail in northern Pennsylvania on arson and burglary charges and was also associated with the carjacking and kidnapping of a Pennsylvania couple while trying to evade capture in May, according to Jamestown police. The Jamestown Police Department released this booking photo of Michael Burham. Jamestown Police Department MORE: Official describes video of Michael Burham's prison escape: 'Like a spider' More than 200 officers from 15 federal, state and local agencies conducted an intense search for the 34-year-old Burham, who was being held on $1 million bail at the Warren...