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