Joran van der Sloot is expected to plead guilty to his involvement in an extortion plot connected to Natalee Holloway’s disappearance. Her family’s lawyer, John Q. Kelly, told NBC News that the plea agreement requires van der Sloot to reveal details of how Natalee died and how her body was disposed of.
Family lawyer John Q. Kelly told NBC News on Sunday that “It [the plea agreement] was conditioned upon Mr. van der Sloot revealing details of how Natalee died and how her body was disposed of.”
There has been no immediate comment from van der Sloot’s lawyer or federal prosecutors.
Natalee Holloway vanished during a vacation in Aruba with her classmates in 2005. In 2012, an Alabama probate court declared her dead.
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Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national, has long been a suspect in the presumed slaying of Natalee Holloway. He was indicted in 2010 by a federal grand jury on two counts of wire fraud and extortion.
He was extradited to the U.S. in June to face allegations that he demanded $250,000 from Holloway’s family for information about her disappearance.
On Wednesday, he is scheduled for a plea and sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco in Birmingham, Alabama. The sudden scheduling indicates a likely deal between van der Sloot and the government to avoid trial, although the specific charges he will plead to remain unclear.
Prior to this case, van der Sloot was already in custody in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores, a Peruvian college student, in 2010.
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