Joran van der Sloot, the man long-suspected in Natalee Holloway’s death, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and extortion of Natalee’s mother today. As part of his plea deal, van der Sloot also confessed to her brutal murder. NBC News’ Sam Brock speaks with Natalee’s mother, Beth.
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#NataleeHolloway #JoranVanDerSloot #Murder
I feel for this family but I would have never let my teenage daughter go out of the Country.
Right it’s to young and naive
Evil coward.
May peace be upon Natalie Holloway’s dear mother.
He’s only getting 20 years. He should get life. The plea deal should have been that he would not get the death penalty but life in prison
I’m glad we finally know.
What?? Where is the body?!!!
20 years ?
I knew he was guilty. Horrific.
Kids are too inexperienced to be on their own on so-called Spring Break. Period.
I agree
She was with 124 of her classmates and 7 chaperones.
True…kids …girl wanting to grow up fast…that will lean ya’…yep
@Daywalker yeah well that’s not a good way to learn and had that been a guy you wouldn’t probably say that but maybe I am wrong.Either way young people that age need to be watched because there’s lots of trouble in our world today.
My heart goes out to the family and especially that poor little girl Natalie.
Horrible monster couldn’t accept rejection.
To think I was watching Patrice O Neal’s comedy special that talked about this only for this to happen an hour after watching it. Time does change everything.
Bro.. same here. I could hear his voice in my head as soon as I saw the title.
Poor girl! Rih Natalie
Simps are mocked for a reason. Society is safer without them.
Should be life in prison
Wow, finally😢
20 years? He should have only bargained for his life.
The Dutch are insane
Just so sad how this was not justified years ago.I feel the family was robbed of not only their child but the truth that should have been told long before now.I hope ges put away forever.
Oh my goodness‼️ I’m mad for the family. He tortured them. RIH Natalie. Your mother remained steadfast. 😥 You were loved.
Life in prison, with no chance of parole is WAY to good for this PATHETIC CREEP! Life in the harshest prison in solitary, just 4 blank walls, a ceiling, a floor, no windows, no communication of any kind with the outside world!
Stinking coward
😮classic German criminal mind.
I must have been 14 when this was on the news? Can’t believe it took this long. Her mom so such a strong person and he deserves more time for what he did. Scary to think what else he must have been up to until now…
Still don’t believe him 😮💨 I think he sold her, Aruba is known for human trafficking. He’s just saying anything to get a break 🤚 It’s not like he’s not known for doing this and we’ll never know bc there’s no evidence besides his “confession” 😫
Well authorities should make him confess!!
Make him confess where the body is!!!
i do too he is a trafficker the area where he lived aruba is known to be a vacation place for young people he took her someplace or he may have killed her because she fought him against being trafficked
She was going to medical school and all he is is a piece of crap.
she’s reading ..
It’s crazy that the comments are turned off in most other stores on YouTube for this case. There should’ve been cameras in the court house. They always protect these pieces of trash. All criminal cases should be made public and live streamed. Executions and all other crimes should be live streamed. Criminals should be humiliated fully. His parents should be charged also.
His father was a judge I believe. They’re a wealthy family.
@It’s a scary world
He was an attorney
@🌐~Sugar XylerPaulus van der sloot was a judge…
Everyone knew this. 🤷♂️
No way he simply dropped her body in the ocean. Simple odds dictate that the body or it’s remains washes up somewhere on the beaches of Aruba. I seem to remember that while doing time in Peru for his other murder that he confessed to another prisoner or cellmate that he buried it where no one would ever find it. He’s lying…guaranteed!
He confessed because he realized American prison is a huge step up from the Peruvian shyte hole he was in and he can live comfortably in his own cell….
Except he is going right back to Peru to serve the sentence.
I feel like I would probably do the same things after a date as he did
Add a tuna fish sandwich
Wow! finally.
If they would have caught him in the first place that other woman would probably still be alive. I feel like his family had to know on some level what kind of person he was.
I always felt like this creep killed that girl. My prayers go out for her Mother. I pray he is never let out in society ever again. A very sick evil person he is.
ONLY 20 YEARS???!!! 🤬
Pray he doesn’t get a chance to do it again.
🙏 to the family.
All he gets is 20 years? Unbelievable.
He should be getting life!
Great. Now send him to Aruba to face murder charge.
A cinder block on the beach? What about the other 2 guys?
So Natalie was buried at sea. Im gonna put a flower in the Mississippi River and say a prayer for her family. My Natalie be at peace God bless her soul and memory we won’t forget her. 🙏🏼
They pick and chose who’s murder gets all this press.
What a price of sh,”zz
😭
He should die in prison,
DP or bust. Take out the trash.
20yrs? What a joke!
He’s still serving the other sentence too for the other girl
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻
And NBC did not even blame Trump for this…extraordinary for woke NBC !!
Only 20 years? He should be locked up for the rest of his life.
He could be lying for the plea deal…….. no evidence
“We’re you stunned by the depravity…”
What a stupid, mean question.
His daddy is a government judge who has been protecting him i e Jeffrey Epstein style tyranny.
Jesus my stomach is turned after listening to his confession in another video, heartless! I was in Aruba often not long after her murder and I thought about it a lot especially knowing most likely she was sadly in the ocean I was in, turns my stomach in every way!
Now GOD will deal with him. bubba will have fun with that snow flake…in jail…..
I pray her family finally finds some kind of peace🙏🙏 I hope that LOW never gets out of prison.
Why df did it take him so long??? Smfh… he needs to go away for life yo…I was legit 12 years old when this first happened… so sad
Thank God he admitted it 🙏 🙌 😌 😢
A good example of how news organizations don’t care about news that matters to us. This is a twenty year old non mystery. How about a piece about current monetary policy and the deficit.
Finally answers for Natalee Holloway’s family after almost 20 years! I knew this would eventually be solved! I’m so glad they got a little closure with Natalee’s case! 💖💖
The only thing that sounds strange to me, is the he says he killed her then “Pushed her out to sea” which makes no sense! That body would not just float away on its own on a beach. That body would had came back to land quickly, or eventually. They searched all of that area for so long! I don’t think he’s telling the truth about what he did with her body though.
He originally said they dumped her from a boat, which makes more sense
@🌐~Sugar Xyler”they”?
The psychic astrologer at Celestial Synastry was right all along. She said he dumped her from a boat and there was a blow to the head.
Glad you have your answers now.
The Dutch politicians that covered that crime up should most definitely be prosecuted as well
Sad. Hope this helps the family move on.
20 years is not enough time for what he did to that beautiful girl!
He killed her as a part of a plea deal?
He belongs in the electric chair ASAP😡
Sad. She was only 18. I can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years. It took so long to bring about any type of justice.
He told the world what we already knew.
Any audio video when he admitted?
@Dino Not sure if it’s been released.
@Dino hi Dino, a great channel called Bed Crime Stories read the transcript last night. Likely she would have played the audio if it had been made available.
I didn’t heard FROM his mouth
And he still gets a chance at life in 20 years. So he will be in his late 50s maybe early 60s will be able to enjoy life. Wow.
some guys out there are just pure evil. and i dont get why women arnt more careful (granted she actually REJECTED HIM) but i mean……..in general women…just be careful the next guy your so quick to date thats all im saying…………
She is the mother of the United States. Everybody wants her for her mother. He is the scum of the Earth and hopefully one day he hast to answer now you got closure and you can move on with your life. Take care.
Why is this guy messing with her mother? He pleaded guilty to extortion “today” (as quoted) so that means Joran Vander Sloot is still causing these people pain after all these years. We know Natalee Holloway is dead, we know how she died, who done it and where. Lock him up and put him behind bars for good, he’s crazy.
There is no evidence to lock him up and the confession came with immunity
So sad it took this long.
Meanwhile, America cares about so many things to spark controversy etc.
Edit: aka religion and politics
(Canadian born and raised living in the south for 15 years speaking)
Poor girl
Yeah but ok – he admitted to killing her – but who is extorting her mother for money
Whys the plea deal only just now being made?
US extradited him from Peru to face extortion charges with Beth….he extorted $25K from Beth for a false lead to Natalee’s body…he plead guilty in exchange for truth he murdered her and disposed of her body.
Since when does someone only get 20 years for a brutal murder?!???!
I pray her family finds peace. He deserves a lot more time for Natalie’s murder. He has told so many lies and versions of this story, I’m not sure if I believe his details, although I’m certain he did murder her. I think he’s cooperating to get out of the foreign prison system. It was a pretty brutal system. I don’t believe he does anything because he cares about other people.
As a child I remember the years of media coverage that surrounded this case it’s so sad to hear what actually happened to her. I hope this brings closure for the family.
I blame the school like why Aruba why not Disney World.
The pig will rot in prison 😊
He got only 20 years for killing an innocent White Woman, only in America can something like this happen.
This White Man will probably only serve half of this sentence and get out just in time to become a Republican Senator.
Did he say whether or not his friends (the two brothers) knew about it?
RIP Natalee
He confessed on tape years ago when that guy rigged his truck to record him
i do not believe him the whole story seems to cover for trafficking i think he killed her because she resisted being trafficked or he sold her he is a disgusting scum beyond words
You have a better chance of winning the lottery than being a trafficking victim
Yes …and this terrible man ….had his parents cover and send him money to try escape justice and his father was a judge …ultimate hypocrite
What a sick person he is!A lot of people believed back then that he was guilty! 20 years isn’t enough!!
20 years is not enough
Most Inmates don’t take too kindly to abusing females…… I’ll bet his celly introduces him to Mr. Shank …
I’ve been following this since Day 1 & I do not believe what he said happened. I believe she was sold to a trafficker! Guess we will never know the real truth.