The prime suspect in the disappearance of Alabama college student Natalee Holloway reportedly told a friend that he and his father rented a boat and “took care of business” two days after she disappeared.
The exchange, seen through The messenger, shows that Joran Van der Sloot sent an email to someone named David G from his Yahoo! email address in 2010 in which he again makes a sinister claim about what happened to the missing teenager.
Holloway, an 18-year-old from a Birmingham suburb, disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Her remains have never been found, although an Alabama judge declared her legally deceased in 2012 without settling the case.
Van der Sloot was extradited from Peru to the US in June and faces charges in her disappearance and was the last person seen with her. He faces one count of racketeering and another of wire fraud after he allegedly offered to reveal Holloway’s whereabouts in exchange for $250,000 from her family.
Joran van der Sloot (right), the main suspect in the disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway, said he and his father (left) rented a boat and “took care of business”
Holloway, an 18-year-old from a Birmingham suburb, disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Her remains have never been found, although an Alabama judge declared her legally deceased in 2012 without settling the case
Van der Sloot was extradited from Peru to the US in June and faces charges in her disappearance and was the last person seen with her
These crimes are the only charges ever linked to the Dutch citizen’s disappearance in May 2005.
Although he is not charged with murder, he remains the prime suspect in the case.
Federal prosecutors received an email from the same account Van der Sloot used to contact Holloway’s family, describing what happened in the days after she went missing.
“My father got a boat two days later,” he wrote to David G. “We went for a ride and took care of business. That’s all I’m going to say.’
Police in Aruba have spoken to numerous boat operators on the island in an effort to uncover more information about Holloway’s disappearance.
Investigators recently spoke with someone to find out if he was involved in dumping the teen’s body.
“It always seemed most likely that she was taken on a boat,” an investigator told The Messenger.
“But the key is finding out who would have brought him there to do it. He and his father didn’t have their own boat.’
Federal prosecutors allege that Van der Sloot contacted Holloway’s mother Beth Holloway through her attorney in March 2010 and said he would reveal the location of the teen’s body for $250,000, of which $25,000 would be paid upfront.
Beth and her lawyer met him at a hotel in Aruba during a recorded sting operation, gave him $10,000 in cash and wired $15,000 to his bank account, authorities said.
Federal prosecutors have obtained an email from the account Van der Sloot (pictured with his parents) used to contact Holloway’s family, describing what happened after she went missing.
“My father got a boat two days later,” he wrote to his friend David G. “We went for a ride and took care of business. That’s all I’m gonna say
Van der Sloot is said to have changed his story about the night he was with Holloway.
He claimed he picked her up, but she demanded to be put down, so he threw her to the ground, where she hit her head on a rock and died instantly, prosecutors said.
Van der Sloot then allegedly took Kelly to a house and said that his father Paulus van der Sloot, who has since died, buried Holloway in the foundation of the building.
During a hidden camera interview with Dutch journalists in 2008, the suspect claimed that the teenager had a seizure and died while they were having sex on the beach.
He said a friend named Daury helped him load her onto a boat before dumping her body at sea.
But Van der Sloot later claimed that he had lied to the journalists.
Federal prosecutors allege that Van der Sloot contacted Holloway’s mother Beth Holloway (right) through her attorney in March 2010 and said he would reveal the location of the teen’s body for $250,000, with $25,000 paid up front.
Police in Aruba have spoken to numerous boat operators on the island to learn more about Holloway’s disappearance
The suspect was extradited from Peru, where he was serving a 28-year prison sentence for the murder of a woman in 2010.
Van der Sloot was found guilty of the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, 21, who was killed five years after Natalee’s disappearance.
Peruvian prosecutors say Van der Sloot killed Flores, a business student from a prominent family, while trying to rob her after learning she had won money at the casino where the two met.
They said he killed her with “cruelty” and “cruelty,” then beat and strangled her in his hotel room. He pleaded guilty in 2012.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges related to Holloway’s disappearance and is being held in an Alabama prison. His trial has been postponed until at least November.