(NewsNation) — The important thing suspect within the Natalee Holloway case will probably be extradited to the U.S. on Thursday, the Superior Court of Justice of Lima said.
Joran van der Sloot is the principle suspect within the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American pupil Holloway. The 18-year-old from Birmingham, Alabama, was final seen leaving a bar in Aruba with van der Sloot.
A choose declared Holloway lifeless, however her physique has by no means been recovered. No expenses have been filed in her dying.
Van der Sloot faces federal extortion and wire fraud expenses out of Alabama. He’s accused of attempting to extort the Holloway household in 2010, promising to cause them to Natalee’s physique in change for lots of of hundreds of {dollars}.
Natalee’s mom, Beth Holloway, shared a press release after authorities agreed to extradition, saying the Holloway household is “lastly getting justice for Natalee.”
“It has been a really lengthy and painful journey, however the persistence of many goes to repay,” Beth Holloway mentioned.
Van der Sloot misplaced his extradition attraction after his lawyer challenged it, arguing that van der Sloot was by no means knowledgeable of an open extradition course of.
The pinnacle of Peru’s jail system mentioned van der Sloot will probably be taken into Interpol custody Thursday morning, then transferred to an airport in Lima, the place he’ll board a aircraft to the U.S.
In 2010, van der Sloot was arrested for the homicide of 21-year-old enterprise pupil Stephany Flores. She died 5 years to the day after Holloway’s disappearance. Van der Sloot entered a responsible plea in that case.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
