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Dutch man Joran van der Sloot admits to killing a woman twenty years ago and trying to extort money from the victim's mother. Van der Sloot admits to fatally assaulting Natalee Holloway in 2005 when she turned down his romantic advances. Beth Holloway, Natalee's mother, declares van der Sloot as the killer. Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of another woman in 201. Van der Sloot pleads guilty to wire fraud and receives a concurrent 20-year sentence.

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Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, has pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and has agreed to disclose information about Holloway's disappearance to her mother. In a court transcript, van der Sloot admitted to assaulting Holloway, causing her death, and disposing of her body in the ocean. Despite the confession, the judge ruled that it couldn't be used against him in the case. Van der Sloot has also been ordered to provide restitution to Holloway's mother.

The family of slain teen Natalee Holloway said they don't believe her killer, Joran van der Sloot, is a born-again Christian and said he's full of "BS" after he apologized in federal court.

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