Joran van der Sloot’s Reported Confession Restarts Holloway Case

The disappearance and alleged murder of U.S. student Natalee Holloway during a High School graduation vacation in Aruba has been an unsolved mystery since she was last seen on May 30, 2005. Well, there appears to be a rather enormous break in the case: Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to disposing of Holloway’s body on the night of her disappearance. Since this was a huge story on cable news programs hosted by Nancy Grace and Greta Van Susteren , it’s nearly certain to be a lead story tonight.

According to Wire Update:

AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) — Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot has confessed to disposing the body of missing American student Natalee Holloway while on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a Dutch newspaper reported on Tuesday. He made the statements in front of an RTL television camera.

The statements by van der Sloot follow a similar confession more than two years ago during an undercover operation by Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, which prosecutors said did not constitute new legal evidence.

‘De Telegraaf’ newspaper reported that – in the new confession – Van der Sloot said he is still scared of being prosecuted and admitted to disposing Holloway’s body in a marsh on Aruba. The report said the chief prosecutor on Aruba confirmed the story, but said Van der Sloot could be attempting to give multiple false versions to hide the truth.

Chief prosecutor Peter Blanken told ‘De Telegraaf’ that the confession resulted in a new investigation into the disappearance of Holloway, but eventually concluded without results. “It became clear that this statement is hold together by lies and fantasy,” Blanken said. “Times are wrong and named witnesses have denied.”