Joran van der Sloot's Confession: A Mother's Pain and a Plea Deal Awaited

Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and extortion charges in a U.S. federal courtroom. As part of the plea deal, van der Sloot agreed to reveal how Natalee died and where her body was hidden. Beth Holloway, Natalee's mother, stated that van der Sloot bludgeoned her daughter after she rejected his advances and dumped her body in the ocean. Van der Sloot was sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison, with the requirement to first complete his sentence in Peru for the murder of another woman.