Prime suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance to be extradited to U.S.

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The prime suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance is being extradited to the U.S. on federal extortion and wire charges in connection to the case.

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00:00The prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway, an 18-year-old who went missing in Aruba

00:05during a graduation trip with friends in 2005, is being extradited to the U.S. The suspect,

00:10Joram Vandersloot, is believed to be the last person to have contact with Holloway

00:15and was seen leaving a club with her 18 years ago. Vandersloot, however, is being extradited

00:20by the U.S. to face charges of extortion and wire fraud, not murder. Holloway was declared legally

00:26dead by a judge in 2012, but her body has never been found nor has anyone been charged with her

00:31death. The extortion and wire fraud charges are connected to a 2010 incident in which Vandersloot

00:36reached out to Holloway's mother and allegedly agreed to give up the location of Natalie's body

00:41for a $25,000 upfront payment followed by an additional $225,000 once the remains were found.

00:48In an FBI sting operation, Vandersloot indicated Holloway's body was buried at a house,

00:53but her remains were never found and he later admitted to lying. Vandersloot is currently

00:58serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for killing another young female, Stephanie Flores,

01:03five years after Holloway's disappearance. Vandersloot is expected to fight the extradition decision.

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