Joran van der Sloot Confession: Not the First Time He's Confessed

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

Natalee Holloway, left, Joran van der Sloot and Stephany Flores. (CBS/AP)

LIMA, Peru (CBS/AP) It seems familiar -- Joran van der Sloot suspected of a young woman's murder.

Now: Stephany Flores in a hotel in Peru. 2005: the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

PICTURES: Joran van der Sloot
PICTURES: Stephany Flores

And now both cases reportedly feature confessions from van der Sloot.

Van der Sloot was arrested twice in the Holloway case, but has never confessed to police. Over the years, however, he has given a number of conflicting confessions - including one for German television's RTL News claiming that he disposed Holloway's body in an Aruban swamp.

But prosecutors in Aruba have said his statements have not been "credible," and in one case "held together by lies and fantasy."

Van der Sloot gained a reputation for lying - even admitting an affinity for it in Dutch newspapers - and also exhibited an explosive temper. In one Dutch television interview he threw a glass of wine in a reporter's eyes. In another, he smashed a glass of water against a wall in a fury.

And now, according to newspaper La Republica, van der Sloot has admitted to police that he broke Flores's neck after Flores, without permission, took his laptop and found out he was involved in the disappearance of Holloway.

"I did not want to do it," the newspaper reports Van der Sloot as saying about Flores's death. "The girl intruded into my private life."

Whether this new reported confession will lead to an actual conviction remains to be seen.

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by denner37 June 8, 2010 9:51 PM EDT: The "Sloot" was caught red handed. He had no idea that a security camera was right outside his hotel room door. A picture or video is a thousand words and is pretty much irrefutable evidence. The camera recorded him and Stephany entering the room, but only him leaving the room after the murder. Explain your way out of that one, coupled with the probable DNA evidence from the victim. No one else was seen entering the room before the maid discovered poor Stephany's body. Perhaps a creative attorney may claim that someone other than the "Sloot" scaled the 7 floors of the hotel, entered by the window, committed the murder and scaled back down in broad daylight. His confession was made in hopes of receiving a lesser charge of manslaughter or a heat of the passion defense, which carries a much lesser sentence if convicted.; Reply to this comment

by Wildwood1966 June 8, 2010 2:26 PM EDT

they have no death penalty in Peru and longest sentence is 35 years? He'll still be young enough when he gets out to charm some other girl - sad I read somewhere that Stephany would have never gone to his hotel after meeting him the same day - wonder how this happens?

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by mick7744 June 23, 2010 5:08 PM EDT: When he gets out?

You're joking, right? A six month sentance for the famous Joran van der Sloot is a virtual death sentance with several months to spare.

I wouldn't concern myself with how old this smug sociopath will be in 35 years. He's just about as old now as he's ever gonna be.