Joran van der Sloot has been charged with murder. The Dutchman was arrested in June of 2010 after 21-year old Stephany Flores was found bludgeoned to death in his Lima hotel room. He now faces a 30-year jail sentence and would have to pay a restitution penalty of $73,000 to the victim’s family if found guilty. According to van der Sloot’s attorney, his client would claim temporary insanity and plead guilty in exchange for a less harsh sentence. van der Sloot allegedly killed Ramirez because she glanced at his laptop and discovered his connection to 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, who disappeared from Aruba in 2005 and who van der Sloot is rumored to have murdered. He was arrested twice for the crime, but never charged, and it remains unsolved.
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Joran van der Sloot Charged with Murder of Stephany Flores
