Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, has lost his extradition appeal and will be sent to the U.S., according to the Peruvian Supreme Court.
In this June 4, 2010, file photo, Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police after being handed over by Chilean authorities at the border between both countries in Tacna, 1,250 kilometers south of Lima, Peru.Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, has lost his extradition appeal and will be sent to the United States on Thursday, according to the Peruvian Supreme Court.
for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old college student Stephany Flores. Van der Sloot left the Challapalca prison in Peru on Saturday to be transferred to another prison in Lima to await his extradition to the U.S. Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old from Alabama, was in Aruba celebrating her high school graduation when she disappeared.Van der Sloot, who was detained as a suspect in the teen's disappearance and then later released, was indicted by an Alabama federal grand jury in 2010 for allegedly trying to extort Holloway's family.
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