Police: Dutchman Confesses to Killing Lima Woman

Police: Dutchman Confesses to Killing Lima Woman

 

 

Police say Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Holloway case, confesses to killing Lima woman

 

 

By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press Writer

 

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Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room last week, a police spokesman said.

Peru's chief police spokesman, Col. Abel Gamarra, told The Associated Press that Van der Sloot admitted under police questioning Monday that he killed 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30.

The Peruvian TV channel America Noticias reported that van der Sloot killed Flores in a rage after learning she had looked up information about his past on his laptop.

It said it had access to details of the confession but did not cite its source.

Gamarra refused to provide details of the confession/. Nor would the chief of Peru's criminal police, Gen. Cesar Guardia, when the AP reached him by telephone. Guardia said only police director Gen. Miguel Hidalgo could authorize the information to be divulged. Hidalgo's cell phone rang unanswered.