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Arrest warrant issued for van der Sloot after woman's death
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June 2: Peruvian police are seeking Joran van der Sloot in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old woman. Van der Sloot was once questioned in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.
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Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing
Peruvian police are seeking Joran van der Sloot in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old woman. Van der Sloot was once questioned in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.
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updated 1:22 p.m. PT, Wed., June 2, 2010
A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is the prime suspect in a weekend murder of a Peruvian woman, police said Wednesday.
Joran van der Sloot is being sought in the Sunday killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel, Criminal police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told a news conference. He said the suspect fled the country the next day by land to Chile.
The Dutch government said Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Van der Sloot.
Guardia said the 22-year-old Dutchman, who was in the country for a poker tournament, appears with the young woman in a video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday.
The victim's father, Ricardo Flores, told reporters she was killed about 8 a.m. in a hotel room in the upscale Miraflores neighborhood that was splattered with blood, indicating a struggle.
El Comercio newspaper in Lima reported that Flores was stabbed. Her father is a businessman and race car driver.
The killing occurred exactly five years after the May 30, 2005, disappearance of Holloway in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island.
"We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room," said Guardia.
Van der Sloot left Peru on Monday, Guardia said, according to an immigration registry. He had been staying at the hotel since May 14 and checked out on Sunday four hours after he arrived there with the victim, the police general added.
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Arrest warrant issued for van der Sloot after woman's death
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Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing
June 2: Peruvian police are seeking Joran van der Sloot in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old woman. Van der Sloot was once questioned in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.
msnbc tv
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Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing
Peruvian police are seeking Joran van der Sloot in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old woman. Van der Sloot was once questioned in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.
NBC, msnbc.com and news services
updated 1:22 p.m. PT, Wed., June 2, 2010
A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is the prime suspect in a weekend murder of a Peruvian woman, police said Wednesday.
Joran van der Sloot is being sought in the Sunday killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel, Criminal police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told a news conference. He said the suspect fled the country the next day by land to Chile.
The Dutch government said Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Van der Sloot.
Guardia said the 22-year-old Dutchman, who was in the country for a poker tournament, appears with the young woman in a video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday.
The victim's father, Ricardo Flores, told reporters she was killed about 8 a.m. in a hotel room in the upscale Miraflores neighborhood that was splattered with blood, indicating a struggle.
El Comercio newspaper in Lima reported that Flores was stabbed. Her father is a businessman and race car driver.
The killing occurred exactly five years after the May 30, 2005, disappearance of Holloway in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island.
"We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room," said Guardia.
Van der Sloot left Peru on Monday, Guardia said, according to an immigration registry. He had been staying at the hotel since May 14 and checked out on Sunday four hours after he arrived there with the victim, the police general added.
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