An unnamed FBI official told CBS news on Wednesday, they intend to arrest Joran van der Sloot for murder, rather than on charges of extortion. He confessed in Peru that he killed Stephany Flores. Inside sources reportedly said the FBI handed over $10,000 in cash and transferred $15,000 to Van der Sloot in an undercover investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in the case and used the money to go to Peru.
The agent acted in name of the victim’s mother Beth Holloway, to whom Van der Sloot offered to disclose the location of Natalee’s body in exchange of $250,000. The FBI official said they had no reason to believe Van der Sloot was about to commit another crime and wanted to solve the 2005 disappearance, while not building a “white-collar extortion case.” He said they were getting close and started to receive information from him. “If we had nabbed him [for extortion], he would have clammed up. He is not afraid of anyone. It would have spooked him,” reportedly said the official.
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