Aruba requests van der Sloot case documents, including his description of killing Natalee Holloway

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Aruba have requested documents from the U.S. Department of Justice in the extortion case against Joran van der Sloot, including his description of killing Natalee Holloway on the island nearly 20 years ago. Van der Sloot agreed as part of a plea deal to describe what happened to Holloway in 2005. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Aruba said they have requested the U.S. Department of Justice provide the documents and transcripts from the U.S. case. She said they will, “review and analyze them before deciding on the procedural steps to be taken against Joran van der Sloot.”