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Van der Sloot Jailed on Murder Charge

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After confessing in Peru.

Joran van der Sloot was jailed in Peru on murder and robbery charges on Friday after confessing to the murder of Stephany Flores. A judge ordered him to be placed in custody awaiting trial. Earlier Friday it emerged that Van der Sloot told authorities that he also knew where the body of American teen Natalee Holloway was and what had happened to her when she disappeared five years ago in Aruba, but that he was waiting to reveal the information to Aruban police.

Read it at Associated Press