Vandersloot lied about his laptop

The laptop belonging to Joran Van der Sloot was turned off the night he is suspected of having killed a young Peruvian woman in Lima, suggesting he lied to investigators when he said he attacked her after she read an e-mail on his computer connecting him to missing American teenager, Natalee Holloway, a source said Friday.

Van der Sloot has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the case of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Authorities found Flores' body in a Lima hotel room registered to him last year.




Surveillance video from the hotel shows Van der Sloot and Flores entering the hotel room together around 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 30. He is seen leaving by himself some three hours later.

Police have said that Van der Sloot admitted he attacked Flores on May 30 after she read an e-mail on his computer connecting him to the Holloway case.

But, according to an analysis of that computer, it was turned off between Saturday, May 29 around 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 30 around noon, a source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told In Session.

A police official, meanwhile, said the computer was active, but that nothing done or received during the time period in question would suggest Flores saw information linking Van der Sloot to Holloway. The official, connected to the case, was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

Van der Sloot's attorney, Maximo Altez, said the laptop analysis does not change his defense. His client attacked Flores after she found something on his computer that tied him to Holloway, he said.

"The police can't determine the exact time when Stephany was killed. She was in the room for three days ... Joran didn't mean to kill this woman," said Altez.

Flores' body was discovered on June 2.

Van de Sloot is perhaps best known as the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Holloway in Aruba. He was arrested twice in connection with the case, but was not charged.

Investigators found some files related to the Holloway case on Van der Sloot's computer, but many of them were deleted, the source said.

After killing Flores, police say, Van der Sloot took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested June 3. He was returned the next day to Peru and is being held at the Miguel Castro Castro prison in Lima.

Van der Sloot used his laptop to search travel to Chile and border checkpoints, the source said.

He could face a minimum of 15 years in prison if found guilty of first-degree murder. If convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter, he could face up to five years in prison.

Altez recently supplied "In Session" with a copy of a motion he filed last year in support of the manslaughter charge.

"My client ... admits having murdered the victim, but not with ferocity, for profit or pleasure, nor any of the other element(s) that make up this murder, but only by violent emotion that overtook him at the time he was attacked by the victim," the motion read.

Van der Sloot also faces federal wire fraud and extortion charges in the United States, where prosecutors say he demanded more than $250,000 from Holloway's family in return for disclosing the location of her body.

Joran Van der Sloot's lawyer Maximo Altez Navarro

Joran Van der Sloot's lawyer Maximo Altez Navarro has exclusively told RadarOnline.com: "The FBI will not find anything that will help them solve the Natalee Holloway case from my client's computer."

Reports had surfaced that the Peruvian police handed over a disc from the Dutchman's computer to the FBI which they believed might help finally crack the case involving the Alabama teenager who went missing in Aruba in 2005.
But Navarro has poured cold water on these hopes by claiming the FBI are "wasting their time" with this latest line of inquiry.

He told RadarOnline.com: "The computer will now not be opened up until April 18, 2011, but they will not find any information about Natalee Holloway.

"We are not worried. The FBI they are wasting their time looking for such evidence, we are not worried about it at all.

"I have spoken with Joran and he is not concerned that anything will be discovered."

Peruvian police high tech official Oscar Gonzalez claimed that "there is additional information that could be of interest" in the confiscated computer of Van der Sloot, who is currently locked-up in Peru's Castro Castro prison waiting to stand trial for the murder of Peruvian college student, Stephany Flores.

Van der Sloot's lawyer recently entered a temporary insanity plea on behalf of his client.

It's alleged Flores was murdered by Van der Sloot after she started digging through his computer and found information pertaining to Holloway.
But Navarro disputes these claims also as he prepares to launch his defense of his controversial client.

He said: "Stephany went over to his computer and started asking him about Natalee and they started pushing and fighting, that kind of thing.

"She did not find any direct information about the case."
Flores was killed in Van der Sloot's Lima hotel room five years to the day that Holloway disappeared in Aruba; she had been bludgeoned and asphyxiated.

A lawyer for Flores' family called the proposed insanity plea "absurd," saying that given all the factors in the case, Van der Sloot deserved to spend a minimum of 25 years in prison.

"The manner in which the suspect killed Stephany evidenced disproportionate violence," attorney Edward Alvarez said.

Beth Holloway dragged into Dr. Phil lawsuit

Birmingham, Al  (CBS42)  Beth Holloway will have to do a deposition in a lawsuit against talk show host Dr. Phil according to documents cited by the website TMZ.

It's all part of a suit filed by Deepak and Satish Kalpoe against Dr. Phil and his syndicator, CBS. The defamation suit claims the show "was deceptively clothed as an investigative piece looking into the disappearance of [Natalee]" but was "in reality an abhorrent example of manufactured media sensationalism at its worst."

The Kalpoe brothers were friends of Joran van der Sloot and were seen with van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway the night the Mountain Brook teen vanished five years ago on a high school trip to Aruba.  The two were questioned but never charged.  Van der Sloot is still considered the prime suspect in the disappearance.

The lawsuit claims Beth Holloway was privy to information "surrounding the motives and production of the show."

Lawyers for Dr. Phil and CBS say they only fought the deposition because it would slow down action on their motion to dismiss the lawsuit.  According to TMZ, the judge in the case is proceeding with both the deposition and consideration of the motion to dismiss.

The show in question aired in September 2005 just months after Natalee's disappearance.  The Kalpoe brothers filed their lawsuit in December in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Phil McGraw, along with private investigator Jamie Skeeters and the CBS Television Group, of committing libel and slander, invasion of privacy, emotional distress, fraud, deceit and civil conspiracy by editing and airing an interview between Skeeters and Deepak Kalpoe to suggest the brothers somehow committed a crime.

At the time the lawsuit was filed, the show's producer, Paramount Studios said "We stand by the integrity of the Dr. Phil show, our editing process and the accuracy of the program that we aired. We will vigorously defend against these baseless claims."

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

When it came time to prepare for his role in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Ryan Phillippe looked to the headlines for inspiration, specifically Joran Van der Sloot, the man arrested twice in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
Access Hollywood caught up with the actor at the junket for his latest film, co-starring Matthew McConaughey, where he plays a man accused of attempted murder and rape.
“This guy’s evil. It’s definitely the darkest character I’ve ever played,” Ryan said of his role as Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy being defended by Matthew’s title character.
“He’s a guy who has a sense of entitlement and the sense directly that he can get away with anything including murder, and there’s a definite psychosis there to this guy,” the 36-year-old actor explained.
The actor told Access that Van der Sloot, a Dutch national also accused of first-degree murder and robbery in the case of Stephany Flores, helped him prepare for the dark role.
“I [spent] some time researching cases that I thought were somewhat similar. There was something to me about the Joran Van der Sloot case, the Natalee Holloway case,” Ryan said. “The way that guy… what was behind his eyes, the arrogance, the belief that he could get away with his crime. Those things sort of related to Roulet.”

FBI Examines Joran Van Der Sloot's Computer Data For Link To Natalee Holloway Murder

A copy of a disc seized from Joran Van Der Sloot’s computer has been handed over to the FBI as they look for new information that might finally crack the Natalee Holloway case, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The Peruvian police passed over the disc according to Oscar Gonzalez who heads their high technology investigations.

Gonzalez said that the FBI would use the disc to search for information relevant to the Holloway case which remains open in America.
He admitted that “there is additional information that could be of interest” in the confiscated computer of Van der Sloot, who is currently locked in Peru’s Castro Castro prison.
Van der Sloot’s lawyer Maximo Altez Navarro recently entered a temporary insanity plea on behalf of his client.

It’s alleged Peruvian student Stephany Flores was murdered by the Dutchman after she started digging through his computer and found information pertaining to Holloway.
Navarro recently told RadarOnline.com: “We are confident that we can prove 'temporary insanity' and I am going to fight to make this happen for Joran.
“If we are successful, he will serve between 3-5 years in prison but will get out earlier if there are no problems.

“Both Joran and his mother agree with my plan, and we believe this is the best option for him.”
Flores was killed in Van der Sloot's Lima hotel room five years to the day after Holloway disappeared in Aruba; she had been bludgeoned and asphyxiated.
Van der Sloot confessed to the crime last year, but then recanted. Likewise, he has implicated himself in the past to the disappearance of Holloway, but later changed his story.

A lawyer for Flores' family called the proposed insanity plea "absurd," saying that given all the factors of the case, van der Sloot deserved to spend a minimum of 25 years in prison.
“The manner in which the suspect killed Stephany evidenced disproportionate violence," attorney Edward Alvarez said.

FBI agents heading to Lima in search for clues to Natalee Holloway's disappearance

FBI agents heading to Lima in search for clues to Natalee Holloway's disappearance
Posted: 02:33 PM ET


Atlanta, GA – In Session has obtained a court document issued by a Lima court which states "on March 14, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. United States FBI special agents will have access to information and documentation contained in the laptop belonging to inmate Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot."

The document says the unnamed FBI agents will meet with two agents of the Peruvian National Police High Technology Crime Division at the Peruvian National Police Headquarters in Lima. During the meeting, they will have access to the computer's hard drive and will be able to conduct forensic examinations on it. Van der Sloot's attorney and a representative for the family of the victim, Stephanie Flores, are expected to be present during these proceedings.

A source close to the case tells In Session the FBI will be searching for any clues that can help solve the mystery of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance during a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. Van der Sloot was the last person to be seen with Holloway.

FBI Agents Traveling To Peru To Examine Joran Van Der Sloot's Laptop

FBI agents are heading down to Peru to study Joran van der Sloot's laptop to search for new clues to solidly connect him to the 2005 murder of Natalee Holloway, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Currently in a Peruvian jail, accused of the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, van der Sloot is still the prime suspect in the Holloway case, in which he was arrested for twice but never charged.


According to Lima court documents, Federal Investigators now plan to meet with two agents of the Peruvian National Police High Technology Crime Division at the Peruvian National Police Headquarters in Lima, CNN.com reported on Thursday.

During the meeting the agents will have access to Joran's hard drive and conduct forensic examinations of it to search for any connection to the killing of the Alabama teen.

Joran Van Der Sloot With Murder Victim Hours Before Her Death

Van der Sloot's attorney, Maximo Altez Navarro, and a representative of the Flores family are expected to be present.

RadarOnline.com exclusively reported on Wednesday that Navarro is confident that he will win a temporary insanity plea in the complex Flores murder case.



He revealed his client will plead guilty to killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30, 2010 but will use the "violent emotion" defense and argue temporary insanity.

Flores was killed in van der Sloot's Lima hotel room five years to the day after Holloway disappeared in Aruba; she had been bludgeoned and asphyxiated.



Van der Sloot confessed to the crime last year, but then recanted. Likewise, he has implicated himself in the past to the disappearance of Holloway, but later changed his story.

Lawyer: Van der Sloot to plead temporary insanity

LIMA, Peru – Joran van der Sloot plans to plead guilty to killing a young Peruvian woman he met gambling but will argue temporary insanity in a bid to significantly shorten his sentence, his defense lawyer said Monday.

Van der Sloot, the key suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba, will use a "violent emotion" defense in the slaying of Stephany Flores, attorney Maximo Altez told The Associated Press.

Altez said he filed papers three weeks ago informing prosecutors of his intent to argue that Van der Sloot became enraged and killed the 21-year-old Peruvian business student last May 30 because she had learned of his relation to Holloway by looking in his laptop.

The 23-year-old Dutchman is accused of first-degree murder, which carries a 15- to 35-year sentence on conviction.

The "violent emotion" plea is typically used in Peru for crimes of passion where a spouse, for example, is surprised in the act of adultery.

If it were to be accepted by a trial judge, Van der Sloot would be sentenced to 3 to 5 years, and Altez said his client could be freed in 20 months.

Peruvian judges and prosecutors rarely speak publicly about their cases and it was not known how they would react to Van der Sloot's planned plea.

A prominent defense lawyer not involved in the case, Mario Amoretti, told the AP that much would rest on how judges received the opinions of psychologists and other experts about the emotional state and history of Van der Sloot.

The lawyer for the victim's family called the proposed plea absurd, saying that given all the factors of the case, Van der Sloot deserved to spend a minimum of 25 years in prison.

"The manner in which the suspect killed Stephany evidenced disproportionate violence," attorney Edward Alvarez said.

The young woman — who was killed in Van der Sloot's Lima hotel room five years to the day after Holloway disappeared — was bludgeoned and asphyxiated, according to the coroner's report.

Alvarez said Van der Sloot also stole money and other items from Flores before fleeing south from the Peruvian capital to Chile, where he was later captured by police.

In a signed confession last year, Van der Sloot described slamming Flores in the face with his right elbow, strangling her for a full minute then taking off his shirt and asphyxiating her. He also contended Flores threw the first blow.

Van der Sloot has admitted, however, to being a congenital liar.

He has several times confessed then recanted a role in the disappearance of Holloway, an 18-year-old Alabama student who was visiting Aruba on a high school graduation trip with classmates when she meet Van der Sloot at a casino.

Because of delays in Peru's judicial process that Alvarez blamed on the defense, Van der Sloot has not yet been formally charged.

The young Dutchman remains in Lima's Castro Castro prison, where his lawyer says he gives English lessons to other inmates.

An attorney for Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, said she considered the planned plea "outrageous." Twitty knows the Flores family will never accept it and she plans to "make whatever noise she has to" to make sure it doesn't happen, the lawyer, John Kelly, added.

"He's a very slippery, smart criminal," Kelly said of Van der Sloot, adding that any suggestion he "flipped out for a moment" in killing Flores was mocked by the meticulous calculation of his attempt to cover up the crime and his escape.

Kelly also emphasized that even if Peruvian justice were to go easy on Van der Sloot he still faces prosecution in the United States on wire fraud and extortion charges.

An Alabama grand jury indicted the Dutchman in June for allegedly trying to extort $250,000 from Twitty in exchange for information on where she could find her daughter's body.

According to court papers, Van der Sloot received a total of $25,000 a few weeks before Flores' death — money it is believed he used to travel to Peru.

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