A plea and sentencing hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Birmingham, according to court documents.
Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Wednesday.This comes after van der Sloot's attorneys were granted several pretrial extensions.Van der Sloot is charged and previously pleaded 'not guilty' to one count of extortion and one count of wire fraud against Natalee Holloway's mother, Bethany Holloway. The entire hearing lasted less than five minutes.
BackgroundNatalee Holloway, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, went on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. She was 18 years old. She never showed up for the return flight home.Her classmates said they last saw her with Joran van der Sloot, who was 17 at the time, and two others as they left a club. The three said they dropped her off at a hotel. They were questioned and detained but freed because of a lack of evidence.van der Sloot contacted a cooperating witness via email in 2010.
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