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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Joran van der Sloot on Wednesday pleaded guilty to extortion and wire fraud linked to Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance — in a deal that requires him to disclose all he knows about what happened to the the Alabama teen. Van der Sloot had previously pleaded not guilty before his legal about-face and admission to those federal crimes in front of U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco in Birmingham.
Holloway disappeared in Aruba 18 years ago during a vacation with classmates, celebrating their high school graduation. She was last seen on May 30, 2005, at about 1:30 a.m. as she left Carlos 'N Charlie's Nightclub in Oranjestad with three young men, van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe, and Satish Kalpoe, the FBI has said. A probate judge declared Holloway dead in 2012 and no one was ever tried for her presumed slaying.
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