Joran Van der Sloot doesn’t want to live anymore, according to officials inside the Challapalca maximum-security prison in Peru.
Van der Sloot was found on Friday with a piece of a blanket tied around his neck. Prison officials claimed he was near death when officers found him. However, while under suicide watch following the incident, Van der Sloot was able to sit down with a film crew and talk about his depression and his time in what has been dubbed “the toughest prison in the world.”
“Every day I see that the situation is getting worse for us inmates,” he said. “You can't be with your family, you can't touch them or hug them.”
Van der Sloot smiled throughout the interview and showed no signs of emotion.
Panorama TV showed photos of Van der Sloot in his cell with the blanket still tied to the prison bars. They also showed photos of a red mark around his neck.
In the interview, Van der Sloot said his mind was telling him he “didn’t want to live anymore.”
He also admitted he made the wrong decision while addressing the death of Stephany Flores, a young Peruvian woman he murdered in 2010. Van der Sloot is serving a 28-year prison sentence for Flores’ death.
He was once charged and admitted to murdering and disposing of the body of Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway in 2005, but those charges were dropped, and Van der Sloot later recanted his confession.
However, in 2023, he confessed again as part of a plea agreement on an extortion charge in the United States.
Van der Sloot was sentenced to 20 years for the extortion of Beth Holloway after he took over $25,000 from her in 2010, promising the location of Natalee's remains in Aruba. He then gave her worthless information.
However, as part of the plea agreement, Van der Sloot told prosecutors that he killed Natalee Holloway on a beach, bludgeoned her face with a cinderblock and then disposed of her body in the ocean.
Now, Van der Sloot claims to have found God. He read Bible verses from his cell for the cameras.
Netflix announced it will release a three-part series on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The docuseries is being directed by Danie Sloane, of "The Menendez Brothers," and Matthew Galkin of "One Night in Idaho: The College Murders." A release date has not been determined.
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