Natalee Holloway’s brother Matt says he does not believe Joran van der Sloot’s apology

Natalee Holloway’s brother Matt says he does not believe Joran van der Sloot’s apology

New York Post·2023-10-20 08:04

Natalee Holloway’s brother has said he does not believe Joran van der Sloot’s apology for killing his sister, saying the confessed killer has “been such a liar his whole life.”

Speaking outside the Alabama courthouse where van der Sloot finally explained what happened on the night Holloway died in 2005, Matt Holloway called the Dutch national a “psychopathic liar.”

“I personally didn’t,” Matt said when asked by a reporter for Court TV if he believed van der Sloot’s apology and his claim that he is now a born-again Christian.

“He’s been such a liar his whole life — that’s what he is, a psychopathic liar, so I take it lightly.”

“I mean, I believe his confession — that’s what we’ve been waiting for for so long: for him to admit that,” Matt continued, though he said, “all the confessions he made, he did it all for himself.

“And he forgot about one thing — and that was me,” Matt warned. “So he will be seeing me again when he thinks he’s a free man.”

6 Natalee Holloway vanished during a class trip to Aruba in May 2005. AP

6 Her brother, Matt Holloway, said Wednesday he does not believe Dutch national Joran van der Sloot is truly remorseful for killing his sister. Court TV

Matt’s remarks echoed those of his father, David, who said in a victim impact statement he also does not believe van der Sloot is remorseful for what he has done.

“Despite everything he has done to us, he is not sorry for what he did,” David Holloway said in his statement. “He expressed no remorse, regret, or even compassion … He is evil personified.”

Van der Sloot confessed on Wednesday that he smashed 18-year-old Natalee’s head with a cinderblock and dragged her body out to sea when she rebuffed his sexual advances while on a school trip to Aruba in 2005.

He said he then went home to watch porn after, according to statements the family made in court.

6 Van der Sloot confessed on Wednesday that he smashed 18-year-old Natalee’s head with a cinderblock and dragged her body out to sea when she rebuffed his sexual advances. REUTERS

The confession came as part of a plea deal he had made with US prosecutors in a case for extorting and defrauding Holloway’s family.

He pleaded guilty to trying to sell information about where Natalee’s body was buried to her mother, Beth, in exchange for $250,000. He then led the family to a series of dead ends before running off to Peru.

Once there he killed another young woman, Stephany Flores, on the fifth anniversary of Natalee’s death in 2010. He is now serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for that murder and will now be returned to prison there.

6 Van der Sloot is serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores. Getty Images

6 In court on Wednesday, van der Sloot apologized for Holloway’s murder and said he is a born-again Christian. AFP via Getty Images

In 2021, he was convicted of trafficking cocaine into prison and was sentenced to an additional 18 years, according to a sentencing memorandum obtained by The Post.

When he made his confession Wednesday, Holloway’s family initially thought van der Sloot was pulling another lie in a twisted scheme to save himself, Natalee’s younger half-sister Kaitlyn told The Post.

“But the polygraph tests showed he was telling the truth,” she said. “We are just glad we have some closure. Now we have answers to what happened.”

6 Holloway’s family said they were “robbed” of Natalee’s “promising future.” Kaitlyn Holloway

In his letter to the judge, David Holloway said Natalee had been poised to attend the University of Alabama and planned to become a doctor.

“We were robbed of a promising future together with our beautiful, talented Natalee. And now we know who took that future from us,” he said.

Kaitlyn said although she was too young to remember memories of her older sister, it has been painful to think about what Natalee could have accomplished if she had lived.

“I know she would’ve been an amazing role model in my life,” she said. “Over the years, I have heard just so many wonderful things about her and I really wish I could have grown up and been around her.

“It really hurts to know that we have gone through life missing a family member. Matt, Natalee’s brother, has two kids and those two little kiddos will never know their aunt. It just really hurts because we know she would’ve been amazing.”

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