What Beth Holloway has said about Joran van der Sloot

Holloway recounts that the Holiday Inn night manager immediately identified van der Sloot as someone who preyed on young female tourists.

“He's good looking, looks like a Dutch Marine, and he likes to prey upon young female tourists”

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Holloway interprets van der Sloot's chest-pounding outburst on the first night as a sign he had already killed Natalee.

“In hindsight, it was, what do you want me to do? It's too late. I've already killed her”

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Holloway argues that van der Sloot kept resurfacing in the media because killers cannot let their crimes go.

“See, the killer always returns to the scene of his crime. He can't stand it. He can't stand to let it go”

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