Where is Joran van der Sloot Now After Confessing to Killing Natalee Holloway?

Oxygen Official Site • November 4, 2026 • entertainment

Key Points:

Joran van der Sloot confessed in 2023 to killing Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 but has never been convicted for her death.
He is currently serving a prison sentence in Peru for a separate murder and also pled guilty in the U.S. to extortion and wire fraud charges related to his dealings with Natalee's family.
Van der Sloot agreed to a 20-year sentence in the U.S., to be served concurrently with his Peruvian sentence, after admitting to the killing in a detailed confession.
He is incarcerated at Challapalca prison, a high-security facility in southern Peru, where he has been able to marry and have children despite imprisonment.
In recent years, he divorced his wife Leidy Figueroa and was photographed participating in prison activities, indicating ongoing incarceration in Peru.