It is highly unlikely that Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot will be released from remand before he stands trial, says Peruvian legal expert Mario Amoretti.
Van der Sloot is suspected of the murder of Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old student who was found dead in his hotel room in Lima over a year ago. He was arrested in June 2010 and has been in custody since. Under Peruvian law, remand is limited to 18 months.
Delay
The Flores family’s lawyer Edward Alvarez had complained that no indictment against Van der Sloot had yet been formulated. He warned that the delay could lead to the suspect being released to await the start of the trial in freedom in Peru.
The Peruvian justice authorities have confirmed that Van der Sloot’s remand can indeed be extended as Mr Amoretti says, but stress that there’s as yet no question of that being necessary. The Public Prosecutor is said to have received the file in July and to be dealing with the case.
Holloway case
Van der Sloot is still suspected of involvement in the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway on 30 May 2005 on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. However, due to lack of evidence, he has never been charged.
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There is no indictment because there's no case. Not one that would withstand world scrutiny, anyway. Just a collection of tampered or planted evidence and the Peruvians fear that their well-known corruption will come to light.
Welcome back, Mary! I was thinking that it would be strange if they found Natalee's body while looking for the other missing woman. Stranger things have happened.
Thanks Marie! Stranger things have happened, indeed. The other missing woman, though, traveled to Aruba with a middle-aged creep known to have volatile, controlling, abusive relationships with women, insisting that they give him their email passwords, for example. Oh, and he just happened to have purchased an expensive insurance policy on the missing woman. Reports of Joran's romantic relationships (regarding his girlfriends in Aruba and Thailand) did not hint at any anger or controlling tendencies.