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Van der Sloot faces sentencing in Holloway extortion scheme over decade after her disappearance

  • Joran van der Sloot will be sentenced today for trying to extort money from Natalee Holloway's family in 2010.
  • Holloway went missing in Aruba in 2005 and was last seen with van der Sloot, who has long been suspected in her disappearance.
  • Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores.
  • Holloway's body was never found after her disappearance in Aruba over 10 years ago.
  • Van der Sloot was indicted on wire fraud and extortion charges in 2010 for trying to get money from Holloway's family by claiming he had information about her disappearance.
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