Authorities dismiss Joran van der Sloot's latest 'confession' in Natalee Holloway case:-
The primary suspect in the mysterious disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in Aruba has, for the second time in two years, "confessed" to disposing of her body.
Joran van der Sloot, who was eyed in Holloway's 2005 disappearance, now says he dumped the young Alabama woman's body in a swamp on the Caribbean island, according to a report in the Dutch tabloid De Telegraaf.
The statement was recorded in August 2009, but only now surfaced in the Dutch report.
Prosecutors investigating the case immediately branded van der Sloot's statements "very unbelievable."
Aruba's chief prosecutor Peter Blanken said van der Sloot's statement was "held together by lies and fantasy" and later told NBC news, "the locations, names and times he gave just did not make sense."
It's not van der Sloot's first "confession" in the teen's disappearance. He was caught on tape roughly two years ago claiming Holloway had died after having a seizure on the beach and that he dumped her body into the ocean.
Investigators reopened the case after learning of van der Sloot's latest statements, but later told news outlets, "what Van der Sloot said was not credible."
Holloway vanished May 30, 2005 after a night of partying in Aruba where she was on vacation with a group of friends to celebrate her high school graduation.
Holloway, then 18, was last seen getting in a car with Joran van der Sloot and two of his friends.
The three men have been questioned repeatedly by law enforcement officials, but have never been formally charged.
The primary suspect in the mysterious disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in Aruba has, for the second time in two years, "confessed" to disposing of her body.
Joran van der Sloot, who was eyed in Holloway's 2005 disappearance, now says he dumped the young Alabama woman's body in a swamp on the Caribbean island, according to a report in the Dutch tabloid De Telegraaf.
The statement was recorded in August 2009, but only now surfaced in the Dutch report.
Prosecutors investigating the case immediately branded van der Sloot's statements "very unbelievable."
Aruba's chief prosecutor Peter Blanken said van der Sloot's statement was "held together by lies and fantasy" and later told NBC news, "the locations, names and times he gave just did not make sense."
It's not van der Sloot's first "confession" in the teen's disappearance. He was caught on tape roughly two years ago claiming Holloway had died after having a seizure on the beach and that he dumped her body into the ocean.
Investigators reopened the case after learning of van der Sloot's latest statements, but later told news outlets, "what Van der Sloot said was not credible."
Holloway vanished May 30, 2005 after a night of partying in Aruba where she was on vacation with a group of friends to celebrate her high school graduation.
Holloway, then 18, was last seen getting in a car with Joran van der Sloot and two of his friends.
The three men have been questioned repeatedly by law enforcement officials, but have never been formally charged.
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