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-- Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man once considered a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, is the suspect in the killing of a woman in Peru, Peruvian police officials said Wednesday.
There is "incriminating evidence" linking van der Sloot to the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found dead in a Lima hotel room Wednesday, Cesar Guardia Vasquez, of the criminal investigations unit said at a news conference. The hotel room where Flores was found was registered in van der Sloot's name, he said. A hotel guest and an employee witnessed the pair entering the hotel room together at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Guardia said. Police have video of the previous night, May 29, of van der Sloot and Flores together at the Atlantic City Casino in Lima, he said. According to immigration officials, van der Sloot fled to Chile over land on Monday, Guardia said. "We have all the evidence to show that the killer is this man," the victim's father, businessman and race-car driver Ricardo Flores told CNN en Espaņol. But van der Sloot's attorney, Joseph Tacopino, told CNN it was too early to make any conclusions. "If history teaches us any lesson from van der Sloot/Holloway case, it's that there have been way too many false facts that have been leaked and rumors that have been proven untrue," Tacopino said. "We need to take a step back. I have not been contacted and the family has not been contacted. Joran has not been asked by anyone to surrender." Ricardo Flores said that police found his daughter's car about 50 blocks from the hotel, and that inside, they found pills like those used in date rape cases. Similar to the Holloway case, van der Sloot allegedly met at a night spot, in this case, a casino. Ricardo Flores said he did not believe that his daughter knew the Dutch citizen from before. Both of them speak English, and at the casino they struck up conversation, he said.
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There is "incriminating evidence" linking van der Sloot to the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found dead in a Lima hotel room Wednesday, Cesar Guardia Vasquez, of the criminal investigations unit said at a news conference. The hotel room where Flores was found was registered in van der Sloot's name, he said. A hotel guest and an employee witnessed the pair entering the hotel room together at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Guardia said. Police have video of the previous night, May 29, of van der Sloot and Flores together at the Atlantic City Casino in Lima, he said. According to immigration officials, van der Sloot fled to Chile over land on Monday, Guardia said. "We have all the evidence to show that the killer is this man," the victim's father, businessman and race-car driver Ricardo Flores told CNN en Espaņol. But van der Sloot's attorney, Joseph Tacopino, told CNN it was too early to make any conclusions. "If history teaches us any lesson from van der Sloot/Holloway case, it's that there have been way too many false facts that have been leaked and rumors that have been proven untrue," Tacopino said. "We need to take a step back. I have not been contacted and the family has not been contacted. Joran has not been asked by anyone to surrender." Ricardo Flores said that police found his daughter's car about 50 blocks from the hotel, and that inside, they found pills like those used in date rape cases. Similar to the Holloway case, van der Sloot allegedly met at a night spot, in this case, a casino. Ricardo Flores said he did not believe that his daughter knew the Dutch citizen from before. Both of them speak English, and at the casino they struck up conversation, he said.
Former suspect in Natalee Holloway case wanted in Peruvian murder case - CNN.com
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