Report: Joran van der Sloot to become a father behind bars
Joran van der Sloot is behind bars serving time for the murder of Stephany Flores in Peru.
October 8th, 2012
10:16 AM ET

Report: Joran van der Sloot to become a father behind bars

It appears Joran van der Sloot is about to add a new role to his résumé - father.

Van der Sloot became well-known around the world for the murder of Stephany Flores in Peru and for being arrested twice, but never charged, in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

Now the Dutch citizen may be preparing to welcome a new child into the world while he is serving 28 years in a Peruvian prison for Flores' death, according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, which says it confirmed the news over the phone with van der Sloot himself.

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The mother, identified only as "Leidi" by the newspaper, met van der Sloot in prison and became pregnant after an unsupervised visit with the jailed 28-year-old, the paper said.

Van der Sloot's lawyer said he did not confirm the pregnancy, as stated by the newspaper. But Maximo Altez told Mayra Cuevas of "In Session" that Leidi is registered as van der Sloot’s girlfriend at Piedras Gordas Prison and they have had conjugal visits. Van der Sloot can receive visitors once or twice a month. Altez says he met Leidi in prison through another inmate.

This isn't the first time rumors have swirled around van der Sloot's love life since he's been in the spotlight. Earlier reports that he was getting married behind bars were knocked down as false.

Van der Sloot admitted to killing Flores, 21, in his Lima hotel room in 2010. The judges gave him a sentence two years short of the 30-year maximum. They ordered that he be expelled from Peru at the end of his sentence and required him to pay about $74,500 in reparations to Flores' relatives.

Van der Sloot confessed to robbery in addition to murder, admitting that he stole Flores' belongings, including more than $300 in local currency, credit cards and the victim's van as a means to leave the country. He fled to Chile and was arrested a few days later.

Another van der Sloot attorney, Jose Luis Jimenez, has said that his client was under special stress the day of the 2010 murder, which marked five years after Holloway, an 18-year-old from Alabama, disappeared while vacationing on Aruba.

Investigators have said they believe van der Sloot killed Flores after she found something related to the Holloway case on his computer while visiting him in his hotel room. The two met while van der Sloot was in Lima for a poker tournament.

He was caught in a taxi near the Chilean central coastal city of Vina del Mar.

Holloway's body has not been found, and no one has been charged in relation to the case in Aruba.

Natalee's mom to van der Sloot: 'I can't close the book'

In June 2010, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted van der Sloot after allegations that he tried to extort $250,000 from Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway. Van der Sloot offered to provide what turned out to be bogus information about the whereabouts of Holloway's remains in exchange for the money, according to the indictment.

He was allegedly given $25,000, which authorities say he used to travel to Peru for the poker tournament.

If found guilty of extortion, he could be sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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  1. this world has too much stupidity

    well, they should just name that baby DAMIEN and get it over with. they will never find natalee. i hope her mom understands that and can find as much peace as she can...

    October 11, 2012 at 12:40 am | Report abuse |
  2. indy

    What a dummy.

    October 11, 2012 at 11:35 am | Report abuse |
  3. Me

    Is her name Rosemary?

    October 13, 2012 at 8:47 am | Report abuse |
  4. jennygirl

    oh good. now he's breeding.

    October 18, 2012 at 12:40 pm | Report abuse |
  5. John Paul

    I would like o know how come the moron who gave this lowlife 25 grand wasn't indicted for accessory to murder

    March 30, 2013 at 10:52 pm | Report abuse |
  6. John Paul

    The FBI and their phony sting operations have gotten a lot of innocent people killed. I guess that's that happens with an organization originally led by a pencil pushing cross dresser

    March 30, 2013 at 10:56 pm | Report abuse |
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    December 1, 2013 at 8:46 pm | Report abuse |
  10. John

    Look, I'm no detective, but where in the heck is this said computer that has Natalie Holloway's evidence on it? That's what I would be most interested in seeing. I'll bet that "RAT" has all kinds of end trails on that thing.

    March 10, 2014 at 4:57 pm | Report abuse |
  11. A Proud Jerk

    That's why we can't have women presidents and such. They have poor choices. It's all about perceived power, fame and popularity with them..even if you're a serial killer you have a much higher chance of reproducing than otherwise.

    May 14, 2014 at 7:37 pm | Report abuse |
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