A Peruvian judge on Friday, June 11, ordered that Joran van der Sloot should be jailed on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman, Flores.

 

As soon as he stepped out of the court, bystanders yelled, "Disgrace!" and "Murderer!"  Some threw rotten vegetables at him. Van der Sloot remains the lone suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, and the chief of Peru's criminal police said he told investigators that he knows the location of the U.S. teen's body.
 
Police said that Van der Sloot smashed in the face of Lima business student Stephany Flores, whom he met playing poker at a casino, after taking her to his hotel room on May 30. He then strangled her, threw her to the floor and emptied her wallet.

 
If convicted on the murder and robbery charges, Van der Sloot would be sentenced to between 15 and 35 years in prison, court spokesman Luis Gallardo said.
 
"The aggravating factors are having acted with ferocity and great cruelty," he said.
 
The announcement of the charges and judge's order came in a news release issued by the court. It was not immediately known to which prison Van der Sloot would be assigned or how long it might take before his trial begins.
 
Flores was killed three days after meeting Van der Sloot, police say, and five years to the day after Holloway disappeared.