Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the

Summary

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high schooltrip to Aruba. A 22-year-old Dutchman, Joran van der Sloot, was arrested inconnection with the murder, only to be released after questioning. He admittedto being present for Holloway’s death—but later recanted his statement.

In 2010, on the five-year anniversary of Holloway’sdisappearance, a young business student in Peru named Stephany Flores Ramirezdisappeared, only to be found dead three days later in a hotel room—registeredto Joran van der Sloot. He was arrested, and confessed, but later claimed itwas coerced.

With unprecedented access to investigative files from lawenforcement in multiple countries, Portraitof a Monster offers a chilling portrait of the alleged killer within aninternational manhunt.