Natalee Holloway’s mom rejects Joran van der Sloot’s apology: ‘You are a killer’

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Joran van der Sloot can apologize all he wants for the death of Natalee Holloway, but her mother isn’t buying it.In an interview with NBC News, Beth Holloway says she does not believe van der Sloot is a changed man, despite what he said in court.Van der Sloot confessed to the 2005 killing in court Wednesday, when he pleaded guilty to extortion and fraud in connection with the teen’s case.Although he’d been a suspect in her disappearance for decade, it was the first time he admitted to bludgeoning Holloway to death on a beach in Aruba, where she had been travelling on a class graduation trip.She was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot. He was questioned about the disappearance but was never prosecuted.

A judge declared Holloway dead, but her body has never been found.This week, however, van der Sloot told investigators that he was walking her back to her hotel that night, hoping he “might still get a chance to be with her,” when she kneed him in the groin for trying to initiate sexual contact.Van der Sloot admitted to police that he responded by kicking her in the face and then attacking her with a cinderblock he found on the beach. When he was certain Holloway was dead, he pulled her body into the ocean.“I walk up to about my knees into the ocean — and I push her off into the sea,” he said, according to Today.He also addressed Holloway’s family in court, saying he’s a changed person.“I would like to apologize to the Holloway family,” van der Sloot said.

“I am no longer that person … today. I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, he helped me through all of this.”Beth responded to the apology in the courtroom.“You are a killer and I want you to remember that every time that jail cell door slams,” she said in court.She