Joran van der Sloot is expected to plead guilty to his involvement in an extortion plot connected to Natalee Holloway's disappearance, and her family's lawyer said the deal will require him to reveal how the Alabama teen died.
“It [the plea agreement] was conditioned upon Mr. van der Sloot revealing details of how Natalee died and how her body was disposed of,” family lawyer John Q. Kelly told NBC News on Sunday.
Neither a lawyer for the van der Sloot nor federal prosecutors could immediately be reached for comment Monday.
Holloway disappeared on vacation in Aruba with classmates celebrating their high school graduation in 2005, and an Alabama probate court declared her dead in 2012.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch national, has long been considered a suspect in Holloway's presumed slaying, and a federal grand jury indicted him in 2010 on two counts of wire fraud and extortion.
He was extradited to the U.S. in June to face allegations that he demanded $250,000 from her family in exchange for information about her disappearance.
Court records showed he is scheduled for a plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco in Birmingham, Alabama. But it was suddenly scheduled, which most likely means he and the government have reached a deal to avoid trial. It's not clear what charges he would plead to.
Van der Sloot was already in custody in Peru after he was convicted of killing a Peruvian college student, Stephany Flores, in 2010.
