{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-monster-joran-van-der-sloot-a-murder-in-peru-and-the-natalee-holloway-mystery-9780312359218","title":"Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot  a Murder in Peru  and the Natalee Holloway Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a pair of New York Times bestselling authors with unparalleled access comes an in-depth account of the manhunt for Joran van der Sloot  one of the most reviled accused criminals in the world  In May 2005  Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later  twenty-one-year-old Stephany Flores was reported missing in Lima  Peru. Implicated in both crimes was one young man: Joran van der Sloot. A twenty-three-year-old Dutchman  Van der Sloot has become the subject of intense scrutiny by the media and the public in the years since 2005. He was arrested and detained by Aruban authorities in connection with the Holloway disappearance  only to be released after questioning. In 2008  during a Dutch sting operation  he admitted to being present for Holloways death---but later recanted his statement. In 2010  on the five-year anniversary of her disappearance  a young business student in Peru named Stephany Flores disappeared  only to be found dead three days later in a hotel room---registered to Van der Sloot. He was arrested for the murder and confessed  but he later claimed he was coerced. This is the first book to offer a probing look at the man tied to two of the most sensational cases of the decade. It draws from:   Interviews with members of the families of Joran  Stephany  and Natalee  Never-before-seen photographs of the crime scene in Peru  fingerprint files  hotel records  and more  Internal communications between Interpol  the FBI  Aruban officials  and officials in Chile and Peru  Never-before-seen police files from Chile  Peru  and Aruba  Portrait of a Monster offers an unflinching look into the workings of an international manhunt and a chilling portrait of an alleged killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273844285493,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312359217","price":65.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312359218.jpg?v=1780491797","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-monster-joran-van-der-sloot-a-murder-in-peru-and-the-natalee-holloway-mystery-9780312359218","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}