[DownInFlames]

Either he knows and is up to his eyeballs in her death, or just got snookered into a Federal crime.

[jerry557]

He’s told so many lies in the past what makes you think he would tell you the truth even if you did pay him?

[TOneocon]

Wouldn’t it be something to bring this creep here and have him confess where Natalee is.

[mgstarr]

Van der Sloot is accused of offering $250,000 to a person in Birmingham in exchange for information about the whereabouts of her remains in Aruba.

Either they mis-characterized this or something but I'm not understanding. He offered money for information?? How is that extortion?

[nickcarraway]

Why would that be illegal?

[dynachrome]

We will get “Grace Gone Wild” tonite on Fox, no doubt.

[wita]

Isn’t mr van der sloot in jail in Peru, on murder charges? Couldn’t be in a better place.

[CodeToad]

WBRC might want to try to hire someone with at least an elementary school education to write their stories.

[tflabo]

Ban dee Slut is so burnt toast at this point.His good time party daze are so over. He might as well confess it all and get it off his chest because he’s going behind bars for a long time.

[AUJenn]

I am from B’ham, so this story has always been of interest to me. Actually know a few players in the case.

For someone who claims he had nothing to do with her disappearance, Joran sure does keep himself tied to it all these years later. I knew eventually one day he would slip up and get caught. A dead girl in a hotel room that is rented out under your name? Bad move, Joran. I have to wonder if he has done this to other women around the world, since he is such a globe-trotter. Karma.....

[iowamark]

The last thing we need is this guy in the US legal system. Leave him to the Peruvians.

[StormEye]

"Joran Van der Sloot, the longtime suspect in the disappearance of missing Mountain Brook teenager Natalee Holloway, has been accused of offering $250,000 in exchange for her whereabouts.

In a criminal complaint filed Thursday by the U.S. Attorney in Birmingham, Van der Sloot is accused of offering $250,000 to a person in Birmingham in exchange for information about the whereabouts of her remains in Aruba."

Typical confusing sophomoric reporting from the AP. The standard product from "journalis" schools.

[Anti-Bubba182]

He killed a big shot’s daughter in Peru. He is toast.

[michy9999]

A better article from the Birmingham paper.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/06/joran_van_der_sloot_suspect_in_1.html

[Bluebeard16]

“In a criminal complaint filed Thursday by the U.S. Attorney in Birmingham, Van der Sloot is accused of offering $250,000 to a person in Birmingham in exchange for information about the whereabouts of her remains in Aruba.”

Are my eyes fuzzy here or what?? Isn’t this saying that Van der Sloot was the one offering the $$$ in exchange for the remains?

[arthurus]

He offered $250k for her whereabouts??? He offered money to someone else to tell him where the body is? Someone please explain that. I suppose it gets straightened out in the body of the piece but I don't even feel like reading it after such a claim.

[Nik Naym]

Are they letting third graders write the news now?

For crying out loud that is the most idiotic thing I have read in ages.