U.S. authorities charge Van der Sloot with extortion

wtvm.com/AP ^ | June 3, 2010

[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.

[rolling_stone]

“Red is positive, black is negative and make sure his nuts are wet”

[wita]

More convoluted than I thought. If he is arrested in Chile, but wanted in the US and in Peru, there are more issues at hand. Time will tell.

[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.

[BunnySlippers]

He was asking for $250,000 in exchange for telling where Natalee Holloway’s body is.

It is easy to look us Title 18 United States Code Section 1343 ... which is reportedly what he is charged with.

If nothing else, mail fraud and tax evasion.

[Doe Eyes]

The idiots who responded can't read.

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.

[Polynikes]

LOL Reminds me of the “Interrogation” in “Taken”
Where is she?
Drop dead!
ZZZZAAAAPPP!
WHERE IS SHE?

[chris_bdba]

No he asked for $250,000 for Natalie’s whereabouts and info on what happened to her.