>>> IT’S TAKEN NEARLY
TWO DECADES BUT TODAY
WE FINALLY LEARNED
WHAT HAPPENED TO
NATALEE HOLLOWAY, THE
PRIME SUSPECT
CONFESSING TO KILLING
HER AS PART OF A PLEA
DEAL.
SAM BROCK SPOKE
ONE-ON-ONE WITH HER
MOTHER.
>> Reporter: TODAY
INDESCRIBABLE RELIEF
LAYERED WITH PAIN THAT
WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
>> IT’S OVER.
JORAN VAN DER SLOOT IS
NO LONGER THE SUSPECT
IN MY DAUGHTER’S
MURDER.
HE IS THE KILLER.
>> Reporter: THE MAN
LONG SUSPECTED IN
NATALEE HOLLOWAY’S
DEATH PLEADED GUILTY
TO WIRE FRAUD AND
EXTORTION OF NATALEE’S
MOTHER AS PART OF HIS
PLEA DEAL CONFESSING
TO NATALEE’S BRUTAL
MURDER.
ACCORDING TO A
TRANSCRIPT VAN DER
SLOOT SAID HE KILLED
THE 18-YEAR-OLD WITH A
CINDER BLOCK AFTER SHE
REJECTED HIS SEXUAL
ADVANCES ON THE BEACH
AND PUSHED HER BODY
OUT TO SEA.
WERE YOU STUNNED BY
THE DEPRAVITY BOTH OF
WHAT HE DID TO YOUR
DAUGHTER BUT THE
BEHAVIOR YOU MENTIONED
AFTER THE FACT, RIGHT
AFTER HE COMMITTED
MURDER?
>> EXACTLY.
HOW COULD HE HAVE
MURDERED HER AND GOES
HOME AND CHECKS THE
SOCCER SCORES, GETS ON
A PORN SITE.
>> Reporter: HE LED
INVESTIGATORS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS ON A
FRUITLESS CHASE.
>> I MEAN, THAT’S A
KILLER.
THAT IS A PERSON WITH
NO CONCONSCIOUS, NO
REMORSE, NO GUILT.
>> Reporter: BETH IN
AN IMPACT STATEMENT
CONFRONTING HIM, YOU
ARE A KILLER AND I
WANT YOU TO REMEMBER
THAT EVERY TIME THAT
JAIL CELL DOOR SLAMS.
THE PLEA DEAL PUTS HIM
BEHIND BARS FOR 20
YEARS.
THE CONFESSION BRINGS
CLOSURE.
>> I THINK THE NOT
KNOWING IS WORSE.
YOU KNOW, THE KNOWING
IS SHOCKING, YOU BRACE
YOURSELF, YOU TAKE THE
HIT BUT THE NOT
KNOWING IS THE NEVER
ENDING NIGHTMARE AND
THAT’S WORSE.
>> Reporter: AND
THAT’S THE BOAT THAT
YOU WERE IN?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: FOR
ALMOST 20 YEARS OF
YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH.