The charges against Joran van der Sloot

Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, was extradited from Peru to Alabama.But he isn't facing charges in her presumed death.Joran van der Sloot is charged with one count of extortion and one count of wire fraud against her mother, Bethany Holloway.Video below: Joran van der Sloot walked off plane in handcuffsHolloway, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, went on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. She was 18 years old. She never showed up for the return flight home.Her classmates said they last saw her with Joran van der Sloot, who was 17 at the time, and two others as they left a club.The three said they dropped her off at a hotel. They were questioned and detained but freed because of a lack of evidence.Joran van der Sloot contacted a cooperating witness via email in 2010. He told them that he would accept $250,000 from Holloway's family in exchange for promising to lead them to her body, identifying the people involved in her death and explaining the circumstances of what happened.He modified his offer so that he would accept the first $25,000 to take the witness to her body, and then on recovery, he would receive the rest of the money. The first $10,000 was given in cash — with another $15,000 wired. This is the basis for the wire fraud charge. Read the full affidavit below. Joran van der Sloot told the cooperating witness that he had thrown Holloway to the grown the night she was last seen as she was trying to stop him from leaving her, according to the affidavit. She fell and hit her head on a rock and died from the impact.He told the witness that he hid her body and then told his father, who then concealed her body under the foundation of a house days later — but he had not seen this happen, according to the affidavit.He took the witness to the house where he said her body was buried, but a review by law enforcement officials shows that there was no building on the land at the time Holloway was in Aruba, the affidavit states.Aerial photographs show there was no construction or foundation in the area at the time, van der Sloot claimed. In a May 17, 2010, email to the witness, van der Sloot admitted to the witness that he lied about the remains of Natalee Holloway.He has not been charged in her disappearance.