After more than 18 years since Natalee Ann Holloway vanished on May 30, 2005 in Aruba her family now knows what happened.

Joran Van der sloot, who was the main suspect in the disappearance of the 18-year-old Natalee, finally admitted that he killed Natalee. Van der Sloot, a 36-year-old Dutch citizen who was inn federal court on Wednesday, revealed he was the killer. He was in court for sentencing on a 2010 scheme to extort money from Halloway’s mother in exchange for information about her daughter’s death and the location of her remains. He was sentenced to 240 months in prison for the 2010 extortion plot.