USA Today- Joran Van der Sloot, a key suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in 2005, has been sentencded to 28 years for killing a Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino.
The court, taking into account the time he has spent in jail, says he would be eligible to be freed in June 2038.
The prosecution has requested a 30 years sentence, but the court said it had reduced it by two years because of Van der Sloot's "sincere confession" that led to a speedy conclusion of the case.
Van der Sloot, 24, pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing of Stephany Flores, 21, last year in a rage at his hotel room in the Peruvian capital.
Van der Sloot was implicated in the disappearance of 18-year-old Holloway during a class trip to Aruba.
On Thursday, a county judge in Birgmingham signed an order declaring Holloway legally dead.
Van der Sloot was briefly charged in her disappearance, but the case was never prosecuted.
He faces federal charges in Birmingham for allegedly trying to extort $250,000 from the Holloways for information about Natalee's whereabouts.
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