Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance and presumed death in Aruba, arrived in Alabama on Thursday to face charges for extorting Holloway’s family regarding the location of her body.

CNN reported that van der Sloot was seen leaving Ancón 1 prison in Lima, Peru, early Thursday before the FBI transported him to the U.S. Van der Sloot, a Dutch national, is currently serving a 28-year sentence in a Peruvian prison for an unrelated murder.

In 2010, van der Sloot was indicted in Alabama for wire fraud. He was reportedly paid $25,000 for information about Holloway’s whereabouts and had demanded $225,000 more. Afterward, he allegedly provided a link to a website that he claimed detailed where Holloway’s remains were buried, but that was not the case.

Van der Sloot allegedly claimed that his father, who died in 2010, helped bury Holloway’s body. Fox News reported that Van der Sloot led Holloway’s family’s lawyer to a spot where her body was not located — only to claim he lied about the location after the lawyer left Aruba.

In 2012, van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years for Stephany Flores’ slaying — which he said occurred after she learned of his connection to Holloway’s presumed murder.

Holloway’s remains have not been found.

This story is developing…