Who's writing love letters to Joran van der Sloot?

Published July 3, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.
Birmingham, Al (WIAT)  Joran van der Sloot continues to get what many think he craves most...attention.  And attention from women.

As creepy as it sounds, it's happening.  But who?  And, why?  Is a killer the ultimate chick magnet?

The Dutch national is in prison in Peru charged with the murder of 21 year old student Stephany Flores.  He's accused of murdering her in his Lima hotel room five years to the day after the disappearance of Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway on a graduation trip to Aruba.  The last person Holloway was seen with...van der Sloot.  Although the prime suspect in Natalee's disappearance he's never been charged by Aruban authorities.

An article on Psychology Today says shortly after being arrested for the murder of Stephany Flores in Lima last month, Joran van der Sloot told reporters that he was being deluged with love letters and even offers to birth his children.

Author Anneli Rufus goes on to say "I wrote an article about the curious attraction that confessed killers hold for many women -- strangers outside the prison walls, who of their own volition make contact with these men and initiate passionate relationships with them, even if only through letters and phone calls.

I pondered intriguing websites such as PrisonPenPals.com, WriteaPrisoner.com, ConvictMailbag.com, and Meet-an-Inmate.com, where prisoners - granted, not all are killers - post pictures and pleas for female pen pals.

"Hello beautiful, thank you for taking time out of your life to bless me with your presence," writes terrifying-looking Anthony in Texas, his entire neck tattooed with a flaming "A." Peering into his half-shut eyes, you wonder what they've seen. Six-foot, 220-pound Anthony wants to "make you smile...At this point, there's only three actions left for you, to take down my information, create your own biography...then mail it along with a picture of yourself. There's no need to search any further, I honestly believe we've both found what we've been looking for. I'll be waiting."

Read more at Psychology Today








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