Beth Holloway, the mother of missing American teen Natalee Holloway snuck into a Peruvian prison and met with the man suspected in her daughter’s 2005 disappearance.

According to CNN, Beth visited van der Sloot for the first time in his Castro Castro cell on Wednesday…however the meeting only lasted for five minutes. The two spoke very little during the encounter, but treated each other well…until van der Sloot refused to go on any further without his lawyer present.

It was also reported that Beth brought along journalist Peter de Vries, who is filming a documentary about van der Sloot. Both parties’ attorneys confirmed the meeting occurred.

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