Joran van der Sloot is ‘sick in his head’ and was due to be admitted to a psychiatric unit before he went to Peru, his mother Anita tells the Telegraaf newspaper in an interview on Saturday.

In what the paper bills an exclusive interview and breaking years of silence, Anita van der Sloot reportedly agreed to talk to the paper because the picture of Joran ‘as a monster’ does not tell the whole story.
Speaking from her home in Aruba, Anita van der Sloot told the paper she had spoken to Joran shortly before he fled to Chile and he sounded very paranoid. He felt he was being ‘followed and looked at,’ she told the paper.
Father
Anita van der Sloot said Joran had been very affected by his father’s death earlier this year and felt he was responsible.
She also told the paper Joran went to Peru to avoid being admitted to a closed unit in a psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands.
‘He had agreed to be admitted. Two days before he was due to leave for the Netherlands, he left the house,’ the paper quoted her as saying. He left was a note on the kitchen table telling her not to worry and he had gone to Peru for a poker tournament, she said.
Charges
Joran van der Slot, 22, is currently in jail in Peru on charges of murdering Stephany Flores at the end of May. He was arrested in Chile.
He has also twice been arrested and released in connection with the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway on Aruba five years ago.
Van der Sloot is due to appear in court in Lima on Monday.