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Man Who Claimed He Buried Natalee Holloway Fatally Stabbed

by Associated Press

   NORTH PORT, FLA --

   A man who once claimed he helped bury the remains of a missing Alabama
   girl in Aruba has died after police say he was stabbed during a foiled
   kidnapping in Florida.
   The [1]Tampa Bay Times [2]reports 32-year-old John Christopher Ludwick
   tried to kidnap a woman Wednesday as she exited her driveway in North
   Port.
   Police said she fought back, and Ludwick was stabbed in the struggle.
   He ran, but officers found him in a wooded area. He died at a hospital.
   The Times reports Ludwick was a friend of Joran Van der Sloot, the
   prime suspect in the 2005 kidnapping of Natalee Holloway. Van der Sloot
   is in prison now for an unrelated murder. North Port police say they've
   informed authorities involved in the Holloway case of Ludwick's death.

References

   1. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Florida-man-who-said-he-helped-bury-Natalee-Holloway-dies-in-failed-kidnapping_166388341
   2. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Florida-man-who-said-he-helped-bury-Natalee-Holloway-dies-in-failed-kidnapping_166388341