That must be in reference to the comments made by Greta Van Susteren. She questioned whether the FBI had enough to make an extortion case, but were holding out for a murder charge, and in doing so let van der Sloot escape to Peru.
-PJ
I wish I would have heard that particular show. I have great respect for Van Susteren's legal expertise, but I can't think what possible statute the feds would have used to charge Joran with murder here in the states.
While the US does assert extraterritorial jurisdiction in some crimes (mostly terrorism, and some crimes related to MEJA), simple murder isn't one of them.
If Joran took her in a boat and traveled outside the territorial waters of Aruba, and the feds could prove it, then they'd have a case as US Code does give the DOJ tremendous latitude for prosecuting crimes on the open seas.