Love Letters

Exclusive: Read Joran Van der Sloot's Letters to Mary Hamer

Friday, January 27, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

Days after Anderson's first taping with Mary Hamer, a radiologist from Florida who believes she is Joran van der Sloot's "guardian angel," the now convicted killer pled guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Peruvian student Stephany Flores. This week, Anderson taped a follow-up with Mary (to air Friday, January 27), who still swears by his innocence, despite his guilty plea and a sentence of 28 years in prison.

Since pleading guilty to the murder in Peru, Van der Sloot has written Mary letters and email. In the first letter she received, written January 13, he wrote: "We will appeal the sentence and it will be less + remember that you only serve 1/3 of your sentence here in Peru. You will always be in my heart, but this what you are doing to me now I do not comprehend. Why do you want to hurt me? I never in all the time I know you expect this from you ...you will always be in my heart but this what you are doing to me now is just somtg [indecipherable] I cannot deal with. I love you but I am so hurt you cannot image (sic)."

Exclusive Document: Read Joran van der Sloot's Letter to Mary Hamer on January 13, 2012

In the letter, Van der Sloot is upset that Mary is asking for money back from his attorney, Jose Luis Jimenez. Mary has given a total of about $100,000. She tells Anderson, "Seventy-five-thousand was bail money and that's money that, by law, should be returned to me," says Mary, adding, "Especially when I found out that by Peruvian law, bail is impossible for someone charged for murder."

In this video clip from the show, Mary says she sent $16,500 to Van der Sloot's lawyer, which was to be used for lawyer fees, acquiring an FBI document from the Peruvian court system, and other items.

In an additional letter, linked below, Van der Sloot tells Mary that in addition to $69,000, he needs $1,000 for a new phone.

"I hope you keep on supporting me, if everything goes according to plan I will be able to contact you soon. I need from the balance of 69,000$, 1,000$ for a new phone so I will be able to communicate with you again... I will show you that you have always been right about me (sic)."

Document II: Read Joran van der Sloot's Letter to Mary Hamer

Anderson asks Mary, "Do you think he's playing you?"

"No, no I don't."