Peru ? Murder defendant Joran van der Sloot refused to speak to the Peruvian judge handling his case Monday, while a Dutch newspaper reported that he has retracted his confession.

Superior Court Judge Carlos Morales visited the 22-year-old Dutchman at the maximum-security prison in eastern Lima where Van der Sloot has been held since being charged with first-degree murder in the May 30 killing of a young woman he met playing poker in Peru’s capital.

But Van der Sloot would not talk, citing his lawyer’s petition to declare his confession void in the death of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, the court said in a statement.