Ah. I had not heard that quote, but just from her body language I thought so too. Not that that's a bad thing at all. (I happen to prefer that type of woman) Sr. Flores has said he sheltered Stephany too much from "the bad", but I think she was plenty savvy. I highly doubt she would have gone to the room of a Peruvian she had only met a few times. I think the reason she is hanging her head in the hotel video is because she is ashamed to be seen entering that particular hotel with a man at that hour. Surely the last thing she expected from a clean cut, well spoken foreigner was violence. Anyway, back to the smoking. Does anyone know where the poker players have to go to smoke at that casino? I'm surprised there are no ashtrays on the tables. IME, social/occasional smokers don't usually carry lighters, so why doesn't SF have her cigarettes with her (assuming she smokes)? And, if she did have them somehow in a pocket of her clothing, why were they not found in Joran's room? I am interested in the DNA from the butts in the room too. Did she have time to have a smoke before he killed her?
I do agree she was savvy and likely wouldn't have gone to one of those rooms with a Peruvian, also possibly the reason for hanging her head.
In the casino when the game was over and they were leaving, Joran didn't have chips to cash in but Stepheny did. There's also a link around from SBS I believe that Joran had been frantically messaging his friends in Aruba and Holland to lend him some money on the 27th already. Melody confrimed his call to her, and those he spoke to in Holland, he wasn't very nice to when they didn't come across with money, telling them he didn't need them later if they couldn't help him now, and that his mother was sending him some. (If one can believe that.) Some posters were also wondering if the money that was sent from FBI to Holland bank was frozen immediately and he couldn't get his money out.
The following could be why Stepheny went with Joran. If he promised her money return if she went to the room and for that reason got onto the computer to check his bank account and relaized he didn't have anything, well that is anyone's guess.
Stephany allegedly lent Joran money
Stephany won $ 10,000 in the game, says family lawyer
Netherlands took her to the hotel under the pretext of giving back money he borrowed.
Noticias Ramirez Flores had won no less than $ 10,000 playing poker in Atlantic City casino de Miraflores, money that has disappeared, said family lawyer Edward Alvarez.
He added that half of the game, Stephany lent money to the Dutchman Joran Van Der Sloot to continue betting on hearing that he had lost everything. One of the assumptions in the research is that the alien made Stephany accompany him to the hotel "Tac" supposed to return the borrowed money.
Edward Alvarez's lawyer added that another hypothesis is that Stephany went to the hotel to learn some techniques Dutchman's view that gambling is going to make a tournament, which is less credible, given that she was best player in the Netherlands.
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Sounds like this might be speculations but if it is true that he lost money and she lent money to him, it would be caught on the surveillance video?
The last paragraph doesn't make sense but probably lost in tranlsation.
http://www.capital.com.pe/2010-06-1...ice-abogado-de-su-familia-noticia_271298.html