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Joran Van Der Sloot, the poker playing, gambling degenerate and all around scumbag has been captured in Chile and passed on to authorities in Peru where he faces a mountain of evidence which tie him to the murder of 21 year-old Stephany Flores. A surveillance video has already been released to the public which shows Van Der Sloot and Flores entering his hotel room in the wee hours of Sunday morning. A couple of hours later, Van Der Sloot is seen leaving the room alone quite calmly wearing a different t-shirt. Peruvian media also reported that on his way out he told a hotel receptionist to not “bother” his girl.

Motives
The victim was found with her necked snapped and beaten to death with a tennis racket that was found inside the room. Her father says that he had given her ,000 in cash to buy a laptop and others claimed that she had won ,700 more playing Texas Hold’em that night, none of which were found on her bludgeoned body. This leads some to believe that the motive was robbery but it’s more likely that taking the money was an after-thought due to the violent and unplanned way the attack was carried out.

Evidence
The early evidence already weighs hard on Van Der Sloot. The hotel surveillance video would probably be enough for a conviction in any country but there is oh so much more! Aside from the fact that he fled the country with the girl in his already paid for room and dyed his hair red, there are reports that bloodied clothes were found in his possessions when he was captured in Chile. We haven’t heard from Peruvian authorities on DNA test results yet but this seems to be just a formality at this point.

Consequences
Now that Joran has had a few days to enjoy one of Peru’s notoriously violent prisons, he’s probably re-thinking committing murder in the third world country where he faces 35 years of extremely hard time. Security for Joran’s personal safety has been beefed up due to allegations that he is now in a suicidal state. The average murder trial in Peru takes about 2 years from start to finish but with the mountain of evidence against him, Joran might as well get comfortable as this isn’t going to end well. Once sentenced he will be thrust into a world where prisoners have almost complete control inside the prison, carry weapons and very often rape other inmates, especially ones who kill or molest young girls.

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