You’re right. It was after checkout time, and DSK did not request a delayed checkout, so there was every reason to believe the suite was empty.
I've been finding some interesting ‘alleged’ facts about what happened...especially about the victim.
She had gone thru a secession of Hotel supervisors....her immediate supervisor, who found her scrunched down in the hallway, outside the suite in a utility maintenance closet she had hidden in... until Strauss had left and had heard the service elevator open where her supervisor was doing a standard floor check ......that supervisor contacted her immediate supervisor...who then called the hotel security. ..each determining there was enough said, and evidence, to call the police.
Throughout these the victim was nauseated and spitting frequently , hardly able to speak, and shaking as she attempted to explain what happened. A couple times trying to vomit....and when they went with her to the suite she was immediately distressed....( this behavior is typical, almost standard, to an individual who has been ‘forced’ to perform oral sex and that thru assault of some nature).
Furthermore...the time it took to calm her and follow the Hotels protocol was about an hour or so. This is about right as well.
So it appears some are reporting she heard Strauss leave the building while hiding in the hall utility closet and she came out of there when she heard the service elevator open...The supervisor explained they have standard floor checks which is why she was there at that time.
An interesting note is even when Strauss name was mentioned, the police had no clue who he was. Yet some are questioning why she wouldn't know.
The one thing very important is they do have plenty of evidence...from her spittle on the walls and floor...his DNA on her clothes...blood on the sheets...and most importantly a consistent explanation of what happened...her story was detailed and substantiated by the evidence...
And now we have Strauss whose attorney will claim it was consensual because they know the evidence witnesses etc. is compelling.