Death of a Vegas Showgirl Page #7

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she just wanted to be loved.

Don't we all?

I want all of Debbie Flores'

credit cards tracked,

phone records, everything,

and I think it's time

I paid a visit

to Jason Griffith.

I want to do everything I can

to help find her.

I appreciate that.

I tried calling you

last night.

Yeah, we were out.

We went out dancing.

Right, baby?

Yeah.

It was like a date night.

You said you saw Debbie

the day she disappeared.

Any word since?

No, no, and it was that day.

I was at home.

She came by,

you know,

talked about nothing

in particular.

I hadn't seen her

for ages before that.

We just lost touch, that's all.

According to her roommate,

you and she dated

earlier this year.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was good.

We got along great.

I didn't do

anything to her.

I swear.

Like, why would I?

I loved her.

I wanted to help

her career.

I gave her a chance

to even be in my video.

This is so horrible.

I hope she's okay,

and nothing's

happened to her.

Why did it end

between you and Debbie?

Debbie wanted more of me,

but my first priority

is my career.

She wasn't as focused

as I needed to be,

and she was just

so hot and cold.

Like, you never knew

where you stood with her,

and she would text me

constantly.

Like, hundreds of times.

It was so intense.

I had to call 911 a dozen times.

Like, I'm serious.

She scared me at times.

We haven't covered

Winchester yet.

Kevin was in Springfield

yesterday.

Why don't we do Winchester

together?

- Okay?

- Okay.

My heart skips a beat

every time the phone rings.

Hello.

It's Detective Nelson.

I wanted

to let you know that...

I wanted you

to hear this from me.

What's going on?

The Overton police department

contacted us.

They found a young woman's body

near Lake Mead.

Oh, my God, Debbie, no!

It's on the Arizona side.

I'm heading there now.

There's no positive

identification at this point.

So you don't know

that it was for sure Debbie?

No.

The woman's body

was badly burned.

It's going to be difficult

to identify.

We should know more

by the morning.

It's not Debbie.

Coroner I.D.'d the body.

My God.

We were up all night!

I'm sorry.

It's always difficult to know

what information to share,

but I wanted to keep

you in the loop.

That poor family.

It's unimaginable.

As part of what

we're doing now,

we've interviewed people

who saw Debbie

the day she went missing.

I've spoken with Blu Griffith.

He's cooperating,

and he says that he saw her

briefly on the 12th,

that she was in her car

and she drove off,

so maybe she left town.

No! No.

Debbie would

have told us.

We have record

of a 911 call

made from

Blu Griffith's house

back in October.

He had assaulted her,

and he was arrested.

He had his first appearance

in court on that charge

a week

before Christmas,

but the charge

was dropped

because Debbie

was a no show.

Maybe that's why...

No, we cannot jump

to conclusions.

Debbie and Blu are two

very, very volatile people.

I've got allegations

that she stalked him

and called 911,

and then he called 911,

and in the middle of this,

they can't keep

their hands off of each other.

What about her lawsuit?

It's a dead end.

He's not a suspect.

We spoke to

his attorney.

He says the guy

left town months ago.

I wish

I'd come here sooner.

I could have looked

right away.

I just...

Hey, you got Blu.

Hi.

This is Celeste,

Debbie's sister.

Hey.

I wanted to ask you something.

The police told me that

you saw her

in early December,

the day she went missing.

Is there anything else

you remember about that day?

Nothing, uh...

I just saw her in her car.

Didn't she get out of her car

and talk to you?

Um...

nope, never said a thing.

I'm really busted up

she's missing.

She was constantly texting me

or calling me,

but then it just stopped.

Like, nothing.

I want to help find her.

I loved your sister.

I'm sorry, hey,

I really gotta go, okay?

Why did you wait?

I was afraid to call 911.

I didn't know Debbie was missing

until I saw it on TV.

You said that you know

Jason Griffith.

He was seeing

Debbie Flores.

Yeah...

and me too.

I dated him last year.

I broke up with him

as soon as I found out,

And did you know he was also

dating a dancer named Lisa?

Not surprising.

It's what he does.

He likes women...

lots of women.

You told Officer Davis

that you saw Blu

just after

Debbie disappeared,

around December the 14th,

about three weeks

ago now.

Tell me what happened

when you saw Blu.

He and a friend of his

just come by my house.

That's all.

Okay.

I think that maybe

the information that you have

is making you feel

uncomfortable...

...and I also believe that

you do want to tell us.

You're doing the right thing.

They came by at night.

Blu asked me

to store something.

He said he was moving

and needed a place.

I told him

I didn't have the room...

and I asked him what it was.

He said,

"Do you really want to know?"

I told him I wanted to know.

He said, "Debbie's in there."

I didn't know

if he was joking,

but it really freaked me out.

I said no.

I said, "You need to leave."

Where did Blu go

when he left your house?

And you're sure it was

a Vegas Truck Rental?

Okay.

Thank you.

Roxie will be here later.

We have some other areas

to cover.

I'm so worried.

I want my baby home.

I know, mom.

Please don't give up hope.

Vamas a llevarla a casa.

She's my baby sister.

Give my kids

a big hug for me, okay?

I will.

Te quiero, Mami. Adios.

So we pulled rental contracts

from all Vegas Truck

Rental locations,

and got lucky.

Jason Griffith rented

a truck on December 15th.

Three days after

her disappearance.

Yup, and we got

the truck's GPS record

so we know the exact route

from rental to return.

Now, the night

of the 15th,

the truck

stopped right here.

Is that the woman's house

where they said they wanted

to store something?

Yup. Blu stopped by her house,

she said no,

then they drove here,

didn't move

until morning.

It's a truck stop.

Then the next morning,

the truck is up here.

That's Bonanza Way.

It's up in the north end.

And what's this?

Bonanza Way?

Empty house for sale.

That's all we know.

Get a warrant

for that house,

and then there's someone

we need to bring in.

We know you were with Blu

on December the 15th.

We have a witness,

puts you in a rental truck,

and we know

where that truck went.

I didn't do nothing.

You know

where Debbie Flores is...

because you killed her.

I didn't kill her.

I swear.

Then tell me what you did do.

What are you going to do

for me if I tell you?

I want a deal.

You're facing a murder charge.

What happened?

Tell me what happened!

Hey, Deb!

Haven't seen ya in a bit.

Yeah, hi.

What happened with that show

you wanted to get?

Opens tonight.

Wow. That's awesome.

Yeah.

Knew you could do it.

Break a leg, huh?

Yeah!

It was weird that she was there

'cause they had broken up.

They were always fighting.

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