During the trial, prosecutors argued Griffith killed his girlfriend because he was seeing other women and wanted to get her out of the way. The defense painted a different picture, arguing that Flores-Narvaez was a stalking, violent woman who had threatened her boyfriend on numerous occasions. After strangling the victim, Griffith and a friend disposed of the woman's body by dismembering her and placing the various body parts in concrete-filled tubs and leaving them in a vacant home.
During trial, the jury head over a dozen calls Griffith made to police about his ex-girlfriend that he said were ignored, according to the station. The defendant said officers ridiculed his pleas for help. Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue. She has led her family's desperate pleas for help.
Deborah, 31, has been missing since Dec. She failed to show up two days later for a performance of "Fantasy," the nightly burlesque show at the Luxor hotel and casino where she worked. Celeste has been on the hunt ever since. She flew from her home in Atlanta, leaving her two young children with her mother, to search for her sister in Las Vegas last week. She met with her sister's friends, slept in her apartment and begged police detectives for answers.
She gave interviews to CNN and local broadcasters, imploring anyone with information about her sister to call the police. On Facebook, she asked her sister's friends to show her around. She always wanted to watch her sister dance, but, weighed down by the responsibilities of motherhood and work as a secretary, she never made the time to visit Las Vegas before. Celeste explored the run-down neighborhood where her sister's Chevrolet Prizm was found abandoned in a vacant lot, its Maryland license plate removed.
Neighbors there told her it was a popular dumping site for criminals. She subsisted primarily on coffee and water, shedding seven pounds in six days from her petite frame. She said she is going to stay in Las Vegas indefinitely, skipping Christmas with her children, so that she can continue the search.
Deborah studied business and took a finance job after college. She served as an ambassador for the Washington Redskins in , a non-performing position that sent her into the community. She longed, however, to perform on a stage. She made the jump in , leaving her family on the East Coast and moving in with two roommates in Las Vegas to pursue a career in dance.
Friends said she was hired at some of the Strip's poshest nightclubs -- Haze at the Aria hotel and Jet at the Mirage hotel and casino, among others. Las Vegas offered, "bigger lights, bigger city, bigger opportunities. Just before Deborah went missing, she landed a solo in the Fantasy show, dancing next to "Thong Song" singer Sisqo, who is doing a guest stint with the Las Vegas Strip revue. When Deborah missed the performance, friends were certain something was wrong, and a roommate reported her missing.
Days later, news reports cited an arrest report that claimed Deborah had gotten into a brutal fight with Griffith more than a month before she went missing.
The report said she told police she was pregnant with his child when he pushed her, kicked her and yanked out a chunk of her hair. He told police the argument never became physical.
Shortly before she went missing, Deborah sent her mother a text message that said if anything ever happened, Griffith was her emergency contact.
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