anyone saw maribel, the night she was caught on camera paying the rent, which k.c. said was what they were arguing about. well, what happened? tell me about that. because i was i m supposed to move out. it turned out k.c. had recently lost his job and could no longer pay his share of the rent. maribel had asked him to move out. that was reason for concern, of course. and so was this. detective ramirez had learned about the 911 call maribel had made 11 days before she disappeared. and he knew that in that call the man maribel said that she might have to kill was k.c. joy. his full name is kwang choi joy. weren t the police out to your house recently because you guys had an argument?
with k.c. joy. do you have a business card, sir? yeah. so i keep track of names straight. yeah, that s a good idea. formalities over, detective ramirez started asking about maribel. as you know, right now, there s some people, some family and friends that are worried about maribel, your roommate. i was her friend and i care about her very much. but he said he had no idea what happened to her. so when was the last time you saw her? about 9:00 p.m. about 9:00. then i went out. that was thursday night, may 2nd. the next night when the cops were called to maribel s house, k.c. wasn t there. he explained he had been so worried that he did his own investigation, watching his own front door from his car parked out front. i saw in movies, detective movies of a crime scene, whatever.
we d been drinking that night. she started yelling at me. k.c. said it was all just a drunken misunderstanding. i don t like you, i m not attracted to you. i said, maribel, we had a great time tonight. what s the problem? what was the problem? detective ramirez heard from maribel s family something very interesting. k.c. joy had wanted to be more than just roommates with maribel ramos. lucy told us the same thing. when did it become apparent to you that k.c. sort of had a crush on your sister? he called me, and then he just said, i m like in love with your sister. so i was like, oh, this is great. because you knew your sister wasn t in love with him. yes. and that s a bad situation. so at that point i m like, okay, k.c., you know, you re a good man and i m sure you ll find somebody out there for you, but but it s not going to be her.
now ramirez knew it was time for one last meeting with k.c. joy. well, thanks for coming down here voluntarily, i really appreciate it. if you give me a ride back to library i ll have to walk ramirez didn t tell k.c. that maribel had been found. he just tried for the final time to get k.c. to be the one who would say what had happened. k.c., i think that you have the answers in your heart, that you do and that you should share them i ll go. so once again k.c. joy walked out of the interview room. he didn t get far. this time he was arrested and charged with the murder of maribel ramos. the woman he had loved who had not loved him. when he was taken into custody, k.c. joy was wearing maribel s dog tags. k.c. joy pleaded not guilty and in july 2014, a year after maribel vanished, he went on trial for her murder.
when i would get in trouble, she would make me do exercises in order to, like, work off the punishment. and all this time, maribel was hammering away at gisele, you re going to finish school, you re going to study hard? mm-hmm. you re going to have a career. yes. this is what you re going to do, mija. this is what you re going to do. she would tell her. yes, tia. maribel got a dog and rented a two bedroom apartment in the city of orange which she shared with a roommate, a quiet chemist named k.c. joy, who also had a dog. i thought it was the perfect match. he has a dog, she has a dog. he seems quiet. she s not going to have all these people coming over. by may 2013 everything seemed great. maribel was leading by example, finishing up her degree in criminal justice at cal state fullerton. gisele was following in her strong footsteps.