disappeared. did you come into orangat all on thursday? no. police also had to consider this. maribel had told lucy that things weren t working out with paul lopez. she wasn t a match with paul. so she was online talking to people. maribel was back on plenty of fish and had met a new man. he was a photographer who d worked a lot with the military. it was a connection for both of them. how did she describe that guy? she said, oh, i met someone. he s very interesting. we have lot in common. and you thought what? good? i thought, great. they planned a date for cinco de mayo. but two days before that date was to happen, maribel vanished. so police talked to that photographer. and made a recording of the conversation. you re saying you never actually met her in person. no.