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20/20

The After Show: Death of a Showgirl

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

4.0 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Deborah Roberts and Josh Margolin unpacked the investigation into Debbie Flores Narvaez’s murder and revealed more details from ‘20/20’’s exclusive prison phone call with her killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This show is sponsored by Deadly Nightmares, a podcast from ID.

0:05.4

Picture yourself alone in the middle of nowhere, and somebody's following you.

0:10.1

On Deadly Nightmares, a podcast from ID, you can hear real stories from ordinary people who were stalked by predators.

0:17.9

On each episode, survivors describe the moment they sensed something was wrong

0:22.6

and how they managed to escape. Then investigators and family members speak to the details of

0:28.2

each case sharing exactly what happened. These terrifying stories are the stuff of nightmares

0:34.5

and they're all completely real. listen to deadly nightmares wherever you get your

0:40.7

podcasts hi there everybody so happy you're with us today i'm deborra Roberts and welcome to

0:50.3

2020 the after show you may have heard the expression. I mean, who hasn't?

0:55.1

What happens in Vegas?

0:56.7

Stays in Vegas?

0:57.7

Well, our most recent 2020 story actually did happen in Vegas, but certainly the awful

1:02.2

details did not stay there.

1:04.7

The episode that aired on Friday is called Death of a Showgirl.

1:08.5

And today we're going to explore some fresh details around this

1:11.5

heartbreaking story of a talented, beautiful young woman named Debbie Flores Narvaez. She was only 31

1:17.6

years old when she died. And it's really a very heartbreaking story. She was a bright woman. She

1:23.2

had taken law classes after graduating from college. She was also a former NFL cheerleader ambassador,

1:28.6

and she desperately wanted to be a professional dancer. She wanted to fulfill her dreams

1:33.8

of becoming a star, maybe even see her name in lights one day on the Vegas strip. On January 8th,

1:39.9

2011, police found what is really so hard to even talk about. Her dismembered body in cement-filled

1:47.5

bins stashed away in a closet of a vacant home just a few miles across town. And the big question,

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