Paula Sladewski Update: Boyfriend of Murdered Playboy Model Seeks Her Killer

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

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MIAMI (WFOR/CBS) Kevin Klym waited in line to get into Club Space in downtown Miami early Sunday morning, but unlike the partiers around him, he and the private investigator he hired had a very different goal.

Photo: Paula Sladewski and Kevin Klym.

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They were looking for a club employee who they believe resembles the suspect in the murder of Klym's girlfriend, 26-year-old former Playboy model and Michigan native Paula Sladewski.

Photo: Paula Sladewski, and sketch of man sought by North Miami Police.

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"Kevin just came out here today, he flew in from Michigan and he wanted to see if he could recognize any of the bouncers in Club Space," said David Wasser, the private investigator Klym hired.

According Wasser, Klym believes the man in the suspect sketch police released may be the club bouncer who checked both his and Slawdewski's IDs - and then threw Klym out of the club after the couple had an argument.
Photo: Paula Sladewski.

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Klym says, "We got separated, the bouncers kicked me out of the club, they made me leave but they let her stay, that's the last time I ever saw her alive."

Grainy surveillance video shows Sladewski leaving the club around 7:30 in the morning, January 3rd with an unknown man following her. That night, police found Sladewski's burning body in a North Miami dumpster.

Photo: Paula Sladewski.

PICTURES: Playboy Model Paula Sladewski
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Her family is understandably distraught. Her sister Kelly Farris said in a previous interview, "I'm the voice for her. She can't speak. Only God knows who the killer is and I want the killer to pay for what he did."

Over the weekend, Klym failed to find the bouncer he believes he recognized from the police sketch, and Wasser says it appears many of the club staff has changed since the murder, including the manager.

Klym could only listen to tips from club-goers, and he passed out fliers to anyone who would take them.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-8477.

Story Contributed by CBS Affiliate WFOR.

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by panhandleslim February 10, 2010 1:36 PM EST: Glad to see that that Mr. Klym and Dectective Wasser are following up on something that seems to have clear answers at the place of disappearance. This story has been pretty cold for a month now and I'm happy to see that it is not going, permanently, into some 'cold case' file box. I wrote my observations concerning this club, in the Miami Herald blog until I was blocked from that blog because I said the Miami-Herald did the publicity blurb that led me there to start with. Now, for those who didn't read what I wrote before it was taken down, I repeat: I went to that club two years ago on New Year's Eve and I saw a man, who looked very much like the one in the police sketch, enter the club with a tall, blue-eyed, blonde who seemed to be a bit distant. What I mean is that it was New Year's Eve and they didn't seem like they knew each other but were standing together. Maybe just met. Maybe just met at the door. The guy that I saw was a bit more slim in the face and had a bit more hair on his head, not much. He had the same facial hair pattern. Anyway, I noticed because I was standing at the bar, facing the door and she was a very, very attractive young woman. I noticed, as I would any woman so beautiful and I noticed the 'distance' in their apparent relationship. An hour later, she passed out on the floor of the club and several of the bouncers carried her to the front, behind stage. My instinct was to go outside and contact a uniformed policeman so that he could follow up. To this day, I regret not doing that and now that this thing has happened, so near to New Year's, I regret it so much more. I find it astounding that the management has been changed and the bouncers can't be located. What kind of place is this? Who are the owners? Why can't the police get the answers? Maybe the owners are connected to more than the Miami-Herald management? It will be a damn tragedy if some insane person like this cannot be stopped. I mean, go back and ask questions about the 2008 incident. Check and see if anyone fitting that description was reported missing or reported an assault incident. Maybe she can shed some light. This club has enough incidents on file to have it closed down in almost any city in the country. Why is it still open? Why are so many bad things happening there? I hope Detective Wasser is a persistent guy who can get some answers.; Reply to this comment