Paulette Vasquez (CSI)

Paulette Vasquez (Karen Bethzabe) is a villainess from "Maid Man," episode 12.04 of CSI (airdate October 12, 2011). She is a maid and a friend of fellow maid Maria Garza, who was found murdered inside the hotel where they were employed.
The body was found by Morgan Brody and Nick Stokes at the hotel, and during the investigation, the former interviewed Paulette about Maria. Paulette spoke fondly of Maria, stating that she was a good person and that she had to support her four children on her own after Maria's husband lost his job. Both maids mainly worked a suite registered to Prince Jalal Najib, with Paulette suggesting that the Prince made numerous advances towards Maria.
Najib was suspected of the murder; even more so after video footage of a maid stealing one of Najib's watches from his safe and replacing it with a counterfeit was uncovered. While it was revealed that hotel employee Matthew Lapaz was in on the robbery, it was believed that the villainous maid committing the thefts was Maria, and she was killed by Najib after catching her in the act. While Najib was angry over his discovery, as well as admitting to not treating his servants with respect, he denied killing Maria. After Morgan and Nick found out about the Prince's demands, one of them being for brand new towels, Nick pointed out that the towels at the scene were washed and brand new--and that Paulette had reported four towels missing.
The discovery led to the truth: Paulette was the true thief and Maria's killer, and she was interrogated in the episode's climax. As revealed, Paulette had colluded with Lapaz to rob the Prince (among--assumingly--others), and on the day in question, Maria caught her greedy co-worker robbing Najib's safe. The villainess attempted to coerce Maria to join her, offering her a cut, but Maria turned down Paulette's offer and threatened to report her. In response, the evil Paulette attacked Maria and eventually killed her by stabbing her left eye with a swizzle stick. Paulette denied the robbery claims until Nick showed her the collection of Najib's belongings from her room, after which she confessed. She added that she works mainly around rich people and that they don't notice her, and she deserved her ill-gotten gains, stating that she was looking out for herself. Paulette had no response regarding Morgan's statement that she left Maria's kids without a mother, and afterwards, the villainess was arrested (off-screen).
Category:2010s
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Friend
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Maid
Category:Makeshift Weapon
Category:Murder: Stabbing
Category:Murderer
Category:Thief
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested