CA CA - Lolita Sewell, 48, Endangered Advisory, with Paul McClafferty 33, Dangerous, Do Not Approach, in blue 2003 Ford Escape, San Pedro, 30 Jan 2026

[Unalienable Rights]

CHP - Alerts

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ENDANGERED MISSING ALERT - Los Angeles CountyLast seen: S. Cabrillo Avenue and W. 3rd Street, San Pedro
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IF SEEN, CALL 9-1-1

 

[Unalienable Rights]

This Endangered Missing Advisory just came up in CHP Alerts when I was looking for something else. It is very current and isn't in the media yet, so there are no details.

A quick Google search shows that Paul McClafferty was arrested for murder in 2020. Will try to find out what happened with that.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-deadly-stabbing-outside-motel-6-in-carson/

 

[GraceG]

This Endangered Missing Advisory just came up in CHP Alerts when I was looking for something else. It is very current and isn't in the media yet, so there are no details.

A quick Google search shows that Paul McClafferty was arrested for murder in 2020. Will try to find out what happened with that.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-deadly-stabbing-outside-motel-6-in-carson/

Here's another article on the murder in Carson. I assume that's Carson, CA and NOT Nevada. Authorities make arrest in stabbing death of man in Carson motel parking lot

In the LA Superior Court I found 5 case numbers that timewise were around that time and later for a Paul PATRICK McClafferty. No DOB is listed so I can't verify it is the missing individual . The details of the charges are not available as LA requires a fee for record searches. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
24CAPH02985-01 5/30/2024 MCCLAFFERTY, PAUL PATRICK 01 True Name Central Arraignment Courthouse
24CAPH01467-01 3/15/2024 MCCLAFFERTY, PAUL PATRICK 01 True Name Central Arraignment Courthouse
REV3PV01785-01 4/3/2023 MCCLAFFERTY, PAUL PATRICK 01 True Name Central Arraignment Courthouse
XSCTA152271-01 11/19/2020 MCCLAFFERTY, PAUL PATRICK 01 True Name Compton Courthouse
COMTA152271-01 6/29/2020 MCCLAFFERTY, PAUL PATRICK 01 True Name Compton Courthouse

That brought up the question: IS Patrick the missing man's middle name?

I DID find a Paul Patrick Kevin McClafferty that had lived in Cape Coral, which the article in the opening post in this thread mentioned him living in previously. (White Pages Screen Shot attached). https://www.whitepages.com/name/Paul-Mcclafferty

And I found a mugshot from an arrest *burglary, grand theft, fraud) in Lee County Florida, it's definately the missing man and his name IS Paul Patrick Kevin McClafferty. https://www.news-press.com/picture-gallery/news/crime/2017/04/25/lee-county-arrests-424/100873216/

He's not listed as being a current inmate (well obviously, if they're looking for him), but he is also not listed as being incarcerated from the Federal Bureau of Prisons which keeps a database going back to 1982. Were the charges dropped?

https://ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov/results?lastName=McClafferty+&firstName=Paul+ (snapshot of findings attached).
Inmate Locator (snapshot of findings attached)

 

[Alcina]

Are they boyfriend and girlfriend, just friends? I wonder what the relationship is.

 

[Beans]

I found an FB for him: Paul McClafferty

 

[Unalienable Rights]

He was an inmate at San Quentin Prison at one time. He had been paroled prior to the publication of this article dated December 6, 2022. It seems he is a talented musician who had a nightly gig at the H-Unit Yard at San Quentin. Interesting article.

Musical men in blues

sanquentinnews.com

 

[Moonstrawbs]

Authorities make arrest in stabbing death of man in Carson motel parking lot

McClafferty was suspected of stabbing to death 23-year-old Christian Gironimi in the parking lot of a Motel 6 in the 800 block of East Dominguez Street, May 28, authorities said.

 

[GraceG]

Authorities make arrest in stabbing death of man in Carson motel parking lot

McClafferty was suspected of stabbing to death 23-year-old Christian Gironimi in the parking lot of a Motel 6 in the 800 block of East Dominguez Street, May 28, authorities said.

Yes, that was in 2020. I was not able to find any record of a conviction, but LA Superior court records require a fee to search in detail so that wasn't done.