- [Arturo] If you have nothing to hide,
why wouldn't you wanna come up?
It makes me feel like they know something.
- [Narrator] What is up EWU Crew?
Early in 2021, we covered the mysterious case
of Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes.
A missing 26-year-old mother who was last seen
in surveillance footage at the Olympus at Ross
apartment complex in Dallas, Texas
around 6:00 PM on April 17th, 2019.
She was reported missing by her babysitter
when she failed to pick up her
then six-year-old boy that evening.
She has never been seen since.
For our initial episode,
we were able to secure insightful interviews
with a former licensed private investigator,
Kaylee, who has poured countless hours into this case.
And Dan Fuchs, Prisma's stepfather,
who to this day still fights to find answers
and justice for Prisma.
In the previous video,
we discussed a few of the men in Prisma's life,
including her ex-boyfriend, Ryan,
and the father of her young son, a man named Arturo.
We addressed the strange rumors
that had been circulating involving Arturo,
and both Kaylee and Dan assured us
that Arturo was a good man.
They said he was helping the investigation
in every way he could while also maintaining
a positive relationship with Prisma's family
and be there for his son during these hard times.
We are happy to announce
that we had the chance to speak one-on-one
with Arturo himself, who wanted the opportunity
to share his truth and reassure people of his innocence.
He says that the rumors which have been shrouded this case
and the undue suspicion that has been directed
his way are totally unfounded.
For instance, while we found online reports
alleging that Prisma's family
had made a remark claiming
that Arturo filed for emergency custody
after Prisma's disappearance,
and that he had neglected to ever pay child support.
Arturo says that those allegations are totally untrue.
- [Arturo] The only reason why I do this is just so people
can really know the truth and figure out,
I'm sure not everybody's all,
when they hear something, "Oh my God."
And then they start thinking
of all these theories and all these things.
- [Narrator] Contrary to the online rumors,
Arturo says to this day he's paid
about $60,000 in child support.
Ultimately, he thinks people are making up
harmful rumors and looking to blame the wrong person.
Arturo also explained that another rumor
was circulating that the judge wouldn't give him
his son because the court order had said
he wasn't allowed to tell him Prisma was missing,
which he explained was also a complete lie.
Arturo even said that some people
have started a rumor that a silver car
seen at the Olympics at Ross parking garage,
which a witness allegedly claimed
had its trunk open while Prisma
was crying next to it the evening
of her disappearance, belonged to him,
which was also untrue.
- [Arturo] Just like the silver car,
'cause I had a silver car,
and they said she was next to a silver car
in the parking lot, but there's a lot of silver cars.
And it was just ridiculous
with the stuff that I went through.
And thankfully, nobody ever tried to kill me
or do something to my family.
'Cause who knows what, you know what I mean?
What could have happened?
Just with people thinking whatever they hear.
I would react if that was true or not,
because if that was the case,
then why would that person walk away
from that situation?
If I see that happening,
I'm gonna be a distance, but figure out
what's really going on.
It's just human nature, you know.
- [Narrator] Looking deeper
into this witness's alleged story,
they apparently claimed they indeed approached
Prisma to ask if she was okay,
but Prisma reportedly said she was fine
and asked to be left alone.
Arturo says that just because he happened
to own a silver car, people took the rumor
and ran with it, even accusing him of stalking her
and being at the apartment complex that day.
But on the contrary, Arturo has proof
that he was out of town in New Orleans for work
and could not have even been anywhere
near Prisma or the apartments.
We asked Arturo where he thinks
these rumors could have been stemming from.
Since some seemed to be circulating
on a site called websleuths.com.
There, people were accusing him
of filing for emergency custody,
while others claimed he gave up custody completely.
But Arturo sent us the documents
to prove that all these allegations
are nothing more than rumors
started by an online source.
- [Arturo] People just making up stuff
or hearing, I guess, I don't know.
I really don't know, but I kinda saw
that on Websleuths while back
'cause somebody had told me about it
and I was like, "Well, I didn't give up custody.
'Cause I dropped them off back
to the grandma's at the end of the summer."
So I mean, it's not like I'm beating them up.
But that's why I showed you the court document.
So you could see what was really going on.
- [Narrator] While we had Arturo,
we also asked him what he thought
could have happened to Prisma.
He clarified that he never even met
Prisma's ex-boyfriend, Ryan.
- [Arturo] It's really hard 'cause you find something out
and then you're like, "Oh man, maybe this happened,"
or, "Oh, maybe this happened."
I would hate for me to say something
and I don't really know.
I don't really like to say things
without actual facts.
I mean, we stopped talking.
I can't remember it 'cause on Websleuths
I posted the call a lot.
I think it was August, 2018 or September, 2018.
But she had a jealous boyfriend,
but it wasn't this boyfriend
I found out she was with,
the one that she ate lunch that day
that she went missing.
So that's kind of odd.
But later on I started finding out
that she went back to dancing and there was rumors
that maybe she was doing some other stuff
with some dancers do, but I don't know
if it's true or not 'cause I don't have no proof.
but for sure I know she was missing
'cause I found out some of the shifts
of that she was working at.
That, the gun incident, I really don't know
what was going on with her at that time.
I know she does have a temper,
just like any other girl.
I mean, for her to do that,
something had to have happened.
- [Narrator] We also inquired about Prisma's personality.
Everyone we spoke to previously said
that her rash actions on the day
she went missing from drinking
on her lunch break, neglecting to return to work,
pulling a gun during a road rage incident,
and, of course, her strange behavior
of running into the apartment complex
and hovering outside the elevator
was completely out of character
for the sweet and responsible woman
Prisma was known to be.
We asked Arturo to shed a little light
on her personality and what he made
of her behavior that day.
- [Arturo] Through our experience,
whenever we're dating,
but I know now she's matured more,
but you would have to really piss her off
for her to be in that situation.
Or you had to have done something to her.
That's why, I don't know.
I mean, some people point a finger at the person
that she was eating lunch with, which was Ryan.
Some people think it's the babysitter
and I kind of have the same feeling too.
There's somebody out there that knows what happened.
'Cause there's just no way a babysitter
that's just gonna call the police department
and report her missing just like one or two hours
after she was supposed to pick up the baby, pick up Dominic.
So it just doesn't make sense to me
without contacting the family
'cause that's what anybody else would do.
That was pretty weird.
And then for her to have the one hour conversation,
like what I saw on the call record
and all the other times five, 10 minutes,
12 minutes or whatever.
That's just a red flag.
And then I don't know who the lady is,
but for her not to wanna speak up on it
and other people not wanna speak up on it,
it makes me feel like they know something.
If you have nothing to hide,
why wouldn't you wanna come up and say something
and talk about it or try to help out?
- [Narrator] As the father of Prisma's child
and someone who may have known
the relationship she had with her son,
we asked Arturo what he made of the theories
some people have put forward that she went missing
on purpose or even wanted to start a new life.
- [Arturo] Seeing all these different
people missing and a few of those
have been where they just ran away
and they just wanted to live another life.
That could be a possibility.
I'm not saying it is or it isn't.
I hope it's not.
If it is, there had to have been a lot of things
that were happening in her life
that a lot of us didn't know,
but Dan didn't know, her family didn't know,
and she just never spoke about it.
And maybe that's why she just decided to do that,
but we don't know.
The only person that would know would be her
and hopefully we can find out where she's at.
And hopefully, nothing happened to her,
and hopefully, that's what it is.
And if something did happen to her
that day at the apartments,
it would have to be somebody that lived there
or somebody that knows this apartments
because a few months after she went missing,
I decided to go just to see,
"Okay, how do you get in?"
And I couldn't even get in,
because you need a key card to get inside that entrance.
If she never made it out there,
it has to be somebody that lives in those apartments.
- [Narrator] Although no breakthrough updates
have been made to solve Prisma's case yet,
we did want to update you with Arturo's point of view.
Once again, if you know anything
that could potentially help bring Prisma home
or shed light on the truth of what happened to her,
please alert authorities at Mesquite Police Department
or reach out to the Where is Prisma Reyes Facebook group.