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David Zaragoza returned to his parole office in downtown San Luis Obispo. Once settled in, he contacted San Luis Obispo Police Department detective Jerome Tushbant. Zaragoza informed the detective about his suspicions concerningKrebs, including his knowledge of Krebs’s criminal sexual assault history, the isolation of Krebs’s home, and his questionable rib injury. Despite the information provided by Zaragoza, Tushbant did not rush to act on Krebs. Instead, he sent the information to the Department of Justice representativesin town, who came on board only three days earlier. The DOJ representatives handled all seemingly innocuous tips to be sure nothing was overlooked. Since there were more than five hundred tips in just a few days concerning the Aundria Crawford disappearance, there was plenty of information to sift through.

Karren Sandusky headed up the California Department of Justice Sexual Predator Apprehension Team, out of Fresno. She was responsible for these less-than-high-priority tips in the Aundria Crawford case. On Friday, March 19, she receivedinformation from Detective Tushbant of Rex Krebs’s background and noticed a couple of sexual assaults from 1987. At approximately 1:30 P.M. she decided to give Krebs a call.

It was probably nothing, but what the hell.

Sandusky picked up her phone and dialed Krebs’s work number at 84 Lumber.

He did not seem shocked to hear from her. “I’m surprised you guys didn’t contact me after that first girl went missing,” he stated.

Sandusky and Krebs agreed to meet at his house at 6:30 P.M.

Sandusky hung up the phone and quickly got a hold of Zaragoza. She introduced herself and let him know that a meeting had been set up with Krebs.

Sandusky also contacted Department of Justice special agent Frank Navarro. The two agents drove out to Krebs’s residencein the canyon so they could “become familiar with the location.”

After checking out the property, Sandusky and Navarro drove back into town to meet David Zaragoza. They arrived at his office at 3:00 P.M., made the round of introductions, and got down to business. Zaragoza had Krebs’s file open on his desk and the three officials began to discuss what to do next.

Zaragoza called Parole and Community Service Division (P&CSD) parole agent Victoria Wood and P&CSD administratorDan Hoy and spoke with them about the need for a search warrant. Sandusky called the DOJ office again for more assistance. Special Agents Vince Jura and Juan Morales helped in the search.

All five personnel headed out to the isolated barn in the woods. On the way out Sandusky contacted Krebs again at 84 Lumber. She wanted to let him know that they were on their way to his property and asked if it was OK for them to begin the search. He asked that they wait until he arrived and that he would let them search then.

Once Krebs showed up, the officers began their search. They took several items from his home, including a pair of black boots, an 84 Lumber wooden box, two metal chains, index cards with lists of women’s telephone numbers on them, work-related paperwork, 84 Lumber receipts with femalecustomers’ names on them, including their phone numbers and home addresses. They also discovered CO₂ cartridges and BB pellets.

Zaragoza was relieved.

They had found what they needed to bring Krebs into custodyfor further questioning without violating his basic civil rights. The pellets were a violation of his parole, in that he was not allowed to carry a weapon or simulated weapon of any kind. Zaragoza asked Krebs if he owned a BB gun.

“Yeah.” He solemnly nodded.

“Does it look like a revolver or semiautomatic?”

“Yeah.”

“Where is it?”

“84 Lumber.”