Cafecito & Crime

When the Van Breda family went to bed on January 26, 2015, they had no idea that it would be the last time. In the early hours of January 27th, the family would be brutally attacked in their own home where 3  of them would die, leaving 2 others injured. Henri, a surviving member, called the police at 7 that morning, telling them the intruder had attacked the family. Police immediately started to p...

On September 13, 2005, Summer Lee Baldwin's body would be found in a landfill inside a suitcase. It wouldn't take police long to find the person who had done it, Rosendo Rodriguez, but what the police didn't expect was to find that Summer was not Rosendo's only victim. Eighteen months after Joanna Rogers's disappearance, her family would finally find out what happened to h...

Robert Wone began his day on August 2, 2006, just like any other. He and his wife, Kathy, took the metro into Washington, DC, where they both worked and went their separate ways. That was the last time Kathy would see Robert as he would be stabbed and killed that night at Joseph’s Price home, a friend. The three people in that home all stuck to one story: an intruder had broken in and killed Rober...

All Maya Millete wanted to do was take her oldest daughter on her birthday trip before taking the steps to separate from her husband. Sadly, she would never get to take her daughter on that trip because she disappeared on January 7, 2021.  Larry, her husband, was arrested after evidence came out that pointed at him as the person responsible for her disappearance and murder. His trial is set to beg...

Denise Leuthold began her day on February 14, 2013, like any other day. After having a small Valentine's Day morning celebration with her husband and kids, everyone set off for the day. Sadly, Denise was shot and killed in her home after she returned from dropping off her daughter at daycare. What initially was thought to be a robbery gone wrong, suddenly evidence starts pointing elsewhere, t...

On September 15, 2010, Greg Fleniken was in his hotel room, watching a movie like he usually did when he stayed at the Elegante Hotel. Nothing was out of the ordinary, but sadly Greg would die that night. His body was discovered the next day with no major physical wounds, and his manner of death was thought to be caused by a heart attack initially until his autopsy. The autopsy revealed extensive...

When Brittani Marcell headed home for her lunch on September 11, 2008, no one could have imagined the tragic events that would follow. After being beaten severely with a shovel within an inch of her life, Brittani miraculously recovered.  Brittani suffered major memory loss and did not remember anything from the attack, and there were no other suspects. There was DNA recovered at the scene, but it...

In today's episode, Barbie brings us the case of Clinton Young. In November 2001, at the age of 18, Clinton was accused of murdering two people but maintained his innocence throughout his trial. He would get convicted of capital murder in 2003 and sentenced to death. Eight days before Clint's execution date in 2017, his conviction would be overturned by the Texas Supreme Court of Appeals...

In our latest episode, we discuss the case of the Kyoto Animation studio arson attack. On a regular Thursday, a man set fire to the animation studio that had over 70 people inside. He killed 36 and injured over 34, including himself. It would take almost a year before he was actually arrested due to his injuries. So what made this man carry out Japan’s biggest massacre since 2001? Grab your cafeci...

In today's case, Barbie brings us the story of Michele Williams, Keller's "Black Widow." When she called 911 in the early hours of October 13, 2011, she claimed that an intruder in her home shot and killed her husband, Greg, and then attacked her. She later goes on to change her story multiple times and says that Greg committed suicide. From a plea deal, to a pregnancy, to a ne...

When we hear the term serial killer I think our minds automatically picture an adult, but in today’s case, the serial killer is a child. Mary Bell was born to a mother who didn’t want her and made it known. She also went through all types of abuse and loss before they age 6. Was it her environment that made her kill at such a young age or was she born evil? Join us for today’s episode to find out....

On today’s episode, we’ll be discussing the case of Jennifer Schuett. At the age of 8, she survived the impossible and gave the police all the information needed to capture her kidnapper and rapist. Unfortunately, her case would go cold in 1990, and it wouldn’t be until 2008 when he was finally captured. Join for todays unbelievable case, so grab your cafecito and lets gets started.  TW: rape and...

Today's episode is a crazy one! I'm talking novela cuckoo. Michelle meets Ian, and they get engaged, things don't work out and they break up. Michelle moves on and so does Ian, after some messy business in regard to the condo they lived in finally gets settled. Months pass and Ian's new wife starts receiving very disturbing threatening emails and other disturbing things also sh...

It is always a tragedy when something happens to a child, and not knowing who did it must add another layer of unimaginable pain for their loved ones. Sadly, that is what happens in today's case. In 1996, ten-year-old Amberly Mendoza went to bed as she always did, but her lifeless body would be discovered in her room the following morning. Police never made an arrest, and her case remains ope...

Brittanee Drexel was your typical 17-year-old high school student who wanted to enjoy her spring break in 2009. She had been having a hard time at home and thought that going to Myrtle Beach with some friends was just what she needed, but sadly,  Brittanee would never make it back home to her family. Today's case is tragic and one that is considered a parent's worst nightmare. So, grab y...

Today’s episode will conclude The Thanksgiving Killer case. Paul Merhige is on the run after murdering 4 members of his family.  Spoiler alert! He does get caught and goes to prison. Though his sentence was not something that all family members of the victims agreed with, one thing is for certain, Paul Merighe would never be a free man ever again. So grab your cafecito and let’s get into it!  You...

Barbie is bringing us today's case! On Thanksgiving Day in 2009, a family of 16 gathered in the Sitton's home to celebrate. Everything was going well and dandy until an uninvited guest arrived, Paul arrived. After leaving for a bit, Paul returns with a gun and fatally shoots 4 of his family members and wounds others. The victims were his twin sisters, Carla and Lisa, aunt Raymonde, and 6...

On Thanksgiving day of 2006, the Mehari family gathered in their apartment to celebrate the holiday.  A little after 3 pm,  someone came into the apartment and shot to death Winta Mehari, her mom, and one of her brothers, and injured others. That, someone, was Asmerom Gebreselassie, who was Winta's brother-in-law. Winta had been married to Abraham, Asmerom's brother,  who passed away fro...

Welcome to episode numero 27 of Cafecito and Crime! This week we will be going over the Halloween murders. I know what y’all thinking, (it’s not Halloween Espooky vibes anymore), but hear us out on this one.  Two young women, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara who had their whole lives ahead of them were murdered brutally and senselessly on Halloween night of 2004. There are a lot of twists and tu...

On Thanksgiving weekend of 1991, Bill Nelson invited his daughter, Margaret, over to spend the holiday with him and his new wife Omaima.  Margaret declined and said goodbye to her dad not knowing that would be the last time she would ever speak to him.  A couple of days later after Thanksgiving, Omaima would knock on the door of an old acquaintance named Jose and ask for his help in disposing of B...

In 2014, Payton Leutner was an ordinary 12-year-old girl doing everyday 12-year-old things, like going to a sleepover at a friend’s house After school, on Friday, May 30, Payton set out to go celebrate her best friend's birthday at Skateland, which was a success but nothing could prepare her for her friend's betrayal the next morning. After being stabbed 19 times by said friend, Payton m...

La Mano Peluda, La Llorona and El Cucuy are Latin myth icons that we were told about as kids to get us to behave. In our case, we were never given the full story behind them, just that they would come for us if we did not listen. They'd lurking, biding thier time for a kid to misbehave and then, at night, they'd strike.  In this episode we will be talking about the origin of these legend...

Espooky Season Continues! On Memorial Day weekend of 1990, Marlene Warren was at home hoping to enjoy the holiday just like everyone else. When her doorbell rang right before 11 am, she did not expect a clown to be standing at her front door holding flowers and balloons, but that was not the only thing the clown was holding. After handing Marlene the flowers and balloons, the clown pulls out a gun...

Happy October! We're happy to start spooky and cucuy season! We're here with all the Halloween vibes and there isn't a better way to start than with the classic case of the OG Candy Man. Ronald Clark O'Bryan, also known as The Man That Killed Halloween and The Candy Man, murdered his son on Halloween night in 1974 and also attempted to murder four additional innocent children....

On June 2, 2010, Derrick Bird went on to commit one of the deadliest mass shootings in UK history and no one really knows why. Growing up in a normal family, that included his twin brother, David, an older brother, and his 2 parents, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  As an adult, he went on to have 2 children with his longtime girlfriend but she eventually left him. He went on to struggle for m...