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The night Jack dismembered his pregnant sister: The murder of Betany Bad Israel A mother called 911 believing her son had killed her daughter. Police found massive blood in the kitchen, a bloody saw, an axe, and large knives. Betany, 30 years old and 17 weeks pregnant, went to dinner with her brother Jack in Lakeville. What dark resentment motivated this act of extreme violence? In this episode, w...

The red shoelaces that revealed the lost name: The homicide of Guadalupe Medina Pichardo A four-year-old girl was found dead in an empty lot in Nezahualcóyotl on March 18, 2017, wearing red shoelaces. Nine months later, no one knew her name. The question that no one dared to ask: how does a girl disappear without her own mother reporting her absence? In this episode, we explore how a feminist acti...

The night Mario voluntarily surrendered: The femicide of Victoria Pamela Salas In the early morning of September 2, 2017, an employee of the Novocuapa Hotel in Tlalpan saw a man leaving room 20 alone. Victoria Pamela Salas, 23 years old, never came out alive. Seventeen hours later, her body was found under hot water in the shower with a stab wound to her neck. The impossible: her boyfriend, Mexico...

The nurse who waited underwater: The homicide of Carisa Darwin On the night of October 17, 2011, a certified nurse calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife is drowning in the bathtub. He does not remove the plug. He does not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He just waits while she and her 20-week-old baby die. The question that obsessed investigators: was it criminal negligence or murder d...

Eight dead, a two-year-old girl, and an eight-month-long revenge: The Pike County massacre On the morning of April 22, 2016, Bobby Joe Manley opens the door of a trailer in Pike County, Ohio, and finds bodies in pools of blood. Thirty-two silenced shots pierced an entire family while they slept - and no one heard anything. Christopher Roden wakes up with a defensive wound on his right arm, confron...

The Michigan Freezer: Three Years of Deadly Secrets: The Case of Michelle Blair An eviction order for unpaid rent was the only thing separating Detroit from one of the most heinous crimes in its history. When law enforcement opened that freezer in March 2015, they discovered two bodies wrapped in plastic - siblings who had been missing for almost three years. The impossible question: how could a m...

The last selfie of Gabi: ignored blood in Moab: The murder of Gabrielle Petito A young woman disappears during a road trip in a white van. Police had her in front of them with blood on her face, crying, apologizing for "being in a bad mood" - and they let her go. How did they overlook such an obvious domestic violence scene? In this episode, we explore the fatal contradictions that allowed the kil...

The unlocked door and the invisible predator: The murder of Briana Denison A young woman sleeping on a couch, just meters away from her friend. An unsecured glass door. At 4 a.m. on January 20, 2008, Briana Denison disappears from a house in Reno without leaving an audible trace. How does a man enter an occupied home, abduct his victim, and vanish in silence? In this episode, we explore three prev...

Natalia: five profiles, a murderous State. The case of Natalia Melman, the teenager who disappeared. February 3, 2001. A 15-year-old student leaves two bars in Mar del Plata and never returns. Five distinct genetic profiles will appear on her body. The same police officers who led the search were her murderers. A forensic investigation reveals an institutional cover-up so systematic that it took 2...

Two bodies, three convicted, four DNA profiles unanswered: The homicide of Marina Menegaz and María José Coni Two young Argentine women wrapped in plastic, found 40 meters apart with two days between their deaths. When the police discovered Marina on February 25, 2016, María José was possibly still alive somewhere nearby. A forensic mystery that begins with a decision to hitchhike and ends with an...

The phone that confessed a crime in the desert: The murder of Leslie Palacio A disposable phone lights up in Valley of Fire, Nevada. A voluntary confession to a friend. A request for gasoline to avoid cameras. The suspect was never apprehended. How is it possible that a man who confessed to a murder to a witness, left video of his crime, geolocation, and DNA, has been on the run for over four year...

Throw yourself or I'll throw you: The secret of the seventh floor: The murder of Iván Ortiguera in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Iván Ortiguera, 16 years old, falls from the seventh floor at 9:40 AM on January 6, 2012. His boyfriend Fabián Núñez, the father of his girlfriend, admits to having shouted "throw yourself or I'll throw you" moments before. The problem: the autopsy reveals that the boy fell un...

The pastor who paid $400 for his wife: The murder of Sara Mariano in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil On the night of October 24, 2023, Sara Mariano got into a vehicle believing she was attending a women's meeting at her church. Minutes later, her body was dragged into a nearby forest. The inexplicable: her husband, Pastor Ederlan Mariano, was recording videos crying on social media asking for her to com...

The girl who planned the massacre of her family: The murders of Medicine Hat, Alberta. A house on fire drawn on a school locker. Two figures fleeing. On April 24, 2006, a six-year-old neighbor discovers three corpses in the basement of a home in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The impossible: a 12-year-old girl and her 23-year-old boyfriend had publicly announced their plan to murder her family while adult...

The 5 Minutes That Honduras Wanted to Forget: The Homicide of Keila Martínez A concrete ceiling with no support. A nursing student detained for violating curfew. Hours later, dead in police custody. The police say strangulation; the hospital says she arrived lifeless. Forensic video confirms that an officer was alone with her for 5-6 minutes. An autopsy orders: mechanical asphyxia by third parties...

24 stabs: the mother who stopped the killer: The femicide of Isabela Mesa Sánchez A suitcase with blood fluid discovered when a mother finds her son mopping the floor without explanation. Isabela disappeared in Medellín on January 28, 2024, but the signs of control and threat had been active for months: messages prohibiting dating apps, a ban on the father of her child, verbal death threats. How d...

The refrigerator gift: murder in Posadas: The homicide of Natalia Samaniego in Misiones A mother gifts a refrigerator to her recently moved-in daughter. Nine days later, neighbors discover a foul smell in the apartment: Natalia's body was inside, tied with the sheet from the same gift. Juan, her partner, sent messages from the deceased's cell phone while the corpse decomposed in the kitchen. In th...

The Opposite Path: Hidden Asphyxiation in Eight Years: The homicide of Victoria Mafra Natalini A 17-year-old student disappears on a monitored estate and is found dead 1.5 kilometers in the opposite direction from the bathroom she was heading to. Official forensics declared natural causes. Eight years later, a father turned private investigator proved the impossible: Victoria was asphyxiated, and...

The Night That Brought Down a Government: Who Killed María Soledad: The murder of María Soledad Morales in Catamarca Saturday, September 8, 1990, 3:30 AM. A 17-year-old student disappears from a nightclub in Catamarca and is found dead two days later with signs of sexual abuse and a lethal injection in her body. The impossible part: the police had already washed the corpse down with a hose before...

The tattoo that revealed Daniela in Playa del Carmen: The unresolved femicide of Daniela Patiño Inestrosa A naked body found in Playa del Carmen on September 17, 2019, had only one identifier: an "ineffable" tattoo on the forearm. Daniela Patiño, a 22-year-old Colombian student, had disappeared a week earlier while going out to buy groceries. But her trip to Madrid began with an impossible alarm:...

The mother who hunted down ten killers in narco territory: The murder of Karen Rodríguez Martínez One night at the El Junior restaurant, Miriam heard a name: Sama. Her daughter Karen had been missing for 72 hours after a kidnapping in San Fernando, Tamaulipas—a city under the control of the Zetas. The ransom paid did not bring Karen back. Miriam decided that the police would not do it: she would u...

Five years, two crimes, one killer free: The case of Natalie Holloway and Joran van der Sloot A student disappears on a tourist island at 1:30 AM. Her bag is left open in the hotel, her passport intact, her bed unused. The young man who was last seen with her will give five different versions on national television, each contradicting the previous one, while remaining at large. In this episode, we...

The blonde man from Glenelg: three missing children: The disappearance of Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont Three children board a bus at 8:45 AM on January 26, 1966, in front of dozens of witnesses in broad daylight. At 12:15, they are last seen leaving the beach with a blonde man in his thirties. They never return. Five decades later, millions of dollars in rewards and multiple dismissed suspects...

The Bride of Brazil: Crime, Duct Tape, and Incomplete Truth: The Murder of Daniela Pérez On the night of December 28, 1992, the man who killed one of Brazil's most beloved actresses entered the police station, embraced her devastated family, and offered his condolences. No one suspected at that moment. A license plate altered with duct tape and eighteen stab wounds would reveal the truth, but only...

The footprint that doesn't close: the Heam-Söring case: The double murder of Derek and Nancy Heam April 3, 1985, Virginia. A bloody sock footprint, an untouched dinner on the table, an unforced door. Two bodies with over 50 wounds. But 24 years later, the DNA at the scene does not belong to the man convicted of the crime. In this episode, we explore the contradictions that define this forensic mys...