Scary Paranormal Stories

The Missing Torso: How Two Young Lovers Hid a Law Student's Body

The smell of decomposition led neighbors to five garbage bags on a Bellavista street, but the missing torso left a quieter horror inside an apartment: a taped, blood-stained center of a body found beside a mechanical saw. How did two people decide to sleep with the torso still in the room and then ditch five pieces while leaving the core behind?

In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the morning Anakin Pedro Tancara Suárez left for an exam to the discovery of his dismembered remains and the evidence found in Luz Maya Rubí Peralta’s apartment, asking what choices turned a violent act into something almost stranger than the crime itself.

Person: Anakin Pedro Tancara Suárez
Age: 24
Date: August 30, 2021
Location: El Alto, Bolivia
Other persons: Luz Maya Rubí Peralta (20), Álvaro Salinas Paredes (23)

- Anakin left his father's house on August 30, 2021 to take an exam and never returned.
- Five body parts were found in garbage bags on September 1, 2021 on a street in the Bellavista neighborhood.
- The torso was not among the bags; it remained in Luz's apartment, wrapped in adhesive tape.
- Luz and Álvaro slept approximately three hours in the apartment the morning after the attack with the body still in the room.
- Álvaro told a taxi driver they were transporting a pig when the driver noticed an odor en route to Bellavista.

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She Killed Her Mother Because She Was a Demon - Gilberts' Secret

A daughter confessed to killing her mother and told police the reason without hesitation: because her mother was a demon. The case links a missing daughter, ten bodies found along eleven miles of Long Island coast, and a family fractured by grief-so what actually broke inside this family that no obituary, verdict, or sentence could ever explain?

In this episode, we tell the story of the Gilberts across years of loss and mounting accusation, from Shannan's disappearance on May 1, 2010 to Sara's July 23, 2016 confession, asking whether grief alone can hollow a person into something unrecognizable.

Person: Mary Gilbert
Person: Sara Elizabeth Gilbert
Event: Shannan Gilbert disappearance on May 1, 2010
Event: Ten bodies found along approximately eleven miles of the south shore near Gilgo Beach between 2010 and 2011
Date: Sara's confession to police on July 23, 2016

- Mary Gilbert was fifty-two years old at the time of her death.
- Shannan Gilbert was twenty-four when she vanished on May 1, 2010.
- Ten separate victims were discovered along approximately eleven miles of Long Island coastline between 2010 and 2011.
- Shannan's remains were found on December 13, 2011 in a marshy area near Gilgo Beach, eighteen months after she disappeared.
- Sara Elizabeth Gilbert was born January 19, 1989 and had a son, Hayden, born in 2009.

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He Walked to His Door. They Found Two Bones in Acid

He took every precaution: security cameras, changed locks, a legally permitted firearm, and yet when he opened his front door on July 10, 2003, only two upper-arm bones remained-later found in a drum of hydrochloric and sulfuric acid. Who took Timothy Schuster from his apartment and why was his body reduced to two bones stored in a rented unit under a coworker’s name?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the last recorded call at 2:00 a.m. to the discovery of the barrel six days later, piecing together family tensions, the rented storage unit, and the unanswered coroner detail that still haunts the case: whether Tim was alive when placed in the drum.

Person: Timothy Schuster
Date: July 10, 2003
Location: Fresno, California
Found: July 16, 2003
Contents: two upper-arm bones in a drum with hydrochloric and sulfuric acid

- Tim was 45 years old and trained as a nurse.
- The drum with bones was discovered six days after his disappearance, on July 16, 2003.
- Two bones recovered were from the upper arms, preserved in a mixture of hydrochloric and sulfuric acid.
- Larissa Foreman filed for divorce in February 2002; the couple had married in 1982 and had two children.
- Tim’s last logged phone event was a call at 2:00 a.m. from Larissa’s number on July 10, 2003.

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The Night a Jury Locked Her Fate - Secrets in a Sleeping Man's Room

Fear and judgment collide: a sixteen-year-old shot a forty-three-year-old former Army sniper while he lay with his fingers laced behind his head, and a jury sentenced her to fifty-one years. Which parts of the physical evidence and the testimony point to premeditation, and which point to a terrified girl claiming she acted to save her life?

In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from the August 2004 shooting to the arrest and trial, presenting the competing pieces of evidence and the personal history that led Cyntoia Brown to that hotel room - could the verdict be the end of the story, or just the start of the questions?

Person: Cyntoia Brown
Date: August 7, 2004
Victim: Johnny Michael Allen, 43
Sentence: 51 years
Location: Benvenue Drive, Nashville

- Cyntoia was sixteen years old when she shot Johnny Michael Allen on August 7, 2004.
- Allen was found face-up on the bed with his fingers laced behind his head and eyes closed.
- Cyntoia called the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department anonymously the morning of August 7, 2004, reporting the dead body.
- She took $172, two of Allen's guns, and the keys to his truck after the shooting.
- Cyntoia was arrested on August 8, 2004, at a Nashville hotel where she lived with Garion John Mack (Cut), age 24.

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He Lived Next Door: The Night Tricia Never Crossed Her Threshold

The quiet of a suburban morning turned into a discovery that no parent should ever make: shoes on the walkway, legs attached, and an eighteen-year-old daughter arranged at her own side entrance. Fifteen years later, evidence preserved from that threshold would become the single thread that tied a local tragedy to a string of crimes across the country - but how did one sample change everything?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning Tricia Lin Paccho was found to the decision to preserve her fingernail scrapings, and we follow how that decision resurfaced years later to connect disparate cases. What did investigators hold onto that others dismissed, and why did it matter fifteen years on?

Person: Tricia Lin Paccho
Date: August 13, 1993
Location: side entrance of family home, suburb outside Chicago, Illinois
Age: 18
Evidence preserved: fingernail scrapings sealed in an evidence bag

- Tricia was found by her father early morning on August 13, 1993 with her latchkey still in her hand.
- The medical examiner recorded multiple stab wounds including the heart, lung, abdomen, clavicle, and back.
- Tricia’s left arm was fractured, indicating she fought her attacker.
- Skin cells were found under her fingernails, the only biological evidence collected and preserved.
- Michael Gargiulo, a 17-year-old neighbor at the time, visited the family and sent gifts in the days after the murder.

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The Message That Kept Her Family Quiet: Murder in La Unión

A calm text from Loana’s phone - "I'll be back soon, don't worry" - bought a family thirty-six hours of quiet while she lay dead in a neighbor’s backyard wrapped in black plastic. This episode follows how a cleaned house, a ring sale proposition, and a borrowed trust slid a 23-year-old hotel worker toward a door she never knew she was walking through; who sent that message, and why did it stall the search?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the June 9 gathering to the discovery six days later, tracing messages, witnesses, and the moments that delayed action - could one text change everything in a missing-person case?

Person: Loana Valeria Salazar Zamora
Age: 23
Date last seen: June 9, 2020
Location: La Unión, Cartago, Costa Rica
Suspect: Kennet Mejía Chavarría, 38

- Loana sent a message to her mother on June 9 at 6:30 p.m. saying "The house is clean, she was heading out with friends."
- At 6:00 a.m. on June 10, a message from Loana's number read "I'll be back soon, don't worry."
- The formal missing-person complaint was registered on June 11 at 17:55, more than 36 hours after she was last seen.
- Loana's body was found six days after she disappeared, buried in the neighbor's backyard wrapped in black plastic bags sealed with tape.
- Kennet, who returned to the gathering without Loana, told the family he had dropped her near her house around 3:00 a.m. and did not know what happened after.

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The Van Came Home Empty - What Happened to Gaby Petito?

A white Ford van returned to Florida without the woman who owned it, and six weeks after her last Instagram post a body was found in Grand Teton National Park. Gabrielle "Gaby" Petito, 22, was confirmed dead by forensic analysis on September 20, 2021; the cause: homicide. How did a road trip that began in celebration end with unanswered gaps and a fiancé who went silent?

In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the couple's July 2 departure through the August 12 police contact near Arches, the last texts and posts, and the discovery of Gaby's body in September, asking whether the sequence of silences and decisions can explain what happened.

Person: Gabrielle Petito (Gaby), 22
Date: Body found September 19, 2021; identity confirmed September 20, 2021
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Companion: Brian Laundrie, classified as a person of interest, not charged
Origin: Long Island, New York; trip began July 2, 2021

- Gaby posted a photo in early July 2021 and had approximately 13,000 Instagram followers.
- The couple left New York on July 2, 2021, planning to drive to Portland by Halloween.
- Between July 31 and August 12, Gaby posted nothing for 12 days, her longest silence to that point.
- On August 12, 2021, police were called for a reported assault near Arches National Park; officers separated them and filed no charges.
- Gaby's last text to her mother was four words on August 30, 2021: "No service in Yosemite."

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The Nightmare Call: Mother's Last Words Before the Open Door

Her sister heard her voice just after midnight, shaking and saying she had a bad feeling and asking if her four-month-old knew she was loved - by morning Carlin Ramírez was dead. The back door was standing open, no signs of forced entry, and the infant was found alive on her mother's chest after nearly eight hours alone; who planned every detail of that night, down to fuel and shoe size?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from Carlin's midnight call to the morning discovery, following the timelines, people, and physical details that shaped the case. What happened in the hours between that last phone call and the open back door?

Person: Carlin Ramírez
Date: August 24-25, 2015
Location: Maryland house
Victim age: 24
Infant age: 4 months

- Carlin called her half-sister just after midnight reporting a panic attack and a bad feeling.
- Cataleya, born April 23, 2015, was found alive on her mother's chest after approximately eight hours alone.
- The back door of the house was standing open with no signs of forced entry and all windows locked from the inside.
- Carlin had filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order prior to August 2015.
- Malik, her husband, was placed five hundred miles away by phone records the night of the killing but later attended her funeral.

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She Survived a Rape - Then the System Tried to Kill Her Voice

Bleeding into the street after fighting off her attacker, a twenty-year-old was arrested while the man who assaulted her faced no charges; the medical exam recorded twenty injuries but official files framed her as the killer. How did paperwork, witnesses and a neighborhood’s reputation combine to turn a survivor into an accused?

In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the December night at the Hotel Alcázar through the prosecutor's office waiting rooms and forensic reports to the family’s discovery in a newspaper, asking how routine procedures and competing narratives produced a legal inversion that refused to be explained.

Person: Yakiri Rubí Rubio Aupart
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013
Location: Hotel Alcázar, Mexico City
Family: José Luis Rubio Figueroa and Marina Beltrán García
Perpetrators named: Miguel Ángel Ramírez Anaya and Luis Omar Ramírez Anaya

- Yakiri was 20 years old at the time of the incident.
- The medical examination documented twenty separate injuries on her body.
- Miguel Ángel died from a neck wound sustained during the struggle before the prosecutor's office processed events.
- Yakiri's parents waited over eight hours before being seen at the prosecutor's office and then another hour to see her.
- The forensic examiner noted hand wounds consistent with grabbing a blade, not gripping a knife.

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The Priest, the Keys, and Four Hours That Never Explained Him

A parish house message delivered at 11:04 PM and a body found in the same truck at 3:16 AM - the GPS and the priest's phone call point to the same place, yet three crucial contradictions remain: the priest said the young man never arrived, the keys to the truck were found in the priest's possession, and the body was cremated days before full answers could be secured. Which of those facts hides the truth about what happened during those four hours?

In this episode, we follow the timeline, the discrepancies, and the evidence that framed the investigation into Hugo Leonardo Avendaño Chávez's death, asking how two confirmed location signals and conflicting testimony could lead to a conviction despite unresolved contradictions.

Person: Hugo Leonardo Avendaño Chávez
Date: June 11-12, 2019
Location: Parroquia Cristo Salvador, Tlalpan; Calle Eucalipto, Colonia Héroes de 1910
Cause of death: Asphyxiation by strangulation
Status: Body cremated within days; suspect later convicted

- Two text messages from Leonardo to his brother Josué on June 11, 2019: “heading to the parish house” and “arrived.”
- GPS and security cameras placed Leonardo's white Chevrolet Trax inside the parish grounds at 11:04 PM and immobile until 3:16 AM.
- Father Francisco Javier Bautista called Josué the morning after to say Leonardo had never shown up at the parish.
- The truck keys were found in Father Bautista's possession after his arrest, not near the vehicle or in a common area.
- Photographs in the case file showed Leonardo in sexual encounters with three priests, including Father Bautista, a fact unknown to the family before the investigation.

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The Tattooed Killer: How Ambition Turned a Toronto Legacy Deadly

Ambition inked on a wrist led an independent witness to a man whose name appears at the center of three linked deaths; by the time a jury handed down a third life sentence in September 2018, he faced a total of seventy-five years before parole. How did a legacy built on aviation and inherited wealth become the backdrop for a pattern of disappearances and deaths?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that connected the disappearance of Laura Babcock, the incinerated remains of Tim Bosma, and the death of Wayne Milar, and we trace how early warnings and overlooked evidence shaped the case. What missed signals allowed a pattern to run for years before the lines were finally connected?

Person: Delle Milar
Case: Three convictions for three deaths
Date: September 2018 (third life sentence delivered)
Location: Toronto and rural Ontario farm (incinerator on Milar family property)
Sentence: Seventy-five years before parole eligibility

- Tim Bosma disappeared after letting two strangers test-drive his black Dodge Ram on May 6, 2013.
- Eight days later, forensic investigators found remains of Tim Bosma inside an incinerator on property belonging to the Milar family.
- Laura Babcock was born February 11, 1989, and was reported missing July 14, 2012, at age 23.
- Wayne Milar was found dead in November 2012 from a single gunshot wound to the head; the death was initially ruled a suicide.
- Delle Milar received three consecutive life sentences, with a combined delay of seventy-five years before eligibility for parole.

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She Did Everything Right - Killed By the Uniform That Promised Safety

She walked well-lit streets, wore a bright green jacket, and spoke for fifteen minutes to her boyfriend before vanishing; the person who stopped her was a serving police officer. How did the badge designed to protect become the weapon that ended her life?

In this episode, we tell the story of Sara Everard’s last walk home, the evidence collected from CCTV and phone records, and the police investigation that followed - asking how a routine stop under pandemic rules turned fatal.

Person: Sara Rosemary Everard
Date: 3 March 2021
Location: Brixton Hill, south London
Age: 33
Suspect: Wayne Couzens, police officer since 2002

- Sara spoke to her boyfriend George for roughly fifteen minutes between 9:00 and 9:15 p.m. on the night she disappeared.
- Her clothing visible on camera included a green waterproof jacket, white beanie, green earphones, and white-and-blue patterned trousers.
- She was captured on CCTV multiple times during the fifty-minute walk home, and the footage stops mid-route.
- Wayne Couzens was 48 years old, married with two children, and had been assigned to parliamentary protection and diplomatic security roles.
- 750 people were interviewed in the first wave of the search following her disappearance.

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Her Last Four Words: 'Andy is in my room' and Silence

The last message came at 11:30 p.m.: four words - "Andy is in my room" - sent by a fifteen-year-old girl whose body would be found nine days later in West Virginia woods. Why did no one see those words in time, and what happened in the hours between that text and the broken room investigators later found?

In this episode, we follow the timeline laid out in police reports and family accounts to trace Reilly Gray Crossman's final day, the messages from her phone that night, the discovery of a staged call, and the evidence left behind in her bedroom that contradicts an early runaway theory. Was the phone used to cover up what really happened, or did someone else force the story?

Person: Reilly Gray Crossman
Date of birth: December 22, 2003
Age: 15
Location: Berkeley County, West Virginia
Date missing/body found: May 7-8, 2020 (body found nine days later)

- Last outgoing text at 11:30 p.m. read "Andy is in my room" followed by "I'm scared baby."
- Boyfriend's phone showed no activity after 11:00 p.m.; he was asleep and did not see the messages.
- A hidden-number call rang Reilly's phone at 3:00 a.m.; she did not answer.
- A video call was placed from Reilly's number at 5:00 a.m.; investigators concluded Reilly did not make that call.
- Investigators found the bedroom with a TV knocked to the floor, Reilly's glasses broken, and signs of a struggle.

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The Iron Still Warm: How Love Became a Contract to Kill

The morning Caroline Cordero Serrano disappeared, her flat iron was still warm, the television still on, and her front door unlocked - small details that masked a plotted murder paid for with eighty dollars. What happens when a relationship kept secret turns into a calculated contract killing, and why did the person who ordered the murder only enter her home after she was already gone?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from Caroline's last shift to the discovery at her house and the people involved, laying out who was present, what was found at the scene, and the sequence that makes the case so unsettling. Can the quiet ordinary traces of a life interrupted reveal the full truth of who planned and who carried out her death?

Person: Caroline Cordero Serrano
Date: August 13, 2019
Location: Heredia, Costa Rica
Age: 25
Payment: $80

- Caroline was born on December 21, 1993 and was 25 at the time of her disappearance.
- Caroline worked the line at a Bimbo bread factory and rode public transit to and from shifts.
- She left her home on the evening of August 12, 2019 in a white Honda belonging to Andrei Cuvillo Hidalgo.
- Andrei Cuvillo Hidalgo was 21 years old, married with a child, and began a relationship with Caroline in August 2018.
- Caroline’s mother Rosmery found the iron still plugged in and hot, the television running, and no sign of struggle the morning of August 13, 2019.

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The Diary: God, Help Me Get Away From This Evil

A nine-year-old girl, classified as an unaccompanied minor, never boarded her flight from Madrid-Barajas, leaving airline staff waiting at the gate. Six months before Argelis Leonela vanished, her mother, Adolfina Poyo, wrote a chilling sentence in a diary: "God, help me get away from this evil." What happened in the meticulously tidy apartment in Vallecas that led to their disappearance?

In this episode, we delve into the unsettling case of Adolfina Poyo and her daughter Argelis Leonela, who vanished without a trace from their Madrid apartment. We explore the hidden fears documented in a diary, the overlooked police report, and the man who shared their home, whose calm demeanor belied a sinister truth.

Person: Argelis Leonela
Person: Adolfina Poyo
Person: Raúl Álvarez Río
Location: Madrid-Barajas Airport
Date: June 30, 2014

- A nine-year-old girl, Argelis Leonela, was scheduled to fly as an unaccompanied minor but never boarded her flight.
- Adolfina Poyo, Argelis's mother, had saved 20,000 euros over years, with 10,000 euros intended to be sent to the Dominican Republic with Argelis.
- A handwritten report detailing physical and verbal abuse by Raúl Álvarez Río was filed in January 2014 but went nowhere.
- The apartment in Vallecas where Adolfina and Argelis lived was found perfectly orderly, with nothing out of place, after their disappearance.
- Raúl Álvarez Río, who shared the apartment, was questioned and released the same day Adolfina and Argelis were reported missing.

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The Microphone He Forgot: Durst's Final Whisper

A man alone in a bathroom, whispering something no one was supposed to hear, changed everything in a decades-long case. What did Robert Durst say that finally cornered him after nearly 40 years of suspicion and vanished loved ones?

In this episode, we delve into the life of Robert Durst, from his traumatic childhood to the disappearance of his wife, Kathie McCormack, and the murder of his closest friend, Susan Berman. We explore the silent forces that shaped his life and the crucial detail that ultimately led to his conviction.

Person: Robert Durst
Verdict Date: September 17, 2021
Age at Conviction: 78
Victim: Susan Berman
Family Business: Manhattan real estate empire

- Robert Durst was found guilty of murdering his closest friend, Susan Berman.
- Three people from Durst's inner circle died or vanished over nearly forty years.
- A microphone left on captured Durst's confession, which investigators could not.
- Durst's mother died by suicide when he was seven years old, an event he witnessed.
- Kathie McCormack was last seen on January 30, 1982, and was never seen again.

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The Suitcase She Packed: A Ghost's Last Stand

A 19-year-old woman was found dead, her killer confessed in under a minute, but the most chilling detail was a packed suitcase in the room. She was planning to leave that very day, an act of courage that came too late. What happened in the weeks leading up to her death that made her final act a desperate escape?

In this episode, we uncover the story of Carla Callao Vaca, a young woman with international dreams, and how her life became a trap in Sacaba, Bolivia. We explore the pattern of control that wore the face of love and the warning signs that were explained away until it was too late.

Person: Carla Callao Vaca
Age: 19
Location: Sacaba, Bolivia
Date: September 5, 2019
Crime: Murder

- Carla Callao Vaca was a 19-year-old woman, born in La Paz in 2000, who competed in beauty pageants across Bolivia.
- Jorge Sneijder Quiroz, a 32-year-old attorney, entered Carla's life in 2018.
- In early 2019, Jorge convinced Carla to move to Sacaba, Bolivia, over 400 kilometers from her family, with promises of a job and a comfortable life.
- Carla arrived to a rented room with one mattress, one table, and four plastic chairs, with no phone of her own, isolating her from her family.
- On September 5, 2019, Jorge confessed to killing Carla, who had packed a suitcase, planning to leave that same day.

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The Open Door: Paula Toledo's Last Night

She left the door slightly open, planning to return in minutes, but never did. Seven people waited for her that night, continuing their party as if nothing happened. How could a system look directly at what happened to Paula Toledo and still look away?

In this episode, we delve into the tragic story of Paula Toledo, a 19-year-old art student from San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, found deceased on October 31, 2003. We explore the 18-year struggle across three trials to find answers, revealing a system that repeatedly failed to deliver justice.

Person: Silvia Noelia Paula Toledo
Date: October 31, 2003
Location: San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina
Cause of Death: Inhibition (cardiorespiratory collapse from extreme pain)
Outcome: Six men acquitted after three trials

- Paula Toledo was 19 years old and studying visual arts, dreaming of her own studio.
- She had a left-side peripheral facial paralysis from birth.
- Her body was found in a drainage canal in the El Sosneado neighborhood, semi-undressed.
- Seven young men were arrested the day her body was found, but a substitute judge released all of them.
- The forensic report established the cause of death as inhibition, a sustained accumulation of suffering.

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The Halloween Costume Found In A Separate Bag

A nine-year-old girl vanished on Halloween night in 1973, only to be found days later in a field, her body in one black plastic bag and her hobo costume in another. This deliberate separation of a child from her clothes has no comfortable explanation, and it's just one of the unsettling details in a case with two different official causes of death. How could such a crucial detail remain so chillingly unexplained?

In this episode, we delve into the disappearance of Lisa Ann Gehrig, the massive search effort by her Wisconsin town, and the man who lived just three houses away. We explore the conflicting forensic reports and the proximity of what was proven versus what was truly answered, revealing how a small distance can make everything worse.

Person: Lisa Ann Gehrig
Date: October 31, 1973
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Age: 9 years old
Cause of Death: Circulatory shock from sexual assault (official)

- Lisa Ann Gehrig left her home at approximately 5:45 PM on Halloween night.
- Her body was discovered four days later in two separate black plastic bags.
- Over 5,000 volunteers and the National Guard participated in the search.
- Gerald Turner, who lived three houses away, was seen approaching Lisa that evening.
- The first forensic report stated asphyxiation, while the second cited circulatory shock.

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The Camera Saw Her Get In

A 20-year-old woman leaves a nightclub alone, then security footage captures three men guiding her into a black Ford EcoSport. Hours later, she is found dead, and the men's story directly contradicts what the cameras recorded. What really happened in those crucial minutes?

In this episode, we revisit the chilling case of Dilma Pérez González, who vanished on her birthday in Gregorio Laferrere, Argentina. We explore the discrepancies between the official account and the undeniable evidence caught on camera, revealing a truth that was almost ignored.

Person: Dilma Pérez González
Date: October 30, 2013
Location: Gregorio Laferrere, Buenos Aires
Status: Unresolved
Event: Disappearance and death

- Dilma Pérez González, 20, disappeared after leaving a nightclub in Gregorio Laferrere.
- Security footage shows three men guiding Dilma into a black Ford EcoSport meters from the club entrance.
- The footage suggests Dilma did not know the men she got into the vehicle with.
- Dilma's mother received a suspicious text message from an unknown number at 8 AM, lacking Dilma's usual style.
- Two men, Franco Ezequiel Destilo and Matías Ezequiel Testa, brought Dilma to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

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