1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: A young woman's body was discarded in the desert. 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: I mean, that's sick. That is definitely sick. 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Who was responsible? 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: Everyone where Yolanda worked out, We're scared for their lives also. 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: And why were the police the ones being questioned? 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 3: I mean, what exactly is going on here? 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: In this podcast, we take you across the country to 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: investigate some of America's deadliest crimes. We'll explore how these 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: murders are shaped by their unique landscapes, and in turn, 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: how these tragedies have shaped the fabric of these American 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: communities forever. Today we're in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: story of Yolanda Medina. My name is Sloane Glass and 13 00:00:52,760 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: this is American Homicide. This podcast maintains subject matters which 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: may not be suitable for all audiences. Discretion is advised. 15 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: It's a magnificent sight. The desert skies of Albuquerque turn 16 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: into a kaleidoscope of color as hundreds of hot air 17 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: balloons take flight during the International Balloon Fiesta. It began 18 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: as a radio promotion in nineteen seventy two and turned 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: into an annual must see each October. Tens of thousands 20 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: of spectators poured into Albuquerque to see hot air balloons 21 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: of every size, shape and color take flight over the 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: Rio Grande River, and as the years have passed, the 23 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: balloons have transformed into all kinds of different themes. One 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: looks like a giant cactus, while others resemble the Witch 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: and even a giant bottle of Scotch. On a day 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: when everyone's eyes were on the playful sky over the river, 27 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: the water was concealing a dark discovery. As the fiesta 28 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: wrapt in nineteen ninety one, the many spectators made their 29 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: way home, including a boy and his father. 30 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: On the east side of the Roal grand River, he 31 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 2: saw what seemed to be like the human body. 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: Detective Tony Lopez investigated. 33 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: They immediately then called nine one one and we were dispassed. 34 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Detective Lopez worked for the Bernolo Police Department, a small 35 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: town about fifteen miles north of Albuquerque. 36 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: Very close knit town. Population at that time back in 37 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: ninety one was approximately six thousand. I hate to say this, 38 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: but they didn't like outsiders. At the time that I 39 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 2: got hired with the towner ber Leo, there was three 40 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: of us that were outsiders. The chief police, my captain, 41 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: which was Greg Marcintell and myself. We didn't live in 42 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: the towner bur Leos, who were considered outsiders. They want 43 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 2: to keep everything within and keep outsiders out. 44 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: Berne Leo was a quiet town, so hearing about a 45 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: body washing up along the river was terrifying. 46 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: Bertilio was not a dangerous place. They weren't used to that. 47 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: Detective Lobez headed to a place people in the southwest 48 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: call and arroyo, which means an irrigation ditch. 49 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 2: I arrived and it was late at night. It was 50 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: already getting dark. I grabbed my camera and walked down 51 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: this ditch bank about two hundred yards where this tree was, 52 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: and saw what appeared to be a female. She was 53 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: stuck under some branches, which indicated to me that she 54 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: had been hidden there. I also noticed that there was 55 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: maggots coming out of every office of her body. Then 56 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: I knew she had been there for a few days. 57 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: The young woman appeared to be Hispanic. She had a 58 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: dark complexion and very long brown hair. Her body was 59 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: found naked with bruises on her face and chest, which 60 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: made it difficult to identify her. 61 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: The body was finally placed in a body bag and 62 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: transported to Albuquerque to the corner's office a. 63 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: Few yards away. Officers noticed drag marks along the ditch, 64 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: but there. 65 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: Was no physical evidence around the body. 66 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: Its own, so, as you can imagine, it was an 67 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: awful scene for officers who were trying to make sense 68 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: of what happened. And then they got word about a 69 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: young woman who was reported missing four days earlier. 70 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: A missing person's case had been filed in Albuquerque. After 71 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 2: the autopsy, we knew that this female was the same 72 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: female that was missing out of Albuquerque. 73 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: It took dental records to confirm the body was Yolanda Medina, 74 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: a twenty year old college student who worked and went 75 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: to school in downtown Albuquerque, but lived with her parents 76 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: in Bernolio. She was a child when her parents left 77 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: the Mexican town of Vera Cruz in pursuit of the 78 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: American dream. 79 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 2: Beautiful family, the whole entire family. 80 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: Yolanda was one of six. They warm and friendly, smile. 81 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: It was always easy for her to make friends. 82 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: She was just a very outgoing young lady that had 83 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: such a future ahead of her. 84 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: Even while taking college classes, Yolanda proudly wore her high 85 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: school class ring with her name engraved on it. Her 86 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: dream was to become a flight attendant, job her friends 87 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: thought she was perfect for. 88 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: They were all telling us that all lovable Yolanda was 89 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: in caring. 90 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: The last time anyone saw Yolanda live was on the 91 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: eve of her birthday. She was about to turn twenty one. 92 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: Yolanda was working at this travel agency in Albuquerque, and 93 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: on Columbus Day, there was a couple that had gone 94 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: to her work and weren't looking for directions for a bank. 95 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: Yolanda had explained to them that there was no banks 96 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: opened that day. 97 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: The couple said they were college students from Veracruz, Mexico, 98 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: which happened to be where Yolanda was born. 99 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 2: The couple a male and a female, being Mexican nationals, 100 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: and Yolanda having been a Mexican herself. There was a 101 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: connection there one they with Mexican nationals, especially being an 102 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 2: estrange country, they want to help each other, give each 103 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 2: other direction on anything that they need, and that's what 104 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 2: Yolanda Medina was doing. 105 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: The three of them made small talk and just before 106 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: Yolanda walked into work, the couple extended an invitation. 107 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: The couple felt that Yolanda was so kind with them 108 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: that they invited her for lunch on the following day 109 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: and said, you know, since you were so nice to us, 110 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: we want to make you lunch tomorrow. We'd come pick 111 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: you up. And that evening she was having dinner with 112 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 2: her parents and she stated to her mom, I met 113 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: this couple. They're from Vina Krunz. They want to take 114 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: me to lunch tomorrow. I don't know what to do. 115 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: I feel kind of nervous about it. 116 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: Yolanda accepted their invitation. The couple was friendly, they were 117 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: all a similar age and they shared a hometown. 118 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 2: Parents told her that if they were very nice to 119 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: her and that she should. 120 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: Accept, and so the next day, the couple from Vera 121 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: Cruz returned to the travel agency and around noon the 122 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: three left for lunch. 123 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 2: According to witnesses, a couple came in, picked her up 124 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: and she never returned back to work. 125 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: Four days later, Yolanda's Bonnie turned up in a ditch. 126 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 2: The circumstances of this whole case of an un couple 127 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: coming in and had taking her to lunch never returning 128 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 2: back was very suspicious. 129 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: The couple was the last to see Yolanda alive, so 130 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: the first order of business was to find that. 131 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 2: One of the witnesses, who was also an employee at 132 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 2: where Yolanda worked, they give a description of the male 133 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: and the female. We put those sketches on television and 134 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: we started asking the public for help. 135 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: By then, the disturbing details of Yolanda's death had already 136 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: spread throughout the town. The pathologists determined that Yolanda was 137 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: beaten and sexually assaulted, but ultimately died after choking on 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: a rag. 139 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: There was a red chop rag which they put in 140 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: her mouth, and as Yolana Medina was fighting for her 141 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 2: life with all she had and trying to breathe, that 142 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 2: rag ended up killing her. And that's what exphyiciator. 143 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: The rag was found launched in her throat. Can you imagine. 144 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 2: I've never forgotten that, never will. I mean, the town 145 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: was scared, didn't know if there was a killer or 146 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: killers on the loose. It wasn't something that occurred every day. 147 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 2: Everyone where Yolanda worked out were scared for their lives. Also, 148 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: they didn't know if she was targeted or it was 149 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 2: just just a thing that happened. 150 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: For a small police department in the suburbs of Albuquerque, 151 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: the case took precedence. For Detective Tony Lopez. It became personal. 152 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 2: It was my first homicide, and being that it was 153 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 2: a very young girl, my goal was I was not 154 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 2: going to stop till I caught the people who were 155 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 2: responsible for this. So when I hit it, I hit it. 156 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 2: I wanted to make sure that I got closure for 157 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 2: the family. I knew it was not going to bring 158 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: Yolanda Medina back to them, but we were going to 159 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 2: find out who did it, and we were going to 160 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: catch them and they were going to pay for it. 161 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: Detective Lopez was determined to solve this crime, which makes 162 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: it all the more mind boggling that by the end 163 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: of the investigation, Lopez himself would be a suspect. On 164 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: the eve of her twenty first birthday, Yolanda Medina left 165 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: her office in busy downtown Albuquerque for lunch but never returned. 166 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: Four days later, her Bonnie turned up in a ditch 167 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: some fifteen miles north in Bernaleo, New Mexico. 168 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: That was the last time I got a full day's sleep. 169 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: It was the first homicide Detective Tony Lope has ever 170 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: investigated for the Bernaleo Police Department. 171 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: I basically went home for an hour a day, just 172 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 2: to go shower, put on some clean clothes, and I 173 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 2: was back at it. I was going to do everything 174 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 2: I could in my power to make sure that we 175 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: brought justice. 176 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Yolanda was last seen leaving her office with a couple 177 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: she had just met. Now police needed to find them. 178 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 2: A tip came up of an individual who had stated 179 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: to us that he had picked up a couple walking 180 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 2: from Berno Leo towards Albuquerque and had given him a 181 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: ride to a church in Albuquerue. 182 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: Not only did the couple fit the description of the 183 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: sketch the police had, but they told the guy who 184 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: picked them up they were college students from Vera, Cruz 185 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: who had been robbed and needed a place to stay. 186 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 2: One thing with Mexican nationals, they look for churches for immunity. 187 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: Back in nineteen ninety one and even today, most churches 188 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: in Albuquerque offer sanctuary to migrants. 189 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 2: So they referred this couple to another church where they 190 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: might be able to stay and would get help. I 191 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 2: went to the church, talked to that pastor to try 192 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: to find out if he knew anything about a couple 193 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 2: that were staying there. 194 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: The pastor took one look at the sketch and knew 195 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: exactly who this couple was. 196 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: Mario Torres and Catalina Tarin. They were staying in a 197 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: basement at this church. 198 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: Now stick with me here, because there are a few reasons. 199 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: Out of all the people who have gone through his church, 200 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: this pastor remembered the couple for starters, They had conflicting 201 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: stories on whether they were married. It was clear that 202 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: they were trying to change their identity, and there was more. 203 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 2: He had scratches on his face. 204 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: So we have Mario, whose facebooks very suspicious since it's 205 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: covered in scratches, and then we have this partner, Catalina, 206 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: who's also raising eyebrows because she's just started wearing colored contacts. 207 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 2: They wanted to get some IDs since they were here 208 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: illegally in the United States. So the word got around 209 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 2: that this couple needed help. I discovered from this pastor 210 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 2: that there was a lady who had been helping them. 211 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: So the priest directs Detective Lopez to a woman named 212 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: Tina Unali, who readily told detectives she helped Mario and 213 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: Catalina get fake identification cards. She wanted to help. She's 214 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: stopped by the couple's room at the church, but after 215 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: having a glass of water, she felt something was wrong. 216 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,079 Speaker 2: They wanted her to drink this glass of water, and 217 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: tenaian Nelli's telling him she didn't want any water. 218 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: She was on Thursday, but they were pushy and Tina 219 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: eventually took a set. She said the water was warm 220 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: and tasted. 221 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 2: Weird, and they're still trying to convince her to drink 222 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 2: this water. 223 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: Katalina left the room and closed the door behind her. 224 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: This left Tina alone with Mario. 225 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: Mario Torres then starts putting moves on Tenaianelli, coming onto her, 226 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: tries to hug her and tries to kiss her. Chenaian 227 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 2: Elli then cusses hit him in Spanish. She goes, I'm married, 228 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 2: and he says I'm married too. 229 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: And in the basement of the church, Mario suggested a 230 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: wife swap. 231 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 2: She told him, well, you better back away because if 232 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 2: you don't, I'm going to kick your ass. She's a 233 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 2: a Spanic woman loves to be around motorcycles, so she's 234 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: been around tough guys and she's a tough girl. 235 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: Thankfully, Tina was able to escape Mario. Her instincts were right. 236 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: On police believe that weird tasting water was drugged and 237 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: the couple had intended to sexually assault her. 238 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: She felt so blessed and lucky to get away and 239 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 2: I'll become a victim. 240 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: Tina's escape happened only a few days before Yolando Medina 241 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: went missing. Up being the urgency for detectives to find 242 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: this couple. They were clever and dangerous. Detective Lopez knew 243 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: it wasn't going to be easy to catch them. 244 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: I part across the street from this church, and I 245 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: saw a vehicle with sped a couple in the vehicle 246 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 2: leaving with a priest, and I saw that the priest 247 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 2: had pulled over about a quarter mile away at a 248 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 2: video store. The couple got out stood in front of 249 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 2: that VIGI store for a little while, and as I'm 250 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: doing surveillance, they're walking right in front of my vehicle. 251 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: Now standing with a priest just a few feet away. 252 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: For Mario and Catalina, same picture from the sketch that 253 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 2: we had, I mean identical. So I immediately approached them 254 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 2: and asked them for their names. The male told me 255 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: that his name was Mario Torres and the lady was 256 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: Catalina Tarin the male was trying to be very cooperative, 257 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: and the lady had a very mean look, giving me 258 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: dirty looks, mumbling to the gentleman. She didn't look happy 259 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: at all. 260 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: The couple had fraudulent social Security cards, so Detective Lopez 261 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: called for ions. 262 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: Irons took detention of them, which at that time, it 263 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: allowed us to obtain a search. Weren't for the room 264 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: that they were living in there at the church. 265 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: During their search of the couple's room, detectives were they 266 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,119 Speaker 1: were actually shocked by what they found. 267 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 2: During our search. Weren't. We discovered a class room with 268 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: Yolanda's name engraved on the inside. The jacket that she 269 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 2: was least seen in was also discovered in that room. 270 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: Police also found fake IDs, and then there was this 271 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: a gold necklace and bracelet that belonged to Yolanda. Suddenly, 272 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: all the missing pieces of the puzzle came together for detectives. 273 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 2: At that time, when we had this evidence against this couple, 274 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: I mean, you would think there would be some excitement, 275 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: but there really wasn't because it was far from over. 276 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: At this point, the District Attorney's office entered the investigation 277 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: and the church where all of this happened was very 278 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: familiar to Deputy DA Michael Cox. 279 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 4: Oddly enough, if I looked out my way, no I 280 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,119 Speaker 4: could see the church, so it probably happened across the street. 281 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 3: From where I was. 282 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: This church was actually across the street from the District 283 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: Attorney's office. 284 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 4: That was the place that they had been offered as 285 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: a sanctuary. That's where we believe the crime was committed. 286 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 4: This was a tough case for a defense attorney. There 287 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 4: was a lot of evidence. There was blood, there was 288 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 4: a drag mark that appeared to be a body that 289 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 4: had been pushed or moved. 290 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: They also found the most damning evidence, and it's the 291 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: most disturbing, a piece of the rag that was found 292 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: inside of Hulanga's throat. 293 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 4: Well, the rag was actually used to help kill her. 294 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 4: She was partially asphyxiated with a rag torn red shop rag, 295 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 4: and a piece in her throat was matched to the 296 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 4: piece that was found in the church basement. 297 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: The most unholy act happening in such a secret place. 298 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 4: I was troubled by the fact that the used churches. 299 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 4: That seemed to me to be one of the worst things. 300 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 4: That they killed her in a church where they were 301 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 4: given sanctuary and used it for not just kill her, 302 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 4: but try to kidnap and rape another woman. And then 303 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: they went from there and took all of the stuff 304 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 4: they got from the crimes and went to another church 305 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 4: that was giving them sanctuary. 306 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: It was a behavior the deputy district attorney had never 307 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: seen before. 308 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 4: They prayed on people who were helping them, and that 309 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 4: seemed particularly evil. Frankly, because every one of the victims, 310 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 4: especially the women, the one who was killed and the 311 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 4: one who escaped became victims because they were trying to 312 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 4: help these two people. That seemed particularly awful to me. 313 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: Mario and Catalina were deadly con artists. They were dangerous people. 314 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 4: I think the pair of them were so deadly because 315 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 4: no one expected them. 316 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 1: Police finally made an arrest. Mario and Catalina were charged 317 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: with first degree murder along with the sexual assault and 318 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: kidnapping of Yolanda Mendina. Despite the evidence, prosecutors were facing 319 00:18:49,600 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: an uphill battle. Bernolino police arrested Mario Torres and Catalina 320 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: Tarene for the murder of Yolanda Medina. If convicted, the 321 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: couple faced the death penalty. 322 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 3: In nineteen ninety one, in New Mexico prosecutors were asking 323 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 3: for the death penalty, particularly in cases that involved any 324 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 3: kind of kidnapping or rape. 325 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: Attorney Gary Mitchell was assigned to represent Catalina Taurine. 326 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 3: I found it very pleasant, very nice, very meek. This 327 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 3: is not somebody that I would ever envision doing harm 328 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 3: to anybody. She was not the person in my mind 329 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 3: that would have been. 330 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 2: The leader of that. 331 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: Not only that, but he also felt the case against 332 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: his client was entirely circumstantial. I guess it never occurred 333 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: to him that all that charm came from a psychopath. 334 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 3: They turned into a homicide case after they said, well 335 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 3: wait a second, Miss Medina mentions they're going out with 336 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 3: these people TODA and track that and follow that up, 337 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 3: and then she never comes back and the last people 338 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 3: she supposed you with are in jail. And let's see 339 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: if we can tie all this stuff together, and some 340 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 3: of these detectives tie this stuff together. I mean, I 341 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 3: know these guys have great respect for him, but I 342 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 3: thought this was pretty flimsy. Actually, it seemed to me 343 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: that we were jumping to some pretty good conclusions. I mean, 344 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 3: if I wanted to kill somebody, who am I going 345 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 3: to blame it on the easiest people I can point 346 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 3: to is immigrants are people that can't fight back. 347 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: Catalina and Mario's trial was set to begin in mid 348 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: May of nineteen ninety two, but on the morning of 349 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: Sinco de Mayo, Catalina's lawyer received some shocking news. 350 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 3: I get a call informing me that my client was deceased. 351 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 3: Both of them committed suicide on the same night in 352 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 3: the same manner at the detention center in Bernlihoa County. 353 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 3: I mean, what exactly is going on here? 354 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: Heard that right? Mario and Kadalina overdosed on their antidepressant 355 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: medication on the same day, despite being in solitary confinement 356 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: on two different floors. How does that even happen? Well, 357 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: law enforcement speculates the two may have passed notes to. 358 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 3: Each other they said up all their medications, watted up 359 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,239 Speaker 3: and kept them in a ball or whatever, and then 360 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 3: took them all at one time. I mean, it had 361 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: to be a big ball, bigger than a golf ball 362 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 3: of medications that they took. You know, they never took 363 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 3: them all those weeks, and we're being prescribed these medications 364 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 3: that's what they died from. Wow, what is going on here. 365 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 3: This is not what I thought when I first got 366 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 3: this case. And sure enough, when she'd made a suicide, 367 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 3: that pretty well in my mind said, yeah, she's under 368 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 3: the power of somebody else. She took her own life 369 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 3: because this guy told her to, and that sort of 370 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 3: sums up this case. 371 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 5: Obviously, it's a big story that the Medina suspects had 372 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 5: taken their own lives. 373 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: Cecilia Nimchek was the assistant district attorney, and this is 374 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: where the story takes another turn. Mario left behind two 375 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: handwritten suicide notes, and those notes left more questions than answers. 376 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 5: Very lengthy, very long, written by him, denying that they 377 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 5: had committed the murders, saying that somebody else had done it. 378 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: In these letters, Mario claimed he and Catalina could no 379 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: longer take the mistreatment in solitary confinement because, according to Mario, 380 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: he and Catalina were innocent of Yolana Medina's murder, but. 381 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 5: Was a denial of killing Yolando Medina, but admitting to 382 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 5: killing two other women in Mexico, so that was very unusual. 383 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: Mario claimed he did murder two women in Mexico, and 384 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: in chilling detail, outlined who they were and how he 385 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: did it. 386 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: It was his lover that was the victim. She was 387 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 5: angry because she found out that he was married, and 388 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 5: he had no choice but to shut her up by 389 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 5: strangling her. And then, sadly, another woman walked by and 390 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 5: witnessed this, and he had no choice but to strangle 391 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 5: her because she would tell. 392 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: So police immediately contacted the authorities in Mexico, who confirmed 393 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: these murders had taken place and they had a suspect 394 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: in custody, Mario's brother. 395 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 5: His brother was arrested in Mexico for these murders. Some 396 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 5: people could say he didn't do this and the only 397 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 5: reason he was confessing to those two homicides was to 398 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 5: get his brother off. 399 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 3: I didn't put a lot of faith or married into 400 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 3: the letter that he wrote. I just figured for another 401 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 3: part of whatever manipulation was taking. 402 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: Place, and neither did the Mexican police. There was no 403 00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: evidence the Mexican police ever took Mario's confession seriously. And 404 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: in these long and sometimes rambling letters, Mario claimed he 405 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: used a fake name while he was in the United States, 406 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: and then there was this bombshell. Mario claimed he and 407 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 1: Catalina were set up by the police, and that the 408 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: police were actually responsible for the murders. 409 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 5: You know, that would maybe cause you pause to think 410 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 5: whether or not they really did this. But when you 411 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 5: have all of the physical evidence that was connected with 412 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 5: Yolanda Medina found in the places that they had stayed, 413 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 5: and then on top of it, rereading the long letter, 414 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 5: there's some huge holes in that because he's going through 415 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 5: the timeline of how they came to Albuquerque. Says that 416 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 5: as soon as he got off the bus to detectives, 417 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 5: two police officers interviewed him and accused him of killing 418 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 5: this woman. 419 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: Now that would have been five to six weeks before 420 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: Yolanda's murder occurred, making his story hard to believe. Still, 421 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: determined to find the truth, police investigated two of their own. 422 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 2: In this letter, he blamed Captain Greg Marcintell and myself. 423 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: Detective Tony Lopez worth the case with his boss, Greg Marcintell. 424 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 2: Greg Marcintell and myself did not commit that murder. 425 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: Captain Greg Marcintell also denied the allegations, and eventually he 426 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: and Detective Lopez were cleared. 427 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: The couple that killed Elana Medina are very evil. They 428 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 2: never showed any remorse whatsoever, you know, blaming someone else 429 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: other than themselves for sick individuals. Here you have a 430 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: husband and wife raping. He was raping and she's holding 431 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 2: them down. I mean, that's sick. That is definitely sick. 432 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: Detective Tony Lopez's homicide investigation ended with the accused taking 433 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: their our own lives and blaming him and his partner 434 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 1: for the murder of Yolanda Medina. 435 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 2: Part of me felt as if justice was done because 436 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 2: they were leaving this earth and no one else was 437 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: going to have to go through why Yolanda Medina did 438 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: or what Tino Yanelli almost went through. 439 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: But before Detective Lopez could turn the page and just 440 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: file this away, he felt the sense of being unsettled. 441 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: The two suspects were dead, but for him, it just 442 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: wasn't over. 443 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 2: I went to the autopsy of these suspects, So why go. 444 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: To the autopsy? 445 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 2: Well one enclosure, seeing two bodies that are laid blaming 446 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 2: their lifeless, I had to say it, I'm human, But 447 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 2: that's where I got my satisfaction because we were going 448 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 2: for the death penalty on them that didn't. 449 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: Occurred, and at that autopsy, they found one more piece 450 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: of evidence, and this was kind of gross, kind of weird, 451 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: but boy, it was the smoking gun. 452 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: When they did perform as autopsy, they found that she 453 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 2: was wearing contact lenses that belonged to Yolanda Medina. Those 454 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: were still in her eyes. I physically remember them taking 455 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 2: those out, and she had been wearing these since the 456 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 2: day of the murder murder curt in October of nineteen 457 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 2: ninety one, and they committed suicide May of nineteen ninety two, 458 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,679 Speaker 2: and she held on to that. Still wearing those contact 459 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 2: lenses was just not right. That had a big impact 460 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 2: and remained with me during my whole life. In Spanish, 461 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 2: we have a saying that says nunca sint barrat, which 462 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 2: indicate you never leave this life without pain. And they 463 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 2: paid good at themselves and that's how they left. 464 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: Next time on American Homicide, a mobster wanted in a 465 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: triple murder engages in a game of catt review Ken 466 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: and before it's over, Redden's a hit on the prosecution. 467 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: Star Witness. Join us next week for the latest episode 468 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: of American Homicide. You can contact the American Homicide Team 469 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: by emailing us at American Homicide Pod at gmail dot com. 470 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: That's American Homicide Pod at gmail dot com. 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