Cafecito & Crime
Estela and I (Barbara) are sister in laws who share a major love for true crime and coffee, as many other people! We thought to ourselves “Why not just record our crime talks while drinking coffee?!” so here we are. We hope you enjoy this lighthearted podcast and bear with us while we iron out some details. Thank you and gracias! Barbara and Estela.
Episodes
160 episodes
Episode 159. The Murder of Mindy Morgenstern
In September 2006, 22-year-old college senior Mindy Morgenstern couldn't wait to graduate that December and start her adult life. Unfortunately, she would never reach graduation. On September 13, friends went to her off-campus apartment since t...
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Episode 158. The Hello Kitty Murder
In the spring of 1999, a 14-year-old girl, using the alias Ah Fong, contacted the Hong Kong police about the ghost of a woman who haunted her. According to Ah Fong, the only way to get rid of this said ghost was to confess to the horrific murde...
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Episode 157. The Case of Brigida McInvale
In the fall of 2017, Brigida Uto, a wife and mother, fell ill with no apparent cause for her illness. Though she sought medical help for months, doctors were not able to figure out what was wrong with her and what was causing her debilitating s...
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Episode 156. The Tragic Murder of Arlis Perry
In the fall of 1974, 19-year-old Arlis Perry moved to California with her new husband, Bruce Perry, where he was attending Standard University. A few weeks later, on the night of October 12, the couple argued, prompting Arlis to go to nearby St...
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Episode 155. The Murders of Carter Elliott and Timmy Wayne Robertson
When a woman named Brandi Watkins arrived at her boyfriend's home on the late afternoon of May 19, 2002, she was not expecting to walk into the horrific scene that she did. There, lying in the foyer, were the dead bodies of her boyfriend, 48-ye...
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Episode 154. The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
In June of 1977, 10-year-old Denise Milner, 9-year-old Michele Guse, and 8-year-old Lori Farmer were settled into their tent on a stormy night at Camp Scott in Oklahoma. The following morning, on June 13, a camp counselor made a horrific discov...
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Episode 153. The Murder of Jesse Valencia
When college junior Jesse Valencia got home from a party in the early hours of June 5, 2004, in Columbia, Missouri, he had no idea it would be the last party he'd ever attend. Later that afternoon, at 2 pm, his deceased body was discovered in a...
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Episode 152. The Case of Ashley Bush
On October 31, 2022, pregnant 33-year-old Ashley Bush met up with a woman she had connected with through Facebook, thinking it was to help her find a job. But what she didn't know was that this woman, whose real name was Amber Waterman, had dif...
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Episode 151. The Murder of Rhoni Reuter
When 41-year-old Rhoni Reuter woke up on October 4, 2007, she had no idea that she and her unborn child would be killed, but tragically, that is what happened just before 8 am. When investigators discover a typed note in her purse about her che...
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Episode 150. The Case of Gurpreet Singh
In 2019, 41-year-old Gurpreet Singh presented himself to the outside world as someone who had it all figured out and had the money to show for it. What he didn't want others to know was that he was struggling financially, and he and his family ...
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Episode 149. The Case of the Stovall Twins
On the night of September 28, 2001, law enforcement in Fremont County, CO, had no idea that it would turn out to be the worst night of many of their careers. What started as a routine 911 call escalated into the death of Deputy Jason Schwartz, ...
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Episode 148. The Lin Family Murders
In 2009, the Lin family was thriving in North Epping, a suburb of Sydney. Lin, the dad, and Lily, the mother, ran a successful business, and they had three wonderful children: Brenda, 15, Henry, 12, and Terry, 9. Tragically, that July, almost a...
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Episode 147. The Murder of Noor Almaleki
In 2009, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki fought to become independent from her family. Each time they managed to pull her back in and make her dependent on them again, but that summer, it seemed she might have finally broken free. Tragically, Noor wo...
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Episode 146: Serial Killer: Quincy Allen
When the body of a woman, Dale Hall, was discovered shot and burned in early July 2002 in Columbia, SC, it was initially thought to be an isolated incident. During the investigation, law enforcement reached a dead end, and it would be almost a ...
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Episode 145. The Case of Saqib Hussain
When TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari encouraged her mother, Ansreen, to create her own social media accounts, she had no idea what her mother would end up involved in. Ansreen began an affair with a younger man, Saqib Hussain, whom she met onli...
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Episode 144. The Case of Jordan Graham and Cody Johnson
When Cody Johnson met Jordan Graham in late 2011, he quickly realized she was the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. After dating for about a year, he proposed, and Jordan accepted, making Cody the happiest he had ever been. When...
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Episode 143. The Tragic Case of Nia Wilson
On July 22, 2018, 18-year-old Nia Wilson was heading home with her two sisters from a family gathering when she was fatally stabbed. Letifah, Nia's sister, was also stabbed but managed to survive and helped investigators piece together what hap...
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Episode 142. The Case of Mackenzie Shirilla
In 2022, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla seemed to have a life most girls her age could only dream of. She was beautiful and popular, had style, and the perfect boyfriend, Dominic Russo. That summer, with plenty of graduation parties, Mackenzie,...
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Episode 141. The Murder of Saltanat Nukenova
Looking from the outside in, it appeared that 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova had a perfect life. She was beautiful, successful, had a great family, and had a powerful husband who took care of her. What people couldn’t have imagined was that Salt...
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Episode 141
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Episode 140. The Case of Keana Barnes
Keana Barnes seemed to have it all growing up: a close-knit family, friends, and a cushy lifestyle. But somewhere things took a turn for her where she decided she no longer wanted those things, and left her privileged life behind for one of unc...
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Episode 140
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Episode 139. The Case of Eric Hill, Rosa Hill, and Selma Hill
When Eric Hill and Rosa Li met in late 2002, the couple quickly hit it off, began dating, and married in 2005. It seemed that the Hills were set to start a wonderful life as husband and wife, but Eric soon discovered that this was not going to ...
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Episode 138. The Staudte Family Murders
When two members of the Staudte family died in 2012, people thought that the family was a magnet for tragedy. When a third family member was hospitalized in June 2013, things no longer seemed like bad luck to someone in the family's close circl...
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Episode 137. The Amato Family Murders
The Amato family seemed to be a good family unit from the outside, but things were not as they appeared. Chad and Margaret were parents to Jason, Cody, and Grant, who were great children until one of them seemed to spiral out of control. Grant,...
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Episode 137
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Episode 136. The Case of Jimmy McClain
When Jimmy McClain, a beloved teacher and coach at Ridgeway High School, didn't show up to work two days in a row, colleagues began to worry. A welfare check was requested, and when officers showed up at his home, they discovered him deceased. ...
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Episode 135. The Romeoville Massacre
On September 17, 2023, when the mother of Zoraida Bartolomei hadn't been able to get a hold of her 32-year-old daughter, she worried and asked the police to perform a wellness check. When officers arrived at the home that evening they had no id...
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Episode 135
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