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She Tried to Leave Him. Then She Disappeared: The Cases of Senovia Medina & Cecilia Huerta Gallego

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In this episode, Arlene and Leah uncover the tragic cases of Senovia Medina, a young mother who fled civil war in El Salvador only to vanish in Houston in 2006 — her boyfriend later convicted of her murder, though her body was never found — and Cecilia Huerta Gallegos, a San Antonio nurse and mother of four who told her sister, “If anything happens to me, look at my husband,” before disappearing in 2019.

 Join us as we trace the evidence, the contradictions, and the families’ tireless fight for answers in two Texas cases that remain shrouded in heartbreak and mystery.

Show Notes 

  1. The Charley Project
  2. Police Get Break in Case
  3. Man Charged with Murder
  4. Houston Police Search for Missing Pregnant Woman’s Body
  5. Search Continues for Woman’s Remains
  6. Houston Man Charged
  7. Houston Police
  8. Official HPD Statement
  9. Houston Woman Vanishes

Cecilia Huerta Gallegos

  1. Charley Project
  2. San Antonio Police Arrest Husband
  3.  Outrage After Husband’s Bond Changes
  4. Search Continues
  5. Husband Back in Jail
  6. Search Underway 
  7. Fight Caught on Surveillance Camera
  8. Husband Charged
  9. Family Still Searching


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