American Homicide - S1: E3 – Abducted in Alburquerque

Episode Date: October 24, 2024

A bright college student named Yolanda Medina vanished after meeting a mysterious couple only to be found dead days later in Alburquerque. As Detective Tony Lopez investigates, unexpected twists reveal shocking secrets, raising questions about the investigation itself.   To reach out to the American Homicide team, please email us at [e-mail]. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine.

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And why were the police the ones being questioned? I mean, what exactly is going on here? In this podcast, we take you across the country to investigate some of America's deadliest crimes. We'll explore how these murders are shaped by their unique landscapes. And in turn, how these tragedies have shaped the fabric of these American communities forever. Today we're in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the story of Yolanda Medina. My name is Sloane Glass, and this is American Homicide. This podcast contains subject matters which may not be suitable for all audiences.

Discretion is advised. It's a magnificent sight. The desert skies of Albuquerque turn into a kaleidoscope of color as hundreds of hot air balloons take flight during the International Balloon Fiesta. It began as a radio promotion in 1972 and turned into an annual must-see. Each October, tens of thousands of spectators pour into Albuquerque to see hot air balloons of every size, shape, and color take flight over the Rio Grande River. And as the years have passed, the balloons have transformed into all kinds of different themes. One looked like a giant cactus, while others resembled a witch, and even a giant bottle of scotch. On a day when everyone's eyes were in the playful sky

over the river, the water was concealing a dark discovery. As the fiesta wrapped in 1991, the many spectators made their way home, including a boy and his father. On the east side of the Rio Grande River, he saw what seemed to be like a human body. Detective Tony Lopez investigated. They immediately then called 911, and we were dispatched. Detective Lopez worked for the Bernalillo Police

Department, a small town about 15 miles north of Albuquerque. Very close-knit town. at that time back in 91 was approximately 6,000. I hate to say this but they didn't like outsiders. At the time that I got hired with the town of Bernalillo there was three of us that were outsiders. The chief police, my captain which was Greg Marcantel and myself. We didn't live in the town of Bernalillo, so we're considered outsiders. They want to keep everything within and keep outsiders out. Bernalillo was a quiet town, so hearing about a body washing up along the river was terrifying. Bernalillo was not a dangerous place. They weren't used to that.

place, they weren't used to that. Detective Lopez headed to a place people in the Southwest call an arroyo, which means an irrigation ditch. I arrived and it was late at night. It was already getting dark. I grabbed my camera and walked down this ditch bank about 200 yards where this tree was bank about 200 yards where this tree was and saw what appeared to be a female. She was stuck under some branches which indicated to me that she had been hidden there. I also noticed that there was maggots coming out of every orifice of her body that I knew she had been there for a few days. The young woman appeared to be Hispanic. She had a dark complexion and very long brown hair. Her body was found naked, with bruises on her face and chest,

which made it difficult to identify her. The body was finally placed in a body bag and transported to Albuquerque to the coroner's office. A few yards away, officers noticed drag marks along the ditch. But there was no physical evidence around the body itself. So as you can imagine, it was an awful scene for officers who were trying to make sense of what happened. And then they got word about a young woman who was reported missing four days earlier a missing person's case had been filed in albuquerque after the autopsy we knew that this female was the same female that was missing out of albuquerque

it took dental records to confirm the body was yolanda med Medina, a 20-year-old college student who worked and went to school in downtown Albuquerque, but lived with her parents in Bernalillo. She was a child when her parents left the Mexican town of Veracruz in pursuit of the American dream. Just a beautiful family, the whole entire family. Yolanda was one of six. With a warm and friendly smile, it was always easy for her to make friends. She was just a very outgoing young lady that had such a future ahead of her. Even while taking college classes, Yolanda proudly wore her high school class ring with her name engraved on it. Her dream was to become a flight attendant, a job her friends thought she was perfect for. They were all telling us how lovable Yolanda was and caring.

The last time anyone saw Yolanda live was on the eve of her birthday. She was about to turn 21. Yolanda was working at this travel agency in Albuquerque. And on Columbus Day, there was a couple that had gone to her work and were looking for directions for a bank. Yolanda had explained to them that there was no banks open that day. The couple said they were college students from Veracruz, Mexico, which happened to be where Yolanda was born.

The couple, a male and a female, being Mexican nationals, and Yolanda having been Mexican herself, there was a connection there. One thing with Mexican nationals, especially being in a strange country, they want to help each other, give each other direction on anything that they need. And that's what Yolanda Medina was doing. The three of them made small talk, and just before Yolanda walked into work, the couple extended an invitation.

The couple felt that Yolanda was so kind with them that they invited her for lunch on the following day and said, you know, since you were so nice to us, we want to make you a lunch tomorrow. We'll come pick you up. And that evening, she was having dinner with her parents, and she stated to her mom, I met this couple, they're from Veracruz, they want to take me to lunch tomorrow. I don't know what to do, I feel kind of nervous about it. Yolanda accepted their invitation.

The couple was friendly, they were all a similar age, and they shared a hometown. Parents told her that they were very nice to her and that she should accept. And so the next day the couple from Veracruz returned to the travel agency and around noon the three left for lunch. According to witnesses, a couple came in picked her up and she never returned back to work. Four days later Yolanda's body turned up in a ditch. The circumstances of this whole case of a non-couple coming in and taking her to lunch, never returning back, was very suspicious.

The couple was the last to see Yolanda alive. So the first order of business was to find them. One of the witnesses who was also an employee at where Yolanda worked, they give a description of the male and the female. We put those sketches on television and we started asking the public for help. By then, the disturbing details of Yolanda's death had already spread throughout the town. The pathologist determined that Yolanda was beaten and sexually assaulted, but ultimately died

after choking on a rag. There was a red, sharp rag, which they put in her mouth. And as Yolanda Medina was fighting for her life with all she had and trying to breathe, that rag ended up killing her. And that's what expatiated her. The rag was found lodged in her throat. Can you imagine?

I've never forgotten that. Never will. I mean, the town was scared. Didn't know if there was a killer or killers on the loose. It wasn't something that occurred every day. Everyone where Yolanda worked at were scared for their lives also. They didn't know if she was targeted or it was just a thing that happened. For a small police department in the suburbs of Albuquerque, the case took precedence. For Detective Tony Lopez, it became personal. It was my first homicide, and being that it was a very young girl, my goal was I was not going to stop until I caught

the people who were responsible for this. So when I hit it, I hit it. I wanted to make sure that I got closure for the family. I knew it was not going to bring Yolanda and Medina back to them, but we were going to find out who did it and we were going to catch them and they were going to pay for it. Detective Lopez was determined to solve this crime, which makes it all the more mind-boggling that by the end of the investigation, Lopez himself would be a suspect. In the quiet town of Avella, Pennsylvania, Jared and Christy Akron seemed to have it all.

A whirlwind romance, a new home, and twins on the way. What no one knew was that Christy was hiding a secret so shocking it would tear their world apart. 911 response, what's your emergency? My baby's bleeding, my baby's. One woman, two lives, and the truth more terrifying than anyone could imagine. They had her as one of the suspects, but they could never prove it. You're going to go to jail if you don't come with us right now. Throughout this whole thing, I kept telling myself, nobody's that crazy.

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What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

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their stories their journeys and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together you know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the eve of her 21st birthday, Yolanda Medina left her office in busy downtown Albuquerque for lunch,

but never returned. Four days later, her body turned up in a ditch some 15 miles north in Bernalillo, New Mexico. That was the last time I got a full day's sleep. It was the first homicide Detective Tony Lopez ever investigated for the Bernalillo Police Department. I basically went home for an hour a day just to go shower, put on some clean clothes, and I was back at it. I was going to do everything I could in my power to make sure that we brought justice. Yolanda was last seen leaving her office with a couple she had just met. Now, police needed to find them.

police needed to find them. A tip came up of an individual who had stated to us that he had picked up a couple walking from Bernalillo towards Albuquerque and he had given them a ride to a church in Albuquerque. Not only did the couple fit the description of the sketch the police had, but they told the guy who picked them up they were college students from Veracruz who had been robbed and needed a place to stay. One thing with Mexican nationals, they look for churches for immunity. Back in 1991, and even today, most churches in Albuquerque offer sanctuary to migrants. So they referred this couple to another church where they might be able to stay

and would get help. I went to the church, talked to that pastor to try to find out if he knew anything about a couple that were staying there. The pastor took one look at the sketch and knew exactly who this couple was. Mario Torres and Catalina Tarim. They were staying in a basement at this church. Now stick with me here because there are a few reasons out of all the people who have gone through his church, this pastor remembered the couple. For starters, they had conflicting stories on whether they were married, it was clear that they were trying to change their identity. And there was more. He had scratches on his face. So we have Mario, whose face looks very suspicious since it's covered in scratches. And then we have his partner,

Catalina, who's also raising eyebrows because she's just started wearing colored contacts. They wanted to get some IDs since they were here illegally in the United States. So the word got around that this couple needed help. I discovered from this pastor that there was a lady who had been helping them. So the priest directs Detective Lopez to a woman named Tina Unali, who readily told detectives she helped Mario and Catalina get fake identification cards. She wanted to help. She stopped by the couple's room at the church,

but after having a glass of water, she felt something was wrong. They wanted her to drink this glass of water, and Tina Unali's telling them she didn't want any water. She went on Thursday. But they were pushy, and Tina eventually took a sip. She said the water was

warm and tasted weird. And they're still trying to convince her to drink this water. Catalina left the room and closed the door behind her. This left Tina alone with Mario. Mario Torres then starts putting moves on Tina Ionelli, coming onto her, tries to hug her, and tries to kiss her. Tina Yeneli then cusses at him in Spanish. She goes, I'm married. And he says, I'm married too. And in the basement of the church, Mario suggested a wife swap.

She told him, well, you better back away, because if you don't, I'm gonna kick your ass. She's a Hispanic woman, loves to be around motorcycles. So she's been around tough guys, and she's a tough girl. Thankfully, Tina was able to escape Mario. Her instincts were right on. Police believe that that weird-tasting water was drugged, and the couple had intended to sexually assault her.

She felt so blessed and lucky to get away and not become a victim. Tina's escape happened only a few days before Yolanda Medina went missing, upping the urgency for detectives to find this couple. They were clever and dangerous. Detective Lopez knew it wasn't going to be easy to catch them. I parked across the street from this church and I saw a vehicle with a Hispanic couple in the vehicle, leaving with a priest.

I saw that the priest had pulled over about a quarter mile away at a video store. The couple got out, stood in front of that video store for a little while. And as I'm doing surveillance, they're walking right in front of my vehicle. Now, standing with a priest just a few feet away from Mario and Catalina. Same picture from the sketch that we had. I mean, identical.

So I immediately approached them and asked them for their names. The male told me that his name was Mario Torres and the lady was Catalina Tarin. The male was trying to be very cooperative and the lady had a very mean look, giving me dirty looks, mumbling to the gentleman. She didn't look happy at all. The couple had fraudulent Social Security cards,

so Detective Lopez called for INS. INS took detention of them, which at that time, it allowed us to obtain a search warrant for the room that they were living in there at the church. During their search of the couple's room, detectives were, they were actually shocked there at the church. During their search of the couple's room, detectives were, they were actually shocked by what they found. During her search warrant, we discovered a class ring with Yolanda's name engraved on the inside.

The jacket that she was last seen in was also discovered in that room. Police also found fake IDs. And then there was this, a gold necklace and bracelet that belonged to Yolanda. Suddenly, all the missing pieces of the puzzle came together for detectives. At that time, when we had this evidence against this couple,

I mean, you would think there would be some excitement, but there really wasn't because it was far from over. At this point, the district attorney's office entered the investigation. And the church where all of this happened was very familiar to Deputy D.A. Michael Cox. Oddly enough, if I looked out my window, I could see the church. So it probably happened across the street from where I was. If I looked out my window, I could see the church. So it probably happened across the street from where I was.

This church was actually across the street from the district attorney's office. That was the place that they had been offered as a sanctuary. And that's where we believe the crime was committed. This was a tough case for a defense attorney. There was a lot of evidence. There was blood. There was a drag mark that appeared to be a body that had been pushed or moved. They also found the most damning evidence, and it's the most disturbing. A piece of the rag that was found inside of Yolanda's throat.

Well, the rag was actually used to help kill her. She was partially asphyxiated with a rag, torn red shop rag. And the piece in her throat was matched to the piece that was found in the church basement. The most unholy act happening in such a secret place. I was troubled by the fact that they used churches. That seemed to me to be one of the worst things, that they killed her in a church where they were given sanctuary and used it for not just kill her, but try to kidnap and rape another woman. And then they went from there and took

all of the stuff they'd gotten from the crimes and went to another church that was giving them sanctuary. It was a behavior the deputy district attorney had never seen before. They preyed on people who were helping. And that seemed particularly evil, frankly, because every one of the victims, especially the women, the one who was killed and the one who escaped, became victims because they were trying to help these two people. That seemed particularly awful to me. Mario and Catalina were deadly con artists. They were dangerous people. I think the pair of them were so deadly because no one expected them.

Police finally made an arrest. Mario and Catalina were charged with first-degree murder, along with the sexual assault and kidnapping of Yolanda Medina. Despite the evidence, prosecutors were facing an uphill battle. In the quiet town of Avella, Pennsylvania, Jared and Christy Akron seemed to have it all. A whirlwind romance, a new home and twins on the way. What no one knew was that Christy was hiding a secret

so shocking it would tear their world apart. 911 response, what's your emergency? My babies, please, my babies. One woman, two lives, and the truth more terrifying than anyone could imagine. They had her as one of the suspects, but they could never prove it. You're going to go to jail if you don't come with us right now. Throughout this whole thing, I kept telling myself, nobody's that crazy. Uncover the chilling mystery that will leave you questioning everything.

A story of the lengths we go to protect our darkest secrets. She went batshit crazy, shot and killed all her farm animals. Slaughtered them in front of the kids. Tried to burn her house down. Audio Web presents The Unborn on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.

Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. out? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted,

pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Bernalino police arrested Mario Torres and Catalina Tareen for the murder of Yolanda Medina. If convicted, the couple faced the death penalty. In 1991 in New Mexico, prosecutors were asking for the death penalty, particularly in cases that involved any kind of kidnapping or rape. Attorney Gary Mitchell was assigned to represent Catalina Tareen. I found her very pleasant, very nice, very meek. This is not somebody that I would ever envision doing harm to anybody. She was not the person in my mind that would have been the leader of that. Not only that,

but he also felt the case against his client was entirely circumstantial. I guess it never occurred to him that all that charm came from a psychopath. It turned into a homicide case after they said, well, wait a second. Miss Medina mentions they're going out with these people, da-da-da, and track that and follow that up. And then she never comes back. And the last people she posed with are in jail. Let's see if we can tie all this stuff together. Some of these detectives tied this stuff together.

I mean, I know these guys have great respect for them, but I thought they... I thought this was pretty flimsy, actually. It seemed to me that we were jumping to some pretty good conclusions. I mean, if I wanted to kill somebody, who am I gonna blame it on? The easiest people I can point to is immigrants or people that can't fight back.

Catalina and Mario's trial was set to begin in mid-May of 1992. But on the morning of Cinco de Mayo, Catalina's lawyer received some shocking news. I get a call informing me that my client was deceased. Both of them committed suicide on the same night in the same manner at the detention center in Bernalillo County. I mean, what exactly is going on here? You heard that right. Mario and Catalina overdosed on their antidepressant medication on the same day, despite being in solitary confinement on two different floors. How does that even happen? Well, law enforcement speculates the two may have passed notes to each other. They saved up all their medications, wadded up them, kept them in a ball or whatever,

and then took them all at one time. I mean, it had to be a big ball bigger than a golf ball of medications that they took. You know, they just never took them all at one time. I mean, it had to be a big ball bigger than a golf ball of medications that they took. You know, they just never took them all those weeks and were being prescribed these medications. That's what they died from. Wow. What is going on here? This is not what I thought when I first got this case. And sure enough, when she committed suicide, that pretty well in my mind said,

yeah, she's under the power of somebody else. She took her own life because this guy told her to. And that sort of sums up this case. Obviously, it's a big story that the Medina suspects had taken their own lives. Cecilia Nimchak was the assistant district attorney. And this is where the story takes another turn. Mario left behind two handwritten suicide notes.

And those notes left more questions than answers. Very lengthy, very long, written by him, denying that they had committed the murders, saying that somebody else had done it. In these letters,io claimed he and catalina could no longer take the mistreatment in solitary confinement because according to mario he and catalina were innocent of yolanda medina's murder that was a denial of killing yolanda medina but admitting to killing two other women in mexico so that that was very unusual mario claimed he

did murder two women in mexico and in chilling detail outlined who they were and how he did it it was his lover that was the first victim she was angry because she found out that he was married because she found out that he was married, and he had no choice but to shut her up by strangling her. And then, sadly, another woman walked by and witnessed this, and he had no choice but to strangle her because she would tell. So police immediately contacted the authorities in Mexico, who confirmed these murders had taken place and they had a suspect in custody,

Mario's brother. His brother was arrested in Mexico for these murders. Some people could say he didn't do this and the only reason he was confessing to those two homicides was to get his brother off. I didn't put a lot of faith or merit into the letter that he wrote. I just figured it's another part

of whatever manipulation was taking place. And neither did the Mexican police. There was no evidence the Mexican police ever took Mario's confession seriously. And in these long and sometimes rambling letters, Mario claimed he used a fake name while he was in the United States. And then there was this bombshell.

Mario claimed he and Catalina were set up by the police and that the police were actually responsible for the murders. You know, that would maybe cause you pause to think whether or not they really did this. But when you have all of the physical evidence that was connected with Yolanda Medina found in the places that they had stayed, and then on top of it, rereading the long letter, there's some huge holes in that, because he's going through the timeline of how they came to Albuquerque, says that as soon as

he got off the bus, two detectives, two police officers interviewed him and accused him of killing this woman. Now that would have been five to six weeks before Yolanda's murder occurred, making his story hard to believe. Still, determined to find the truth, police investigated two of their own.

In his letter, he blamed Captain Greg Marcantel and myself. Detective Tony Lopez worked the case with his boss, Greg Marcantel. Greg Marcantel and myself did not commit that murder. Captain Greg Marcantel also denied the allegations, and eventually, he and Detective Lopez were cleared. The couple that killed Yolanda Medina are very evil. They never showed any remorse whatsoever. You know, blaming someone else other than themselves.

They're sick individuals. Here you have a husband and wife raping. He was raping and she's holding them down. I mean, that's sick. That is definitely sick. Detective Tony Lopez's homicide investigation ended with the accused taking their own lives and blaming him and his partner for the murder of Yolanda Medina. blaming him and his partner for the murder of Yolanda Medina.

Part of me felt as if justice was done because they were leaving this earth and no one else was going to have to go through what Yolanda Medina did or what Tina Yonelli almost went through. But before Detective Lopez could turn the page and just file this away, he felt this sense of being unsettled. The two suspects were dead, but for him, it just wasn't over. I went to the autopsy of these suspects. So why go to the autopsy? Well, he wanted closure. Seeing two bodies that are laid, laying there lifeless. I hate to say it, I'm human human but that's where i got my satisfaction because we were going for the death penalty on them that didn't occur and at that

autopsy they found one more piece of evidence and this was kind of gross, kind of weird, but boy, it was the smoking gun. When they did perform Katarina Antonin's autopsy, they found that she was wearing contact lenses that belonged to Yolanda Medina. Those were still in her eyes. I physically remember them taking those out. And she had been wearing these since the day of the murder. The murder occurred in October of 1991, and they committed suicide May of 1992.

And she held on to that. Still wearing those contact lenses was just not right. That had a big impact and remained with me during my whole life. In Spanish, we have a saying that says, nunca se va a nadie sin pagar, which indicates you never leave this life without paying. And they paid. They paid it themselves.

And that's all they left. Next time on American Homicide, a mobster wanted in a triple murder engages in a game of catch-review-can. And before it's over, Redden's a hit on the prosecution's star witness. Join us next week for the latest episode of American Homicide.

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For more podcasts from iHeart, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Stephen King's Strawberry Spring comes. The Unborn, a shocking true story. My babies, please, my babies. One woman, two lives, and a secret she would kill to protect. She went crazy, shot and killed all her farm animals. Slaughtered them in front of the kids. Tried to burn her house down. Listen to The Unborn on the iHeartRadio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts hey guys i'm kate max you might know me from my popular online series the running interview show where i run with celebrities athletes entrepreneurs and more after those runs the conversations keep

going that's what my podcast post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.