Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - The Tragic Double Murder of Paloma Gallardo and Josué Salvatierra in Argentina PART4 #42

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

#horrorstories #reddithorrorstories #ScaryStories #creepypasta #horrortales #truecrime #argentinadarkcase #tragicdoublemurder #realcrimeinvestigation #justiceforvictims  Part 4 of the Paloma Gallardo and Josué Salvatierra case closes the tragic chapter of this chilling double murder in Argentina. This final installment reflects on the verdict, the aftermath for the victims’ families, and the lingering scars left on the community. It explores how justice was pursued, the unanswered questions that remain, and how the memory of Paloma and Josué continues to echo as a haunting reminder of violence and loss.  horrorstories, reddithorrorstories, scarystories, horrorstory, creepypasta, horrortales, truecrime, argentina, doublemurder, justiceforvictims, tragicending, realcrimecase, darkstories, murderinvestigation, chillingtruth, hauntingtragedy, victimsremembered, communityimpact, unsolvedshadows, realdarkcrime

The tragic story of Paloma and Josway. When investigators looked back at the crime scene photos, something immediately stood out, neither of the two teenagers had been tied up. There were no ropes, no bindings, nothing that suggested they'd been restrained in that way. But one thing was confirmed with certainty, both of them had been robbed of their cell phones. Even with these advances, there were still no suspects identified. zero. It was like hitting a wall over and over. And yet, the lawyers representing both families weren't buying into the robbery theory. They kept voicing doubts. Something about the whole,

it was just a robbery gone wrong, explanation didn't sit right with them. What caught the media's attention, though, wasn't just the uncertainty of the case. What truly made headlines was Omar himself. In his desperate mission to hammer home the idea that his daughter had suffered a sexual assault, he gave interview after interview, sometimes late into the night. And in those interviews, he didn't hold back. He described, in raw, graphic detail, what he claimed to have seen on her body when he was forced to identify her. He talked about bruises, bite marks, even injuries on intimate areas. The press aided up. Some were horrified. Some were horrified. others skeptical, but everyone paid attention.

Omar defended himself by saying, I signed the death certificate, I saw her body, I have every right to talk about what I witnessed. For him, it was about telling the truth, no matter how disturbing. But his controversial statements didn't end there. He also suggested that maybe what had happened wasn't just about a random act of violence,

it could have been a form of persecution against his family. Why? Because Omar wasn't just any father. He was a pastor. He preached regularly, he was outspoken about his faith, and he firmly believed that this had painted a target on his back. In his words, yes, it could be religious persecution. I feel it from different directions. Maybe people don't like that I'm a pastor, that I preach the word of God, that I put it out there, for example. That bothers some people. So now, in addition to theories about robbery, drugs, and random violence, a brand new angle entered the story, the possibility of religious hatred. A prosecutor steps aside.

Not long after Omar's explosive interviews, the case was thrown into even more chaos. The prosecutor originally handling the investigation suddenly asked to step down. His reasoning, he couldn't work with the Gaiardo. family's lawyer. Apparently, the lawyer had been pressuring him, even threatening him, demanding that he investigate alternative hypotheses beyond robbery. The prosecutor claimed he felt harassed. Eventually, the judge accepted his request, which left the case in limbo until a new prosecutor could be assigned. Because of this shift, all scheduled searches of the crime scene and the surrounding areas were put on hold. Another frustrating

delay. The families, already furious at the lack of progress, had to watch everything stall again. The autopsy report shakes things up. About a week later, an additional autopsy report was released, and it was heavy. According to the forensic specialists, Paloma had not been sexually assaulted. That was their professional conclusion. But there was more. The report revealed something almost more horrifying, the teenager's beating had lasted around 30 minutes. Half an hour of brutality. Imagine that. It wasn't quick, it wasn't clean.

It was prolonged, cruel, and violent. Despite this, the Gallardo family's legal team doubled down. They told one of Argentina's major news outlets that they would still maintain their theory of, attempted but incomplete sexual assault. In their eyes, there were still signs pointing in that direction. A New Prosecutor, A New Look Two days later, a new prosecutor was officially assigned through a public lottery. With new blood leading the case, things finally started moving again. An inspection of the crime scene was carried out, with the hope of finding fresh evidence

that might have been overlooked. But what really grabbed headlines wasn't the inspection itself. It was a shocking new line of investigation that suddenly opened up. The police had arrested three individuals. Their alleged crime. Trying to organize an illegal land grab, right at the very same property where the teens had been murdered. The Land Grab scandal. Here's what investigators discovered, these three people were allegedly planning to occupy the abandoned lot, divide it up, and sell it off. They wanted to lure in hundreds of families, 500 to be exact, and basically build a new

neighborhood on stolen land. And how were they organizing this? Through social media groups and messaging apps. The digital trail was clear. Police seized their devices, which showed chats, plans, and even blueprints. In fact, the cops found a list with 217 names of people ready to join in, plus maps showing 10 by 25 meter lots already divided. What's Erie is the way the land grabbers promoted their plan.

Let's meet on the land where the kids were found. The municipality doesn't care about it anyway. It's going to fill up with houses eventually, so why not get ahead of it? This call went out on February 4, the very same day Paloma's family held her funeral. The timing was chilling. José S. phone reappears. Then came one of the strangest twists in the whole saga. On February 11th, Jose's stolen phone suddenly lit up again. But here's the kicker, it wasn't anywhere near the town where the murders happened. It was in northern Patagonia, more than 1,000 kilometers away.

Federal police immediately sent a team. When they tracked down the man using the phone, They discovered the device as IMEI, its unique identifier, matched Josue S exactly. The man gave a sketchy story. He said he ran a repair shop and that someone had brought the phone in months earlier, in August. He claimed he hadn't used it until just recently, when he turned it on. The investigators weren't convinced. Was he lying? Was he covering for someone else?

Or maybe, was there a technical error? error in the report. Because yes, there was another possibility, the IMEI could have been cloned. Either way, the man was detained. Authorities planned to transfer him back near the original crime scene for questioning. They also prepared to raid his shop, looking for proof of his story. Meanwhile, forensic experts in Buenos Aires would perform a deeper analysis of the phone itself, tracing its activity and reboots. More trouble for Omar

While all this was unfolding, yet another controversy erupted. A TV host revealed that Carolina and Jose, the parents of Josue, were preparing to file a complaint against Omar. The accusation That Omar was obstructing the investigation with his constant statements, theories, and media circus. The supposed basis for this charge came from Jose himself and from the local police officer who had accompanied them during the initial search for the kids. According to them, Omar's behavior was interfering more than helping. It was yet another layer of drama in an already overwhelming case. A chilling message. As if things weren't already heartbreaking enough, a new piece of

evidence surfaced. It was a message that Paloma had sent to Hoseway shortly before they went to the abandoned lot. In the text, Paloma admitted she was scared. She wrote that people could rob them there, or even kill them. Those were her words. She had a gut feeling, a sense of dread. But Josue, young and confident, tried to reassure her. He told her not to be afraid that they would go anyway, that it would be fine.

It wasn't. Where things stand? By February 18, 2025, the case was still officially categorized as, robbery and homicide criminus Koussi, a legal term for killing someone to cover up another crime, in this case, theft. But the truth? The case had only grown more confusing. Every new discovery seemed to contradict the last.

Was it really just a robbery? Or was it connected to drugs? Or religious persecution? or land disputes, or some twisted combination of all these things. The Argentine public followed every update with fascination and horror. The deaths of Paloma Gallardo and José Salvador weren't just a tragedy, they had become a national obsession. People wanted justice, but justice felt like a moving target. At the end of the day, one thing united everyone, the hope that someday, somehow, the truth

would come out, and those responsible would face consequences. Because two young lives had been stolen, brutally, senselessly, and their families deserved answers. So now the question lingers, will justice ever really be served in this complicated, tragic case? And if it is, which theory will turn out to be the right one? Continuation of the story The thing about tragedies like this is that they don't stay locked inside a courtroom or a police file. They spill out into people's homes, into their dinner conversations, into their late-night TV debates. And that's exactly what happened here.

The murders of Paloma Gallardo and Josue Salvediera turned into one of those cases that everybody in Argentina seemed to have an opinion about. Some folks believed Omar 100%. they said if the father says he saw marks on his daughter's body then who are we to doubt him a parent knows others thought he was exaggerating or letting his grief twist his memory and then there were those who thought he was just trying to make noise so the case wouldn't be forgotten the media of course thrived on this morning shows would invite experts to analyze every detail from omar's body language to the wording of the autopsy Radio stations played recordings of him singing at Paloma's funeral and then asked callers to weigh in. Do you believe Omar, yes or no? It was messy, emotional, and relentless. Omar's public battle. Omar wasn't just a grieving father, he was a man on a mission. He took every microphone that was offered to him. Every camera, every chance to speak. He described over and over.

what he claimed to have seen on Paloma's body, even when journalists flinched at the explicitness of his words. Some said he was being brave, breaking a taboo by speaking out. Others accused him of exploiting his daughter's suffering. But to Omar, none of that mattered. In his mind, silence was worse. Silence meant letting the killers win. At one point, in an especially heated TV appearance, he said. You think I care what people say about me. They already treat me like a suspect. They already spread lies about me.

But I'm not going to shut up. I'm her father. I have the right to scream what happened. And if you don't like it, turn off the TV. That clip went viral. It painted him as raw, almost unhinged, but also undeniably human. A man so wounded he couldn't keep it inside. The religious persecution angle

Now, the idea that this could have been a religiously motivated attack through gasoline on the fire. Omar insisted that, as a pastor, he'd been harassed before. He claimed there were people who didn't like that he preached, that he spread his faith, that he was outspoken about certain moral issues. I've felt it for years, he told one reporter. It comes from different sides. People don't like it when you stand up with the Bible in your hand. It bothers them.

And now, look, now my daughter is dead. Critics rolled their eyes. They said he was stretching, trying to fit the tragedy into his personal narrative. But his congregation backed him. Members of his church held prayer circles outside the courthouse, holding candles and signs that read Justice for Paloma and Hossway. They sang hymns late into the night, their voices echoing against the cold courthouse walls. A Justice System in Disarray

Meanwhile, the investigation was falling apart at the seams. First, the prosecutor quit. Then, the searches got delayed. Every time the family's thought progress was being made, something would derail it. Bureaucracy, infighting, or just plain incompetence. When the autopsy results came out, instead of bringing clarity, they only made things worse. 30 minutes of beating. 30 minutes.

That detail alone haunted people. Imagine how long half an hour feels when you're watching a clock tick by. Now imagine that you're watching the clock tick by. Now imagine that same stretch of time filled with screams, fists, kicks, desperation. The brutality suggested rage, or maybe sadism. It didn't feel like the work of thieves who just wanted a phone or a wallet. It felt personal. But if it was personal, who could hate two teenagers so much?

The land grab plot. And then, just when everyone thought they'd heard it all, came the news about the land grab. Three people arrested. Plans to occupy the very lot where the kids had been murdered. Maps, lists of names, WhatsApp groups buzzing with instructions. It sounded like a crime inside a crime, a subplot nobody had seen coming. Commentators began speculating, could the murders have been connected to this?

Maybe the kids stumbled onto the wrong place at the wrong time, interfering with plans. plans to sell off stolen land? Or maybe it was just a cruel coincidence, tragedy layered on top of greed. Either way, the optics were horrible. The same ground that soaked up the blood of two young lives was now being treated as real estate. Hosway's phone mystery Then came the bizarre Patagonia twist. Picture this, it's been two weeks since the murders, the families are still raw with grief, and suddenly a ping shows Jose's phone turning on more than 1,000 kilometers away. The police rushed there like it was the biggest lead yet. And when they found the phone in some repairman's shop, it felt like they'd cracked something open.

But then the man's story, oh, his story. He claimed he'd had the phone since August, months before the murders. That didn't add up. How could Josue have been using it all? all this time if the guy supposedly had it locked away. Investigators doubted him immediately. They thought maybe he was covering for someone, or maybe he was involved directly. They detained him on the spot. Still, there was that pesky possibility of a cloned IMEI, which would mean the phone data was misleading.

That uncertainty gnawed at everyone. The hope of finally having a suspect quickly melted back into frustration. Accusations against Omar While police scrambled, the families themselves started fracturing. News broke that Jose's parents, Carolina and Jose were considering filing a complaint against Omar. Their accusation That he was making things worse with his constant media appearances, his accusations, his dramatics. For them, Omar wasn't helping the case, he was derailing it.

Jose, especially, seemed angry about it. He'd kept relatively quiet until then, but once word got out, people began wondering, was their tension between the families all along? Paloma's final message. But maybe the most heartbreaking piece of evidence was the message Paloma herself had sent. In it, she admitted she was scared to go to that abandoned lot. She feared they might get robbed. She even said they could get killed.

killed. Her words were prophetic. She had sensed the danger, but Josue brushed it off, reassuring her they'd be fine. He probably meant well. He probably thought he was being brave. But in hindsight, it was devastating. If only they had listened to that gut feeling. A Nation Watches By mid-February, Argentina was consumed by the case. newspapers splashed their faces across front pages. TV shows ran endless coverage. Social media debates raged daily.

The case was officially labeled as robbery and homicide criminus Kousi, but almost nobody believed that was the full story anymore. It was too brutal, too messy, too filled with inconsistencies. And so the country waited. They waited for justice, for clarity, for answers that never seemed to come. The saddest part. Two kids, full of dreams, innocence, and youth, were gone.

And all that remained were theories, rumors, and grief. Final Reflection When you take a step back, you realize this case isn't just about two teenagers. It's about everything broken in the system, a justice system that can't get its act together, a police force accused of covering things up, families torn apart by grief and mistrust, and a media machine that feeds on tragedy-like vultures. But at the core of it, stripped of all the noise, are Paloma and Josue. Two young people who wanted nothing more than to spend an afternoon together.

Who had their lives cut short in the most violent, senseless way? That's what matters. That's what should never be forgotten. and so the question lingers haunting and unresolved will justice ever truly be served and if it is what truth will we uncover the end