The Mother Who Asked for Help While Hiding a Crime

A mother appears before the cameras pleading for a young woman to be found safe and sound while she already knew that her body was in a suitcase by the side of the road. Deleted cameras, 100 thousand pesos to make a body disappear, and a sentence that generated national outrage in the Dominican Republic.

In this episode, you will discover how a family with political power almost managed to bury a crime along with the victim. From the disappearance of Emely Peguero on August 23, 2017, to the sentence that left more questions than answers, every detail will reveal the cover-up system that operated in the shadows. You will learn about the key testimony that changed everything and why justice left many without closure.

Case Details
Victim: Emely Peguero, 16 years old, 5 months pregnant
Date: August 23, 2017
Location: San Francisco de Macorís and Espaillat province, Dominican Republic
Status: Marlon Martínez sentenced to 30 years; Marlin Martínez: 2 years after appeal; acquittal for complicity under legal technicality

- The gas station cameras where Marlon claimed to have left Emely never recorded her; his vehicle appears in a completely different location
- Marlin physically removes the DVR from the La Torre apartment building to destroy evidence of the crime, an act documented by a security guard
- He pays 100 thousand pesos to a third party to make the body disappear while he appears before the media asking for Emely to return
- Autopsy reveals uterine perforation from forced extraction of the fetus and skull fracture; incompatible with Marlon's version of an accident

How does a mother achieve almost impunity while coordinating the cover-up of a crime that moved an entire nation?

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