The answering machine that betrayed the killer

The answering machine that betrayed the killer: The kidnapping of Linda Loaiza López

An answering machine pronounces a name: Luis Carrera Almoina. It is March 2001 in Caracas, and Linda's sister has just identified the man who kidnapped her. The police have the name, the number, everything. But Linda disappears in a basement for four months while the system ignores the clearest evidence.

In this episode, we explore how an 18-year-old girl was systematically tortured in El Rosal while her case passed through 76 different judges, how the attacker confessed to killing eight women without being investigated for those crimes, and how Venezuelan justice ended up investigating the victim instead of the perpetrator. An investigation that does not end in a national court but in the International Court of Human Rights.

Victim: Linda Loaiza López
Date: March 27 - July 19, 2001
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Status: Case resolved by international court (2018)

- The attacker was identified by name and phone number in the first days, but the police did not arrest him for four months.
- Linda was tortured, malnourished, and sexually abused in captivity, suffering 15 reconstructive surgeries after her rescue.
- A judge acquitted the attacker arguing "reasonable doubt" and ordered an investigation into Linda and her family instead.
- The mattress from the room where the abuses occurred was never collected as forensic evidence.

Linda Loaiza López, Caracas kidnapping 2001, serial killer, torture, failed justice, judicial corruption, gender violence, IACHR, human rights, Venezuela crime, true crime Spanish

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