The Valet, The Gym, and The Suitcases.

The Valet, The Gym, and The Suitcases.

Security cameras captured Karen Esquivel just seven minutes from her job, but she never walked through the door. Days later, an unbearable smell led police to two suitcases containing two women-a 19-year-old student and a 52-year-old neighbor-with no family connection. What brought them to the same room, in the same luggage, on the same afternoon?

In this episode, we unravel the seven missing minutes that led to the disappearance of Karen Rebeca Esquivel Espinoza de los Monteros and Adriana Hernández Sánchez, and how a seven-year employee became the unexpected link between two unrelated lives. What did authorities initially get wrong, and what was the true connection?

Case: Karen Rebeca Esquivel Espinoza de los Monteros and Adriana Hernández Sánchez
Date: September 22, 2016
Location: Naucalpan, Estado de México
Victim 1: Karen Rebeca Esquivel Espinoza de los Monteros
Victim 2: Adriana Hernández Sánchez

- Karen Esquivel was 19 years old, a UNITEC student with a 9.5 academic average, and worked as an instructor at Curves gymnasium.
- Adriana Hernández Sánchez was 52 years old, lived in the same building as the Curves gym, and had a mental disability.
- Both women were found in two suitcases in a rented room on Calle Presa Necaxa.
- Fernando González García, a 38-year-old valet parking attendant at Curves for seven years, was connected to both women.
- Karen was last seen on camera at 3:53 PM, seven minutes before her 4:00 PM shift, walking alone on Avenida Adolfo López Mateos.

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