The Witch of Bogotá Drugged Her Victims Before Burning Them Alive

The Witch of Bogotá Drugged Her Victims Before Burning Them Alive

Three women were found dead near Bogotá, their bodies showing blunt trauma and sedatives in their systems. Eight days later, security footage revealed them with a woman police had previously arrested and released. How did this woman, known as "the witch," operate for so long without consequence?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling methods of María Concepción Ladino Gutiérrez, who used trust, fear, and superstition to prey on her victims. We explore how she became indispensable to those she would later kill, and the bureaucratic failures that allowed her reign of terror to continue.

Case: María Concepción Ladino Gutiérrez
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
First Victims: Eduardo and Nubia
Victim Count: Six confirmed
Method: Sedation, blunt trauma, burning

- Three women found dead on August 10, 1998, near Paso del Rejo, Bogotá.
- Autopsies confirmed benzodiazepines in the victims' systems.
- María Concepción Ladino Gutiérrez, born in 1960, was known as "Doña Chonita" or "La Hermana María."
- Eduardo and Nubia, an elderly couple, disappeared after María entered their lives; Eduardo's body was found in the Juan Amarillo river.
- Carlos Montaña, 54, was sedated with benzodiazepines in October 1994 after renting a room to María.

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