Brenda Requena: the femicide who asked for help on television while hiding the body

The killer who asked for his victim to return: The homicide of Brenda Requena Montaña

A man appears on national television pleading for the return of his missing wife. Five days later, burned and dismembered remains are found just meters from his home. How did the perpetrator become the public face of the search?

In this episode, we explore the obsessive control that Diego exerted over Brenda, the gestural contradictions that a specialist detected in his television interview, and how two teenagers who were birdwatching witnessed the moment he burned the body. A chain of the Virgin of Guadalupe found alongside the charred remains sealed his fate.

Victim: Brenda Requena Montaña
Date: July 11, 2019
Location: San Juan, Argentina
Status: Sentenced to life imprisonment (June 2021)

- Diego was preventively detained on July 14, three days before the body was found, thanks to Guajardo's testimony that contradicted his public narrative.
- Brenda's mother recognized a chain of the Virgin of Guadalupe alongside the charred remains; DNA confirmed the identity definitively.
- The analysis of body language revealed micro-expressions of denial while Diego was pleading on television for the return of his wife on screen.
- Two minors aged 14 and 17 declared that they saw Diego incinerating a body in El Bicum and received money to keep silent.

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