The Mysterious Death of Rey Rivera

This weeks episode discusses the opinion of suicide - extra care must be taken when listening.

Rey Rivera's case is one that has played on my mind for years, despite forgetting where I had first watched the case and Rey's name, I was reminded recently and decided to cover the case.

Rey was in his early 30's, he had just married the love of his life, Allison and the couple were currently residing in Baltimore, Maryland. Rey was a writer and his goal in life was to write screen plays however, in May 2006, he was writing newsletters and making videos for his oldest friend, Porter Stansberry for his company Stansberry and Associates.

However, Rey and Allison had recently made plans to move back to California, Rey had been writing a screenplay and had spoken to some big names in LA regarding it, they had also discussed plans to start a family.

On 16th May 2006, Allison was on a work trip and she tried to call Rey in the evening for the pair to catch up, but his phone went straight through to voicemail. When Allison spoke to their houseguest, she told Allison that Rey had taken a call and left abruptly.

When Rey hadn't returned by the next morning, Allison knew something was wrong, and so began a week long search with efforts from Allison, Rey's family and the police to find him.

A week later, his body was found in a hotel conference room, at first it seemed like a clear suicide but the more the case was looked into, the more questions arose.

Rey's body had extensive injuries including two breaks in his leg that the medical examiner deemed as not consistent with a fall from height.

So, what happened to Rey? Listen in to hear the twists and turns of his case.

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