The phone that confessed a crime in the desert
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The phone that confessed a crime in the desert
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A disposable phone lights up in Valley of Fire, Nevada. A voluntary confession to a friend. A request for gasoline to avoid cameras. The suspect was never apprehended. How is it possible that a man who confessed to a murder to a witness, left video of his crime, geolocation, and DNA, has been on the run for over four years?
In this episode, we explore the clues that point directly to Eric Rangel: the neighborhood video that captures the transfer of Leslie's body in the trunk, the blood in his room, and the recorded confession that was never enough. While the police waited 72 hours, the family investigated their own death. The question that haunts the case: why does the cause of death remain undetermined three years later?
Victim: Leslie Palacio
Date: August 28-29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas and Valley of Fire, Nevada
Status: Suspect at large; accomplice partially convicted
- Neighborhood video documents the transfer of the lifeless body in the trunk at 6:30 in the morning
- Eric's disposable phone lights up in Valley of Fire the same day, with a recorded verbal confession
- Cause of death remains officially "undetermined" despite toxicology pending since 2020
- Eric's father served only 8 months of a 728-day sentence for complicity
Leslie Palacio, Las Vegas murder, 2020, forensic investigation, unsolved mystery, criminal truth, homicide, true crime, disappearance, incomplete justice, true crime Spanish
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