Casefile Extra: Maria Cruz
When 35-year-old Maria Cruz failed to show up for work on April 14 2003, her colleagues immediately knew something was wrong. A visit to her Manhattan apartment revealed no signs of a struggle and no indication of where she might have gone.
As investigators retraced her movements from the day before, they discovered she had attended a medical appointment. But when they tried to contact her doctor, nothing was as it seemed.
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases.
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Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Jessica Larsen - research, writing
Mike Migas - production, music
Anthony Telfer - audio editing
Comments (9)
I was hooked.
Will there be a new episode today?
I don’t want to detract from the horror of this case but “Skinovations” is kind of a lit name for a dermatologist
The authorities didn't seem interested to begin with, really awful. Nobody checking up on him post bail release either. We're currently watching Dr Death on Prime, highly recommend it, another shocking tale of US medical malpractice
As soon as I heard the name Dean Faiello my jaw dropped! There is an insane episode on 2020 about him.
Surprised he kept using his real name for so long and so publicly, but that may be my current-day internet brain talking! Today, he probably would have been more elusive.
Wow, crazy story! Even crazier that, in New York, you can still legally laser away people's body parts with no required medical license or formal training?!
Great episode… what a sad chain of events really. She didn’t have to die.
I love that even on “off weeks” we still get hour long new content. Thank you so much Casefile team! Keep up the great work.