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Hi, it's Katie. I'm excited to let you know that you can watch video episodes of Crime House Daily Night Watch on Spotify. It's the same gripping true crime stories you've been getting here now with added videos and photos that give you even more depth and detail into each case. Search Night Watch on Spotify and hit follow so you never miss an episode. This is Crime House. The shame isn't ours to feel, it's theirs. These are the powerful words from Giselle Pellicot, the French woman in our first case who fought to reclaim her power by opening her sexual assault trial to the world to expose the horrific crimes done to her and to send a strong message that women should not carry the shame for what was done to them by sick men. Then in San Antonio, we'll dive into the mystery surrounding a tragic triple homicide and the dramatic cover up that was caught on camera. Let's get into it. A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pellico. Dominique Pellico is accused of accused of drugging his wife so that she was unconscious and then inviting strangers over to his house that he'd met on chat rooms over nine years beginning from 2011. So this is abuse that is said to have taken place over almost a decade. Giselle Pellico's supporters burst into applause as the verdict is announced. A French court found all 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a drugging and rape case that horrified the world and transformed her, the victim of those crimes, into a stirring symbol of courage and resilience. Hi, welcome to Crime House Daily. I'm your host Katie Ring. Here we follow the cases making headlines now where justice is still unfolding. Follow us wherever you're listening and if you want ad free episodes, subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts As a disclaimer. This episode discusses active criminal cases and breaking news. The information we share is based on what's publicly available at the time of recording and may change as new evidence comes to light. We aim to inform, not to decide guilt or innocence. So everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Big deal. Brands are on sale right now at Designer Shoe Warehouse. Save up to 25% on select styles from the brands on everyone's list like Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Crocs, Reebok and more. Because the only thing we love more than dropping a name is dropping a price. You don't want to miss this one. These brands are almost never on sale. So shop the DSW Holiday Name Drop Sale today at your DSW store or dsw.com. Our first case today looks at a new twist in the case of Giselle Pellico, the French woman who was unknowingly drugged and SA aid by her husband and dozens of other men he recruited over a period of several years. Giselle was entitled to a trial behind closed doors, but she decided not to remain anonymous. She insisted her voice be public. Shame must change sides, she said. Her courage sparked national debate in France about SA culture, the role of pornography, chemical submission, which is drug facilitated sexual assault and how victims are treated. Her husband, Dominique Pellico, had 20,000 videos and photos of his wife being essayed by him and other men while unconscious on his devices. Authorities believe There were around 72 total men, but ultimately only 51 men, including Giselle's husband, were tried and convicted of SA. All 51 men were found guilty and only one of them decided to go through with an appeal of his conviction. He was re sentenced in October 2025 and what happened in his appeal was very satisfying. But first, let's talk about the brave woman who decided to take a stand despite the horrifying acts done to her. Gisele Pellico was born on December 7, 1952 in West Germany. Her family had temporarily moved to Germany because her father was stationed there with the French army in the aftermath of World War II, but Giselle's family returned to France when she was five years old. Although she had a good upbringing, she did face some tragic events. When she was 9, her mother died of cancer. Then just 10 years later, her older brother had a fatal heart attack. But despite those tragedies, Giselle felt she had to bottle up her feelings. She it was a coping strategy she'd learned from her family to hide her tears and instead share her laughter. The same year that her brother died, Giselle met a man named Dominique Pellico. He was an electrician and she liked him immediately. They began dating and got married in Paris two years later, in 1973. They had two children early on, David and Caroline, and had another son, Florian, in 1986. Their life wasn't perfect. Dominique's work was unstable and he tried and failed to launch a number of businesses, causing a lot of financial struggles for the family. Giselle had to give up her dream of becoming a hairdresser to support the family by working as a secretary for France's National Electric Company and working her way up the ladder. Overall, though, as the years went by Giselle, and Dominique's life was very happy. She always described her husband as a good man. A good husband and a good father. But underneath the family man facade, there was a disturbing darkness to Dominique. His childhood had been violent and difficult, dominated by his abusive father. Dominic's father, who worked as a janitor at a rehab center, would often subject Dominique's mother to horrific abuse by tying her up and beating her. And that wasn't the extent of his horrific treatment towards his family. He also essayed Dominique's sister while she was a teenager. Dominique also endured his fair share of sexual violence outside of the home. When he was nine years old, he was allegedly essayed by a male nurse during a stay in the hospital. And at 14, he was forced to witness a gang essay. These experiences caused Dominique to develop his own twisted fantasies about essaying and harming women. I want to be very clear. Having a childhood like this is extremely traumatic and it might give an explanat explanation of why, but it does not give an excuse. There are an astonishing number of victims of childhood violence, abuse and sa and many of them have never once harmed another person. According to Dominique, these fantasies mostly went away after he married Giselle. Once he met Giselle, Dominique felt like he went from being nothing to finally being someone who mattered. But over time, Dominique's dark side started to surface again and eventually he acted on his fantasies. In 1999, almost 30 years after Dominique and Giselle got married, he lured a female real estate agent who was just 19 years old into an apartment to show him around. While they were inside the apartment together, Dominique tied her up and attempted to essay her at knifepoint. Thankfully, the woman was able to get free and escape the apartment. She went to the police, who took a DNA sample from her shoe. But even with this evidence, they weren't able to identify the attacker. As time went on, Dominique tried to channel his urges in non criminal ways. He asked Giselle if she would be interested in a threesome or trying out swinging. But she refused to try and satiate his urges, Dominique started looking online for sexual material. But rather than satisfy him, the things he found only reignited his violent perversions. As an aside, porn will never satisfy a predator. It only allows them to dehumanize women even more, Seeing them as objects instead of real people and making it easier for them to harm women in real life. And this is exactly what happened to Dominique. The virtual experience made the real life experience even more intriguing. And soon enough, he brought his online activities into the real world. In 2010, Dominique was arrested after being caught photographing up women's skirts in a Paris supermarket. He paid a €100 fine to avoid going to court and hid the whole thing from Giselle. However, after his arrest, the French police entered Dominique's DNA into a database, and they soon realized it was a match to the sample found on the young woman's shoe from the 1999 assault. For some reason, though, the police didn't investigate any further, even though they also found reason to believe Dominique might have been connected to a similar case from 1991. To think that if these police officers actually cared about SA victims and actually did their job, Giselle could have been saved from all of this, because the abuse started shortly after. But since they completely dropped the ball and let him walk free, he kept perusing the dark corners of the Internet. And eventually he found a forum called Quote without her knowledge. Another man on the forum, claiming to be a nurse, posted about how he drugged his own wife and essayed her. And he encouraged Dominique to do the same to Giselle. Around the same time, Giselle began having trouble sleeping, and her doctor prescribed her Lorazepam, a central nervous system depressant, to try and help her get some rest. The pills worked as intended and helped Giselle fall into deep slumbers, and Dominique saw this as an opportunity. He began regularly essaying his wife while she was sleeping. Then he asked his doctor to prescribe him sleeping pills too, which he would crush up and slip into Giselle's food and drinks. With all of the extra medication keeping her unconscious, Dominique started subjecting Giselle to certain fetishes that she had said no to before. He dress her up in certain types of lingerie and film himself assaulting her. In 2011, Dominique began posting the videos to online forums because he wanted to find other men to assault Giselle, too. In July of that year, Dominique invited another man over for the first time to participate in the assault. Eventually, he would invite around 72 men into their home to SA his wife. Dominique did this at least three times a week, all without Giselle's knowledge. Dominique employed very strict rules to make sure Giselle never found out, such as no cigarettes or colognes that would leave a lingering scent and no forms of brutality that could leave visible marks. This went on for two years. In 2013, when Giselle was 58, she and Dominique decided to retire and move to Mazan, a small town in the southeast of France. Giselle thought they were embarking on an idyllic new chapter in a cozy country house but she was actually entering a prison where her husband would keep her trapped for almost a decade. Own a small biz and need a reliable way to reach new customers? Try TikTok for business we've generated over 100,000 leads, which has converted into over 40,000 sales for our pet insurance policies. I am the CEO of Spot Pet Insurance. TikTok's smart plus AI powered automation takes the guesswork out of targeting, bidding and optimizing creative. If I can advertise on TikTok, you can too. Drive more leads and scale your business. Today with TikTok for Business, head over to get started.TikTok.com TikTok ads if you're an experienced pet owner, you already know that having a pet is 25% belly rubs, 25% yelling drop it. And 50% groaning at the bill from every pet visit. 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But they couldn't find anything that would explain the blackouts and extreme drowsiness. Through it all, Gisele felt lucky to have her husband because he was supportive through all of it and went to all of her medical appointments with her. But in reality, the reason wasn't love. It was to make sure no one caught on to him. And Giselle almost did a few times. Once she noticed a beer he handed to her was a little green and she poured it down the sink. Then she noticed a bleach stain on her clothes and she asked, you're not drugging me by any chance, are you? But of course, like every abuser, he broke down in tears and asked, how can you accuse me of such a thing? Giselle took his word and didn't bring it up again. The next time the topic came up was when police revealed the earth shattering truth to Giselle. In September 2020, nine years after Dominique began regularly essaying his wife, he was once again arrested for photographing up women's skirts in a supermarket. Shout out to the security guard to bot ray because if he did not step up, Gisele would have never known what was happening to her. When men ask what they can do to help protect women, it's this call other men out on their bad behavior. Because he insisted the women press charges and blocked Dominique until the police arrived. The truth was revealed. After arresting him, the police took his computer and two phones as evidence. And what they ended up finding was horrific. The contents of Dominique's computer were absolutely shocking. He had a folder labeled abuses with over 20,000 videos and pictures of Giselle being essayed by multiple men. The investigators were horrified, but there was one silver lining. Every single video was labeled with a date and what appeared to be the names of the men who participated. This information would make the investigation a lot easier. Unfortunately, the grim discoveries weren't over. Officers also found naked videos of Dominique's daughters in law that he had taken with a hidden camera, alongside partially nude images of his own daughter, who also appeared to have been drugged and in lingerie she didn't own, which her dad must have changed her into. On November 2, 2020, two months after the initial arrest, Dominique was re arrested and charged with aggravated SA and rugging. On the day Dominique was arrested, Giselle was called into the police station where police solemnly broke the news to her. They showed Gisele some of the videos and she went into shock. She didn't believe it, but eventually it set in. This explained every symptom she had been experiencing. She felt like the life she had built over the last 50 years was caving in on her. Giselle immediately called her children to tell them what their father had done. They helped her pack up the house and get rid of Dominique's belongings. Giselle initiated divorce proceedings and didn't see her husband again until his trial began in September of 2024. In the meantime, police tallied a total of 75 men who Dominique invited to SA Giselle. This included men that he continued to invite between the time of his initial arrest in September of 2020 and his re arrest in November of the same year. They were only able to identify 54 of those men who ranged in the age from 25 to 72, with jobs ranging from firefighter to prison guard to nurse. The men collectively became known as Mr. Everybody because these were everyday men and many even had families of their own. They were husbands, fathers, boyfriends, sons, everyday men with everyday jobs and everyday lives. So many people believe that they will be able to identify a predator right away. And this is a comforting thought because then you are protected, but there are predators walking amongst us that you would never suspect. And this was the prime example of that. Not only that, but investigators also discovered that Dominique had encouraged other men online to drug NSA their wives, and had even joined another man in multiple assaults on his own wife. When the case finally went to trial, Giselle had the option to remain anonymous. But she instead chose for the trial to be public as a way to raise awareness of drug facilitated essays in France. People all over the world celebrated Giselle's decision, especially when she declared that, quote, shame must change sides. In the end, Dominique was convicted of all charges and received a maximum 20 year sentence. 51 of the men were also found guilty of aggravated SA and originally 17 of them appealed their sentences. Over time, though, almost all of them dropped their appeals, except for one, Housametin Doan, a 44 year old father who had been sentenced to nine years in prison. Doan argued that he was a victim too. According to him, Dominique told him that Giselle had consented to the actual before she was drugged. But both Giselle and Dominique disputed this. Giselle stood her ground. She responded to Do Won by saying, quote, I am the only victim. The lead prosecutor, Dominique C, told the court that Do Won's refusal to take responsibility was, quote, an example of how SA culture is still widespread in society as part of archaic forms of male domination. She added, now we must change SA culture to a culture of consent. See recommended that Doan be sentenced to 12 years based on the fact that he refused to hold himself to account. Finally, on October 9, 2025, Doan was re sentenced. This time he received 10 years. One more year than if he hadn't appealed at all. Still far too short in my opinion, but I'm glad they at least sent a bit of a message by increasing his time. As for Giselle, she has since dropped her husband's last name. She's preparing a memoir with the English title A Hymn to Life, to be published in January of 2026. To share her story in her own words and give a voice to survivors, she says she's proud to have spoken about what happened to her and that it's not bravery, but will and determination to change society. This case has also sparked legislative change. On October 29, the French Senate approved a bill redefining SA. The bill states that consent must be freely given, informed, specific, prior and revocable and cannot be presumed from mere silence or absence of resistance. I am so incredibly proud and you thank thankful to Giselle for her strength and how she empowered so many victims with her story. I feel this is a pain and betrayal you can never simply move on from. But I hope Giselle, her children and her grandchildren will be able to heal and find some peace. For our second case today we're looking into the story of Christopher Preciado, a 19 year old charged in the killing of 22 year old Matthew Guerra and his pregnant girlfriend, 18 year old Savannah Soto in San Antonio, Texas. In 2023, Matthew and Savannah's bodies were discovered in Matthew's car in a parking lot. Police eventually tracked Christopher down, but he wasn't the only one arrested. His father and stepmother were arrested as well for allegedly helping him move the bodies. Let's get into it. In 2023, 22 year old Matthew and 18 year old Savannah were getting ready for some big life changing news. By December, they'd been together for at least a year and they currently live together. They had somewhat of a rocky past, but several months earlier, they'd learned some exciting news. Savannah was pregnant. Matthew. Savannah and their families couldn't wait to welcome the new baby boy. A boy the couple was going to name Fabian. Savannah and her mom were extremely close. Her mom, Gloria called Savannah her her mini me and she was overjoyed at the thought of her daughter having a child of her own. Matthew's dad, Gabriel, was also helping his son prepare for fatherhood. They talked about everything from what kinds of sports he might play to how to give him a good future. During the holiday season, the couple geared up for the arrival of their son and Savannah was scheduled to be induced on December 22nd at Stone Oak Methodist Hospital. But when the day came, she didn't show up for her appointment. Her family tried to get in contact with her, but she didn't pick up the phone, which was odd. But even more odd, no one could get in touch with Matthew either. Now both of their families were panicked. Savannah was nine months along, ready to give birth. She and Matthew wouldn't just blow off this appointment. Their families knew something was seriously wrong. So by the end of the day, they filed missing persons reports. After that, they waited and hoped that the couple would turn up soon in good health and that everything would be okay. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. Another day went by and another and still no one knew where Matthew and Savannah were. Officers from the San Antonio police department were trying to figure it out. Then, on December 26, four days after the couple was reported missing, authorities made a heartbreaking discovery. That day, officers spotted Matthews Kia Optima in the parking lot of an apartment complex. And when they approached the vehicle, they discovered Matthew and Savannah's bodies inside. Both of them had gunshot wounds, and the officers could tell they had been dead for a few days. Police alerted their families, who were devastated they'd lost Matthew, Savannah, and Fabian. Authorities wouldn't let someone get away with the crime. Gruesome act. Fortunately, there was one silver lining found at the crime scene. Investigators found surveillance footage which showed the Kia arriving in the parking lot shortly after midnight on December 21, hours before Savannah was supposed to be induced. And the Kia wasn't the only vehicle in the footage. There was also a black pickup truck that arrived at the same time. One person got out of the Kia and one person got out of the truck. Then both of these people proceeded to pose Matthew and Savannah's bodies inside of the Kia. From there, they were seen wiping down fingerprints before both getting into the pickup and driving away. Detectives could barely believe their eyes. These two people had clearly tried to stage the scene. But this raised another question. What did the suspects want authorities to to think had happened? Investigators knew it wouldn't be easy to find the answer because they couldn't identify either of the people in the video. In order to do that, they'd have to turn to the public for help. Just one day after Matthew and Savannah's bodies were found, San Antonio police released the footage to the public. However, they didn't get any leads, not even as the case started gaining a ton of media attention over the next next few days. Detectives had to use other avenues if they wanted to catch the culprits. So they started looking through Savannah's phone, which had also been found in the Kia they saw on the night of December 21st. She had searched for directions to Charlie Chan drive in a residential part of the city. The Kia's location services also showed that the car had been parked on the road early in the morning on December 21st. Likely in search of some preliminary details, Detectives then looked up Charlie Chan drive on google maps and discovered much more than they'd ever expected. Meet the computer you can talk to with copilot on windows. Working, creating and collaborating is as easy as talking got writer's block? 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Ramon told police that his son, 19 year old Christopher, had gotten into an altercation with Matthew and Savannah and that he helped Christopher move the bodies and conceal evidence. Officers still had a ton of questions, but first things first. They obtained arrest warrants for both Ramon and Christopher. By January 4, 2024, they were both in police custody. Now investigators had to figure out what had happened between Christopher and the victims in the first place. Authorities haven't said how they think Christopher and Matthew knew each other, but according to Christopher, around midnight on December 21, 2023, Matthew and Savannah went over to his house so Christopher could buy marijuana from Matthew. Details also haven't been released about what exactly happened next. But as Christopher tells it, seemingly out of nowhere, Matthew pulled out a gun and pointed it at him. Christopher supposedly tried to grab the gun from matthew. But in the scuffle, Matthew pulled the trigger and ended up shooting savannah, Killing her and their baby. Then matthew allegedly aimed the gun at christopher again. But another struggle ensued, this time leading to matthew being shot and killed. Public documents don't say Whether this altercation Allegedly went down Inside the house or in the kia. But from there, christopher claimed that he drove Matthew's kia to the parking lot of an apartment complex A few miles away with matthew and savannah's bodies inside. He said his dad, ramon, met him there and helped him wipe down fingerprints before driving them both home in his pickup. If christopher and ramon tried to give an explanation for why they staged the bodies, that information hasn't been released. Either way, after hearing christopher's side of the story, Investigators were immediately suspicious, because by this point, Forensic analysts had already determined that matthew and savannah were shot and killed at different locations from where their bodies were later found. And in fact, the nature of their gunshot wounds suggested that they were intentionally killed while defenseless, not that any sort of struggle had ensued like christopher claimed. Investigators also learned that matthew did sell drugs. So while christopher's potential motive hasn't been released, it's possible he killed matthew Just so he could rob him. And he killed savannah since she was a witness. Christopher was charged with three counts of capital murder for matthew, savannah, and their baby. Fabian ramone was charged with multiple counts of altering, destroying, or concealing human remains, Abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. But what seemed like an open and shut investigation still wasn't done. Remember, when ramon was arrested, he claimed to be the only one who helped christopher. But when police looked through security footage from ramon and christopher's home, they discovered another shocking detail. Christopher's stepmother, mirta ramones, was also in the truck with ramon, and she helped unload and dispose of evidence. When they returned to the house, not only that, but the gun that was used Was traced back to Mirta. Six days later, on January 10, 2024, Mirta was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse, Concealing a human corpse, and tampering with evidence. After they spent a few months in jail, A bexer county judge reduced the parents bail. Murders went from $1.1 million to $600,000, and Ramon's was reduced from $600,000 down to $450,000. Ramon was able to make bail, but mirta still wasn't. Although it wasn't only a matter of time until she went free, because just earlier this month, on November 5, all her charges were dropped. And she was released and In April of 2025, the San Antonio DA's office said that they won't seek the death penalty for Christopher if he's convicted. Matthew's family was unhappy with all of this news and he and Savannah's families filed a one million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against Christopher and his parents. Christopher's trial date still isn't set, but but it'll probably begin sometime in early 2026 and he faces life without the possibility of parole. Be sure to tune in to more episodes of Crime House Daily for updates about this case. What did you think of today's cases? Drop your thoughts and theories in the comments. Crime House Daily is taking a quick break for Thanksgiving, but as a way to say thanks to all of our amazing listeners, we have a few special episodes in store from our Crime House family. 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