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Heidi Wong
Crime House has the perfect new show for spooky season Twisted Tales. Hosted by Heidi Wong, each episode of Twisted Tales is perfect for late night scares and daytime frights, revealing the disturbing real life events that inspired the world's most terrifying blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it to screen. Twisted Tales is a Crime House original powered by Pave Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts New episodes out every Monday.
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Katie Ring
This is Crime House. Today we're covering two cases that are making headlines. First, a string of date night burglaries in Miami where a young woman convinces wealthy men to bring her back to their apartments, then escapes with all of their valuables. Then I'll talk about a tragic murder case where a 61 year old man in Philadelphia is accused of murdering a young family who trusted them with their safety. Let's get into it.
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Crime House Reporter
Talked her way into an invitation to the victim's room, served him a drink. Within an hour that man passed out. He woke up with his valuables missing.
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Katie Ring
Police say she made off with thousands of dollars worth of high end jewelry.
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Crime House Reporter
So Miami beach put out a wanted flyer based on surveillance video of their suspect, Doral. Police saw it and they recognized her as the same woman wanted for a similar crime that happened in March.
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Katie Ring
Hi, I'm Katie Ring, a true crime analyst, self defense instructor and fierce advocate for victims. And this is Crime House Daily, your essential true crime companion. Every weekday morning and night here at Crime House Daily, we dig into the true crime stories making headlines right now, where justice is unfolding, arrests are happening and new evidence is emerging. Every morning, First Watch gets you up to speed on today's biggest cases. Every night, Night Watch takes you deeper. If you want to follow a case from the first 911 call to the final verdict, this is the place for you. Follow Crime House Daily. Wherever you get your podcasts, leave a review and for ad free listening, subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. For video, check out our YouTube channel, Crimehouse Daily. 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.
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Katie Ring
Before we get into our main cases today, I have some unfortunate news and a heads up for all of my women in San Francisco. If you don't know the origin story of why I started my self defense page and how I now landed here, it's because of a man named Bill Gene Hobbs. He was able to harass 23 women before he was arrested. From the very first victim, the police already knew who he was. He had just been released from jail for following a 15 year old for over an hour, groping her and telling her they belong together. But despite report after report coming in, the police didn't arrest him because they didn't have enough to charge him. Yes, he may not have been raping these women, but but multiple women were traumatized. In one instance, he stripped completely naked and chased after a woman jogging in the street. Another victim was actually lifted up by this man after he rushed up behind her while she was walking her dog. Dozens of other women also came forward with complaints of being followed, touched, grabbed or kissed on the streets by Bill Jean Hobbs. And if that's not enough, he has a trademark tattoo on his finger saying Evil on each knuckle, which checks out. I figured that if our justice system won't protect women, I could use my skills and experience to teach women what to do in these kinds of situations. I also wanted to bring more attention to this case, which ended up putting a lot of pressure on the DA's office and he was finally arrested in 2022 and initially charged with 16 counts including sexual battery, assault and false imprisonment. But nine of the charges were dismissed by a judge for lack of sufficient evidence. In 2023, he was still found guilty on other charges and sentenced to two and a half years in jail for the misdemeanors and three years in prison for his felony charge. But just two years later he is already out and reportedly already approaching women again. It's so upsetting seeing criminals like this constantly slipping through the cracks of our justice system. And I am tired of the sexual harassment and assault of women not being taken seriously. We are back to square one of why I started my page. So if you don't already follow me on social media, take some self defense classes and carry self defense tools, especially pepper gel. For today's first case, I'll be covering the alleged crimes of a woman named Angelina Esty Between May and September of 2025, the 25 year old was arrested twice in Miami on suspicion of burglary by luring men back to their homes after a night out and robbing them while they sleep. In a surprising move, Este turned herself in. Both times she's currently in custody. And this isn't the only time she's been accused of committing crimes like this. To understand how she keeps tricking her victims, we need to break down what's been going on down in South Florida. Something known as date night robbery has been such a big problem in Miami lately, even the reporters covering it are becoming exasperated.
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Crime House Reporter
Wow, it seems like we're reporting on this every day. We had a case on Friday, now we have another case today. Well, it's happened again. Another man has his Rolex ripped off.
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Katie Ring
At 25 years old, Angelina is young and attractive and allegedly has no problem finding guys who are happy to bring her home. But in a twist they aren't expecting, she robs them blind. The first of Angelina's thefts that we know of occurred on March 10, 2025. That night she goes to a nightclub called Club 11. Club 11 is definitely an experience. It is part nightclub, part strip club and part concert venue. And they have some big names perform like Drake, Cardi, B. G, Eazy, 50 Cent and Diploma. I can imagine the crowd. There is easy pickings for Angelina to lure in her prey. One of the men tells police that they hit it off, party together the whole night, and around 7:15am he invites her back to his apartment. They continue the party back at his place and around 9:20am they pour themselves drinks. The man quickly realizes something is wrong. He starts to feel sick and passes out. When he wakes up, Angelina is gone and so is his Rolex watch. The man reports the theft and just over a week later, on March 21, the man identifies Angelina in a photo lineup. But authorities won't be able to stop her just yet because while this is happening, Angelina is on the move. On March 22, Angelina is at a bar called the Blackbird Ordinary. She's going by the fake name Ciara and she has a friend with her going by the alias Regina Again. The girls choose a target party with him into the early morning hours and he invites Angelina back to his apartment and she accepts. After a few hours there, Angelina asks if her friend Regina can join them and he says yes. So she arrives too. At around 7am Angelina goes into the man's bedroom with him where he soon falls asleep. There's no evidence this man is drugged, but he's definitely intoxicated. He wakes up around 9am when he hears the women leaving the apartment. As he comes to, he realizes his bedroom has been completely ransacked. The women hear him get up and they rush out of the door. They've stolen a Rolex watch worth $11,000, a pair of sunglasses and $8,000 in cash. However, in their hurry to get out of there, they. They've left some of their belongings behind. The man finds a pair of shoes and a purse, and inside the purse is Angelina's real id. He reports the incident and police start looking for her. And flyers with her face are even being passed out. The problem is the thefts have occurred in different jurisdictions and there's no unified effort to find her. Still, Angelina seems to know that she needs to lay low. She waits a month before striking again. Then on April 21, she heads to the Fontainebleau, a five star hotel in Miami. Around 4am she's hanging out in the lobby when one of the hotel guests, a wealthy looking man, returns from a night of partying. He sees Angelina and approaches her. They flirt for a while and they go up to his room. They have drinks. He passes out, and around 9am he wakes up. His $20,000 Rolex and $10,000 diamond bracelet are both gone. The man reports the robbery, and when police pull up security footage from the hotel to identify the woman, they realize she's wanted for similar crimes that have taken place all over the city. Soon, all three victims have picked Angelina out of a photo lineup. And she must have caught word, because on May 19, about a month after her most recent robbery, Angelina actually turns herself in. She's charged with three counts of grand theft and two counts of burglary, but she's allowed to go free on a $10,000 bond. Angelina lays low for another few months, and she attends all of her court hearings while awaiting trial. Then, at the end of the summer, it seems like she gets tired of sitting around because she strikes again. On August 9, Angelina returns to the Blackbird bar. She's with another woman, and they meet a man who is out with his friend. Around 3am the group all goes back to the man's apartment. After a few hours, the men fall asleep and don't wake up again until 5pm One man is now missing his $20,000 Rolex and $4,000 in cash. His friend, who had a replica Rolex worth $1,000, is also missing his watch. And when he looks at his phone, he sees that the women he met the night before the sent themselves $500 from his cash app account. One of the guys, probably not the guy with the fake Rolex, files a police report. In the filing, he says he believes he was drugged because he doesn't remember much of what happened. And like all the other victims, he soon identifies Angelina in a photo lineup before the police can come for her. Angelina turns herself in again on September 24, 2025. But once she's in custody, she declines to discuss anything with the authorities. As of this recording, the latest reports on Angelina are that she's currently in custody. However, she was granted a $5,000 bail at the end of September, so she may be let out. It looks like she's facing four counts of grand theft and three burglary counts, but that may change as police gather more evidence and may even find more victims. One thing I've found very interesting in this case is the response on social media. A lot of women are leaving comments similar to what victims of sexual assault receive when they report like, well, he was wearing a Rolex. What did he expect? Or maybe he offered her the watch and then he reported it because he just regretted his decision. I don't think a lot of men understand that. This is an effort to point out how silly these comments sound when it comes to robbery. It makes me sad that no other crimes received the same amount of victim blaming as sexual assault cases, and most of them are immediately believed. Just something to think about. We'll be sure to keep you updated with any major developments.
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Katie Ring
Today's second case is out of Pennsylvania, where a 61 year old man named Jose Luis Rodriguez has confessed to killing an entire family. Following his arrest, Jose's story kept changing, but now that investigators have pieced together the truth, they've realized just how brutal and cold hearted his alleged actions were. And now authorities are seeking the death penalty against him. As a warning, this case does involve the death of a child and some of the details are pretty distressing. Let's begin with the victims and how they crossed paths with Jose. Their names were Geraldina Poguero Mancibo, Junior Cabrera Colon and Jayden Peguero. Heraldina and Junior were both 31 years old and married and they had a one year old son named Jayden. They previously had three children together in their home country of the Dominican Republic. The children are currently aged 8, 10 and 13, but when they came to the US in 2023, they left them behind in the care of family members. The couple came to the US to seek a better life and were working to formally immigrate. After a year in the States, they welcomed their son Jaden into the world. The family settles in Reading, Pennsylvania, where Haroldina and Junior mostly find work in warehouses. It's at their workplace they meet 61 year old Jose Luis Rodriguez. Jose is also from the Dominican Republic, but has been living and working in the US For a long time. They all get to talking and the couple tells Jose that they're having trouble finding a stable place to live. There's an apartment they're hoping to rent, but they're worried that because of their documentation status, they won't be able to. That's when Jose agrees to help them out. He says he'll pretend to be Geraldina's husband so they can pass a background check in order for Junior to live there without suspicion. They tell the apartment staff that he's her brother. Now, Jose isn't necessarily a reliable witness, but he claims that part of this arrangement involves having some kind of sexual relationship with Geraldina and that he also offers the family additional financial assistance. Whether or not that's true, Jose does grow fond of Geraldina, but is not a fan of Junior. According to Jose, Junior smokes weed, which could get them all kicked out of the apartment. Tensions begin to rise between the two men and things come to a head in September 2025. There's still a lot of speculation surrounding what exactly transpires, but what we do know is that on September 13, around 6:30pm, patrol officers from the Reading PD are on duty at Riverside park in the middle of the city known as Bear Park. All of a sudden, they spot something on the ground. When they get closer, they realize it's a dead body. It appears to be a man who was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. Officers realize they're dealing with a potential homicide. However, it doesn't seem like they're able to identify the victim right away. But soon, another incident propels their investigation forward. The very next day, someone calls the police about a blue Honda that's been left abandoned. It's blocking the Entrance of a parking garage. And when officers arrive, they search the car. Inside, they find a spent shell casing on the console and blood on the seats. By now, they're wondering if the unidentified male was killed here and the killer dumped his body. Over the next few days, they track down the vehicle's owner, who tells them that a man named Junior Cabrera Colon sometimes borrows it. At this point, officers think Junior may be their unidentified victim. When they learn about the family's unusual living arrangement, they contact Jose Rodriguez. Under questioning, he admits that junior and the SUV's owner were at his house on the night of the 12th. While there, Junior and the other man got into an argument. But when the vehicle's owner was questioned, he tells police that it was the other man and his name was Jose Rodriguez. On September 18, officers bring Jose into the station for questioning. And while he provides some answers, Jose's statement also opens up new questions. First, he quickly confesses to murdering Junior and disposing of his body. He says that on September 12, they got into an argument over how close he had become with Geraldina. Jose claims that Junior pulled a gun on him, so used a judo move to disarm him before shooting him in the head. The previously unidentified victim is confirmed to be Junior. Jose is arrested and charged with murder. However, when asked about Geraldina and Jayden's whereabouts, he doesn't tell officers anything. Police begin searching for the mother and the baby. They quickly gather security footage from the businesses near Bear park where Junior's body was found. They eventually spot the same blue Honda driving near the spot where he was found on the evening of September 12th. But there's not much else on the footage that can help them locate Geraldina and Jayden. So they obtain Haroldina's cell phone location data from the last couple of days. And on September 19, one day after Jose's arrest, they discovered that her phone's last known location was a remote industrial area about seven miles from her apartment building. The phone remained in that area for about 40 minutes on the night of September 12th. Then the cell phone data goes dark. Investigators know this probably means Geraldina's phone died or was turned off. With this new lead in hand, they rush to the area, and they quickly make a grim discovery. At approximately 8:15pm Officers find Geraldina's deceased body. She's lying in a swampy, wooded area near the industrial complex. Like Junior, she's been shot in the head. Officers don't find her phone or any of her other belongings nearby. Most importantly, of course, they need to find her son Jaden. They're becoming more and more concerned that the infant also won't be found alive. As they scour the area where Geraldina's body was found, they spot something on the ground. It's a pacifier, which tells them Jaden was with Geraldina in her final moments. But there's still no sign of him. Next, they obtain security footage from nearby businesses, and they spot something crucial. Haroldina and Jayden getting into a white SUV around 8:30pm on September 12, the night of junior's murder. Soon, police confirm that the SUV belongs to none other than Jose Rodriguez. Detectives question Jose again. He claims he picked up Haroldina and Jayden so they could run errands together. But when the officers press harder, he caves. After Geraldine Pacwero Mancibo's body is discovered on September 12, 2025, Jose Rodriguez finally admits that he killed her. He says he got angry after she refused to leave junior for him, so he drove Geraldina out to the wooded spot and killed her. Jose also says he threw her purse and phone into a nearby marshy area. But at this point, police are more concerned about Jaden. That's when Jose finally admits that he killed the infant boy, too. He says that after disposing of Heraldina's body, he put Jaden back in the suv and drove a little ways down the road. He pulled up alongside a swampy area and threw Jaden into the water to die. On September 20, officers search that area, and they find the infant's body. An autopsy later confirms that he died by drowning. Jose is charged with three counts of first degree murder, two counts of abuse of a corpse, three counts of third degree murder, as well as additional charges for tampering with evidence and having a gun without a license. Since he's already lied to authorities once, they keep trying to get a truthful explanation for his crimes. Eventually, Jose says that he and Haroldina spoke every day to the point where it made his own wife jealous, and she threatened to divorce him. At the same time, he says he was becoming angry with Haroldina for, quote, constantly taking his money. Jose also admits that he killed Jayden just so that he wouldn't get caught, and that before carrying out the murders, he had already picked out the spots where he would leave each victim's body. Finally, he tells them where he discarded the murder weapon. He says it's underneath the porch steps of a nearby home. And when officers search for the gun, they find it. For now, the Berks county district attorney, John Adams, has said his office is considering the death penalty for Jose due to the gruesome nature of the killings, especially one year old Jaden's. If people want to help, they can contribute to a GoFundMe that Haroldina Jr. And Jayden's family members set up to raise money for their bodies to be returned to the Dominican Republic. In the meantime, Jose is being held without bail. Our team will be monitoring updates as they come in and we'll be sure to bring you all of the major developments. What did you think of today's cases? Drop your thoughts and theories in the comments. See you next time. If you haven't already, subscribe to our YouTube channel rimehousedaily and follow us on social media rimehouse24.7 for real time updates.
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Heidi Wong
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Katie Ring
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Heidi Wong
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