Casefile Extra: Maria Cruz
Summary
This episode details the 2003 disappearance of Maria Cruz, a New York bank analyst, and the subsequent investigation into her death. Detectives traced her final movements to an appointment with Dean Fiello, a convicted fraudster posing as a dermatologist. Fiello’s former partner, Greg Bach, provided crucial evidence about a concrete slab poured in Fiello’s garage shortly after Maria vanished. Authorities excavated the slab, finding Maria’s body, and later extradited Fiello from Costa Rica, where he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault.
Topics discussed
Intro, sponsors, and content warnings
Maria Cruz's disappearance and initial search
Family involvement and apartment inspection clues
Reconstructing Maria's final day and suspect profile
Sponsors and the search for Dean Fiello
Greg Bach's suspicions and the concrete slab
Discovery of Maria's body in the garage
Fiello's arrest in Costa Rica
Fiello's history of fraud and Dr. Pollis's warnings
Sponsors, prior arrests, and Maria's treatment
Extradition, trial, and sentencing
Legal loopholes, legacy, and closing sponsors
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