The girl who disappeared in minutes: the Emely case

The girl who disappeared in minutes: the Emely case: The murder of Emely Peguero Polanco A 16-year-old teenager, five months pregnant, disappeared in minutes on August 23, 2017. The security cameras at the gas station where she was supposedly left captured nothing: neither her boyfriend's car nor any trace. The impossible became darker when her body was found three days later, and the investigation revealed that one of the most powerful women in the region had orchestrated the cover-up while pleading on camera for her return. In this episode, we explore the contradictions that shattered the official version: cameras that did not record Marlon's car, geolocation that placed him at another gas station, and a bloodstained mattress that evidenced where the tragedy occurred. The autopsy revealed uterine perforation, induced extraction, and skull depression, while Marlene Martínez -the powerful mother- removed the security DVR and paid witnesses to make the remains disappear. How did a politically influential family manage to reduce a 5-year sentence to just 2 years on appeal? Victim: Emely del Carmen Peguero Polanco Date: August 23, 2017 Location: San Rafael de Cenoví, Dominican Republic Status: Convicted (Marlon Martínez 30 years; Marlene Martínez 2 years) - Emely sent text messages to her sister Lady that day, something unusual because she always used voice notes, alerting the family to anomalies. - The Cenoví gas station cameras did not capture Marlon's car or any motorcycle, contradicting the boyfriend's first version. - Kelvin Jiménez, a security guard, saw Marlon take out a "heavy bag" from the Torre apartment minutes later and load it into a vehicle. - Marlene Martínez physically removed the security DVR after the initial alert and paid 100,000 pesos to Simón Bolívar to make the body disappear. Emely Peguero, San Rafael Cenoví homicide cover-up, 2017, murder, investigation, forensic, true crime, justice, corruption, Dominican Republic, mystery, Spanish true crime If you want to listen to this podcast without ads and have access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: [email protected] listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie