The lie that cost four lives: Menaz and the family massacre

The lie that cost four lives: Menaz and the family massacre: The homicide of Momotas, Firusa, Malesa, and Moniruz Saman On the night of July 27, 2019, a young man was playing video games while the bodies of his mother and grandmother lay on the upper floor of their house in Scarborough. He calmly waited for his sister and father to arrive to complete the massacre. How did a lie about college graduation turn into the motive for murdering four family members? In this episode, we explore the contradictions that unleashed the violence: Menaz's double life pretending to be a student while dropping out of college in 2015, the homophobic and racist comments on Discord that were dismissed as jokes, and how anonymous gamers across four continents tracked the killer in real time before he attacked his next victim. We also reveal why formal mechanisms failed while the online community raced against the clock. Victims: Momotas, Firusa, Malesa, and Moniruz Saman Date: July 27-28, 2019 Location: Casselmore Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Status: Guilty plea, life sentence, 40 years without parole (November 2020) - Menaz sent photographs of the victims to Discord while the bodies were still in the house, a spontaneous confession before the arrest. - Reverse image search and IP tracking by civilian gamers unlocked the physical address while the police were still investigating. - He changed his username to "subhuman/does not deserve life" months prior; his online friends interpreted real threats as normal jokes. - Autopsy revealed identical methods in all four cases: a blow to the skull with a crowbar followed by a cut to the throat with a kitchen knife. Menaz Saman, Scarborough family massacre 2019, homicide, serial killer, investigation, forensic, true crime, mystery, criminal minds, suspense, intrigue, true crime SpanishTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 14-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