Elizabeth Salgado

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired on May 24, 2024. In 2015, 26-year-old Elizabeth Salgado moved from Mexico to one of the safest cities in the United States, Provo, Utah, to further her education. Just three weeks later, on April 16, 2015, she went missing. Her remains were later recovered, and her death is believed to be a homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call the Utah County Sheriff’s Office at 801-851-4000. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: @SarahETurney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and potentially triggering topics, including violence, abuse, and murder.
0:11.3	This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:15.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:18.4	Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety
0:21.8	purposes. Listener discretion is advised. My name is Sarah Turney and this is Voices for Justice.
0:34.9	Today's case is one that seems to have truly stumped investigators.
0:39.5	We'll explore how a very intelligent, outgoing, and successful young woman goes missing just
0:45.0	three weeks after moving to one of the safest cities in the United States.
0:50.1	This is the case of Elizabeth Salgado.
0:59.9	In 2015, 26-year-old Elizabeth Salgado was making preparations for a tough decision she made to further her career. She was going to move from Mexico to Provo, Utah for an eight-month
1:06.2	program at the Nomen Global Language School to strengthen her English. After the program, she'd moved to Mexico
1:12.1	City to pursue a job in her field and begin her work on her master's degree in engineering.
1:18.0	Now, at this point, Elizabeth's already an extremely accomplished young woman. Three years prior,
1:23.4	she got her undergraduate degree in industrial engineering. Really, she's following in her parents' footsteps.
1:29.7	Her father, Julio, is a communications and electronics engineer, and her mom, Libertod, is a chemical
1:35.5	engineer. Her family was excited for her and proud of her, but Elizabeth was a major part of their
1:43.0	family structure. She's one of seven kids and the
1:46.3	oldest of her sisters. In Libertod's interview with the TV show disappeared, she explains that
1:52.2	Elizabeth was a role model to her siblings. She was that kid who always did her homework and was
1:57.9	studying without having to be asked to. Elizabeth was driven and kind and knew
2:03.3	what she wanted. She was also devout in her faith. Elizabeth was a member of the Church of Jesus
2:09.4	Christ's Latter-day Saints. In 2013, she spent about a year and a half on a mission in Mexico. She also
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