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Murder In America

EP. 48 CALIFORNIA - A Christmas Massacre: The 2008 Covina Santa Shooting

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.88.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Eve in 2008, 9 members of a family were slaughtered in cold blood by a man dressed as Santa Claus who showed up to their annual family gathering with multiple loaded pistols and a home made flamethrower... This is one sad and disturbing story. Listener discretion is HEAVILY advised. You're listening, to MURDER IN AMERICA. - Upgrade YOUR eyewear game with WARBY PARKER! And try on 5 pairs of glasses at home, FOR FREE, using OUR custom link!: WARBYPARKER.COM/MIA - Get 10% off your FIRST MONTH of professional mental healthcare with BETTERHELP (which you can get discreetly at HOME) using our custom link!: BETTERHELP.COM/MIA - Brush your teeth BETTER and with BETTER STYLE using QUIP (our FAVORITE oral healthcare brand). And get your first refill of oral care products for FREE by using our custom link!: GETQUIP.COM/MIAMERICA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Warning. The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences.

0:03.8

We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.

0:11.8

Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape,

0:16.0

murder, and offenses against children.

0:18.3

This podcast is not for everyone.

0:20.6

You have been warned. Christmas is undoubtedly the best time of the year. The neighborhoods are covered in lights.

0:45.2

You get to decorate a tree, spend time with your loved ones, and practice

0:50.1

different family traditions. One of these traditions for the Ortega family

0:55.4

was to get everyone together on Christmas Eve. Grandparents, aunts, uncles,

1:00.3

and cousins of all ages sit around eat a nice dinner play some games and

1:05.4

maybe even bake cookies for Santa's arrival later that night, which is exactly

1:10.6

what they did on Christmas Eve in 2008. It was just like any other year.

1:16.1

The kids were in the back of the house playing video games and the adults were

1:20.1

wrapping up a game of Texas Holdom when all of a sudden everyone hears a knock on the front door.

1:27.0

No one is expecting any visitors so eight-year-old Katrina runs over to see who it is.

1:36.2

When she looks out the window her eyes grow wide with excitement because standing on the front porch is Santa Claus himself and the

1:42.1

best part of all is that he's holding a big

1:44.5

Christmas present in his arms but instead of the cheerful welcome you'd expect to

1:49.8

hear from Santa Claus this one has an evil look in his eye. He isn't smiling or

1:56.1

asking if she'd been a good girl. Instead, he pulls a gun out of the neatly

2:01.4

wrapped present, points it directly at the 8 year old's face, and

2:06.1

pulls the trigger.

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