Jodine Serrin (7 of Diamonds, California) - Part 2

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In 1995, Marisa Patti met David Mabrito on the beach in Oceanside, California – it was love at first sight. Twenty-three years later, he would be found responsible for the brutal murder and desecration of 39-year-old Jodine Serrin in her own bedroom. In the wake of the solve, Marisa and her son were left on their own to figure out how this man they loved, trusted, and built a life with could have committed such an unthinkable crime. Today, they’re still trying to make sense of it all. Marisa’s story is one we rarely get in true crime: a raw, unflinching look at what it means to live in the aftermath – not just for victims' families, but for the ones closest to the killer. On Crime Junkie we walked through every detail of Jodine Serrin’s case that led police to her killer: David Mabrito. Make sure you’ve listened to that episode, MURDERED: Jodine Serrin, before you start this one.

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0:00.0	Our card this week is Jody and Sarin, the Seven of Diamonds from California.
0:09.1	Today's story is unlike any we've told on this show before, not just because of the fact
0:14.6	that the victim's parents unknowingly witnessed the assault of their daughter take place,
0:19.4	or the fact that we get to hear from someone who knew the killer before investigative
0:23.4	genetic genealogy revealed him to be one of the most sadistic killers I've ever covered
0:28.2	on this show.
0:29.4	This episode is really different because this story is actually being told over two of my
0:34.5	podcasts.
0:36.0	On this week's episode of Crime Junkie,
0:38.0	we walked through every detail of Jodine Saren's case,
0:41.3	the crime scene, the investigation,
0:43.5	and the twist that led police to her killer,
0:46.1	a man named David Mabrito.
0:48.6	You'll want to listen to that before you dive into this episode,
0:52.3	which is told not through the investigator's lens like we so often
0:55.4	do, but through the lens of David's ex-wife, Marissa Mabrito, who loved him, trusted him,
1:02.1	built a life with him, and was sharing a home with him at the time he killed Jodine.
1:08.2	She is still trying to make sense of it all, still trying to reconcile the man
1:12.0	she knew and loved with the monster he turned out to be. Her story is one we rarely get in true
1:17.9	crime. A raw, unflinching look at what it means to live in the aftermath, not just for victims
1:24.2	families, but for the ones closest to the killer. I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. Thank you. Marissa Patti first laid eyes on David Mabrito in October of 1995 on the beach in Oceanside, California.
2:12.0	It was 11 years before Jodine Saren, or Jody, as everyone knew her, would be murdered and desecrated in her own bedroom,
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