MURDERED: Debanhi Escobar

The Murder Diaries

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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An eerie photo of a young woman standing alone on the edge of a dark deserted highway has come to symbolize this growing crisis in Mexico- the disappearance and murder of women. It sparked a fire among women and activists in a country where women’s disappearances and murders are often downplayed or ignored altogether. This woman had a bright future ahead of her and yet like thousands of others, her life was cut short. But because of this photo, her case is providing hope and solace to a nation of women living in fear. Her name is Debanhi Escobar. This is her story. RESOURCES: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2-former-motel-employees-charged-with-obstruction-in-debanhi-escobar-case/ https://www.theskimm.com/news/who-is-debanhi-escobar-and-why-is-her-case-sparking-outrage https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094471684/mexico-debanhi-escobar-dead-disappearance https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-law-student-body-motel-water-tank-suffocated-mexico-third-autopsy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Debanhi_Escobar https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxwkm/mexico-nuevo-leon-missing-women https://apnews.com/article/mexico-caribbean-gender-6594c9b2c9ea39a52dc3204e16be704c https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html https://americasquarterly.org/article/why-gender-violence-in-mexico-persists-and-how-to-stop-it/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico-murder-b2065133.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-death-surveillance-video-unsolved-case-spectacle-mexico/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7p7v/third-debanhi-escobar-autopsy-report https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v7vw/mexico-debanhi-escobar-found-dead-presidents-comments https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-11-29/failures-by-mexican-law-enforcement-aggravate-rise-in-killings-of-women https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdjpk/a-shame-campaign-is-trying-to-blame-debanhi-escobar-for-her-own-death https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-killing-mexico-protest/ https://www.laprensalatina.com/mexicans-protest-death-of-debanhi-escobar-missing-women/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2018/all-races-origins/index.htm#age-group Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our Links: Website: https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdgBwpV1/ Edited by: https://www.landispodcastediting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Patrons heard this episode first. You can become a patron too if you head over to patreon.com
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0:12.3	Head over now to join and enjoy more Murder Diaries content.
0:16.2	Welcome to The Murder Diaries. I'm Natalie.
0:18.7	And I'm Paige.
0:19.9	If you had to guess, what would you say is the leading
0:22.2	cause of death for young women ages 15 to 24 in Mexico? The answer isn't heart disease,
0:28.0	suicide, or even cancer. It's murder. Homicide is the leading cause of death for Mexican women.
0:35.0	To compare and provide some perspective, in the United States, the leading causes
0:39.7	of death for women in that same age group is unintentional injuries such as overdoses,
0:44.2	vehicle crashes, or falls, followed then by suicide and cancer, according to 2018 data from
0:49.6	the CDC. Homicide ranks third on the list for women ages 1 through 19 and fifth on the list for women 20 to 44 years old.
0:58.3	Life is statistically much more dangerous for women living in Mexico.
1:02.5	According to official data from the Mexican government, 10 women are killed in the country every day.
1:07.5	In 2021 alone, more than 45% of women report it feeling unsafe in their own neighborhoods.
1:13.5	And what's more shocking is how little attention these cases get from authorities or the media.
1:19.2	And even if they do receive significant attention like the case we're talking about today,
1:23.2	the investigations are rarely timely or competent. There's an eerie photo of a young woman standing
1:29.1	alone on the edge of a dark deserted highway that has come to symbolize this growing crisis in Mexico.
1:35.3	The disappearance and murder of women. The woman in the photo is wearing a black face mask.
1:40.9	She's looking away from the camera, lights from the passing cars illuminate her long brown skirt as it blows in the breeze behind her.
1:47.6	If you saw the photo, you'd probably recognize it.
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