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Morning Cup of Murder

The Eastside Slasher and the Central Park Five - April 19 2026

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.6780 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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April 19th: Matias Reyes Attacks Trisha Meili (1989) When someone gets away with a crime, where does the blame go? On April 19th 1989 a woman was brutally attacked while on a run. A crime for which the blame went to, not the man truly responsible, but a group of young people of color who, in the end, were completely innocent. Allowing a monster to walk freely and attack again and again and again. https://allthatsinteresting.com/matias-reyes, https://www.newsweek.com/who-matias-reyes-serial-rapist-murderer-central-park-five-series-when-they-see-us-1442045, https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27688229/when-they-see-us-central-park-five-matias-reyes/, https://innocenceproject.org/six-years-later-the-central-park-jogger-case/, https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48609693, https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-central-park-five/conviction-and-exoneration, https://www.colorado.edu/outreach/korey-wise-innocence-project/about-us/korey-wises-story, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/arts/television/when-they-see-us.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On April 19, 1989, a woman was brutally attacked while on a run, a crime for which the blame went to,

1:26.6

not the man truly responsible, but a group of young people of color, who in the end were completely innocent, allowing a monster to walk freely and attack again and again and again.

1:42.9

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:51.6

Matthias Reyes was born in Puerto Rico in 1971 and moved to New York City with his mother when he was just an infant.

1:59.5

According to an interview with a prison psychologist,

2:02.6

when he was just two years old,

2:04.2

he was sold to his own father for $400,

2:08.6

thus sent away from the only parent he knew.

2:11.7

And when he was just seven years old,

2:13.6

he claimed he was molested by two older children,

2:17.0

who, once finished, threw him into a river.

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