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True Crime Bullsh**

The NAMUS-45: Carla Vicentini

True Crime Bullsh**

Studio BOTH/AND

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

When a Brazilian woman taking part in an exchange program goes missing, language barriers, inconsistent stories, jurisdictional issues, and a notoriously violent city muddy the waters in her investigation.


This episode was written and researched by Shana Wilensky.
With production, editing, and additional research by Josh Hallmark.


Resources:
Search continues for Brazilian student who vanished after leaving Newark bar 4 years ago - nj.com
Thoughts & Views: Have you seen this woman? - The Observer Online
Talk of the Town (a Small Brazilian Town) - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Comissão ouve depoimento para esclarecer desaparecimento de Carla Vicentini — Senado Notícias
14 years since the disappearance of Carla Vicentini | Tribune of the Region (tribunadaregiao.com.br)
Brazilian woman still missing in the U.S. | THE WEATHER (otempo.com.br)
Commission hears testimony to clarify disappearance of Carla Vicentini — Senate News (senado.leg.br)
After Over Two Months Disappeared Brazilian Girl in the US Still Missing - brazzil
16 years ago, a Brazilian exchange student moved to America. 21 days later, she vanished. What happened to Carla? | Fatim Hemraj | NewsBreak Original
In 2006, a woman vanished after leaving a bar with an unknown man : UnresolvedMysteries (reddit.com)
Newark was one of the deadliest cities in the U.S. Now it wants to set an example on public safety reform. (yahoo.com)
With 101 Homicides, Newark Nears a Record - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The Economics of Crime: Lessons For and From Latin America (nber.org)
#27 - Carla Vicentini | MISSING (podcastcdd.com.br)
Suplemento Único ao DSF 153/2006 - Diários - Atividade Legislativa - Senado Federal
Father of missing Paraná in the U.S. accuses apartment owner | News | Tribune of Paraná (tribunapr.com.br)
Understand the case (gazetadopovo.com.br)
Single Supplement to DSF 153/2006 -Daily - Legislative Activity - Federal Senate (senado.leg.br)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a studio both and production.

0:25.2

Carla Vicentini disappeared in the early morning hours of February 10th 2006 from Newark, New Jersey. At the time of her disappearance, Carla was just 22 years old.

0:30.5

She had blonde hair and brown eyes and stood approximately 5 foot 7 and weighed between 130 and 140 pounds.

0:39.0

Her nickname was Carlina. She had multiple ear piercings, a pierced tongue, and a pierced

0:46.2

naval. She also has multiple tattoos, a red and yellow chameleon on her hip, a tribal design on her lower back, and a dark gray

0:56.3

angel with open wings on her upper back.

1:00.4

Carla was an engineering student from Brazil, who had only recently arrived in the United States.

1:06.1

Having grown up in the small agricultural city of Goyoera in Brazil,

1:10.6

Carla spoke very little English.

1:13.2

Her native language is Brazilian Portuguese.

1:16.7

Carla arrived in New Jersey on January 19th of 2006,

1:21.4

less than a month before she disappeared.

1:25.0

Some sources say that Carla was on a work exchange program.

1:30.0

Others say it was a cultural exchange program.

1:33.0

There are also reports that indicate she was an exchange student.

1:37.0

But by all accounts, Carla was in the United States on an official exchange program.

1:45.1

Finding information on who Carla was as a person is difficult due to the language barrier.

1:51.0

All her close friends and family live in Brazil and mainly speak Portuguese.

1:55.0

Some of the information we do have is from articles and interviews in Portuguese that we've run through a translator.

2:02.0

While we strive to be as accurate as possible,

2:05.0

sometimes small details can be lost in translation.

2:09.0

What we do know is this.

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