In this horror story, we're going to listen to a true crime case originally published on another one of our podcast that is merging with this one.

So if you've already listened to it, thank you.

We'll be back with more paranormal, creepy episodes in the next one, with the occasional true crime topic depending on your feedback.

Here we go.

At 64, Maria de la Luz-Gonzales-Ayalla was starting to feel her age.

She took pride in keeping her home in Ciudade Mexico clean, but it was getting difficult.

She needed help. Her kids were long out of the home now, and she was mostly by herself.

She needed to hire help.

And there was this woman who walked through her street offering her cleaning services,

so she figured she would wait for her on that specific day.

They met, and she accepted her services.

When the cleaning lady was finally done, she told Maria that she needed more money.

Her house was dirtier than normal and it took more work.

But Maria couldn't believe what the woman was saying.

In anger, she offered the woman even less money than before.

The woman flew into a rage.

She started insulting Maria.

Things escalated into a fight, and soon, this lady started beating her. The woman was too strong, and within minutes Maria found herself being strangled.

Some hours went by, and Maria's son stopped by to visit her. The door was open and he knew something was wrong.

He ran inside and found his mother, lifeless, slumped over a chair.

He called the police and they immediately closed off the scene.

Other than Maria's missing money and one fingerprint, they had nothing. It was the first of what turned out to be a series of elderly women being reported dead around Mexico City.

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