The “Salsa Queen” Murder

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After a night of salsa dancing on Halloween in trendy Washington DC clubs, Nori Amaya is found dead in her apartment. Security footage reveals a mysterious parade of masked and costumed suspects coming and going from her apartment building, but no suspect is identified. Who killed the Salsa Queen and why?

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0:00.0	We got to the door and they were locked.
0:09.4	My sister didn't lock her door.
0:12.0	My sister was very infamous for losing her keys and her cell phone, credit cards, all
0:17.8	those things.
0:20.0	And so she would leave her door unlocked.
0:24.9	I turned my head so that I can put my right ear to the door and it just, it felt so silent.
0:37.1	It was such a loud silence.
0:41.9	It was a loud silence of my life.
0:45.8	I was like, oh my god, this doesn't feel good.
0:50.5	There's something wrong.
0:59.0	Saturday, October 31st, 2009, is a rainy Halloween night in Washington, DC.
1:06.2	But that doesn't stop 38-year-old Noria Maya from dressing up and heading out to go salsa
1:11.3	dancing.
1:12.8	Noria is unmatched on the dance floor.
1:15.3	Her precise movements and unique style have earned her the nickname, the salsa queen.
1:21.0	Noria seems to be having a great time until about 2 a.m.
1:25.2	When she suddenly leaves the dance floor, clearly upset.
1:29.2	One friend even recalls seeing tears behind her Halloween mask.
1:33.2	Noria gets an attack and heads home alone.
1:37.5	What happens in the next two days is a real life Halloween horror story.
1:48.2	I'm your host Steve French.
1:51.2	This is Unsolved Mysteries, the salsa queen murder.
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