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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Who killed little Isabel Celis?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Tucson police confirmed a body found in a remote area last month was Isabel Celis, the girl snatched from her bed and missing for the past five years. The break in the case was not "happenstance," according to the police chief, but he wouldn't give details about how the child's remains were found. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the dramatic developments in the case, which Nancy has covered closely for years.

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together.

0:22.4

Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to

0:28.3

your favorite podcast.

0:37.2

It was Saturday morning when the family says they discovered the six-year-old missing from

0:41.2

her bedroom, a window open, and screen detached.

0:44.6

Hello, I need to report a missing child. I believe she was adopted from my house.

0:49.3

The father Sergio, who appeared so calm on his 911 call, told police that he fell asleep on the

0:55.4

couch watching a pre-recorded baseball game. This is crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:01.8

Detectives write about a witness telling them that a guy who was staying with the family

1:06.4

owes someone a lot of money and that's why she was taken.

1:09.8

Please, please, to the person or persons who have these habits, tell us your demands,

1:18.4

tell us what you want. Law enforcement experts say it is statistically likely someone

1:23.7

known to the family is involved.

1:27.9

I got the news in the last 72 hours that a little girl that I had helped search for

1:35.6

days and days, weeks on end, sent my staff to investigate,

1:41.9

prayed, covered, questioned. I got word that her body was found.

1:49.9

Well, I'm sure it's skeletonized now. This is crime stories. I'm Nancy Grace, and

1:57.5

it's now been 72 hours since I learned that Isabelle Celice is dead.

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