A crowded St. Patrick’s night in downtown Longmont, CO. After last call, Rita Gutierrez-Garcia steps into the alley west of 3’S Bar. At 3:07 a.m., her phone dials 911…and then goes silent. 

And Rita never makes it home. 

What follows is a years-long hunt through cell data, surveillance pulls, and a no-body indictment that ends only when someone finally tells detectives exactly where to look.

Source Material:

Boulder County DA — Plea & Sentencing (June 3, 2022)

9NEWS — Remains found; confession led investigators to Weld County (April 29, 2022)

9NEWS — Grand jury indicts Juan Figueroa (March 19, 2021)

Denver7 — Grand jury indictment coverage (March 19, 2021)

CBS Colorado — Three years later: vigil & case status (March 2021)

Longmont Times-Call — Early disappearance coverage (March 19, 2018)

Vigil held on the third anniversary of Rita’s disappearance (March 2021)

City of Longmont — Police Department update archive (July 19, 2019)

Colorado Bureau of Investigation — Case profile

9NEWS — Court appearance / case progress (June 2019)

The Denver Post — Early investigation coverage (April 4, 2018)

Boulder County DA — Indictment announcement (newsroom roundup page; March 2021 item)

Music Credit:

1. IMPERVIOUS

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious

License code: LUZNNGUQNGYSFZI8

2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 

3. Ojala

Music from #Uppbeat

https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-barracuda/ojala

License code: 8VVAYVMVPWRQMDWS 

4. CAN’T SLEEP

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep

License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ 

5. SOLVING THE CRIME

2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

6. DARK FOG

MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

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