In September 2018, the discovery of multiple bodies along a remote stretch of road in Laredo, Texas, exposed a chilling truth: the killer was a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Juan David Ortiz, a veteran law enforcement officer, was responsible for the murders of several women over the course of just two weeks.

In this episode of Coffee Meets Murder, we examine Ortiz’s background, the timeline of the killings, and the investigation that led to his arrest after a tense citywide manhunt. We also explore how authority, access, and opportunity allowed the crimes to escalate so quickly—and the questions the case raised about oversight, accountability, and public trust.

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In the late 1970s, fear crept into the hills overlooking Los Angeles. Young women were disappearing—only to be found later, discarded along quiet slopes and shadowed roads. The media would come to know the killers as The Hillside Stranglers, but behind the headline was a far more disturbing truth: two men, bound by manipulation, violence, and a shared hunger for control.

In this episode of Coffee Meets Murder, we unravel the crimes of Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi—examining their partnership, their victims, and the investigative failures that allowed the murders to continue. From calculated abductions to chilling confessions, this is the story of how terror hid in plain sight… and how the hills became a dumping ground for unimaginable cruelty.

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In 1983, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished after a music lesson inside Vatican City. Decades later, her disappearance remains one of the most mysterious and controversial cases in the world.

In this episode, Coffee Meets Murder explores the key events, theories, and unanswered questions that still surround Emanuela’s fate.

In 1993, a disgruntled ex-employee walked into a Colorado Chuck E. Cheese after closing time and turned a family friendly restaurant into a scene of horror. This episode dives into the life of Nathan Dunlap, the massacre that left four employee s

dead, the lone survivor who escaped, and the decades long fight over his death sentence. A chilling look at vengeance, tragedy, and the night everything changed.

The chilling story of Harold Perelson, a doctor whose life ended in a shocking act of family violence. Episode One of Coffee Meets Murder explores what went wrong behind closed doors.