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The Suitcase, The Mother, The Fugitive.
A landlord opened a rented room in Medellín to a terrible smell, only to find a suitcase containing the body of twenty-year-old Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio. The man who rented the room was already gone, leaving behind a three-year-old girl and a chilling warning from Laura: "if anything happens to me, do not let Jessie near my daughter." How did a Canadian man isolate a young mother and vanish across three continents before her body was found?
In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio, a young mother from Medellín, and the international manhunt for Jess Gilbert Wisman. We explore the subtle signs of trouble leading up to her disappearance and the critical gap between family fears and legal action. What pattern of control and distance emerged in the weeks before Laura vanished?
Case: Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2024
Victim Age: 20 years old
Suspect: Jess Gilbert Wisman
- On February 10, 2024, Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio's body was found in a suitcase in a rented room in Medellín.
- Laura was last seen alive on January 31, 2024, by her grandfather, Fernando Osorio.
- Her three-year-old daughter, María Camila, was left with family before Laura's disappearance.
- Jess Gilbert Wisman, a Canadian national, approximately fifty years old, left Colombia on February 8, 2024, flying to Guatemala and then towards Europe.
- Laura's mother, Gloria, filed a missing persons report on February 2, 2024.
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OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
A landlord opened a rented room in Medellín to a terrible smell, only to find a suitcase containing the body of twenty-year-old Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio. The man who rented the room was already gone, leaving behind a three-year-old girl and a chilling warning from Laura: "if anything happens to me, do not let Jessie near my daughter." How did a Canadian man isolate a young mother and vanish across three continents before her body was found?
In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio, a young mother from Medellín, and the international manhunt for Jess Gilbert Wisman. We explore the subtle signs of trouble leading up to her disappearance and the critical gap between family fears and legal action. What pattern of control and distance emerged in the weeks before Laura vanished?
Case: Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2024
Victim Age: 20 years old
Suspect: Jess Gilbert Wisman
- On February 10, 2024, Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio's body was found in a suitcase in a rented room in Medellín.
- Laura was last seen alive on January 31, 2024, by her grandfather, Fernando Osorio.
- Her three-year-old daughter, María Camila, was left with family before Laura's disappearance.
- Jess Gilbert Wisman, a Canadian national, approximately fifty years old, left Colombia on February 8, 2024, flying to Guatemala and then towards Europe.
- Laura's mother, Gloria, filed a missing persons report on February 2, 2024.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
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A landlord opened a rented room in Medellín to a terrible smell, only to find a suitcase containing the body of twenty-year-old Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio. The man who rented the room was already gone, leaving behind a three-year-old girl and a chilling warning from Laura: "if anything happens to me, do not let Jessie near my daughter." How did a Canadian man isolate a young mother and vanish across three continents before her body was found?
In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio, a young mother from Medellín, and the international manhunt for Jess Gilbert Wisman. We explore the subtle signs of trouble leading up to her disappearance and the critical gap between family fears and legal action. What pattern of control and distance emerged in the weeks before Laura vanished?
Case: Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2024
Victim Age: 20 years old
Suspect: Jess Gilbert Wisman
- On February 10, 2024, Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio's body was found in a suitcase in a rented room in Medellín.
- Laura was last seen alive on January 31, 2024, by her grandfather, Fernando Osorio.
- Her three-year-old daughter, María Camila, was left with family before Laura's disappearance.
- Jess Gilbert Wisman, a Canadian national, approximately fifty years old, left Colombia on February 8, 2024, flying to Guatemala and then towards Europe.
- Laura's mother, Gloria, filed a missing persons report on February 2, 2024.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
A landlord opened a rented room in Medellín to a terrible smell, only to find a suitcase containing the body of twenty-year-old Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio. The man who rented the room was already gone, leaving behind a three-year-old girl and a chilling warning from Laura: "if anything happens to me, do not let Jessie near my daughter." How did a Canadian man isolate a young mother and vanish across three continents before her body was found?
In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio, a young mother from Medellín, and the international manhunt for Jess Gilbert Wisman. We explore the subtle signs of trouble leading up to her disappearance and the critical gap between family fears and legal action. What pattern of control and distance emerged in the weeks before Laura vanished?
Case: Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2024
Victim Age: 20 years old
Suspect: Jess Gilbert Wisman
- On February 10, 2024, Laura Isabel Lopera Osorio's body was found in a suitcase in a rented room in Medellín.
- Laura was last seen alive on January 31, 2024, by her grandfather, Fernando Osorio.
- Her three-year-old daughter, María Camila, was left with family before Laura's disappearance.
- Jess Gilbert Wisman, a Canadian national, approximately fifty years old, left Colombia on February 8, 2024, flying to Guatemala and then towards Europe.
- Laura's mother, Gloria, filed a missing persons report on February 2, 2024.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie