Claudia Gutierrez

…A couple of weeks went by. No sign of Victor. And then, Claudia told the jury, she got a phone call. It was him. He wanted to talk. And he needed money. He gave his mother his location, and she agreed to meet him, somewhere on the street. By that point, she must have learned that Daisy had been murdered. Because when she met up with her son, she asked him,…

…Again, no reply. It wasn't totally unusual for him not to come home. He sometimes slept on the streets or stayed in motels. But after a couple nights passed and Claudia still hadn't seen or heard from Victor, she started to become worried. She went to her local police station and filed a missing persons report. It was February 25th, 2021, just two days afte…

…This episode discusses intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Please listen with care. On April 27th, 2022, Claudia Gutierrez took the stand at her son's murder trial. She recounted how, about a year and a half earlier, Victor had gone missing. After he didn't come home one night, she tried texting him. There was no reply. Then she texted Daisy. She…