Episode 181

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20th May 2025

Rey Rivera Vanished - Then Things Got Weird

On May 16, 2006, 32-year-old Rey Rivera received a phone call that sent him running out the back door of his house, not even bothering to change his shoes from his flip-flops and this would be the last time anyone saw Rey.

 

Days later, his body was discovered in a very strange place. What happened to Rey Rivera? Was it on purpose? An acccident? Or, was it a staged scene?

 

🕵️‍♀️ If you have any information regarding Rey Rivera’s case, please contact the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit at 410-396-2100.

 

00:00 Intro

02:19 About Rey

04:40 Rey Goes Missing

08:44 Rey's Car is Found

10:57 Belvedere

12:33 Parking Structure

13:13 The Hole

18:55 The Belvedere Top Down

22:21 The Parking Structure

24:02 The Money Clip

24:28 Staged Scene?

26:28 Allison Talks to the Medical Examiner

26:58 Note Taped to Computer

28:03 The Note Contents

30:08 The Game

31:06 The Phone Call

36:11 The SEC Complaint

37:46 Rey's Job Length

40:36 House Alarms

41:38 The New Detective

42:41 Someone Wants Rey's Computers

43:14 Internet Theories

45:15 A Visit to the Fremason's

45:48 The Pieces of Evidence

47:23 Status of the Case

48:29 Do You Have Information?

49:02 Theories?

 

🔗 Sources:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20200807031848/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-rey-rivera-netflix-inaccuracies-20200805-zxmiq4ppp5euxhbcm23ksgezva-story.html

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20200807031848/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-rey-rivera-netflix-inaccuracies-20200805-zxmiq4ppp5euxhbcm23ksgezva-story.html

 

https://decider.com/2020/07/01/unsolved-mysteries-netflix-rey-rivera/

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/hj7w5c/stunned_by_rey_rivera_clue_that_no_one_seems_to/

 

https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33510156/rey-rivera-case-update-computer/

 

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/unsolved-mysteries-shines-light-on-rey-riveras-death-freemason-links

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/hmsat3/rey_rivera_decoding_the_note/

 

https://vault.fbi.gov/rey-rivera/Rey%20Rivera%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/view

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