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(00:06):
Welcome to Inside the Criminal Mind podcastwhere we analyze some of the most notorious
criminal cases with psychology and criminology combined. Here's your host, doctor Carlos,
(00:30):
where a Downey man has been arrestedfor as serial killings of sex workers in
Mexico. So it looks like wehave a suspected serial killer in Downey.
Mostly a lot of serial killers willtarget sex workers are termed today it used
to be termed as prostitutes in caseyou're not familiar with the new term.
Mexican authorities are expected to seek extraditionof suspect Brian Rivera, who's thirty.
(00:55):
He was believed to be responsible forthe deaths of three sex workers in Tijuana.
They were all found dead in hotelrooms last year and arrestmoreant outlines details
the victim, he known sex worker, was found dead of strangulation in a
hotel next to the Hong Kong Gentleman'sClub after allegedly checking into the room the
night before with a suspect that identifiedas Rivera. The Mexican authorities have compared
(01:17):
the murders who that was by notoriousserial killer the subject that's criminal tendency is
associated with violent and psychopathic behaviors.You can tell strangulation means it's more violent.
Is there's something personal there? Soeither he hated their profession, hated
women, whatever it was, therewas a level of hatred there. The
suspect's sister told dy witness Knews shefound it hard to believe her brother could
(01:38):
have committed these crimes. This isvery common, especially if he's a psychopath,
which my leaning could be there.I don't know. I don't have
enough information here, but it's possible, she said he would. I would
have never thought he would commit acrime of any sort. He's pretty much
a nice guy's reserved and quiet.He remains in Cussoy while Mexico files it's
(01:59):
expedition expected extradition request. So,however, as you dig a little deeper,
you find some interesting things. TheCalifornia mnan accused of killing these three
women had an unusual relationship with hismother. In fact, he would have
often sleep with her in the samebed. Brand Ryan Rivera is arrested at
(02:19):
his parents home. The La Countyman has only been charged into connection to
one murder, but faces three countsbecause of a similar patterns that he had
in each one. Of those.The Attorney General Baja Mexico described him as
a serial killer, which is obviouslypossible if all three are connected, and
maybe they caught him before you getany further, or maybe there's other victims
(02:39):
unfortunately out there. Rivera's parents thatthere in disbelief over their son's arrest.
It takes ours to our doctor's appointments, to the supermarket. They don't realize
if he is a psychopath, that'scan be normal. Psychopaths tend to be
charming, manipulative. They have noempathy or very little empathy, depending who
(03:00):
you're talking to. Now they've changed. Everything's on a degree anyway. They
lack typically lack commitment issues. They'llhave commitment issues either relationships or employment.
They'll tend to be going from onejob to another. They also lack emotions.
They tend to be callous, unemotional. We're not getting that. So
(03:23):
I'm not sure if he got somethingelse for taking them to the doctor's appointments
or supermarket, if that was inregards to the trade for living there or
food. I don't know. Hemay not be a psychopath. He could
be what subwhat term a sociopath.There's a debate for that, which means
he has a little bit more empathy. He's a little bit more of a
degree there to that. We don'thave enough information to diagnose either one of
(03:44):
them. Rivera allegedly again met thewomen at the Hong Kong Hong Kong Gentleman's
Club, a popular strip club inTijuana, before I'm brutally murdering them.
One of the victims was twenty yearsold who worked at the bar for about
five months and was killed in theroom. There are security footages shows Rivera
heading to a hotel room with aroom with a woman he's accused of killing.
(04:05):
On the night of the murder,the victim texted her mother that she
was accompanied a client to a roomin Hotel Cascados for thirty minutes. Security
cameras caught a man and Flora's togetherbefore entering the room. According to the
criminal complaint, three employees at thebar described the man as having an acne,
scarred face and a mole on theleft side of his nose. When
she did not return, her boyfriendwent to the bar to look for and
(04:26):
a colleague said she had seen Flora'swith a male client with a light brown
complexion. The woman added she knewthe victim's client as Bryant Rivera, that
he was a good ingo. Flora'smother and boyfriend rented the reception for answers
when they discovered that a woman hadbeen found dead in room four h four.
The next day, Rivera returned tothe US by foot, passing through
the sanduel See Little port of entry. Just three weeks later, Rivera allegedly
(04:48):
murdered another dancer he met at theHong Kong Gentleman's Club as well, Elizabeth
Martina Segato. She was found deadon Valentine's Day with an American, Allegedly
Rivera heard ball. It was foundin February seventeenth in the back of an
abandoned truck with obvious signs of violence. Now is this where we look at
a organized killer? So now he'strying to hide the body. He's quite
(05:10):
aware of what he's doing. Theviolence. They didn't really get into details.
We would have helped a little bit, But what they did find was
she was thought to be a regularclient of Rivera, though, and it
was allegedly strangled and beaten to death. So again very personal, very angry,
not sure why what triggered him.We'll find out once they started interrogating
him. Her body was found dayslater. This is another one stuffed in
(05:34):
a trash ben for more than ayear. The victams families grieved their loss
by the suspect evaded custody. TheUS understands the Mexico man additional charges when
it submits the formal request. Sothere it is, folks, we have
a serial killer. We'll learn moreabout his behaviors and his analysis or the
analysis of it, and see what'sgoing on with this case. If I
(05:58):
get any more details over the courseof the weeks, will break it down
some more.
Welcome to Inside the Criminal Mind podcastwhere we analyze some of the most notorious
criminal cases with psychology and criminology combined. Here's your host, doctor Carlos,
(00:30):
where a Downey man has been arrestedfor as serial killings of sex workers in
Mexico. So it looks like wehave a suspected serial killer in Downey.
Mostly a lot of serial killers willtarget sex workers are termed today it used
to be termed as prostitutes in caseyou're not familiar with the new term.
Mexican authorities are expected to seek extraditionof suspect Brian Rivera, who's thirty.
(00:55):
He was believed to be responsible forthe deaths of three sex workers in Tijuana.
They were all found dead in hotelrooms last year and arrestmoreant outlines details
the victim, he known sex worker, was found dead of strangulation in a
hotel next to the Hong Kong Gentleman'sClub after allegedly checking into the room the
night before with a suspect that identifiedas Rivera. The Mexican authorities have compared
(01:17):
the murders who that was by notoriousserial killer the subject that's criminal tendency is
associated with violent and psychopathic behaviors.You can tell strangulation means it's more violent.
Is there's something personal there? Soeither he hated their profession, hated
women, whatever it was, therewas a level of hatred there. The
suspect's sister told dy witness Knews shefound it hard to believe her brother could
(01:38):
have committed these crimes. This isvery common, especially if he's a psychopath,
which my leaning could be there.I don't know. I don't have
enough information here, but it's possible, she said he would. I would
have never thought he would commit acrime of any sort. He's pretty much
a nice guy's reserved and quiet.He remains in Cussoy while Mexico files it's
(01:59):
expedition expected extradition request. So,however, as you dig a little deeper,
you find some interesting things. TheCalifornia mnan accused of killing these three
women had an unusual relationship with hismother. In fact, he would have
often sleep with her in the samebed. Brand Ryan Rivera is arrested at
(02:19):
his parents home. The La Countyman has only been charged into connection to
one murder, but faces three countsbecause of a similar patterns that he had
in each one. Of those.The Attorney General Baja Mexico described him as
a serial killer, which is obviouslypossible if all three are connected, and
maybe they caught him before you getany further, or maybe there's other victims
(02:39):
unfortunately out there. Rivera's parents thatthere in disbelief over their son's arrest.
It takes ours to our doctor's appointments, to the supermarket. They don't realize
if he is a psychopath, that'scan be normal. Psychopaths tend to be
charming, manipulative. They have noempathy or very little empathy, depending who
(03:00):
you're talking to. Now they've changed. Everything's on a degree anyway. They
lack typically lack commitment issues. They'llhave commitment issues either relationships or employment.
They'll tend to be going from onejob to another. They also lack emotions.
They tend to be callous, unemotional. We're not getting that. So
(03:23):
I'm not sure if he got somethingelse for taking them to the doctor's appointments
or supermarket, if that was inregards to the trade for living there or
food. I don't know. Hemay not be a psychopath. He could
be what subwhat term a sociopath.There's a debate for that, which means
he has a little bit more empathy. He's a little bit more of a
degree there to that. We don'thave enough information to diagnose either one of
(03:44):
them. Rivera allegedly again met thewomen at the Hong Kong Hong Kong Gentleman's
Club, a popular strip club inTijuana, before I'm brutally murdering them.
One of the victims was twenty yearsold who worked at the bar for about
five months and was killed in theroom. There are security footages shows Rivera
heading to a hotel room with aroom with a woman he's accused of killing.
(04:05):
On the night of the murder,the victim texted her mother that she
was accompanied a client to a roomin Hotel Cascados for thirty minutes. Security
cameras caught a man and Flora's togetherbefore entering the room. According to the
criminal complaint, three employees at thebar described the man as having an acne,
scarred face and a mole on theleft side of his nose. When
she did not return, her boyfriendwent to the bar to look for and
(04:26):
a colleague said she had seen Flora'swith a male client with a light brown
complexion. The woman added she knewthe victim's client as Bryant Rivera, that
he was a good ingo. Flora'smother and boyfriend rented the reception for answers
when they discovered that a woman hadbeen found dead in room four h four.
The next day, Rivera returned tothe US by foot, passing through
the sanduel See Little port of entry. Just three weeks later, Rivera allegedly
(04:48):
murdered another dancer he met at theHong Kong Gentleman's Club as well, Elizabeth
Martina Segato. She was found deadon Valentine's Day with an American, Allegedly
Rivera heard ball. It was foundin February seventeenth in the back of an
abandoned truck with obvious signs of violence. Now is this where we look at
a organized killer? So now he'strying to hide the body. He's quite
(05:10):
aware of what he's doing. Theviolence. They didn't really get into details.
We would have helped a little bit, But what they did find was
she was thought to be a regularclient of Rivera, though, and it
was allegedly strangled and beaten to death. So again very personal, very angry,
not sure why what triggered him.We'll find out once they started interrogating
him. Her body was found dayslater. This is another one stuffed in
(05:34):
a trash ben for more than ayear. The victams families grieved their loss
by the suspect evaded custody. TheUS understands the Mexico man additional charges when
it submits the formal request. Sothere it is, folks, we have
a serial killer. We'll learn moreabout his behaviors and his analysis or the
analysis of it, and see what'sgoing on with this case. If I
(05:58):
get any more details over the courseof the weeks, will break it down
some more.
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