She Tried to Leave Him. Then She Disappeared: The Cases of Senovia Medina & Cecilia Huerta Gallego

She Tried to Leave Him. Then She Disappeared: The Cases of Senovia Medina & Cecilia Huerta Gallego

October 23, 2025 · 39 min

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Arlene and Leah explore the tragic disappearances of Senovia Medina and Cecilia Huerta Gallegos, highlighting the evidence and family dynamics involved in their cases.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arlene and Leah uncover the tragic cases of Senovia Medina, a young mother who fled civil war in El Salvador only to vanish in Houston in 2006 — her boyfriend later convicted of her murder, though her body was never found — and Cecilia Huerta Gallegos, a San Antonio nurse and mother of four who told her sister, “If anything happens to me, look at my husband,” before disappearing in 2019. Join us as we trace the evidence, the contradictions, and the fami...

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