The tattoo artist who preserved a face in brine

The tattoo artist who preserved a face in brine: The murder of Emilce An 18-year-old young woman enters a chalet in Madrid looking for tranquilizers. Hours later, her face floats in a container with preservative. The killer calls his ex-girlfriend to help him clean up the blood. How did an ordinary night turn into the most disturbing case of 2019? In this episode, we explore the chain of decisions that led Leonardo Valencia Jaramillo to sedate, strangle, and dismember Emilce, and how Celia went from being a victim of his abuse to an accomplice in three hours. Leonardo's messages asking for silence, the recordings from the supermarket where they bought a shovel and gloves, and the question that haunts the investigation: was it really a fit of rage or a premeditated fantasy? Victim: Emilce (18 years old) Date: October 15-16, 2019 Location: Valdemoro, Madrid, Spain Status: Ongoing trial; Leonardo in provisional detention without bail - Leonardo Valencia Jaramillo sedated Emilce with Rivotril without her consent before strangling her with a cable and his arm. - Celia received a confessional call at 4:20 PM and, for three hours, bought cleaning materials, gloves, and bags with the killer. - Supermarket cameras recorded them together at 7:11 PM buying products to eliminate evidence. - Leonardo was intercepted in public pushing a shopping cart containing human remains and fragments of the victim. Emilce, Valdemoro Madrid murder, 2019, dismemberment, autopsy, criminal cartel, forensic investigation, criminal minds, cover-up, homicide, Spanish true crime 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