Tragic tale, obviously, but your brilliant research, images, and impeccable voice catapult your listeners to that place and time. We are there... Have a Marvellous Monday!!!
Yes,tragic indeed .Pity the young man ,his brilliant career to be cut short .Well ,familiarity breds contempt they say ,very true .Thank you for every thing .Superb .BC ..
He took a beautiful woman’s life He had his life and being released after serving only 13 years If he was telling the truth and he struck her and she was injured he should take her to hospital but he did not do that He went on to have a life after taking hers away Very very sad
We read of people consumed with passion and jealousy, and laugh at the melodramatic portrayals in silent movies, but there are people like that. Rene never realized that it was all in his own head. He lost every advantage life had given him because he couldn't control his emotions.
He didn't need to murder her!!! He deserves everything he got except to be pardoned! She was young and beautiful, yes, but for her with no education, I'm sure it was hard. He was a narcissistic creep. To start to dismember her when she wasn't even dead and then killed her. I really got into this situation. Thank you Brief Case for another incredible episode!!!!
I completely agree. The shaming of her character as "asking money for makeup" and not wanting her to talk to other people too much sounded more like over controlling victim shaming to me. Make up was her job. She was well known already for being outgoing, but there was nothing to say she was seeing other men. He comes across to me as an over controlling male who even controlled communication with her family. His next wife was too meek to say boo to a ghost is my guess. He is entirely guilty. Oh, and whether or not he performed well as a student was ENTIRELY up to him and no one else. Definitely not her.
Obsessive love is as detrimental as indifferent love and more dangerous. Sadly, Celia missed all the danger signs. Thank you for the story Brief Case. I just love your writing style and your gift for descriptive narration. It evokes times and images and I can visualize events and places as you describe them. Wonderful talent.
@@cruisepaige @cruisepaige - I did not blame her. I said she missed the danger signs and she did. The man was always checking up on her, questioning her about where she'd been, getting angry if he saw her talking to someone. Bad signs, then and now and a woman need not be literate to sense it.
@@luciebrisson5881Says a modern American or Western European woman. 🙄 What exactly do you believe was atypical about a Cuban man asserting complete dominance over a woman in those and most days? Good Lord, crack a book.
@@artfuldodger96 Anyone who thinks it was typical in the late 1930s for Cuban men to every day check up on their working girlfriend or wife at work by phone or unexpected visits and to question them relentlessly about their whereabouts and meetings needs to crack a history book. Sick, obsessive men did that, not typical Cuban men.
@@cruisepaige Bloody hell! Your reply is a perfect example of how people read into something that isn't even there!! The OP NEVER wrote - whether directly or by implication or inference - that Celia was to blame in any way!!!! 🙈 Read again what was originally written!!!!
It's such a frustrating shame that certain people are so overcome with jealousy that they can't even enjoy good things when they have them? Jealousy is such a awful toxic thing that affects every little thing around it.. i wish it wasn't common and that more people could be mature, level headed and supportive of other people's happiness. Instead of being so self centered with jealousy that it ruins anything around them...
Jealousy plus the stupid idea that once on a relationship the partner must give up everything and live only for you. No one can be happy focussing on one person all the time. We all need friends, family and a life outside of the home. He seemed to be an absolutely stifling person. Giving up med school was also a stupid idea. If he really loved her and wanted them to have a life together, he would have completed his education and also would have insisted that she become literate.
If You Find Yourself CONSTANTLY Arguing With Your Mate, Maybe It's Time You Part Your Ways - BEFORE Someone Gets Hurt. It's Sad There Are Those Who Find That Out Too Late.
And if she would have been ugly, his actions would have been Okay??? I hate this sentence . . . She was beautiful . . . Normal people or ugly people deserve justice too . . .
@@nodarlingart I agree with what you say … but in fairness it seems to be something people say “she was beautiful “ “he’d give you the shirt off his back” etc
13 years served for murder? He got to remarry and have children? He then led a fairly normal life? After killing another human being and denying her a future. Pathetic. Great episode though! 😊
I went on the internet to find more pictures of this beautiful woman and cannot find even one mention of the case. Your research is phenomenal! And the case was very interesting!
I wonder why René's wealthy family did not help the young couple? Annoyed by their son's choices, no doubt, but they could have taken her into the family, helped with her education and so forth.
Yes, it would have been nice for them to do that, but I don't think his parents should have any blame in this. It's not the parents' job to take care of their son's girlfriend... I could see it more for a wife... maybe... but a girlfriend?
His parents were probably appalled by his poor choices, particularly leaving medical school, let alone “shacking up” (or “living in sin,” as they used to say) with a girl who came from nowhere with nothing. He may not have even bothered to ask them for help, knowing what they would say. The bigger question for me is, why didn’t he just walk away? I guess I don’t understand the kind of lust that drives such extreme obsession and jealousy. They were both gorgeous looking young people. May she rest in peace. Him? Meh…he essentially got away with murder; 13 years in prison is hardly a proper sentence for murdering someone and then discarding their body parts in a sewer.
Oh dear, it is a burden to be beautiful and she certainly was beautiful. What an horrific end for this poor girl. Thank you for these cases and making sure she is not forgotten ❤️
I had an exceedingly pretty ex-girlfriend, so I can understand the struggles of Celia's boyfriend. It is terrifying to fall out of favor and be shunned. It hurts... However, there cannot be a blooming relationship without trust in yourself and trust in the other. He massacred a woman already loyal to him, on the basis that she wanted to feel beautiful, no matter how trivial the occasion... Stupidity truly is criminal.
@nozoto Your words are true, it always hurts to lose in love no matter what you look like. I have had very handsome boyfriends, I'm not beautiful, but had personality. Now I'm old and past relationships, my last partner died of brain cancer and that was it for me. You are young I'm sure and probably have happiness, the problem is he wanted his cake and eat it. Thank you for giving a male prospective
Being attractive certainly does have its problems....number one being that you "attract" all sorts of people. My husband turned out to be entirely shallow, caring only for appearances. At 61, I discovered that he has been cheating for years, spending all of our money on other women. Sadly, I only discovered this after the bank took back our house (he had not been paying the mortgage which was his responsibility while I paid the utilities, food, taxes, etc). Now I have nothing.
@@leanie5234 I am sorry to learn about that, men and women alike can be so cruel and selfish 😢 I do hope your moments of happiness manage to outshine the poorness
@@nozoto I am considered attractive...not me saying just genetics..all I have had is people knocking me and hurting me...I think to keep me down... and it worked ...
Often in these stories a woman will be be described as beautiful, and one has to think beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, but in this case, Celia truly was beautiful. In this case beauty really was a curse.
Wow! Celia was so very beautiful!! How tragic that she ended up with an arrogant green eyed monster. Thank you again for such a great story. I LOVE your work!! 😊❤
There are 2 channels that are a must view every week for me. "Brief Case" and "Eerie Edinburgh". The way in which they take you on a rich and winding path ofhistory, tragedy, mystery and madness, is brilliant. Another fabulously narrated tale B.C. Thank you.
1. You were going to regret giving up medical school no matter what! So you have no right to blame it on her! 2. Shc was a flirt, flirting is an art. Just because she flirted doesn't mean she was unfaithful and even if she was unfaithful, she doesn't deserve to die for that! You literally threw your life away, what a shame!
@@moondancer4660 Then that’s your personal boundaries. The majority of people however, don’t like it when their spouses openly flirt with other people.
to people this jealous just saying good morning to some one else is seen as flirting, it`s just using a word to try to excuse their behaviour and their own failings @@destinyclark4133
I love listening to the historical backdrops of some of these Brief Cases. It can explain some of the reasons things like this happen. He was so obsessed with her that he killed and dismembered her... Couple that with the fact that he had regrets about leaving his medical studies to be with her, and discovering she too had obsessions with makeup. He probably couldn't keep up with her purchases. They were a beautiful looking couple. So sad it ended like that.
Such Beautiful young people, if only their paths had never crossed. BUT however handsome and intelligent he was, 13 years incarnation wasn't long enough, and as for being allowed to marry whilst serving his sentence......he Did have the option of just leaving Celia....😢😞🙏🏼❤️⚖️
Jailessy is not about love. It's about power and control. It's pure possessiveness. Every woman is just an object - his property for such a narcissistic man. He would have done it to any woman. He should have never met a woman.
I love that you've provided the historical background of Cuba and your very accurate pronunciation of Spanish names. Amazing work as always. Keep it up!
They were both beautiful people. He could have just left her, found someone else and went back to medical school. I have never understood why people resort to murder!!?? 🤔 I was married for a year to a man that I am sure was cheating on me. I also think he did drugs and drank. I did not do any of that. I kicked him out, got a divorce and never looked back. If I had chose to kill him I would have just ruined my own life!! Not worth it!!
Technically he could've gone back to medical school. However at that point he was living in the ghetto and for this reason he wouldn't have fit in with most medical school students. Nor could he truly identify as nouveau riche because his background was privileged. He was in a peculiar and tragic socioeconomic limbo. Once he got sidetracked it was bound to have permanent repercussions one way or another.
FYI if you're in a similar awkward position, you might consider becoming a photographer. Artistic careers are tolerant of unconventionality of every kind and have minimal inherent class associations. Individual artists can imbue their work with their own unique viewpoint. Photography requires very little formal training and you can immediately produce marketable work in the field.
@@charmaynebruce6215 Had he attempted to return to medical school, the other students would've been snobbish towards HIM because of his neighborhood. Which would've been disorienting because he had the exact same upbringing and wouldn't know how to function as an outsider to their class. What I'm saying his he needed to just give up on fitting back into the class system AT ALL and joined a Gypsy caravan.
@@charmaynebruce6215 My paternal relatives were once aristocrats by the standards of a working-class European country. When they emigrated to America one of them sold Roman Empire ruins for a living. It appealed to his nostalgia about his noble heritage without requiring him to retain any practical benefit from it. Then I have a distant relative from a noble family which is still considered rich and important TODAY and he went to Oxford and whatnot. But his dad's this crazy guy who threw his wife and kids out of the house and made them live in their car. So his socioeconomic status is very incongruent. And he became a photographer.
I was involved with a man who hated the fact that I wear makeup,nice clothes and shoes,it made him act ridiculous,dispite the fact thats exactly how he met me...He ended up trying to take my like one night,all because I like girly things.I never couldve dreamed up something so bizarre as being mad to the point of violence and trying or killing another because of lipgloss and eyeshadow,smh.Ohhh andI forgot to mention me styling my hair,he cut the cord on my curling iron once
Yeah her flirting with every man she came across ,most likely sleeping with half of Cuba, while in a relationship with someone who gave up everything like status , family ,wealth , dreams and career . She was uneducated and was using him , everyone has a breaking point and she found his ,someone always defending a slut
Bro! We rarely get any cases from Cuba and you cane up with a doozy! And she has this classic timeless beauty that you've shared with us in that gorgeous photo. Heinous senseless crime but you've told it well. Thanks
The disgusting nature of the case make it hard for me to celebrate the fact that this is a landmark example of offender reform. Ultimately, he seems to have paid for his crime in realizing he never could. His post prison demeanor suggests he was haunted in some way. I'm torn between two conclusions. Congratulations on rehabilitating yourself to become a useful member of society. Suffer bastard. You know you deserve to.
@@BriefCaseOfficial it sure has been. It's like summer never ended. We have another week of hot, humid weather for the rest of the week. Then, Fall weather will hit HARD lol.
Good morning, He is truly blaming the victim for the decisions he made on his own. It sounds to me as if she never asked him to leave school, and he chose to live in a poor area, even though he came from a respectable family who had money. Rene was so obsessed with her that in a strange way it drove him to the point of killing her. It’s almost as if he blames her beauty as an excuse to kill her. She was absolutely stunning. He was quite handsome himself. If his insecurities didn’t get in the way, I think the story would’ve had a much better ending. R.I.P. Celia 🇨🇺 🙏🏽🙏🏽🇨🇺 Thank you for another great mystery. Have a wonderful week. Bless 🇬🇧
I assume that he was not good enough to finish the study and blamed it on her. Narcissists love to have an excuse for their fauts. It's always the victims' fault - no matter what....
A bright good morning. Been years since I was able to be here this early. Settling in for another unique and engaging story. Appreciate your quality and dedication Brief Case.
Beautiful women suffer so much at the hands of those who are jealous. To this day, we hear of the murders of women at the hands of those who "love" them. Love isn't death...also, they "love" women to death. Why? Why kill someone because you love them? I'm sorry, if that's how you express your feelings please don't love me. I prefer loneliness.
Excuse her infidelity, wich there is no doubt she was cheating do you think she told him she was gonna flirt with every man she come across ,she knew what he gave up and she knew her behavior was driving him crazy but she needed a place to live , he should have got a medal
Forgive me if I’m not sympathetic to the latest victimhood classification. Beautiful woman are now the latest class of “victims”.😂 Everyone wants to be a victim today.
Hello!!! This was a very interesting case. He couldn't except that she was a beautiful girl.He wanted no one to look at her. Why does this drive some men crazy??? It sure did him...Great Video!!!...🦋
Excellent job my man! With your well placed visuals and just enough historical background that you provide is really setting your channel apart. This was a great segment.
I hate men like this, the neighbours too! As if being vain, a flirt or illiterate means he had no choice but to murder her. He's pathetic and didn't even get punished adequately.
Monday evening and can now watch and listen to BC. Thankyou for yet another brilliant story how you find all these facts amazes me.... keep them coming x
I look forward to seeing your uploads always. I know it's daft but it's sometimes more shocking when you hear about murder way back when. It's just as gruesome, if not more than the stories you hear about today. The best thing about this channel is you're guaranteed to hear of crimes you hadn't before!! Brilliant as always 👏👍 thanks BC 👍
Brief Case, Love your channel. Plus take your time doing these please. Your fans can wait. Sounds like you have a bit of a cold and or a bit-tired Thanks so much for your crime videos that take us back in time. ❤❤
What a tragic tale. He became obsessed with the beautiful girl. He was handsome too. She probably thought at first that she got lucky. He turned out to be a monster. He obviously never got over his crime. I hope her face haunted him all the days of his life
Good morning Brief Case. Well jealousy, and resentment unfortunately took the life of one and ruined the life of the other in this case. A very sad story that is only one of many throughout the world, crimes against women. Thank you Brief Case for telling it, and I hope you have an amazing week.
What a wonderfully researched video. I'm really impressed. Let me add, Celia was an absolutely stunning woman. How sad that her life ended so soon. Of all the men she had to meet, she ended up meeting her murderer. Sometimes we are born under a tragic star.
This was truly a sad and horrific case of plain jealousy that has no place in a relationship, period! Even though this tragedy happened decades ago these incidents still happen today in 2023, unfortunately. Great investigating, presentation, historical information, backstory, and photos, as always.
People, who are abusive outside of prison, often have excellent, peaceful records inside. No one they can bully. 13 years for murdering a woman he had been abusing for years, with no repercussions, lovely. You are so good!, BC, thank you!
💯💯💯 - Still young enough to murder the next one when he gets aut.... An abuser stays an abuser. It's a pattern that does not change. I smell narcissism, and the judges are crazy.
Another great video, Brief Case. I appreciate the excellent research, time and hard work you take to bring these old cases, most I’ve never heard of, to us each week. I always look forward to the next video, thank you very much.
Every video you make is absolutely brilliant!!! I truly feel like I know the people,your narrative is superb,thank you for such impeccably done stories!
😪 🌹Celia was quite stunning and Renee as well. Renee's jealousy was toxic as cancer. It slowly starts by controlling Celia wearing less makeup, so not to attract any other possible suitors, that might take Celia away. She was so innocent and loved Renee, that she probably thought his jealousy would go away.. 😢 Unfortunately, what left, was her life.. Why didn't Renee get the death penalty Briefcase? I guess it was considered a crime of passion. Women/men, I don't care how sexy or gifted he or she is, any sign of jealousy, and trying to control your whereabouts, attire, and who's with you, is a sign to sit down, and talk.. Try to manage it and seek outside help, before it gets out of hand. Can't be managed, then it's time to leave ASAP! Find a place that will help, house and protect you and your location. Very importantly, if your partner was ever physically violent to you, report the incident to the police, have it documented. 💼Briefcase, thank for the story.
As ever romantic delusions, obsessiveness and insecurity make for an often mortal cocktail. At least, that miserable felt genuinely guilty until his last breath and didn't fall back on criminality despite of Cuba's tumultuous years... In a way, he physically left the prison but the prison never left his mind.
This is such a shame. He was obviously too in love to drop out of medical school. Had this been another situation, imagine the Beautiful children they would have had.
Its chilling how human behaviour never changes. Crimes of passion. As they are called still play out today in the same horific way. Nought so strange as folk. Human emotions are a canny thing. Great images and nuration.
I the end he started to believe the excuse himself because the alternative was unacceptable for the narcissist (that he is really not up to it).@@katarinatibai8396
The couple was incompatible this way. She was unaccustomed to educated people and probably did somehow pressure him into dropping out of medical school. He grew weary of living in the ghetto and came to value his missed opportunities more than he loved his girlfriend. Plus you should never cohabitate with a significant other unless you're already at least engaged. And at first glance, I thought the red caption on the thumbnail said "Celia Melia". As in 'Bo Belia'.
@@ShinyWay1990 She actually had more common sense than he did. She realized that traditional avenues for upward mobility were blocked off to her, but her beauty could help secure a career in the performing arts. Her life plan was coherent. I'm not sure why he dropped out of medical school for her. Maybe she needed his employment income for immediate financial support and planned to dump him the moment she made it big. It looks that way. It seems that she was just using him as she ruined his future for selfish ends. But that doesn't excuse him killing her. It's each man for himself in this world and if he chose to let her sucker him, that's his problem.
Goood Morning Brief Case! 💼 The man was guilty! Despite his protests after his release. He was training as a medical doctor, so I believe it makes him even MORE culpable! He had ample opportunity to help her even tho he caused her harm by hitting her. He didnt get her assistance. Even after he thought she was dead and he stabbed her in the knee with the razor, and she protested. He should have rendered assistance or called for help. He didn't need to kill her or dismember her. The fact he hit her again and then dismembered her and packaged her up neatly and distributed the packages all over Cuba says he is a monster. He had no respect for her even after death. If he had ever loved her, that was not the way to treat her. It seems he had some psychopathy going on there ...with the jealousy and murdering and butchering her. I wonder if he had carried on the charade of her being fine even after her death when her family inquired. Sad that she was so badly decomposed that they had to identify her by her teeth! He was guilty, and haunted by her, I'm sure of it. How is it he lived so long while she was dead is beyond my comprehension. And how he did so little time when he should have rotted in that prison. Sad state of affairs, but he didnt get away with it, as others so often do. He was caught even if the punishment doesn't seem to have fit the crime. Thanks for yet ANOTHER wonderfully presented case, and I hope you have a LOVELY week! (Resa)
75 plus years of age, many a free man, and still speaking of guilt, unrequited-is certainly living haunting days. Not uncommon, just bucket loads more opiates, scripts, booze, Laws and lawyers. Fabulous couple, fabulous Girl, RIP.
Tragic tale, obviously, but your brilliant research, images, and impeccable voice catapult your listeners to that place and time. We are there...
Have a Marvellous Monday!!!
Thanks Susan :)
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Yeah, he's very good isn't he? 👍🏻👏👏
Yes,tragic indeed .Pity the young man ,his brilliant career to be cut short .Well ,familiarity breds contempt they say ,very true .Thank you for every thing .Superb .BC ..
What is the correct spelling of Renee's last name?
He took a beautiful woman’s life
He had his life and being released after serving only 13 years
If he was telling the truth and he struck her and she was injured he should take her to hospital but he did not do that
He went on to have a life after taking hers away
Very very sad
Sad and crazy. Only 13 years for murder - wtf ?!
@@katarinatibai8396there's people that have gotten a lot less than that for murder.
Bc he came from a family with influence. Sad
He cold - bloodily murdered this innocent young woman. He should have been given the death penalty… there was no justice for her.
John 5:28
We read of people consumed with passion and jealousy, and laugh at the melodramatic portrayals in silent movies, but there are people like that. Rene never realized that it was all in his own head. He lost every advantage life had given him because he couldn't control his emotions.
No narcissistic person can controle them self. That's why they have a burning need to control others.
I bet he was a cheater. People who cheat are super jealous. It's projection.
@@katarinatibai8396 I think he was just a spoiled rich kid who wanted what he wanted. He seemed to be too young and inexperienced to be a cheater.
Sounds like someone I know quite well.
Yeah she was someone of extremely high moral character let's fully excuse the flirting little SL*T
Great story with two physically beautiful people. This just proves the old saying “all that glitters ain’t gold”.
Aren't they both astonishingly beautiful?
@@poetcomic1Yes, indeed.
He didn't need to murder her!!! He deserves everything he got except to be pardoned! She was young and beautiful, yes, but for her with no education, I'm sure it was hard. He was a narcissistic creep. To start to dismember her when she wasn't even dead and then killed her. I really got into this situation. Thank you Brief Case for another incredible episode!!!!
I completely agree. The shaming of her character as "asking money for makeup" and not wanting her to talk to other people too much sounded more like over controlling victim shaming to me. Make up was her job. She was well known already for being outgoing, but there was nothing to say she was seeing other men.
He comes across to me as an over controlling male who even controlled communication with her family. His next wife was too meek to say boo to a ghost is my guess. He is entirely guilty.
Oh, and whether or not he performed well as a student was ENTIRELY up to him and no one else. Definitely not her.
Obsessive love is as detrimental as indifferent love and more dangerous. Sadly, Celia missed all the danger signs. Thank you for the story Brief Case. I just love your writing style and your gift for descriptive narration. It evokes times and images and I can visualize events and places as you describe them. Wonderful talent.
It was over 100 years ago and she was illiterate but still you say she should have known better-essentially victim blaming. SMH!!!
@@cruisepaige @cruisepaige - I did not blame her. I said she missed the danger signs and she did. The man was always checking up on her, questioning her about where she'd been, getting angry if he saw her talking to someone. Bad signs, then and now and a woman need not be literate to sense it.
@@luciebrisson5881Says a modern American or Western European woman. 🙄
What exactly do you believe was atypical about a Cuban man asserting complete dominance over a woman in those and most days? Good Lord, crack a book.
@@artfuldodger96 Anyone who thinks it was typical in the late 1930s for Cuban men to every day check up on their working girlfriend or wife at work by phone or unexpected visits and to question them relentlessly about their whereabouts and meetings needs to crack a history book. Sick, obsessive men did that, not typical Cuban men.
@@cruisepaige Bloody hell! Your reply is a perfect example of how people read into something that isn't even there!! The OP NEVER wrote - whether directly or by implication or inference - that Celia was to blame in any way!!!! 🙈 Read again what was originally written!!!!
It's such a frustrating shame that certain people are so overcome with jealousy that they can't even enjoy good things when they have them? Jealousy is such a awful toxic thing that affects every little thing around it.. i wish it wasn't common and that more people could be mature, level headed and supportive of other people's happiness. Instead of being so self centered with jealousy that it ruins anything around them...
I absolutely agree with u. Jealously destroys everything.
Jealousy plus the stupid idea that once on a relationship the partner must give up everything and live only for you. No one can be happy focussing on one person all the time. We all need friends, family and a life outside of the home. He seemed to be an absolutely stifling person. Giving up med school was also a stupid idea. If he really loved her and wanted them to have a life together, he would have completed his education and also would have insisted that she become literate.
If You Find Yourself CONSTANTLY Arguing With Your Mate, Maybe It's Time You Part Your Ways - BEFORE Someone Gets Hurt. It's Sad There Are Those Who Find That Out Too Late.
Like my neighbours downstairs, who are always fighting , it hasn’t stop since they both moved in 2 years ago.
He didn't have to quit medical school. He was trying to keep up with her and control her. Poor girl. She was beautiful. He didn't deserve her.
And if she would have been ugly, his actions would have been Okay??? I hate this sentence . . . She was beautiful . . . Normal people or ugly people deserve justice too . . .
@@nodarlingart I agree with what you say … but in fairness it seems to be something people say “she was beautiful “ “he’d give you the shirt off his back” etc
@@nodarlingart no one said ugly people don’t deserve justice. Calm down.
13 years served for murder? He got to remarry and have children? He then led a fairly normal life? After killing another human being and denying her a future. Pathetic. Great episode though! 😊
I went on the internet to find more pictures of this beautiful woman and cannot find even one mention of the case. Your research is phenomenal! And the case was very interesting!
Wow, thank you
I wonder why René's wealthy family did not help the young couple? Annoyed by their son's choices, no doubt, but they could have taken her into the family, helped with her education and so forth.
“When are you going to stop this and marry a *nice* girl?”
Yes, it would have been nice for them to do that, but I don't think his parents should have any blame in this. It's not the parents' job to take care of their son's girlfriend... I could see it more for a wife... maybe... but a girlfriend?
That's not how it worked then. You dated & married someone of the same class, education & status, or you faced being social pariahs.
That,s true.
His parents were probably appalled by his poor choices, particularly leaving medical school, let alone “shacking up” (or “living in sin,” as they used to say) with a girl who came from nowhere with nothing. He may not have even bothered to ask them for help, knowing what they would say. The bigger question for me is, why didn’t he just walk away? I guess I don’t understand the kind of lust that drives such extreme obsession and jealousy. They were both gorgeous looking young people. May she rest in peace. Him? Meh…he essentially got away with murder; 13 years in prison is hardly a proper sentence for murdering someone and then discarding their body parts in a sewer.
Oh dear, it is a burden to be beautiful and she certainly was beautiful. What an horrific end for this poor girl. Thank you for these cases and making sure she is not forgotten ❤️
I had an exceedingly pretty ex-girlfriend, so I can understand the struggles of Celia's boyfriend. It is terrifying to fall out of favor and be shunned. It hurts... However, there cannot be a blooming relationship without trust in yourself and trust in the other. He massacred a woman already loyal to him, on the basis that she wanted to feel beautiful, no matter how trivial the occasion...
Stupidity truly is criminal.
@nozoto Your words are true, it always hurts to lose in love no matter what you look like. I have had very handsome boyfriends, I'm not beautiful, but had personality. Now I'm old and past relationships, my last partner died of brain cancer and that was it for me. You are young I'm sure and probably have happiness, the problem is he wanted his cake and eat it. Thank you for giving a male prospective
Being attractive certainly does have its problems....number one being that you "attract" all sorts of people. My husband turned out to be entirely shallow, caring only for appearances. At 61, I discovered that he has been cheating for years, spending all of our money on other women. Sadly, I only discovered this after the bank took back our house (he had not been paying the mortgage which was his responsibility while I paid the utilities, food, taxes, etc). Now I have nothing.
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I am sorry to learn about that, men and women alike can be so cruel and selfish
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I do hope your moments of happiness manage to outshine the poorness
@@nozoto I am considered attractive...not me saying just genetics..all I have had is people knocking me and hurting me...I think to keep me down... and it worked ...
Often in these stories a woman will be be described as beautiful, and one has to think beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, but in this case, Celia truly was beautiful. In this case beauty really was a curse.
Beauty wasn’t the curse, he was.
Wow! Celia was so very beautiful!! How tragic that she ended up with an arrogant green eyed monster. Thank you again for such a great story. I LOVE your work!! 😊❤
Thanks Anita
There are 2 channels that are a must view every week for me. "Brief Case" and "Eerie Edinburgh". The way in which they take you on a rich and winding path ofhistory, tragedy, mystery and madness, is brilliant. Another fabulously narrated tale B.C. Thank you.
Thankyou, I will check out that channel
Brilliance
He was handsome but so cruel !!! ,she was beautiful and kind .Tragic for her .Great presentation ⭐️⭐️🇬🇧Joy xx
1. You were going to regret giving up medical school no matter what! So you have no right to blame it on her! 2. Shc was a flirt, flirting is an art. Just because she flirted doesn't mean she was unfaithful and even if she was unfaithful, she doesn't deserve to die for that! You literally threw your life away, what a shame!
Flirting with other people while your in a relationship is definitely cheating. That doesn’t excuse murder, but it’s not right regardless.
@@destinyclark4133 it never bothered me when my husband flirted. I knew he was going home with me but you can have your opinion.⚘️⚘️
@@moondancer4660 Then that’s your personal boundaries. The majority of people however, don’t like it when their spouses openly flirt with other people.
to people this jealous just saying good morning to some one else is seen as flirting, it`s just using a word to try to excuse their behaviour and their own failings @@destinyclark4133
Are you Latino? Different culture.
I love listening to the historical backdrops of some of these Brief Cases. It can explain some of the reasons things like this happen. He was so obsessed with her that he killed and dismembered her... Couple that with the fact that he had regrets about leaving his medical studies to be with her, and discovering she too had obsessions with makeup. He probably couldn't keep up with her purchases. They were a beautiful looking couple. So sad it ended like that.
Makeup was considered kind of prostitute-like back then. It took some time for it to be accepted
Such Beautiful young people, if only their paths had never crossed.
BUT however handsome and intelligent he was, 13 years incarnation wasn't long enough, and as for being allowed to marry whilst serving his sentence......he Did have the option of just leaving Celia....😢😞🙏🏼❤️⚖️
Jailessy is not about love. It's about power and control. It's pure possessiveness. Every woman is just an object - his property for such a narcissistic man.
He would have done it to any woman.
He should have never met a woman.
Incarnation?
I love that you've provided the historical background of Cuba and your very accurate pronunciation of Spanish names. Amazing work as always. Keep it up!
Thank you!
They were both beautiful people. He could have just left her, found someone else and went back to medical school. I have never understood why people resort to murder!!?? 🤔
I was married for a year to a man that I am sure was cheating on me. I also think he did drugs and drank. I did not do any of that. I kicked him out, got a divorce and never looked back. If I had chose to kill him I would have just ruined my own life!! Not worth it!!
Technically he could've gone back to medical school. However at that point he was living in the ghetto and for this reason he wouldn't have fit in with most medical school students. Nor could he truly identify as nouveau riche because his background was privileged. He was in a peculiar and tragic socioeconomic limbo. Once he got sidetracked it was bound to have permanent repercussions one way or another.
FYI if you're in a similar awkward position, you might consider becoming a photographer. Artistic careers are tolerant of unconventionality of every kind and have minimal inherent class associations. Individual artists can imbue their work with their own unique viewpoint. Photography requires very little formal training and you can immediately produce marketable work in the field.
@@evelynzlon9492 How very snobbish of you.
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@@charmaynebruce6215 Had he attempted to return to medical school, the other students would've been snobbish towards HIM because of his neighborhood. Which would've been disorienting because he had the exact same upbringing and wouldn't know how to function as an outsider to their class. What I'm saying his he needed to just give up on fitting back into the class system AT ALL and joined a Gypsy caravan.
@@charmaynebruce6215 My paternal relatives were once aristocrats by the standards of a working-class European country. When they emigrated to America one of them sold Roman Empire ruins for a living. It appealed to his nostalgia about his noble heritage without requiring him to retain any practical benefit from it. Then I have a distant relative from a noble family which is still considered rich and important TODAY and he went to Oxford and whatnot. But his dad's this crazy guy who threw his wife and kids out of the house and made them live in their car. So his socioeconomic status is very incongruent. And he became a photographer.
I love the way you frame the stories. I always learn so much more than just about a crime. Thank you 👍
Thankyou
I was involved with a man who hated the fact that I wear makeup,nice clothes and shoes,it made him act ridiculous,dispite the fact thats exactly how he met me...He ended up trying to take my like one night,all because I like girly things.I never couldve dreamed up something so bizarre as being mad to the point of violence and trying or killing another because of lipgloss and eyeshadow,smh.Ohhh andI forgot to mention me styling my hair,he cut the cord on my curling iron once
Thanks for the comment, I hope things for you now are much better
@@BriefCaseOfficial Oh,yeah...I pressed charges and sent him to prison
@@GeminiJonsonooh I love a happy ending!😂
Jealousy is a terrible curse! Almost impossible to control! What a waste of two lives! 😢
He had only himself to blame for the terrible choices he made.
I blame my mother
So did she. There might have been signs that he is f..... up in the head. She should have left him.
Yeah her flirting with every man she came across ,most likely sleeping with half of Cuba, while in a relationship with someone who gave up everything like status , family ,wealth , dreams and career . She was uneducated and was using him , everyone has a breaking point and she found his ,someone always defending a slut
Bro!
We rarely get any cases from Cuba and you cane up with a doozy! And she has this classic timeless beauty that you've shared with us in that gorgeous photo. Heinous senseless crime but you've told it well. Thanks
Thanks David
The disgusting nature of the case make it hard for me to celebrate the fact that this is a landmark example of offender reform.
Ultimately, he seems to have paid for his crime in realizing he never could. His post prison demeanor suggests he was haunted in some way.
I'm torn between two conclusions.
Congratulations on rehabilitating yourself to become a useful member of society.
Suffer bastard. You know you deserve to.
Psalm 37:10,11
Psalm 37:29
@@noorgonzalez1076 Thankyou. It had never occurred to me; but you're right. 🙏
Another great story. I love the narration and the little bit of history of the town you talk about. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks Crysrtal, I hope all is good with you in Canada :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial it sure has been. It's like summer never ended. We have another week of hot, humid weather for the rest of the week. Then, Fall weather will hit HARD lol.
Good morning,
He is truly blaming the victim for the decisions he made on his own.
It sounds to me as if she never asked him to leave school, and he chose to live in a poor area, even though he came from a respectable family who had money. Rene was so obsessed with her that in a strange way it drove him to the point of killing her. It’s almost as if he blames her beauty as an excuse to kill her. She was absolutely stunning. He was quite handsome himself. If his insecurities didn’t get in the way, I think the story would’ve had a much better ending.
R.I.P. Celia 🇨🇺 🙏🏽🙏🏽🇨🇺
Thank you for another great mystery. Have a wonderful week.
Bless 🇬🇧
Thankyou :)
I assume that he was not good enough to finish the study and blamed it on her.
Narcissists love to have an excuse for their fauts.
It's always the victims' fault - no matter what....
Pretty and rich... He was spoiled rotten.
I bet the rich parents have something to do with this insane short sentence.
A bright good morning. Been years since I was able to be here this early. Settling in for another unique and engaging story. Appreciate your quality and dedication Brief Case.
Nice yoy are here eary today Annie :)
That was definitely a "grim solution" by Rene.. this was certainly an interesting case! 🤦🏻♀️ Excellent story, really enjoyed it.. Thanks, BC💼👍🤗
Thankyou :)
Buongiorno Fe! 🤗☺️🌞🍂🐿️🦊🥐🍫☕🎃
@@meemurthelemur4811buongiorno, amica mia! ❤🌻☀️😻🥰
The sentences handed down for murder tell you precisely what society consider certain lives are worth.
As always, just in time for bed on my side of the world! Most interesting and relaxing way to wind down.❤ Thank you @brief case.
Great vid, well researched! Love that this man's defense was basically "I accidentally killed her on purpose"
I appreciate the care you take in researching the details and also, your delivery and respect.
Thankyou Cecilia your comment is much appreciated
Beautiful women suffer so much at the hands of those who are jealous. To this day, we hear of the murders of women at the hands of those who "love" them. Love isn't death...also, they "love" women to death. Why? Why kill someone because you love them? I'm sorry, if that's how you express your feelings please don't love me. I prefer loneliness.
Excuse her infidelity, wich there is no doubt she was cheating do you think she told him she was gonna flirt with every man she come across ,she knew what he gave up and she knew her behavior was driving him crazy but she needed a place to live , he should have got a medal
Forgive me if I’m not sympathetic to the latest victimhood classification. Beautiful woman are now the latest class of “victims”.😂 Everyone wants to be a victim today.
@@corylee1103 go away.
A tragic story beautifully presented. Thank you B.C.
Thanks for watching
Hello!!! This was a very interesting case. He couldn't except that she was a beautiful girl.He wanted no one to look at her. Why does this drive some men crazy??? It sure did him...Great Video!!!...🦋
Excellent job my man! With your well placed visuals and just enough historical background that you provide is really setting your channel apart. This was a great segment.
Thanks, your comment is much appreciated
Great forgotten true crime brought back by Brief Case !
Well Done 👍🏼
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This is beyond sad. Tragic. Why would he do this? He could have done the right things, but chose to do the worst wrong. 💔
I enjoy listening to these old time cases. Looking forward for more vids like this 👍🏻
Also his frustration and problem were his own doing. RIP Celia.
Thanks Clara
I am always so impressed with your research and storytelling. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoy it!
Almost at 400K subs! I’ve been listening to you for about 3yrs now I suppose and I ❤your channel so much!! Continued thanks Crimey!!
Thanks but not Crimey
Thank you, BC, for another informative and gripping case!
Thanks for watching
Best part of my week makes monday worth it!!! Thank you Briefcase!!!❤
Thankyou :)
What a tragic story told by one of the best TH-camrs around.. thank you BC always learning something NEW from your channel
Thankyou so much Allison :)
I hate men like this, the neighbours too! As if being vain, a flirt or illiterate means he had no choice but to murder her. He's pathetic and didn't even get punished adequately.
Monday evening and can now watch and listen to BC. Thankyou for yet another brilliant story how you find all these facts amazes me.... keep them coming x
Thanks for listening
I look forward to seeing your uploads always. I know it's daft but it's sometimes more shocking when you hear about murder way back when. It's just as gruesome, if not more than the stories you hear about today.
The best thing about this channel is you're guaranteed to hear of crimes you hadn't before!!
Brilliant as always 👏👍 thanks BC 👍
Thanks AJ
Thanks for sharing! What a great story, to young people and ended up tragic.👍
Brief Case, Love your channel. Plus take your time doing these please. Your fans can wait. Sounds like you have a bit of a cold and or a bit-tired Thanks so much for your crime videos that take us back in time. ❤❤
Thankyou, I'll try to get more sleep
Another great video xxx
Thanks
Such a sad story. Thanks for sharing old crime stories with your smooth voice. 🤍
What a tragic tale. He became obsessed with the beautiful girl. He was handsome too. She probably thought at first that she got lucky. He turned out to be a monster. He obviously never got over his crime. I hope her face haunted him all the days of his life
Brief Case, it's lovely to have a wonderful Monday upload. Even if I'm feeling a little under-the-weather, your video will still be enjoyable. 😊
Hope you feel better soon
@@BriefCaseOfficial Thank you for the well wishes. 🤗
@@Mattostar-z2d Hope you feel better soon! 🤞🙋🏻♀️
@@pimpozza Thank you, I haven't been sick since 2019. So I figured it was about time to fall a bit ill.
Thank you Brief case!
You never fail at delivering great stories. Too bad it's another week until the next one. Thank you, BC, for keeping me entertained. ❤️🇨🇦
Glad you enjoy it!
Obsession rather than love proved to be fatal once again
Good morning Brief Case. Well jealousy, and resentment unfortunately took the life of one and ruined the life of the other in this case. A very sad story that is only one of many throughout the world, crimes against women. Thank you Brief Case for telling it, and I hope you have an amazing week.
Thanks, You too Michelle
What a wonderfully researched video. I'm really impressed. Let me add, Celia was an absolutely stunning woman. How sad that her life ended so soon. Of all the men she had to meet, she ended up meeting her murderer. Sometimes we are born under a tragic star.
This was truly a sad and horrific case of plain jealousy that has no place in a relationship, period! Even though this tragedy happened decades ago these incidents still happen today in 2023, unfortunately. Great investigating, presentation, historical information, backstory, and photos, as always.
Thanks Brenda
I've just got back from work to find this uploaded! It was a very interesting one, thanks BC.
Thanks Jackie :)
Never ceases to amaze me what people will do to try and cover up their crimes
We say, 'They are PANICKING'.🤔 But I think the medical term is 'Freaking To F**k Out'
Good morning brief case ❤ always love my Monday with my coffee and your video❤️ hope you have a wonderful Monday!
Good morning Jordan
People, who are abusive outside of prison, often have excellent, peaceful records inside. No one they can bully. 13 years for murdering a woman he had been abusing for years, with no repercussions, lovely. You are so good!, BC, thank you!
💯💯💯 - Still young enough to murder the next one when he gets aut....
An abuser stays an abuser. It's a pattern that does not change.
I smell narcissism, and the judges are crazy.
Another great video, Brief Case. I appreciate the excellent research, time and hard work you take to bring these old cases, most I’ve never heard of, to us each week. I always look forward to the next video, thank you very much.
Much appreciated
Thankyou for sharing this sad story !
Thanks for listening
Every video you make is absolutely brilliant!!! I truly feel like I know the people,your narrative is superb,thank you for such impeccably done stories!
Thank you so much
😪 🌹Celia was quite stunning and Renee as well. Renee's jealousy was toxic as cancer. It slowly starts by controlling Celia wearing less makeup, so not to attract any other possible suitors, that might take Celia away. She was so innocent and loved Renee, that she probably thought his jealousy would go away..
😢 Unfortunately, what left, was her life.. Why didn't Renee get the death penalty Briefcase? I guess it was considered a crime of passion.
Women/men, I don't care how sexy or gifted he or she is, any sign of jealousy, and trying to control your whereabouts, attire, and who's with you, is a sign to sit down, and talk.. Try to manage it and seek outside help, before it gets out of hand. Can't be managed, then it's time to leave ASAP! Find a place that will help, house and protect you and your location. Very importantly, if your partner was ever physically violent to you, report the incident to the police, have it documented.
💼Briefcase, thank for the story.
Thanks for the upload, Brief Case! Have a good week, and I'll see you on Thanksgiving Monday 2023!
Thanks
Celia was very beautiful.
Rene was very handsome as well.
Great story Brief Case.
Thank you
🙂
Thank youLisa :)
He left her head in a latrine…That’s telling of how much he thought of her in the end. 👀
Props to that dentist. Great help for the case at a time before medical records were kept as well as they are now.
As ever romantic delusions, obsessiveness and insecurity make for an often mortal cocktail. At least, that miserable felt genuinely guilty until his last breath and didn't fall back on criminality despite of Cuba's tumultuous years...
In a way, he physically left the prison but the prison never left his mind.
This is such a shame. He was obviously too in love to drop out of medical school.
Had this been another situation, imagine the Beautiful children they would have had.
Always interesting.
Thank you
Peace
Its chilling how human behaviour never changes. Crimes of passion. As they are called still play out today in the same horific way. Nought so strange as folk.
Human emotions are a canny thing.
Great images and nuration.
Thanks
Mornin' BriefCase - thanx for the upload!
Thanks for listening
I enjoy your channel so much. Thank you!
Thanks Trish
What a medical Cad.
He was lazy and not his relationship that made him quit. Lack of character and immaturity.
Guilt aged him.
100% agree. He used her as an excuse for his lack of ability to finish his studies.
Of course, medical students have girlfriends/boyfriends.
I the end he started to believe the excuse himself because the alternative was unacceptable for the narcissist (that he is really not up to it).@@katarinatibai8396
Kicking back listening 🎧 2 brief case is what Monday's are made 4 fantastic narration as always see u next week
Thanks for listening
Another good one. Thanks for your efforts.
Thanks for watching
Another great story! We appreciate you!
Thanks for listening
What a sad one great presentation what a stunning couple the photos were amazing
I doubt she told him to leave his medical career.
The couple was incompatible this way. She was unaccustomed to educated people and probably did somehow pressure him into dropping out of medical school. He grew weary of living in the ghetto and came to value his missed opportunities more than he loved his girlfriend. Plus you should never cohabitate with a significant other unless you're already at least engaged. And at first glance, I thought the red caption on the thumbnail said "Celia Melia". As in 'Bo Belia'.
@@evelynzlon9492 You are assuming too much about her personality and day to day.
@@ShinyWay1990 She actually had more common sense than he did. She realized that traditional avenues for upward mobility were blocked off to her, but her beauty could help secure a career in the performing arts. Her life plan was coherent. I'm not sure why he dropped out of medical school for her. Maybe she needed his employment income for immediate financial support and planned to dump him the moment she made it big. It looks that way. It seems that she was just using him as she ruined his future for selfish ends. But that doesn't excuse him killing her. It's each man for himself in this world and if he chose to let her sucker him, that's his problem.
@@evelynzlon9492hahahaha. You really are assuming so much about her. You really shouldn’t judge others by your own standards!
So tragic…
Thanks for setting the scene (culturally and historically).
Thanks Karina :)
Thanks for this tragic case Brief Case.
Rest in Peace Celia. You were stunningly beautiful.
Brilliant channel, Sir 👌👌👍👍
Many thanks
Once again, you visuals are absolutely outstanding....
Thanks
An excellent channel enjoy listening to these stories.
Well worth a listen
Thanks for listening
Another great video. Enjoying it on my birthday
Thanks Shannon, and have a great Birthday
Good morning Brief Case.
Thanks for a great escape 🎉🎉and another Brief Case 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Goood Morning Brief Case! 💼 The man was guilty! Despite his protests after his release. He was training as a medical doctor, so I believe it makes him even MORE culpable! He had ample opportunity to help her even tho he caused her harm by hitting her. He didnt get her assistance. Even after he thought she was dead and he stabbed her in the knee with the razor, and she protested. He should have rendered assistance or called for help. He didn't need to kill her or dismember her. The fact he hit her again and then dismembered her and packaged her up neatly and distributed the packages all over Cuba says he is a monster. He had no respect for her even after death. If he had ever loved her, that was not the way to treat her. It seems he had some psychopathy going on there ...with the jealousy and murdering and butchering her. I wonder if he had carried on the charade of her being fine even after her death when her family inquired. Sad that she was so badly decomposed that they had to identify her by her teeth! He was guilty, and haunted by her, I'm sure of it. How is it he lived so long while she was dead is beyond my comprehension. And how he did so little time when he should have rotted in that prison. Sad state of affairs, but he didnt get away with it, as others so often do. He was caught even if the punishment doesn't seem to have fit the crime.
Thanks for yet ANOTHER wonderfully presented case, and I hope you have a LOVELY week!
(Resa)
Thanks Resa, You have a great week too :)
Well, the guy did admit to cutting her up. But when she awakened in the tub, he should have stopped trying to cut her up.
@@BriefCaseOfficialBC! I sent you an email! Please look for it! 😮😀
75 plus years of age, many a free man, and still speaking of guilt, unrequited-is certainly living haunting days. Not uncommon, just bucket loads more opiates, scripts, booze, Laws and lawyers. Fabulous couple, fabulous Girl, RIP.
Thank you BC for another fascinating video
Thanks Carol :)
Love your videos, excellent and intriguing content…
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I look forward to seeing your videos every Monday morning…