@@BaobhanloreArtidk man she was having sex on a boat without any concern for daughter and lied so much about where she was and the fact she had travelled with her. Idk They’re both awful to me.
@@BaobhanloreArtit’s too coincidental with orange rope that was tied with the body with the same chemical composition, and in a vacation home of wealthy I have no doubt that there was a bathroom closer on the first floor
So, dad switched his storage disks and had witness stating he had sexual preference of teenage looking Asian girls, meanwhile his adopted Asian daughter was constantly drugged and had memory loss... It's 2+2 in my book.
It's all so obvious, he was s/aing her, the mom knew but being a narcissist resented the girl for it and both the "parents" being sick in the head eventually agreed to getting rid of her. Both of them are the murderers. Also I'm convinced they were behind the grandparents murders considering they died on their bed abruptly, and the little girl was almost killed the same way but survived it that one time.
@joyjoyz778 I mostly agree with you but the thing about the grandparents is that they were both old as fuck and naturally died in bed, it happens, unrelated to this crime imo.
I’m a native spanish speaker and when Rosario said “tu mente calenturienta va a causarnos muchos problemas” it literally translates to “your horny mind is going to cause us lots of problems”. There’s no other interpretation of “calenturiento/a”, it’s inherently sexual and a very outdated way of saying “horny”.
It’s normal for a parent to worry about those type of things, but the fact that he mentioned that she’s probably dead only two hours after she died, made it worse.
it really destroys you. mine was my father. it has made it very hard to trust men because 1 of the 2 people in the world i’m supposed to trust with my life still couldn’t see past my genitalia. it has taken many many years to get to where i am now but it is possible to push past the horrible things parents do to you. 🫶🏻
I feel like they wee trying to frame it as a rape + murder… bc of the rope, the strange white substance and this comment about her daughter… Still very wrong and disturbing
is sickening to hear but not bc is a creepy thing to say but to think, bc is normal thinking that, my mom thought the exactly same thing when she thought i was kidnapped (i was just lost and the police found me playing in a park with a friend lol) is a normal thing EVERY parent thinks
About the dog thing: My dogs recognise your way of walking. They can hear you coming from the hall. They will run to the door before you are even in sight. They bark when we get food delivered. I truthfully think the dogs not barking that night is quite scary
Saaame. My dog can tell our footsteps on the stairs and can differentiate cars coming through the driveway at work. You can always tell the store manager and our head mechanic (aka the suckers who give him way too many treats and share lunches with him) are coming in because he hops up and goes running to the parking lot to greet them. Some dogs are crazy aware.
My dogs bark if you breath to loud. An the lady I babysit for could walk into our house (drive up too we live in the middle of nowhere so they notice cars) they didn't even twitch in there sleep. An it was the first time she's ever been on the property. So I don't trust my dogs unless so!a things attacking me. Even then they might help. Might bark at a distance while I die
My family dog ia the same way! Down to the car in the drive way! My dog doesn't know what a Kia Soul or Dodge Truck is but she knows to wait and wah her tail when we so much as pullup but an unknown car ahe barks at so the neighbors dogs not barking is so concerning 😢
My landlord went hunting and brought back a deer. Normally, his dogs would bark up a storm when he returned home. But that night, soon as he pulled into his driveway, they went silent. It was weird.
As the teacher.. that moment where the girl seemed drugged and she’s concerned it’s the parents. I would just call her an ambulance and don’t tell the parents until the hospital is able to at least suspect something illegal is going on. It’d gladly lose my job if that meant saving a life
yes so many cases the teachers try t help and the parents or someone close is often the abuser. and the parents are always OFF and strange to say the least so i wonder why no one did call or take her by calling an ambulance instead or talking to her more just so many things.
she NEVER got a child because she wanted to be a mom, she only got a child because it was another accessory for her.... What a horrendous selfish woman. It's a shame that such a bright lovely child's life was cut short because Rosario was pathetic & couldn't stand that her child would become so much better than she ever could be.
Agree with you completely. IMO, she viewed her child as a material possession, not as a human with independent thoughts, feelings, needs. I could see the mother being the narcissistic type that is stuck at the mental maturity level of a teenager and who personally feels threatened by her daughter's intellect, skills, etc. For some reason these parents give me the same vibes as Madeline McCann's parents.
As a pharmacy technician, when I heard 27 pills of Lorazepam I just about flew out of my chair… I mean, 27 pills of ANYTHING is absurd. Some people are so vile…
The parents never really wanted a child. Thay adopted Asunta because the grandparents wanted a grandchild. Rosario was a spoiled daddy's girl and wanted to please him. They basically raised Asunta and thats why she was so smart and disciplined because her grandma was a very brilliant woman and dedicated a lot of time to her. The moment they died and Rosario inherited everything she was over the girl.
You were right! I also taught the same things. Rosario competes with Asunta where Rosario's parents love Asunta more than her. Rosario is afraid that all the assets will go to Asunta by her parents after they pass away. So before that even happens, Rosario kills her parents and gets rid of Asunta by killing her too so that she can inherit everything. Rosario also plans to leave Alfonso where she wanna have a new relationship with her new BF and enjoy the inheritance with her new BF, I’m pretty sure her new BF got some dirty hands too into this killing but he cleverly evades it. Meanwhile, Alfonso is in a state of desperation afraid of being left by Rosario and won't get a single cent from her assets. So Alfonso may threaten Rosario will inform the police about her parent's mysterious death. So that's the reason why Alfonso got involved in this Asunta murder too. When comes a wealthy people think, it its all about money! That's the motivation for this killing.
@@clayton4552022 parents died before Asunta died. They left everything to their daughter. Rosario had the money but no interest in the child or the husband. She was having an affair and wanted that guy. I just don't understand why she didn't give custody to ex husband. Crazy people.
I knew Asunta when I was a kid, my mom was a summer school english teacher and she'd take me with her often. I dont remember much honestly since I was a kid, but my mom told me she was sick when she saw what had happened to her :( she didnt tell me until I was older. I have this one core memmory where I was playing with asunta in the park next to the school and telling her that after summer we should go play too, I remember playing go fish and complimenting each other consistenly. She was so amazing, so smart, so kind hearted, so beautiful. I even remember meeting those people who adopted her (refuse to call those monsters parents) I remember my mom giving her number so we could play and then the 3 walking away. I never saw her again. I cant imagine how my mom felt when she saw the news. I had been wanting someone to cover her case for quite awhile and Im so happy its you. Youre an amazing narrator and your empathy and respectfulness is beautiful. Asunta nunca seras olvidada, you never deserved what those monsters did to you. You wouldve taken the world by storm.
La verdad lo lamento mucho por ti, realmente no me imagino lo que es enterarse de algo así de alguien cercana, ella realmente merece justicia y descanso en paz. 😔💔
So glad they increased the standards to adopt in China. There’s been too many instances of Chinese girls adopted out to foreigners because it was “easier” and making them more prone to ending up with unfit parents or straight up trafficking
To be fair...they most likely knew that, ffs they had the one child policy where they probably encouraged the abortion of baby girls. They only did it because they noticed that the policy has severely screwed the country over...there's way more men than women in China thus a crap birthrate.
Yes and no... In Russia we have similar Dima Yakovlev Law that completely bans Russian children to be adopted by American citizens and it destroyed so many lives and families who already were in "pending" status of adoption. There are interviews of kids who were already preparing for their big trip to United States and it's just heartbreaking to watch. Not talking about potential adoptions in the future and how Russian orphans overall end up in criminal groups, doing drugs etc.
i was also adopted in china by a spanish family the same year as asunta, not only that but we were also the same age and from the same chinese province (and even our parents were from the same region). this case hit home especially to my parents because they wouldn't stop thinking she could've been in my family and i could've been in hers instead. my parents had to go through a several years long process in order to adopt me, from parenting courses to psychologists tests so my mom never really understood how come asunta's parents especially the mom who had previous mental issues that would make it hard for her to get an approval to adopt got it in such a short period of time (in an interview when asunta was younger, rosario mentioned the process was around 1 year long), maybe it's because she was rich and had big connections she took the easy quick way. from time to time, especially when the case blows up again i often think about her, i wonder what life she'd be living now and if our paths would cross again since we could bond over our similar stories, rest in peace asunta.
Wow, there are so many parallels between u two ): With the connection u have with her, I can only imagine how complex and awful it is to live with those underlying thoughts & what-ifs
Mi hermano también nació en el 2000, muchas niñas de su curso y vecinas fueron adoptadas en el 2000 2001. Coincido en que que fueran una familia rica seguramente les facilitó el proceso 🥲 y esos procesos están ahí por algo!!
É lamentável o que aconteceu com esta menina. Eu acho que a "mãe" a eliminou porque deixou de ser útil para as espectativas que tinha, e além disso ela sentiu-se mal porque a menina era incrivelmente bonita e extremamente inteligente. Ou seja, na mente dela, Asunta seria muito melhor do que ela alguma vez foi. Ainda existe a questão de não querer mais a responsabilidade de amar e cuidar de um ser humano. Algumas pessoas simplesmente não têm capacidade de amar um filho incondicionalmente. É chato os processos de adopção serem morosos e com muita burocracia, mas é preferível ser assim e as crianças serem entregues a famílias capazes do que entregarem a uma fulana que levou uma bonequinha para casa e quando se fartou eleminou-a.... Aquela menina, era um ser humano que não pediu para vir ao mundo. Foi abandonada pelos pais, os avós seus cuidadores morreram e os carrascos foram buscá-la ao orfanato. Se eles tivessem sido devidamente avaliados, secalhar a menina ainda estaria viva hoje e feliz 😢😢😢😢
yes and for both parents not just him i think.maybe a 3rd person tho in the end there isnt another but i find the lover sus, he couldhave had the keys or sheleft it for him
i think the most terrifying thing about this case is that Asunta looked at the people she trusted most in the world’s face while they were unaliving her. like that’s so fucking heartbreaking.
@@catnextdoor5605 Does it matter? They were her (adoptive) parents, she should've been able to trust them with her life, but either way she could not, and found that out either before she died or as she was dying by their hands
@@catnextdoor5605 adopted as a baby from a different country by the killers, raised her whole life with these killers, LIVED with her killers, literally SLEPT a room away from them, what other choice did she have?
If it means anything, her being on 27 lorazepam probably made it so she couldn't have been conscious. So at least she didn't have to be conscious during it :( it's awful what they did to her.
As a Chinese adoptee myself it’s crazy to think about how much the parents you get can change the path of your life. My heart breaks for this little girl because she could’ve been so loved and ultimately successful
@@tsunshinegal9102They abandoned her! Why would she care? My birth parents did the same and my adopted parents weren't that good either, but parents who abandon you and leave you to the wolves are the worst.
In fact, in the final analysis, the adoption process is just and in line with moral and democratic international law. It is necessary to examine the history of the adopted family's diseases, moral concepts, upbringing, and whether the children can grow up normally. It takes a long time to prove that it is reasonable, but the reality is that many people are more abducted rather than adopted. Come on, throw away in the wolf's den again. Don't imagine that a child will be prepared for the unknown evil. I hope God will bless these adopted children to be healthy, safe and happy. At the same time, if the adoptive parents have abuse and aggression, they should call the police immediately, and the children should also learn to call the police.
The t-shirt she was wearing when she died says: "somebody who loves me a lot brought me this t-shirt from [tourist destination]" that's incredibly sad to me
If only her teachers had called the police and they’d taken blood to test what was in her system that day at school…. This poor girl may still be alive.
I agree, its the fact that they knew everytime her dad would drop her off she would be drugged. Its obviously not normal for a child to disengage in the ways she did.
There’s no way they “could get arrested for it”. It’s probably because she went to an expensive school and they were hesitant to mess with rich powerful families.
They wouldn’t be able to draw a blood sample without the parents’ permission anyway. And no way in hell those parents would allow it because they have a lot to hide.
They have also never been wondering or searching to know what happened to their daughter ... Like we all want to know but her parents don't? Like wtf ?!
Stephanie, can you further expose the Korean crime that has recently been bought back to the public eyes? It’s where a girl was lured by a man and struck in the head, then R**** by 44 men over a period of a year. I think that needs more public attention for justice. No one was ever prosecuted in this case, initially 60% of the residences of that area believe it was the girls fault to lure the man in. I think the victim is definitely traumatized , But she needs justice
What?😖😟 what the hell? Omg omg that is so so devastating. I hope she covers it EDIT - she’s uploaded it on her latest podcast episode. We can always count on her
this was the junko furuta case, right? heartbreaking. EDIT: yes, i know it’s not the junko furuta case, i was mistaken. read my other replies, i already know it’s the miryang case.
People keep saying this line. Yes kids are innocent but Not all child are great. There are criminals who once was kid. Being parents is a lot of work. They also deserve recognition. It is not walk in the park to raise kid.
I think that it's very particular and eerie that a young girl that was being drugged with Lorazepam specifically stated in her poem that her mother cooks with salt. Just a very, very specific thing to bring up.
@@hah5494not really. Victims of SA relive the trauma it affects all of who you are as a person. If you’re murdered at least you’re at peace. Living through SA you wish someone had
@@hah5494Just like the comment above said. She wasn’t claiming murder should be undermined or negated. It’s just that while murder destroys your body, SA destroys your mind AND body. You have to live with the experience for the rest of your life. And in a lot of cases, some feel d34d on the inside and can’t progress with their life. Comprehension is very important when it comes to things like this. And now I understand why Stephanie always has to give disclaimers or clear things up when she says something that we should already understand.
As someone close to Asunta's age who lived in Spain at the time, seeing the case on the news as a little girl left me absolutely horrified. It was to the point where my parents stopped watching the news for a while and I never got to know how the situation got resolved. Seeing Steph covering this case was a huuuge surprise!!
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Same! I was similar in age to her and lived in Spain at the time, and although I was too, disgusted at the case, I never really understood it or knew how it ended. I was so happy to hear Stephanie cover it !
the orange rope, the cleaned computer, the testimony of the sex worker, the preference for Asian girls, the traces of sperm throughout the house, the timeline that doesn't add up, the “Alibis” that keeps changing, the stories the little girl wrote in her diary, the tranquilizer pills, the photos on the cell phone, the attempted kidnapping that wasn't reported right away... how much more evidence is needed to understand the dynamics?! They both did it, or at least they were accomplices.
As someone who takes Ativan/Lorazepam I can tell you that medically you pass out before you can “accidentally” take 27. That’s deliberate - no matter how else you look at it. And 90 days?? Yeah, they were gapping her memory for some reason
Yeah I thought the same. 27 is insane. I go straight to sleep if I would take 3-4mg Lorazepam and it’s my daily medication… Especially for a young teenager.
As someone who took Lorazepam, it doesn't work on me. I had to go back to my doctor so that I can get something stronger. But 27? I think it would probably kill
@@flightning The Lorazepam itself wouldn’t be lethal normally, it’s more likely that someone who uses high doses would get an respiratory depression and die from that. I personally know people who didn’t take it for medical reasons but to be high on that and a lot of them used really high doses (often more than 20mg incl. other substances). A old friend of mine took a really high dose and slept for 3 days (I’m pretty sure he did wake up between for short times and drank something tho) but he didn’t have any problems after that…
My sister tried slewslide once. They found her after 3 days dehydrated and coocoo from meds. She joked I should have drank red bull to be able to take them all. She's still alive and with us today. And she's an adult. (Doing much better today btw) It's true and impossible for a child to do that herself. 😢
The way that " so called " mother talks about this poor girl right away made Me realize how these people just abused her, to show what great parents they were, disgusting old farts.
A student comes to me in a daze or sleepy as heck and tells me her parents are making her take some horrible tasting powder, I’d be calling the school nurse or reporting the incident to someone that could help. It sounds like possible child abuse
When your husband said there are parents who are jealous of their child, i remembered how my sister's husband was jealous of their daughter because my sister was taking care of her by herself so he went out and cheated. Now their divorce journey is starting and my sister's future ex-husband treats their daughter like a PET too. I am so sad for this child and how she got treated. I am so sad how these people reminded me of my family in a way.
Lots of men do this. It's sick... The second their spouse is pregnant or shows little energy or little interest in smex they go and cheat... He would have cheated on her further down the line too... I hope things settle for your niece soon xxxx
@@davidgutierrez7636 she's referring to her sister's husband as "future ex-husband" coz their divorce has not been finalized yet. Stop trying to drop the blame on women incel
I love how you almost act out the conversations. You make it more realistic. Your passion really shows through and that’s what I enjoy about listening jnf to your videos. And of course, your husband asks the best questions. Most of them I’m asking a split second before he asks so I’m always talking to y’all like I’m right there with you lol. Thanks for all your hard work and bringing all of these cases to light. You cover so so many cases that aren’t typically covered by the other true crime ladies I listen to, and I appreciate that!!
For reference, CP is no longer how we refer to it in the legal and therapeutic world. It’s referred to as CSAM (child s**** ab**e material) since it’s abuse and not something they can consent to.
Yes, great point!!! Unfortunately, most people likely are more familiar with the abbreviation CP, whereas, CSAM might confuse a lot of people. But I agree, the correct terminology should be used.
Would it still count for the new rise in AI-generated CP? ... that and the public never really understands that jargon, and it will never catch on outside of the legal and therapeutic world.
Thats why i dont trust men, your father could be a potential predator too. I know that not all men but these type of men especially with offstandish personalities should not be trusted
as a palestinian, it fr almost brought me to tears to hear you say you are supporting palestine children’s relief fund… youre for real an angel on this earth…. thank you rotten mango🍉❤️🇵🇸
I worked in pharmacy for 5 years and a child being given 27 tablets of Lorazepam is absolutely crazy! They obviously wanted her to forget what they were doing to her and it also feels like they were trying to overdose her. I just hope Alfonso wasn’t using her for CP because them finding those searches on his PC and the fact that he was drugging her is such a red flag to me. Also the fact that he said what he said to the police officer when she was still missing. Both the parents did it tho. Neither is innocent in this story. Poor girl💔
Most likely he was SA her (speaking realistically).I hope she wasn’t but there’s no other explanation of pictures and them wanting her drugged .Theres a lot of red flags.He seems suspicious too.
he either under drugged her and she woke up (heaven help her poor girl) or he over drugged her and she didn't wake up. I think Alfonso did it and Rosario didn't want the scandal of her husband murdering her daughter.
I'm surprised no one suggested that the parents were selling her to be abused by pedos while she was unconscious, and then one of them killed her and the parents themselves disposed of the body. They sedated her and took all those weird pictures and one night she wakes up to a man trying to assault her but they don't call the police, it seems to me there was at least another person involved
Yes that immediately popped up in my head as soon as i watched the video ! Or maybe he was drugging and abusing her while filming it when she was over at his place, hence why his phone and laptop memories were all wiped up. Any case, it's clear they're both guilty and horrible people. I wish he never gets to taste freedom ever again.
Exactly We had a similar case here in Germany some years ago, with a single man who lived in a Van on his own and somehow managed to adopt a kid. He then was SAing this kid over years, taking videos of this and also inviting other men who I think paid for it? The case was really weird too bc somehow all the evidence the police had collected got "stolen" at some point
That is my first assumption. Almost like Madeline Maccain. I think she was also being passed around amongst the other adults in the villa that came to the vacation with them. I think Asunta was being sold and in one do their very violent /sexual abuse or whatever CP filming she was killed … I think the burglar was someone they offered her too but had to take the extra precautions by having him dress as one …
I was thinking that the entire time. The deleted hard drive on the computer lines up. Also, Asunta most likely knew she was being drugged and tried to warn her teachers though the poems to some degree. It would also explain the photos on her phone, her parents had nothing to hide. Perhaps, she thought it would leave clues after she died, like a memorial. Her Mother most likely gaslighted (not sure it I'm using the term correctly) that she had a "dirty mind" whenever she brought her concerns up.
Pls do Polette’s case from Mexico. She was a disabled little girl that was killed inside her house but “no one heard anything” it was so weird and full of inconsistencies. At this day there’s no one found guilty. At first they said she desappeared but days later she was found dead under her bed, which is weird because there were people entering and leaving that room everyday. Theories say that the mom killed her and the dad got rid of the body. Pls pls do a research about it!! 🩵🩵🩵 love u
I knew a young girl who was drugged by her stepfather so that he could SA her. I really hope this isn't the case for this poor girl. What horrible people.
I never thought you'd cover this case. I'm Galician and I was 14 when Asunta was killed. It was a very eerie thing to see a happening. She has around my age, she was just a baby
Misma situación. Incluso ahora en mi carrera de derecho he hecho trabajos acerca del caso y fue horripilante volver a ver todo lo que había escuchado con 13 años. Es especialmente hiriente y poco respetuoso como los medios cubrieron todo, además que ya es algo que vemos en cada caso mediático parecido y me hace poco a poco perder la fe en el periodismo serio. Te iba a responder en inglés pero me sentía un poco boba, me encanta ver gente de mi zona que sigue a steph. saúdos e bicos
Not galician but close (Asturias) - I was also the same age and this case still kind of haunts me to this day, specially now with the netflix docuseries
Yo tb soy gallega y a mí me pilló ya en la universidad, pero me impacta mucho pensar que yo he crecido y Asunta sigue siendo una niña de 12 años. Nos afecta de otra manera por la cercanía.
Even the poem about her mother was amazing for one so young. This poor young one. I hope she (and other like her) knows there are people who care about her life.
The Netflix version of this case is more of a drama series than a documentary/true crime. Thank you for working on this case. You are an amazing storyteller and always bring to light these stories from places all over the world for others to be aware.
My own thought is that the adoptive father was sexually abusive and the adoptive mother knew of his predation. She didnt want his dirtiness to be mixed with her name. They (mostly him) knows led to Asuntas death.
Trust me she presents in many ways much weird than him. She was the one that lies the most. I am not one to condemned lightly and she passed already, but I was so upset about her every time I review the case.
I think the father was S.A. Asunta and the mother was jealous of Asunta and saw her as a threat. The mother seems to be all about airs and graces, all image no substance.
@@legoqueen2445yes, this is what I believe happened as well. It is unfortunately a common occurrence for mothers whose husbands SA their daughters. It is heartbreaking. If anyone ever touched my daughters, they would immediately wish they hadn’t. I don’t care how much I loved them. I love my daughters more.
@@jennifergracehyes that she was drugged for 3 months on lorazepam. they are good at knocking out your memory. I've used them and found that of all of the benzos they would knock my memory out and it was strange feeling.
Hi. I'm from Galicia and I watched this case closely. A couple of things: In Santiago there is no VIP zone in that sense, actually, Doutor Teixeiro is in a zone where many college students live. Also, the lorazepam part. Here it is a controlled substance and it was at that time. If a pharmacy gives you lorazepam without a doctor's note he will be losing his licence probably. Nobody knows why this wasn't the case
@@araceli2827as someone who lived in Spain as a child there is a fucked system and my dad brought me to Texas because of things that happened and the fact that the police really didn’t do shit. Yall I love the US she my Sa happened it was the one time I felt heard and the one time a law enforcement helped me vs hurt me.
That woman was hella richie rich even if they had reported it to the police that woman would had stopped the investigation right away or shut their voices through power of 💰
can we just thank stephanie, she’s one of the most respectable crime tellers. she never brings personal life to relate it to the crime, she has researchers from where ever the crime takes place, she remembers everything in an 1 hours video, the quality is always good and you are never lost. thank you stephanie!
I don't think she remembers. She's reading a script/ a story.. narrating real life events after doing research on the topic or case. And she's a great narrator, no doubt about it.
Those pictures of Asunta swaddled seem like they were taken by someone who couldn't get over the fact that kids grow up and don't stay babies. Unfortunately, I know someone like that. Once kids get older and their personality develops into a more autonomous person, people like this often discard the child or double down their control.
This is so crazy, but I bet you’re into something. I’ve heard it more with pets. Where they get a pet and love it as a baby, but as soon as they grow up, they’re “disposed”. It’s sickening to hear people do this to innocent animals, but it’s beyond to learn ppl do this to children
She was so talented too.. The entire case made me angry and sad and like someone commented.. "Not all parents deserve kids". The amount of pressure they must've put on the poor child must've been exhausting as well as other horrible things. I wish "adoptive parents" like these monster that want to take advantage of children disappear from the world and I hope children get treated better by their biological parents and adoptive parents, they're a treasure to the world.
as a spanish, thank you for talking about this case! im a big fan of yours and im really invested in this case so it's great to see one of my favourite RUclipsrs make a video about it!
Hi! Spanish follower here! I thought about submitting this case to you so I'm really glad to see you are covering it, I also wanted to submit the case of "Las niñas de Alcasser", I feel like the murder of those girls really made an impact on Spanish society. There's also a Netflix documentary about it. Edit: I think it would also be really interesting if you could cover Marta Del Castillo's death, her family still hasn't been able to find her body after 15 years.
I went to her same high school when this happened although I was a couple of grades above. Was in drama club with one of her classmates who attended the same ballet school too. When they went to the funeral everyone was rattled not only over the loss, but also about whether it could be a serial killer. Rosario got close to them and told them “they needn’t worry, because there wasn’t a murderer out there”.
Im currently 13 years old. Why did i make it to 13, but she didn't, i never knew her, but she was somebody, someone who deserved love and care, I pray she's resting in peace. Thank you, Stephanie, for bringing us this case
@yourgrandma1534 I'm so confused? Do you know his/her nationality? May be he/she is from an English speaking country. I'm not trying to say this 13 year all is not great. Just genuinely confuse if there is a way to see our private details as nationally!!
@bada2839 in another video (the one about the Sarah Lawrence cult), OP mentions that they are the child of immigrant parents, so maybe the person read that comment and made this reply.
this hits a little harder for me... my little sister was born in 2000, she is 24 this year and has grown into a wonderful person. May you be at peace Asunta Fong Yang. This world didn't deserve you.
I believe he was sexually abusing the girl and the mother knew. He wanted his wife back so he told her he would get rid of her and she knew or even helped.The mom had her own issues and thought this was a good solution.
She was so young and deserved so much better because who does that to a child . The people that was supposed to protect her let her down really. Her story has so many strange things happening that when I listened to it on Spotify it felt like a cliffhanger because I didn’t know who to blame most & I was left confuse after listening to podcast
Poor girl was failed twice, by her home country, and by her adoptive parents. My heart goes out to all the Chinese girls and woman that were neglected by their government, and to Asunta who was failed twice by the world. Do not take our children, our girls, if you are not going to give them the life they deserve. She was such a bright girl, and had so much potential, she was already so incredible… if only the world valued their women. Rip sweet girl :(.
I’m from Spain, and let me tell you, this case has been a hot topic these last months because of the Netflix documentary. I’ve watched it, but I will again just to see Stephanie’s view on it 🤧
Another international case I've never heard! I swear, Rotten Mango is the only podcast I listen to that has cases I've never heard of before! I appreciate the entire teams dedication to researching these cases and bringing them to a whole new audience. Idk why she's never up for awards at things like crime con. The amount of work it takes to translate, research and put together international cases is WILD. I can never find info about most of these cases in English, so I think they should get more props than they are! Thanks again, guys! Now so many people who have never heard of Asunta can honor her.
@jessicablair5610 Netflix made a dramatized limited series about it with actors & actresses. I don't remember the name but you can search Asunta I think. And I think it came out this year too
As somebody with anxiety and depression that has been medicated for over a decade, I wanted to add my two cents on lorazepam: It is impossible to die from an overdose, hence the reason it is prescribed a lot to people with thoughts of self exiting. The problem is that if you take it for long periods of time, you develop a resistance to it. Since these drugging incidents were happening for months, it is very likely that Asunta was given more and more not in an attempt to kill her, but because she was becoming resistant to the drug. Anyhow, misscarriage of justice is horrendous, but I will not lose any sleep over these two scumbags getting railroaded by a biased judge and the media.
I am from Spain and this case is a shock. The audios of the parents while they are in custody are so disturbing, so strange was that couple. The poor girl was apparently super smart and probably knew what her parents are suspected of doing to her grandparents... Lots of details don't make any sense, I guess Alfonso will tell the truth some day 🫤
... My ex wife was pimped out by her own family. From the time that she was little. And these people acted just like her parents. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it just might be someone who is so afraid of social recourse, that they will lie to your face.
That's why I always go to your podcast after a long day at work... because you don't collude your cases with your personal opinion. Love and respect Lisa Las Vegas
even if it’s not one of these motives, they could’ve easily just OD’d her bc it’s not talked about enough how many parents/adults will keep kids drugged up, docile, and/or institutionalized when they feel they’re “being too difficult” or “asking too many questions “ or straight up pin a mental illness the moment they “act up” just to prescribe medications or make them someone else’s problem… this is such a heartbreaking story from the moment you described her mother referring to her as some kind of painting being hung and not a innocent baby; no matter how intelligent she was.
@carlasaricgraboleda1652 okay but the drug is not designed for a 12 y.o. and that doesn’t mean you can’t die from the SIDE EFFECTS; it just means a side effect won’t be self exit. if it’s not prescribed for them personally it’s a big chance you could still die; it’s very common
@@majicchoneyyExactly. My lamictal wouldn’t kill me BUT the life threatening rash that could’ve developed might’ve. Side effects very much could’ve killed her even if it wasn’t the medicine by itself. But all those pills in her system as a child very much could’ve as well
@carlasaricgraboleda1652 It can kill you but it's pretty high amounts considering they are usually prescribed as 0.5-1mg pills. It's can actually increase suicidal ideations if taken long-term and is addictive so it's wild someone could get more at a pharmacy like he did
It sounds to me like the husband is a pdo with a thirst for Asian girls. He probably convinced Rosario to adopt a Chinese baby under the guise of "saving" her, and Rosario fell for it because she loves attention and wanted to be hailed as a selfless supermom. It was a win-win for both of them. Now, I kind of get the impression Rosario didn't know about her husband's... "tastes", but at some point she might've found out. Maybe she noticed him looking at Asunta the wrong way, or maybe she found some disturbing photos. Either way, I think she went into a denial, eventually becoming complacent in it. That would explain her struggle with anxiety and why she snapped at anyone who noticed issues with Asunta. Plus, if people knew she married a pdo, her reputation would be ruined, which is obviously more important. Then, as Asunta got older, Alfonso probably realised he wouldn't be able to sneak into her room anymore or dress her in little girl clothes or tuck her in bed like a baby. She'd eventually realise how inappropriate that is. So he started drugging her. Or maybe Rosario started drugging her so she wouldn't remember the assaults. I don't think he ever fully SAed her (because there would have been physical signs), but he probably took pictures, groped her, pleasured himself over her body as she slept, etc. It's not unheard of with people like this, who feel they haven't "crossed the line" if they don't go all the way. I can't say exactly how the poor little girl was killed, but I believe the overdose theory. Asunta was with Alfonso the afternoon before she died. He might've done something gross before sending her home. Either he drugged her and it eventually killed her, or she told her mom and, as usual, Rosario drugged her so she'd forget. But this time it was too much. Asunta died, Rosario panicked, probably told Alfonso, and they decided to dump her body. The cord is probably a red herring, because they wanted it to seem like a random attack. They wanted to blame the gardeners. Alfonso promised Rosario he'd take care of everything, but he wasn't as good as he thought he was. Luckily, both of them were charged. They were cruel, careless people.
I partially agree with you, except for one thing, the cause of the death. The coroner told she was suffocated than it's not overdose. Of course lorazepam could have helped causing some sort of respiratory depression. But if the autopsy was done properly (it's not always the case but in this instance I don't see a reason why I should not trust the doctor) it shows that there was intentionality, like the cause of death was axphytiation but the manner was that she was suffocated. It's not like the poor girl died by accident, sadly it was something done with pourpous... Edit: the first doctor, because the whole cross contamination stuff it's wilde!
i too agree with everything but the cause of death, that wouldn’t explain why they drove over to the summer house. i personally believe asunta probably started waking up about her dad’s behavior, they didn’t know what else to do but to make her not talk about this. maybe he had an outburst and strangled her. someone else commented that the drugs themself wouldn’t be able to kill someone, they’re not lethal… and the autopsy. it’s all such a mystery i just hope the parents admit to it sooner or later so she can truly rest in peace
also the fact that her classmate saw her AND her dad? around an hour before her murder? i don’t think it’s a coincidence, he probably waiter for her and her mom ant the summer house already. they might’ve drugged her and strangled and tied her up in that same house, that would explain the cord in the bathroom and why her mom ran to grab it before the police could… but why would they leave her in the middle of the road? and the fact that they chose to CREMATE(!!!) her body!
@@micol7490 The coroner's report said she had significant doses of Lorazepam in her system, which can basically paralyze the body. It slows your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, etc. until you literally become unresponsive. That's probably what happened to Asunta, causing her to suffocate. It's possible she even rolled onto her stomach, burying her face in her pillow while she slept, and couldn't move because an overdose on Lorazepam paralyzes your muscles. The cause wasn't strangulation, because there were no marks on her neck. All we know is that it was asphyxiation, meaning she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.
@@micol7490 The coroner's report said she had significant doses of Lorazepam in her system, which can basically paralyze the body. It slows your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, etc. until you literally become unresponsive. That's probably what happened to Asunta, causing her to suffocate. It's possible she even rolled onto her stomach, burying her face in her pillow while she slept, and couldn't move because an overdose on Lorazepam paralyzes your muscles. The cause wasn't strangulation, because there were no marks on her neck. All we know is that it was asphyxiation, meaning she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.
Another spanish viewer here! This case is one of the biggest ones here, they don’t know for a fact if they did kill her or not. The mother unalived herself a few years ago and he has told that is planing to do the same once he exits jail.
'Dead mosquito' refers to a person who projects themself as being harmeless while the opposite is true. The mosquito that plays dead to later come back and sting.
As someone who was adopted in 1996, I can confirm that you could basically stroll up with 10 grand and buy a kid in China. The readoption laws in each home country, however, varied.
I’m an acro dance/gymnastics teacher and honestly I’m shocked that her teachers weren’t required to report what she had said about her life at home. Mandated reporting needs to be way more widespread…
I am a girl from the same city, A Coruña, and I was born the same year as Asunta. I remember that a month before this tragic case happened, I even went camping in Teo (the place where it happened). It was very sad, shocking and scary to see the news at that time. The people you would least expect to do that and the ones who are supposed to protect you the most... Any child deserves something like that.
My thoughts are: where was child protective services? If the teachers thought she was being drugged, in America at least, they're required to report it to CPS. So why didn't they? And if they did, why didn't they follow up? The parents are despicable, but I feel like that had to be obvious from the get go. Insulting your daughter mid sentence and offhandedly is an expression of a much more dangerous dynamic in private.
Her teachers didn't call the police so there wasn't any investigation on the matter. Who would think that a rich kid was being druged and start an investigation "de oficio"? it would be the same in the US and everywhere else. If something is to be learnt from this case is that we must be brave when the time to help someone comes.
In Spain is not mandatory for teachers to report the CPS (servicios sociales), the reporting proses it usually take many months and could highly get discard as a non critical situation specially taliking about a rich/middle class family
@@el5001 Its not corruption, its that in spain this sort of cases are very rare so you have a higher rate of simply brush it off. The parents told something to the teachers and they believed them. If you believe in their lies even if they dont make sense in your head you still want to believe it because the other option is way more horrible and this things seemed to happen to others but not around you. If she had gotten to Hospital, she would have been reported to authorities and something might have been done.
As a child of a parent who has NPD, treating their kids like a pet is very common. I’ve been NC with my dad for a couple years now but he recently married someone two years younger than me (college student) and told my 13 year old brother he’s only a mistake from his old life and they’re gonna start over without him. So my brother is now living with a family friend while my dad and his child bride are living in a hotel without him 🙃 at least they didn’t take it this far. Narcissists don’t have the ability to feel empathy or act without a selfish cause. If their kid isn’t perfect that means they don’t look like a perfect parent so it’s easier to get rid of them, in their minds.
this reminded me of the case of Paulette. She “dissapeared" late at night in her own room, and was later found on her same bed but was never solved... it would be interesting to see you talk about it!! this happened here in MTY Mexico.
referring to the last theory; even if somehow, someway they didn’t kill her, it’s obvious they were neglecting and harming her. asunta deserved better, i hope she found peace in the afterlife 🕊️
honestly to me? it sounds like alfonso was drugging and SAing his daughter, maybe Rosario knew, or was in denial. I would guess Asanta was becoming less affected by being drugged so often, waking up when it wasn't expected (the 'burglary' incident), so they had to dangerously up the dose, or she was becoming older and realizing something was wrong and fighting back. Either it happened as an accident like that, or they feared her talking about it.
The entire time Steph was talking about how despicable of a human being the mother was, all i could think of was my own. How my mother is exactly like Rosario when it comes to my "usefulness." I may be my mother's biological daughter, but she definitely sees me as a pet rather than a person. She is a raging narcissist, and there was a time as a child that I was SAed by a man she was attracted to. He was deranged and depraved and even tried to strangle her on the night of my 10th birthday.... he let her go for whatever drunken reason, but while she was being choked she literally said "my daughter, my daughter, take my daughter instead" in Spanish... I'll never forget it and I haven't really regarded her as my "mom" since then, just as my biological parent. Asunta deserved so much better. She deserved people who actually loved her. This is a disgusting show of how many people are "parents" that have literally no business being parents. Money and status and all that crap don't matter. The scum of the earth is still the scum of the earth irregardless.
I think she’s been doing for long enough that she knows how to deal with all the emotions. She has amazing sponsors and does so much for vulnerable populations, i think that’s what helps keep her sane too.
This just needs saying, Rotten Mango deserves an Emmy or some kind of recognition for their outstanding, compelling, detailed work. It is truly captivating! RUclips needs to reward Stephanie and her team for such superb content.
37:29 to give context to the lorazepam… I’ve taken two and literally couldn’t feel my body and I’m a grown adult. My jaws on the floor at the fact that they fed this girl 27 of those pills omg
There are also missed opportunities for those in Assunta's school/teachers. She was already manifesting sensorial changes even amnesia plus physical imbalance. Those teachers may have helped by sending her to the school clinic where a doctor goes on duty. A simple urinalysis could have shown chemicals/substances she was being drugged with. Again just a retro thought. Rest in peace Assunta 🙏
@@marteelee103 we dont need that in Europa we have a verry good health care good docters hospitals just give it a google search. Im from the Netherlands
I'm Spanish, and this case was huge, I was 20 yo and I remember it was constantly on the news, it was terrible, I could never understand how they could do that to their child. Now it's gained attention again because of the show and I was going to suggest it for a video, but I never thought I'd see it on your channel! There's also an older documentary on Netflix about the case called "El caso nenúfar". There's other terrible cases that happened in Spain, like the case of "José Bretón" who murdered his 2 children to get back at his wife; Marta del Castillo's case, her parents still can't find her body since 2009, I was 15yo going on 16yo in 2 days when that happened, she was only 2 years older than me; an older, extremely weird and with terrible impact of the media coverage of the case was the "Alcàsser" murders or "las niñas de Alcàsser", they were found 1 day before I was born, all the while my mom was pregnant she was hyper aware of her surroundings in case she could see them anywhere if they had been kidnapped...
This case was huge in Spain. It was absolutely tragic. They never cared for her, only the status she brought. I haven't watched the tv series (but I do know the actors are brilliant), only a documentary from a few years ago. They were monstruous and selfish.
44:31 I believe her. My dog will tell me if she knows the person going by the apartment. She only barks at people she knows, because she’s excited to see them. When we lived on the 6th floor, she would let me know the minute my then-boyfriend entered the building, 6 floors down. So if her dog was the opposite, barking at everyone he/she doesn’t know, her dog would tell her if the person walking by was a stranger. I fully believe her dog was honest, hahah
literally saw the netflix documentary a few weeks ago i’ve been waiting for u to drop this thanks stephanie. rip asunta. no child should have to go through that
I'm Spanish, and this case has been in everybody's mouth these past months because of the documentary, people are still going nuts years later trying to give it any sense. I personally couldn't stop thinking about it, if Asunta was still alive she would be my age now.
The fact that Rosario went upstairs to the bathroom to get rid of the trash makes the mother guilty of at least knowing.
yeah i wish i knew how she explained that part ?
@@BaobhanloreArtidk man she was having sex on a boat without any concern for daughter and lied so much about where she was and the fact she had travelled with her. Idk They’re both awful to me.
@@BaobhanloreArt yeah just happened to be going to vomit in the trash can where the orange rope was. Yeah to much coincidence.
@@BaobhanloreArtit’s too coincidental with orange rope that was tied with the body with the same chemical composition, and in a vacation home of wealthy I have no doubt that there was a bathroom closer on the first floor
@@BaobhanloreArteither way both the mom and the police knew that the rope was found at the scene
So, dad switched his storage disks and had witness stating he had sexual preference of teenage looking Asian girls, meanwhile his adopted Asian daughter was constantly drugged and had memory loss... It's 2+2 in my book.
I feel the same 😞
Spot on.
It's all so obvious, he was s/aing her, the mom knew but being a narcissist resented the girl for it and both the "parents" being sick in the head eventually agreed to getting rid of her. Both of them are the murderers.
Also I'm convinced they were behind the grandparents murders considering they died on their bed abruptly, and the little girl was almost killed the same way but survived it that one time.
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I mostly agree with you but the thing about the grandparents is that they were both old as fuck and naturally died in bed, it happens, unrelated to this crime imo.
@@fh9061no it doesn't happen, when the people, old or not, are healthy. It happens to already sick and dying people.
I’m a native spanish speaker and when Rosario said “tu mente calenturienta va a causarnos muchos problemas” it literally translates to “your horny mind is going to cause us lots of problems”.
There’s no other interpretation of “calenturiento/a”, it’s inherently sexual and a very outdated way of saying “horny”.
Im Spanish and I can confirm this is the case …
100% correct. Qué tragedia 😢
In Mexico that's the translation too
There is no other way to translate it. Is sexual.
Thank you for weighing in. This is soul-crushing.
“hope she wasn’t SA’d too” is actually sickening to hear, i’m so sorry for the children who were supposed to be loved right and received the opposite
It’s normal for a parent to worry about those type of things, but the fact that he mentioned that she’s probably dead only two hours after she died, made it worse.
it really destroys you. mine was my father. it has made it very hard to trust men because 1 of the 2 people in the world i’m supposed to trust with my life still couldn’t see past my genitalia. it has taken many many years to get to where i am now but it is possible to push past the horrible things parents do to you. 🫶🏻
I feel like they wee trying to frame it as a rape + murder… bc of the rope, the strange white substance and this comment about her daughter… Still very wrong and disturbing
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is sickening to hear but not bc is a creepy thing to say but to think, bc is normal thinking that, my mom thought the exactly same thing when she thought i was kidnapped (i was just lost and the police found me playing in a park with a friend lol) is a normal thing EVERY parent thinks
About the dog thing:
My dogs recognise your way of walking. They can hear you coming from the hall. They will run to the door before you are even in sight. They bark when we get food delivered. I truthfully think the dogs not barking that night is quite scary
Saaame. My dog can tell our footsteps on the stairs and can differentiate cars coming through the driveway at work. You can always tell the store manager and our head mechanic (aka the suckers who give him way too many treats and share lunches with him) are coming in because he hops up and goes running to the parking lot to greet them. Some dogs are crazy aware.
My parents dog can tell whose car is whose based on sound.
My dogs bark if you breath to loud. An the lady I babysit for could walk into our house (drive up too we live in the middle of nowhere so they notice cars) they didn't even twitch in there sleep. An it was the first time she's ever been on the property. So I don't trust my dogs unless so!a things attacking me. Even then they might help. Might bark at a distance while I die
My family dog ia the same way! Down to the car in the drive way! My dog doesn't know what a Kia Soul or Dodge Truck is but she knows to wait and wah her tail when we so much as pullup but an unknown car ahe barks at so the neighbors dogs not barking is so concerning 😢
My landlord went hunting and brought back a deer. Normally, his dogs would bark up a storm when he returned home. But that night, soon as he pulled into his driveway, they went silent. It was weird.
As the teacher.. that moment where the girl seemed drugged and she’s concerned it’s the parents. I would just call her an ambulance and don’t tell the parents until the hospital is able to at least suspect something illegal is going on. It’d gladly lose my job if that meant saving a life
Same
In my country the kid would have immediately been taken away from her parents.
@@toyoyoyo104 yes everyone failed the poor girl especially the teachers they knew but didn’t do anything to stop it cause Rosalia has money
yes so many cases the teachers try t help and the parents or someone close is often the abuser. and the parents are always OFF and strange to say the least so i wonder why no one did call or take her by calling an ambulance instead or talking to her more just so many things.
Talk is cheap
she NEVER got a child because she wanted to be a mom, she only got a child because it was another accessory for her.... What a horrendous selfish woman. It's a shame that such a bright lovely child's life was cut short because Rosario was pathetic & couldn't stand that her child would become so much better than she ever could be.
Agree with you completely. IMO, she viewed her child as a material possession, not as a human with independent thoughts, feelings, needs.
I could see the mother being the narcissistic type that is stuck at the mental maturity level of a teenager and who personally feels threatened by her daughter's intellect, skills, etc.
For some reason these parents give me the same vibes as Madeline McCann's parents.
She is definitely a narcissist. The way she brags bout her daughter to others but put her down in private is telling.
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it was probably to please her parents and once they died, the child became a nuisance
As a pharmacy technician, when I heard 27 pills of Lorazepam I just about flew out of my chair… I mean, 27 pills of ANYTHING is absurd. Some people are so vile…
Right... I'm so surprised she didn't overdose. It mustve been the 0.5 but even then it's so intentional and the parents knew what they were doing.
@@nic_aya Right! Exactly!!
I'm a pharmacy tech too and my jaw dropped as well!
@@ThoughtsOfAYam Right! I was shook when I heard it… so devastating😞
@nic_aya yeah I figured it was a low dose pill, but she's a small child. It's sort of aatronomical.
The parents never really wanted a child. Thay adopted Asunta because the grandparents wanted a grandchild. Rosario was a spoiled daddy's girl and wanted to please him. They basically raised Asunta and thats why she was so smart and disciplined because her grandma was a very brilliant woman and dedicated a lot of time to her. The moment they died and Rosario inherited everything she was over the girl.
You were right! I also taught the same things. Rosario competes with Asunta where Rosario's parents love Asunta more than her. Rosario is afraid that all the assets will go to Asunta by her parents after they pass away. So before that even happens, Rosario kills her parents and gets rid of Asunta by killing her too so that she can inherit everything. Rosario also plans to leave Alfonso where she wanna have a new relationship with her new BF and enjoy the inheritance with her new BF, I’m pretty sure her new BF got some dirty hands too into this killing but he cleverly evades it. Meanwhile, Alfonso is in a state of desperation afraid of being left by Rosario and won't get a single cent from her assets. So Alfonso may threaten Rosario will inform the police about her parent's mysterious death. So that's the reason why Alfonso got involved in this Asunta murder too. When comes a wealthy people think, it its all about money! That's the motivation for this killing.
@@clayton4552022 parents died before Asunta died. They left everything to their daughter. Rosario had the money but no interest in the child or the husband. She was having an affair and wanted that guy. I just don't understand why she didn't give custody to ex husband. Crazy people.
this makes so much sense, REST IN PEACE BEAUTIFUL ANGLE ASUMTA🤍🕊️
this makes so much sense, REST IN PEACE BEAUTIFUL ANGLE ASUMTA🤍🕊️
I knew Asunta when I was a kid, my mom was a summer school english teacher and she'd take me with her often. I dont remember much honestly since I was a kid, but my mom told me she was sick when she saw what had happened to her :( she didnt tell me until I was older. I have this one core memmory where I was playing with asunta in the park next to the school and telling her that after summer we should go play too, I remember playing go fish and complimenting each other consistenly. She was so amazing, so smart, so kind hearted, so beautiful. I even remember meeting those people who adopted her (refuse to call those monsters parents) I remember my mom giving her number so we could play and then the 3 walking away. I never saw her again. I cant imagine how my mom felt when she saw the news. I had been wanting someone to cover her case for quite awhile and Im so happy its you. Youre an amazing narrator and your empathy and respectfulness is beautiful. Asunta nunca seras olvidada, you never deserved what those monsters did to you. You wouldve taken the world by storm.
Wow, I’m so sorry! What a horrible thing to have happen to someone you knew as a child. Absolutely heartbreaking.
La verdad lo lamento mucho por ti, realmente no me imagino lo que es enterarse de algo así de alguien cercana, ella realmente merece justicia y descanso en paz. 😔💔
真可怜，怎么年轻就死了？so sad that she died so young and she rest in peace
Omg! What a story to be close to. Maybe for the good that woman never called your mom.
Siento mucho que este caso te tocara tan de cerca :( Debe haber sido horrible para todos.
So glad they increased the standards to adopt in China. There’s been too many instances of Chinese girls adopted out to foreigners because it was “easier” and making them more prone to ending up with unfit parents or straight up trafficking
To be fair...they most likely knew that, ffs they had the one child policy where they probably encouraged the abortion of baby girls. They only did it because they noticed that the policy has severely screwed the country over...there's way more men than women in China thus a crap birthrate.
Agreed, also them saying it's so hard here to adopt is a HUGE red flag.
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It was not easy at all, chinese goverment asked for a lot of money and visits for years before the adoption
Yes and no... In Russia we have similar Dima Yakovlev Law that completely bans Russian children to be adopted by American citizens and it destroyed so many lives and families who already were in "pending" status of adoption. There are interviews of kids who were already preparing for their big trip to United States and it's just heartbreaking to watch. Not talking about potential adoptions in the future and how Russian orphans overall end up in criminal groups, doing drugs etc.
i was also adopted in china by a spanish family the same year as asunta, not only that but we were also the same age and from the same chinese province (and even our parents were from the same region). this case hit home especially to my parents because they wouldn't stop thinking she could've been in my family and i could've been in hers instead.
my parents had to go through a several years long process in order to adopt me, from parenting courses to psychologists tests so my mom never really understood how come asunta's parents especially the mom who had previous mental issues that would make it hard for her to get an approval to adopt got it in such a short period of time (in an interview when asunta was younger, rosario mentioned the process was around 1 year long), maybe it's because she was rich and had big connections she took the easy quick way.
from time to time, especially when the case blows up again i often think about her, i wonder what life she'd be living now and if our paths would cross again since we could bond over our similar stories, rest in peace asunta.
Wow, there are so many parallels between u two ): With the connection u have with her, I can only imagine how complex and awful it is to live with those underlying thoughts & what-ifs
Mi hermano también nació en el 2000, muchas niñas de su curso y vecinas fueron adoptadas en el 2000 2001. Coincido en que que fueran una familia rica seguramente les facilitó el proceso 🥲 y esos procesos están ahí por algo!!
É lamentável o que aconteceu com esta menina. Eu acho que a "mãe" a eliminou porque deixou de ser útil para as espectativas que tinha, e além disso ela sentiu-se mal porque a menina era incrivelmente bonita e extremamente inteligente. Ou seja, na mente dela, Asunta seria muito melhor do que ela alguma vez foi.
Ainda existe a questão de não querer mais a responsabilidade de amar e cuidar de um ser humano.
Algumas pessoas simplesmente não têm capacidade de amar um filho incondicionalmente. É chato os processos de adopção serem morosos e com muita burocracia, mas é preferível ser assim e as crianças serem entregues a famílias capazes do que entregarem a uma fulana que levou uma bonequinha para casa e quando se fartou eleminou-a....
Aquela menina, era um ser humano que não pediu para vir ao mundo. Foi abandonada pelos pais, os avós seus cuidadores morreram e os carrascos foram buscá-la ao orfanato. Se eles tivessem sido devidamente avaliados, secalhar a menina ainda estaria viva hoje e feliz 😢😢😢😢
yeh, weird thought. I know it's always the case, if your uncle had wheels he'd be a bicycle but still, I would have pondered that too.
Wow trying to get attention for her death is pathetic.
I believe the pedophile assumption is 100 % true unfortunately.. which is disgusting.. the fact that the search history was deleted says a lot
yes and for both parents not just him i think.maybe a 3rd person tho in the end there isnt another but i find the lover sus, he couldhave had the keys or sheleft it for him
And perhaps Rosaria had something to do with her parents deaths and they both had secrets on each other.
Can we note that this man had semen literally all over his room?!?!? Imagine that girl living with this animal. Vomit
i think the most terrifying thing about this case is that Asunta looked at the people she trusted most in the world’s face while they were unaliving her. like that’s so fucking heartbreaking.
Did she trust them tho?
@@catnextdoor5605 Does it matter? They were her (adoptive) parents, she should've been able to trust them with her life, but either way she could not, and found that out either before she died or as she was dying by their hands
@@catnextdoor5605 adopted as a baby from a different country by the killers, raised her whole life with these killers, LIVED with her killers, literally SLEPT a room away from them, what other choice did she have?
If it means anything, her being on 27 lorazepam probably made it so she couldn't have been conscious. So at least she didn't have to be conscious during it :( it's awful what they did to her.
As a Chinese adoptee myself it’s crazy to think about how much the parents you get can change the path of your life. My heart breaks for this little girl because she could’ve been so loved and ultimately successful
你有没有找到你的亲生母亲和父亲？
@@tsunshinegal9102 Does it matter?
@@tsunshinegal9102They abandoned her! Why would she care? My birth parents did the same and my adopted parents weren't that good either, but parents who abandon you and leave you to the wolves are the worst.
This goes for biological children as well. Search Ruby Franke.
In fact, in the final analysis, the adoption process is just and in line with moral and democratic international law. It is necessary to examine the history of the adopted family's diseases, moral concepts, upbringing, and whether the children can grow up normally. It takes a long time to prove that it is reasonable, but the reality is that many people are more abducted rather than adopted. Come on, throw away in the wolf's den again. Don't imagine that a child will be prepared for the unknown evil. I hope God will bless these adopted children to be healthy, safe and happy. At the same time, if the adoptive parents have abuse and aggression, they should call the police immediately, and the children should also learn to call the police.
The t-shirt she was wearing when she died says: "somebody who loves me a lot brought me this t-shirt from [tourist destination]" that's incredibly sad to me
Yes, from San Lucar de Barrameda
yea ii thouht its very strange, sinjce rosario left the note to the school they were 100% donenplanninhg the murderand beforehand too
If only her teachers had called the police and they’d taken blood to test what was in her system that day at school…. This poor girl may still be alive.
I agree, its the fact that they knew everytime her dad would drop her off she would be drugged. Its obviously not normal for a child to disengage in the ways she did.
@@alexisfloyd9350 it may be out of their jurisdiction and could get arrested for this. We don't know Spanish law
There’s no way they “could get arrested for it”. It’s probably because she went to an expensive school and they were hesitant to mess with rich powerful families.
They wouldn’t be able to draw a blood sample without the parents’ permission anyway. And no way in hell those parents would allow it because they have a lot to hide.
But they could and should have said something to authorities. They have a duty of care and the child is priority at all times. @@ArinaPodolskaia
Whatever it is.. never once did they asked "who killed my child?" 🥴 I think that is the most normal question parents will keep asking
They have also never been wondering or searching to know what happened to their daughter ... Like we all want to know but her parents don't? Like wtf ?!
Yes. All they wanted was no attention
Stephanie, can you further expose the Korean crime that has recently been bought back to the public eyes? It’s where a girl was lured by a man and struck in the head, then R**** by 44 men over a period of a year. I think that needs more public attention for justice. No one was ever prosecuted in this case, initially 60% of the residences of that area believe it was the girls fault to lure the man in.
I think the victim is definitely traumatized , But she needs justice
Worst case I ever heard for sure
What?😖😟 what the hell? Omg omg that is so so devastating. I hope she covers it
EDIT - she’s uploaded it on her latest podcast episode. We can always count on her
@rottenmangopod Yes agree - please cover this story 👆🏼
korea is so ass backwards when it comes to women's rights it's actually repulsive
this was the junko furuta case, right? heartbreaking.
EDIT: yes, i know it’s not the junko furuta case, i was mistaken. read my other replies, i already know it’s the miryang case.
"Not all parents deserve kids"-somebody wise
All kids deserve parents, but not all parents deserve kids.
I always say every child needs a parent but not every parent deserves a child so you hit it right on the nail
@@cheezy_weezythere it is
Genuinely so true
People keep saying this line. Yes kids are innocent but Not all child are great. There are criminals who once was kid.
Being parents is a lot of work. They also deserve recognition. It is not walk in the park to raise kid.
I think that it's very particular and eerie that a young girl that was being drugged with Lorazepam specifically stated in her poem that her mother cooks with salt. Just a very, very specific thing to bring up.
Pls elaborate
Well, Asunta had suspicions so perhaps she was trying to warn the teachers to help her
I think you nailed it with the "salt"
I'm glad Stephanie said sexually abusing a child is worse than murder. As a survivor of childhood SA I agree with her full heartedly.
Jesus christ its almost like both can be equally heinous for their respective reasons
@@hah5494not really. Victims of SA relive the trauma it affects all of who you are as a person. If you’re murdered at least you’re at peace. Living through SA you wish someone had
@@wickedyes07 I just always wanted revenge. Nothing is black and white.
@@hah5494Just like the comment above said. She wasn’t claiming murder should be undermined or negated. It’s just that while murder destroys your body, SA destroys your mind AND body. You have to live with the experience for the rest of your life. And in a lot of cases, some feel d34d on the inside and can’t progress with their life. Comprehension is very important when it comes to things like this. And now I understand why Stephanie always has to give disclaimers or clear things up when she says something that we should already understand.
@@hah5494Sorry to break it to you but there are things worse than death in this life.
As someone close to Asunta's age who lived in Spain at the time, seeing the case on the news as a little girl left me absolutely horrified. It was to the point where my parents stopped watching the news for a while and I never got to know how the situation got resolved. Seeing Steph covering this case was a huuuge surprise!!
Hope your got some closure from the traumatic memory
And the news didn't help...
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@@araceli2827Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.❤😊
Same! I was similar in age to her and lived in Spain at the time, and although I was too, disgusted at the case, I never really understood it or knew how it ended. I was so happy to hear Stephanie cover it !
the orange rope, the cleaned computer, the testimony of the sex worker, the preference for Asian girls, the traces of sperm throughout the house, the timeline that doesn't add up, the “Alibis” that keeps changing, the stories the little girl wrote in her diary, the tranquilizer pills, the photos on the cell phone, the attempted kidnapping that wasn't reported right away... how much more evidence is needed to understand the dynamics?! They both did it, or at least they were accomplices.
As someone who takes Ativan/Lorazepam I can tell you that medically you pass out before you can “accidentally” take 27. That’s deliberate - no matter how else you look at it. And 90 days?? Yeah, they were gapping her memory for some reason
Yeah I thought the same. 27 is insane. I go straight to sleep if I would take 3-4mg Lorazepam and it’s my daily medication…
Especially for a young teenager.
As someone who took Lorazepam, it doesn't work on me. I had to go back to my doctor so that I can get something stronger. But 27? I think it would probably kill
@@flightning The Lorazepam itself wouldn’t be lethal normally, it’s more likely that someone who uses high doses would get an respiratory depression and die from that. I personally know people who didn’t take it for medical reasons but to be high on that and a lot of them used really high doses (often more than 20mg incl. other substances).
A old friend of mine took a really high dose and slept for 3 days (I’m pretty sure he did wake up between for short times and drank something tho) but he didn’t have any problems after that…
My sister tried slewslide once. They found her after 3 days dehydrated and coocoo from meds. She joked I should have drank red bull to be able to take them all. She's still alive and with us today. And she's an adult. (Doing much better today btw) It's true and impossible for a child to do that herself. 😢
Dude, 1mg of ativan puts me under a table. Lorazepam is one hell of a sedative!
The way that " so called " mother talks about this poor girl right away made Me realize how these people just abused her, to show what great parents they were, disgusting old farts.
Misused " "
Your ageism is unnecessary and doesn't contribute to a well functioning society.
* “mother”
A student comes to me in a daze or sleepy as heck and tells me her parents are making her take some horrible tasting powder, I’d be calling the school nurse or reporting the incident to someone that could help. It sounds like possible child abuse
When your husband said there are parents who are jealous of their child, i remembered how my sister's husband was jealous of their daughter because my sister was taking care of her by herself so he went out and cheated. Now their divorce journey is starting and my sister's future ex-husband treats their daughter like a PET too. I am so sad for this child and how she got treated. I am so sad how these people reminded me of my family in a way.
Lots of men do this. It's sick... The second their spouse is pregnant or shows little energy or little interest in smex they go and cheat... He would have cheated on her further down the line too... I hope things settle for your niece soon xxxx
Please give the daughter a lot of support, she deserves to have a loving and responsible adult
Thats actually crazy
Theres been lots of stories like these arent?
Sounds like your sisters a problem too for not seeing if you can see the new future husband treating her that way your sister definitely can too 🤷♂️
@@davidgutierrez7636 she's referring to her sister's husband as "future ex-husband" coz their divorce has not been finalized yet. Stop trying to drop the blame on women incel
48:20 Noooo Stephanie. Dead mosquito, aka "mosquita muerta" means you play innocent when you are not. Has nothing to do with being boring.
I've seen the difference
they need to review their Spanish translators lol
@@carlamarlene2927 what difference???
@@summerchild_ between someone acting innocent and submissive and someone that is blanking in the brain boring
@@carlamarlene2927 never heard anyone using it for the second option and I'm a native Spanish speaker but idk maybe Spanish is weird
I love how you almost act out the conversations. You make it more realistic. Your passion really shows through and that’s what I enjoy about listening jnf to your videos. And of course, your husband asks the best questions. Most of them I’m asking a split second before he asks so I’m always talking to y’all like I’m right there with you lol. Thanks for all your hard work and bringing all of these cases to light. You cover so so many cases that aren’t typically covered by the other true crime ladies I listen to, and I appreciate that!!
For reference, CP is no longer how we refer to it in the legal and therapeutic world. It’s referred to as CSAM (child s**** ab**e material) since it’s abuse and not something they can consent to.
Yes, great point!!! Unfortunately, most people likely are more familiar with the abbreviation CP, whereas, CSAM might confuse a lot of people. But I agree, the correct terminology should be used.
Wow that’s a really good point.
Never stopped to think about it in this way but CSAM makes way more sense. Thank you for sharing!
😢😢
Would it still count for the new rise in AI-generated CP?
... that and the public never really understands that jargon, and it will never catch on outside of the legal and therapeutic world.
@@draconicfeline6177wtf?? AI generated?
It’s crazy a person that you trust and love the most, do such a thing.
mhm
Thats why i dont trust men, your father could be a potential predator too. I know that not all men but these type of men especially with offstandish personalities should not be trusted
@LondyVlogs tehy just comment something based on video title to get likes
@LondyVlogsHave you considered that maybe they already knew about the case before this video came out?
as a palestinian, it fr almost brought me to tears to hear you say you are supporting palestine children’s relief fund… youre for real an angel on this earth…. thank you rotten mango🍉❤️🇵🇸
DIsgusting
I worked in pharmacy for 5 years and a child being given 27 tablets of Lorazepam is absolutely crazy! They obviously wanted her to forget what they were doing to her and it also feels like they were trying to overdose her. I just hope Alfonso wasn’t using her for CP because them finding those searches on his PC and the fact that he was drugging her is such a red flag to me. Also the fact that he said what he said to the police officer when she was still missing. Both the parents did it tho. Neither is innocent in this story. Poor girl💔
Most likely he was SA her (speaking realistically).I hope she wasn’t but there’s no other explanation of pictures and them wanting her drugged .Theres a lot of red flags.He seems suspicious too.
@@ameliapolak7977 sadly I agree😞
he either under drugged her and she woke up (heaven help her poor girl) or he over drugged her and she didn't wake up. I think Alfonso did it and Rosario didn't want the scandal of her husband murdering her daughter.
This is my theory too@SusanaXpeace2u
As a nurse I confirm it. I give my patients maximum of 2 lorazepams to sleep... 27 is just absurd!!
I'm surprised no one suggested that the parents were selling her to be abused by pedos while she was unconscious, and then one of them killed her and the parents themselves disposed of the body. They sedated her and took all those weird pictures and one night she wakes up to a man trying to assault her but they don't call the police, it seems to me there was at least another person involved
very plausible- it adds up
Yes that immediately popped up in my head as soon as i watched the video ! Or maybe he was drugging and abusing her while filming it when she was over at his place, hence why his phone and laptop memories were all wiped up. Any case, it's clear they're both guilty and horrible people. I wish he never gets to taste freedom ever again.
Exactly
We had a similar case here in Germany some years ago, with a single man who lived in a Van on his own and somehow managed to adopt a kid. He then was SAing this kid over years, taking videos of this and also inviting other men who I think paid for it?
The case was really weird too bc somehow all the evidence the police had collected got "stolen" at some point
That is my first assumption. Almost like Madeline Maccain. I think she was also being passed around amongst the other adults in the villa that came to the vacation with them.
I think Asunta was being sold and in one do their very violent /sexual abuse or whatever CP filming she was killed … I think the burglar was someone they offered her too but had to take the extra precautions by having him dress as one …
I was thinking that the entire time. The deleted hard drive on the computer lines up. Also, Asunta most likely knew she was being drugged and tried to warn her teachers though the poems to some degree. It would also explain the photos on her phone, her parents had nothing to hide. Perhaps, she thought it would leave clues after she died, like a memorial. Her Mother most likely gaslighted (not sure it I'm using the term correctly) that she had a "dirty mind" whenever she brought her concerns up.
Pls do Polette’s case from Mexico. She was a disabled little girl that was killed inside her house but “no one heard anything” it was so weird and full of inconsistencies. At this day there’s no one found guilty.
At first they said she desappeared but days later she was found dead under her bed, which is weird because there were people entering and leaving that room everyday.
Theories say that the mom killed her and the dad got rid of the body.
Pls pls do a research about it!! 🩵🩵🩵 love u
I knew a young girl who was drugged by her stepfather so that he could SA her. I really hope this isn't the case for this poor girl. What horrible people.
Has those vibes from the beginning
Was he her biological father? That’s horrible regardless
@@wilchil5433 no, he was her stepfather. I knew the guy too and I feel guilty for never knowing
@@CepellinGluglu he should feel guilty not you, hope she can find a way to heal from that
It's always the case. I'm sorry to say it.
I never thought you'd cover this case. I'm Galician and I was 14 when Asunta was killed. It was a very eerie thing to see a happening. She has around my age, she was just a baby
Misma situación. Incluso ahora en mi carrera de derecho he hecho trabajos acerca del caso y fue horripilante volver a ver todo lo que había escuchado con 13 años. Es especialmente hiriente y poco respetuoso como los medios cubrieron todo, además que ya es algo que vemos en cada caso mediático parecido y me hace poco a poco perder la fe en el periodismo serio.
Te iba a responder en inglés pero me sentía un poco boba, me encanta ver gente de mi zona que sigue a steph. saúdos e bicos
omg más gallegos
Not galician but close (Asturias) - I was also the same age and this case still kind of haunts me to this day, specially now with the netflix docuseries
Yo tb soy gallega y a mí me pilló ya en la universidad, pero me impacta mucho pensar que yo he crecido y Asunta sigue siendo una niña de 12 años. Nos afecta de otra manera por la cercanía.
Lets fucking go los gallegos dominaremos el mundo (misma situación, edad similar a asunta, mis padres lo pasaron muy mal viendo las noticias)
Even the poem about her mother was amazing for one so young. This poor young one. I hope she (and other like her) knows there are people who care about her life.
The Netflix version of this case is more of a drama series than a documentary/true crime. Thank you for working on this case. You are an amazing storyteller and always bring to light these stories from places all over the world for others to be aware.
The netflix movie was a remake of the incident, not meant to be a documentary.
what is the Netflix version ???
Do you mean the name?@j.stxrzz
Yes, what is the name please?
@@sirencxhit's just called "The astunta case"
My own thought is that the adoptive father was sexually abusive and the adoptive mother knew of his predation. She didnt want his dirtiness to be mixed with her name. They (mostly him) knows led to Asuntas death.
Trust me she presents in many ways much weird than him. She was the one that lies the most. I am not one to condemned lightly and she passed already, but I was so upset about her every time I review the case.
But I believe they both did it. They have this weird relationship of dependence on eachother
I think the father was S.A. Asunta and the mother was jealous of Asunta and saw her as a threat. The mother seems to be all about airs and graces, all image no substance.
@@legoqueen2445yes, this is what I believe happened as well. It is unfortunately a common occurrence for mothers whose husbands SA their daughters. It is heartbreaking. If anyone ever touched my daughters, they would immediately wish they hadn’t. I don’t care how much I loved them. I love my daughters more.
@@jennifergracehyes that she was drugged for 3 months on lorazepam. they are good at knocking out your memory. I've used them and found that of all of the benzos they would knock my memory out and it was strange feeling.
Hi. I'm from Galicia and I watched this case closely. A couple of things:
In Santiago there is no VIP zone in that sense, actually, Doutor Teixeiro is in a zone where many college students live.
Also, the lorazepam part. Here it is a controlled substance and it was at that time. If a pharmacy gives you lorazepam without a doctor's note he will be losing his licence probably. Nobody knows why this wasn't the case
i cant believe none of the teachers called the police or reported it
In Spain they don't do it as far as I know
i know me either it’s disgusting, how can they sleep at night knowing they could’ve stoped the abuse. i know i couldn’t
@@araceli2827as someone who lived in Spain as a child there is a fucked system and my dad brought me to Texas because of things that happened and the fact that the police really didn’t do shit. Yall I love the US she my Sa happened it was the one time I felt heard and the one time a law enforcement helped me vs hurt me.
That woman was hella richie rich even if they had reported it to the police that woman would had stopped the investigation right away or shut their voices through power of 💰
can we just thank stephanie, she’s one of the most respectable crime tellers. she never brings personal life to relate it to the crime, she has researchers from where ever the crime takes place, she remembers everything in an 1 hours video, the quality is always good and you are never lost. thank you stephanie!
Couldn’t agree more
I don't think she remembers. She's reading a script/ a story.. narrating real life events after doing research on the topic or case. And she's a great narrator, no doubt about it.
I absolutely love her videos
Why didn't the police talk to the little girls friends.
The friends were apparently the only ones who would actually listen
and take her seriously .
Those pictures of Asunta swaddled seem like they were taken by someone who couldn't get over the fact that kids grow up and don't stay babies.
Unfortunately, I know someone like that. Once kids get older and their personality develops into a more autonomous person, people like this often discard the child or double down their control.
That's a very interesting observation...dang
This is so crazy, but I bet you’re into something. I’ve heard it more with pets. Where they get a pet and love it as a baby, but as soon as they grow up, they’re “disposed”. It’s sickening to hear people do this to innocent animals, but it’s beyond to learn ppl do this to children
“…did something worse than murder.” I feel the same. There are worse things than death.
Agreed
...yep, life. Life is worse than death. All the rest is just extras.
Death isn't a negative. The things that get you to that point are though.
Wow, she could’ve been 24 this year. This is absolutely heartbreaking.
She was so talented too.. The entire case made me angry and sad and like someone commented.. "Not all parents deserve kids". The amount of pressure they must've put on the poor child must've been exhausting as well as other horrible things. I wish "adoptive parents" like these monster that want to take advantage of children disappear from the world and I hope children get treated better by their biological parents and adoptive parents, they're a treasure to the world.
Mid-age dude here who loves your stories, not only because they are international but also in your storytelling ability! I’m excited to watch this.
Her storytelling really is incredible. Her partner is also a great listener and their interactions over the story enhance the storytelling
@@damien678I'm not sure why I assumed that was her sibling lol
@@jovaniromo8481 he’s her husband
@@damien678🎉😊t
@@damien678this is a little mean, what I’m going to say is she’s way more intelligent than her man. He’s always asking obvious questions.
as a spanish, thank you for talking about this case! im a big fan of yours and im really invested in this case so it's great to see one of my favourite RUclipsrs make a video about it!
Hi! Spanish follower here! I thought about submitting this case to you so I'm really glad to see you are covering it, I also wanted to submit the case of "Las niñas de Alcasser", I feel like the murder of those girls really made an impact on Spanish society. There's also a Netflix documentary about it.
Edit: I think it would also be really interesting if you could cover Marta Del Castillo's death, her family still hasn't been able to find her body after 15 years.
Stephanie covered that case before she started making videos, it's on Rotten Mango spotify! Episode 110.
What’s the doc called on Netflix?
@@mcaggie2470 The Asunta Case
@@mcaggie2470El caso Alcàsser/ The Alcàsser Murders
@@mcaggie2470”The Alcàsser Murders”
I went to her same high school when this happened although I was a couple of grades above. Was in drama club with one of her classmates who attended the same ballet school too. When they went to the funeral everyone was rattled not only over the loss, but also about whether it could be a serial killer. Rosario got close to them and told them “they needn’t worry, because there wasn’t a murderer out there”.
😳 that is weird to say. How would she know unless it's her and her ex 😳
@@sherriv4860 Right? Whenever something comes out about the case I can’t help but think about this.
That's so shady wtf. You'd think someone innocent would be grieving too much and constantly worrying about who did this or what happened. Like???
That’s weird to say from a parent with a child who’s case is unresolved.
Thanks!
Im currently 13 years old. Why did i make it to 13, but she didn't, i never knew her, but she was somebody, someone who deserved love and care, I pray she's resting in peace. Thank you, Stephanie, for bringing us this case
You English is better than me at such a young age❤️ - 👵🏼
@yourgrandma1534 thank you very much 😊
@yourgrandma1534 I'm so confused? Do you know his/her nationality? May be he/she is from an English speaking country.
I'm not trying to say this 13 year all is not great. Just genuinely confuse if there is a way to see our private details as nationally!!
@bada2839 in another video (the one about the Sarah Lawrence cult), OP mentions that they are the child of immigrant parents, so maybe the person read that comment and made this reply.
@@yourgrandma1534 that says more about you than anything 💀
this hits a little harder for me... my little sister was born in 2000, she is 24 this year and has grown into a wonderful person. May you be at peace Asunta Fong Yang. This world didn't deserve you.
As someone from spain im so happy that this case is getting all this attention, she deserved so much better. Thank you for speaking about her.
I believe he was sexually abusing the girl and the mother knew. He wanted his wife back so he told her he would get rid of her and she knew or even helped.The mom had her own issues and thought this was a good solution.
She was so young and deserved so much better because who does that to a child . The people that was supposed to protect her let her down really. Her story has so many strange things happening that when I listened to it on Spotify it felt like a cliffhanger because I didn’t know who to blame most & I was left confuse after listening to podcast
Poor girl was failed twice, by her home country, and by her adoptive parents. My heart goes out to all the Chinese girls and woman that were neglected by their government, and to Asunta who was failed twice by the world. Do not take our children, our girls, if you are not going to give them the life they deserve. She was such a bright girl, and had so much potential, she was already so incredible… if only the world valued their women. Rip sweet girl :(.
I’m from Spain, and let me tell you, this case has been a hot topic these last months because of the Netflix documentary. I’ve watched it, but I will again just to see Stephanie’s view on it 🤧
What’s the netflix doc called
@@RoniForeva I don't know if it has English subtitles but this is the documentary
Lo que la verdad esconde: El caso Asunta (Operacion Nenúfar).
I think I'm gonna back out of this one. I can't sit here crying at work. God rest her precious soul 🕊️
@@RoniForevait’s called, “The Asunta Case.” Haven’t seen it but looks good.
Totalmente! Igual por aquí🤗
Another international case I've never heard! I swear, Rotten Mango is the only podcast I listen to that has cases I've never heard of before! I appreciate the entire teams dedication to researching these cases and bringing them to a whole new audience. Idk why she's never up for awards at things like crime con. The amount of work it takes to translate, research and put together international cases is WILD. I can never find info about most of these cases in English, so I think they should get more props than they are! Thanks again, guys! Now so many people who have never heard of Asunta can honor her.
She's SUCH and fantastic story teller.
@jessicablair5610 Netflix made a dramatized limited series about it with actors & actresses. I don't remember the name but you can search Asunta I think. And I think it came out this year too
As somebody with anxiety and depression that has been medicated for over a decade, I wanted to add my two cents on lorazepam: It is impossible to die from an overdose, hence the reason it is prescribed a lot to people with thoughts of self exiting.
The problem is that if you take it for long periods of time, you develop a resistance to it. Since these drugging incidents were happening for months, it is very likely that Asunta was given more and more not in an attempt to kill her, but because she was becoming resistant to the drug.
Anyhow, misscarriage of justice is horrendous, but I will not lose any sleep over these two scumbags getting railroaded by a biased judge and the media.
I am from Spain and this case is a shock. The audios of the parents while they are in custody are so disturbing, so strange was that couple. The poor girl was apparently super smart and probably knew what her parents are suspected of doing to her grandparents... Lots of details don't make any sense, I guess Alfonso will tell the truth some day 🫤
It sounds like kidnapped again
why would he? if he's allowed out, he's better off not confirming people's suspicions, so I doubt we'll ever know.
... My ex wife was pimped out by her own family. From the time that she was little. And these people acted just like her parents. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it just might be someone who is so afraid of social recourse, that they will lie to your face.
That's why I always go to your podcast after a long day at work... because you don't collude your cases with your personal opinion. Love and respect Lisa Las Vegas
even if it’s not one of these motives, they could’ve easily just OD’d her bc it’s not talked about enough how many parents/adults will keep kids drugged up, docile, and/or institutionalized when they feel they’re “being too difficult” or “asking too many questions “ or straight up pin a mental illness the moment they “act up” just to prescribe medications or make them someone else’s problem… this is such a heartbreaking story from the moment you described her mother referring to her as some kind of painting being hung and not a innocent baby; no matter how intelligent she was.
@carlasaricgraboleda1652 okay but the drug is not designed for a 12 y.o. and that doesn’t mean you can’t die from the SIDE EFFECTS; it just means a side effect won’t be self exit. if it’s not prescribed for them personally it’s a big chance you could still die; it’s very common
@@majicchoneyyExactly. My lamictal wouldn’t kill me BUT the life threatening rash that could’ve developed might’ve. Side effects very much could’ve killed her even if it wasn’t the medicine by itself. But all those pills in her system as a child very much could’ve as well
@carlasaricgraboleda1652 It can kill you but it's pretty high amounts considering they are usually prescribed as 0.5-1mg pills. It's can actually increase suicidal ideations if taken long-term and is addictive so it's wild someone could get more at a pharmacy like he did
It sounds to me like the husband is a pdo with a thirst for Asian girls. He probably convinced Rosario to adopt a Chinese baby under the guise of "saving" her, and Rosario fell for it because she loves attention and wanted to be hailed as a selfless supermom. It was a win-win for both of them. Now, I kind of get the impression Rosario didn't know about her husband's... "tastes", but at some point she might've found out. Maybe she noticed him looking at Asunta the wrong way, or maybe she found some disturbing photos. Either way, I think she went into a denial, eventually becoming complacent in it. That would explain her struggle with anxiety and why she snapped at anyone who noticed issues with Asunta. Plus, if people knew she married a pdo, her reputation would be ruined, which is obviously more important.
Then, as Asunta got older, Alfonso probably realised he wouldn't be able to sneak into her room anymore or dress her in little girl clothes or tuck her in bed like a baby. She'd eventually realise how inappropriate that is. So he started drugging her. Or maybe Rosario started drugging her so she wouldn't remember the assaults. I don't think he ever fully SAed her (because there would have been physical signs), but he probably took pictures, groped her, pleasured himself over her body as she slept, etc. It's not unheard of with people like this, who feel they haven't "crossed the line" if they don't go all the way.
I can't say exactly how the poor little girl was killed, but I believe the overdose theory. Asunta was with Alfonso the afternoon before she died. He might've done something gross before sending her home. Either he drugged her and it eventually killed her, or she told her mom and, as usual, Rosario drugged her so she'd forget. But this time it was too much. Asunta died, Rosario panicked, probably told Alfonso, and they decided to dump her body. The cord is probably a red herring, because they wanted it to seem like a random attack. They wanted to blame the gardeners. Alfonso promised Rosario he'd take care of everything, but he wasn't as good as he thought he was. Luckily, both of them were charged.
They were cruel, careless people.
I partially agree with you, except for one thing, the cause of the death. The coroner told she was suffocated than it's not overdose. Of course lorazepam could have helped causing some sort of respiratory depression. But if the autopsy was done properly (it's not always the case but in this instance I don't see a reason why I should not trust the doctor) it shows that there was intentionality, like the cause of death was axphytiation but the manner was that she was suffocated. It's not like the poor girl died by accident, sadly it was something done with pourpous...
Edit: the first doctor, because the whole cross contamination stuff it's wilde!
i too agree with everything but the cause of death, that wouldn’t explain why they drove over to the summer house. i personally believe asunta probably started waking up about her dad’s behavior, they didn’t know what else to do but to make her not talk about this. maybe he had an outburst and strangled her. someone else commented that the drugs themself wouldn’t be able to kill someone, they’re not lethal… and the autopsy. it’s all such a mystery i just hope the parents admit to it sooner or later so she can truly rest in peace
also the fact that her classmate saw her AND her dad? around an hour before her murder? i don’t think it’s a coincidence, he probably waiter for her and her mom ant the summer house already. they might’ve drugged her and strangled and tied her up in that same house, that would explain the cord in the bathroom and why her mom ran to grab it before the police could… but why would they leave her in the middle of the road? and the fact that they chose to CREMATE(!!!) her body!
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The coroner's report said she had significant doses of Lorazepam in her system, which can basically paralyze the body. It slows your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, etc. until you literally become unresponsive. That's probably what happened to Asunta, causing her to suffocate. It's possible she even rolled onto her stomach, burying her face in her pillow while she slept, and couldn't move because an overdose on Lorazepam paralyzes your muscles. The cause wasn't strangulation, because there were no marks on her neck. All we know is that it was asphyxiation, meaning she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.
@@micol7490
The coroner's report said she had significant doses of Lorazepam in her system, which can basically paralyze the body. It slows your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, etc. until you literally become unresponsive. That's probably what happened to Asunta, causing her to suffocate. It's possible she even rolled onto her stomach, burying her face in her pillow while she slept, and couldn't move because an overdose on Lorazepam paralyzes your muscles. The cause wasn't strangulation, because there were no marks on her neck. All we know is that it was asphyxiation, meaning she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.
Because of people like these is why I’m so freaking paranoid.
As a spanish person im glad you covered this, but let me tell you the story gets even creepier when you know Asunta had a blog…
Please elaborate 😮
omg please elaborate :000000
Does Stephanie talk about it? I'm only 30 mins in, and this case is already wild
@@Kaloleloshe had a blog with her friends where they wrote about ghost stories
Is the blog still available online?
Another spanish viewer here! This case is one of the biggest ones here, they don’t know for a fact if they did kill her or not. The mother unalived herself a few years ago and he has told that is planing to do the same once he exits jail.
Very suspicious
Guilt
Both seem to be pdos 🤢
'Dead mosquito' refers to a person who projects themself as being harmeless while the opposite is true. The mosquito that plays dead to later come back and sting.
Your video quality and storytelling ability is second to none. I also love how your partner asks the questions we're thinking. Thank you! 💕
Yes ikrr!! Her storytelling is absolutely amazing!!
As someone who was adopted in 1996, I can confirm that you could basically stroll up with 10 grand and buy a kid in China. The readoption laws in each home country, however, varied.
I’m an acro dance/gymnastics teacher and honestly I’m shocked that her teachers weren’t required to report what she had said about her life at home. Mandated reporting needs to be way more widespread…
I am a girl from the same city, A Coruña, and I was born the same year as Asunta. I remember that a month before this tragic case happened, I even went camping in Teo (the place where it happened). It was very sad, shocking and scary to see the news at that time. The people you would least expect to do that and the ones who are supposed to protect you the most... Any child deserves something like that.
My thoughts are: where was child protective services? If the teachers thought she was being drugged, in America at least, they're required to report it to CPS. So why didn't they? And if they did, why didn't they follow up? The parents are despicable, but I feel like that had to be obvious from the get go. Insulting your daughter mid sentence and offhandedly is an expression of a much more dangerous dynamic in private.
Corruption maybe? I'm nit assuming at all I don't know about Spain but it's a possibility it would've been sweeped under the rug
Her teachers didn't call the police so there wasn't any investigation on the matter. Who would think that a rich kid was being druged and start an investigation "de oficio"? it would be the same in the US and everywhere else. If something is to be learnt from this case is that we must be brave when the time to help someone comes.
In Spain is not mandatory for teachers to report the CPS (servicios sociales), the reporting proses it usually take many months and could highly get discard as a non critical situation specially taliking about a rich/middle class family
@@el5001 Its not corruption, its that in spain this sort of cases are very rare so you have a higher rate of simply brush it off. The parents told something to the teachers and they believed them. If you believe in their lies even if they dont make sense in your head you still want to believe it because the other option is way more horrible and this things seemed to happen to others but not around you. If she had gotten to Hospital, she would have been reported to authorities and something might have been done.
As a child of a parent who has NPD, treating their kids like a pet is very common. I’ve been NC with my dad for a couple years now but he recently married someone two years younger than me (college student) and told my 13 year old brother he’s only a mistake from his old life and they’re gonna start over without him. So my brother is now living with a family friend while my dad and his child bride are living in a hotel without him 🙃 at least they didn’t take it this far. Narcissists don’t have the ability to feel empathy or act without a selfish cause. If their kid isn’t perfect that means they don’t look like a perfect parent so it’s easier to get rid of them, in their minds.
this reminded me of the case of Paulette. She “dissapeared" late at night in her own room, and was later found on her same bed but was never solved... it would be interesting to see you talk about it!! this happened here in MTY Mexico.
never in my life I thought (as a Galician) that I'll see this case covered by an american channel... Amazing job, team!
Cantos galegos apareceron nos comentarios jajajaja Saúdos!
Creo que lle pedín unha vez que investigase este caso porque non creo nas noticias da tele española
It's actually crazy how recent this case is. Asunta would have been 24 years old this year. R.I.P
referring to the last theory; even if somehow, someway they didn’t kill her, it’s obvious they were neglecting and harming her. asunta deserved better, i hope she found peace in the afterlife 🕊️
honestly to me? it sounds like alfonso was drugging and SAing his daughter, maybe Rosario knew, or was in denial. I would guess Asanta was becoming less affected by being drugged so often, waking up when it wasn't expected (the 'burglary' incident), so they had to dangerously up the dose, or she was becoming older and realizing something was wrong and fighting back. Either it happened as an accident like that, or they feared her talking about it.
The entire time Steph was talking about how despicable of a human being the mother was, all i could think of was my own. How my mother is exactly like Rosario when it comes to my "usefulness." I may be my mother's biological daughter, but she definitely sees me as a pet rather than a person. She is a raging narcissist, and there was a time as a child that I was SAed by a man she was attracted to. He was deranged and depraved and even tried to strangle her on the night of my 10th birthday.... he let her go for whatever drunken reason, but while she was being choked she literally said "my daughter, my daughter, take my daughter instead" in Spanish... I'll never forget it and I haven't really regarded her as my "mom" since then, just as my biological parent.
Asunta deserved so much better. She deserved people who actually loved her. This is a disgusting show of how many people are "parents" that have literally no business being parents. Money and status and all that crap don't matter. The scum of the earth is still the scum of the earth irregardless.
Sometimes I wonder whether Stephanie gets affected by all these dark stories. They're very compelling but also very disturbing.
I think she’s been doing for long enough that she knows how to deal with all the emotions. She has amazing sponsors and does so much for vulnerable populations, i think that’s what helps keep her sane too.
This just needs saying, Rotten Mango deserves an Emmy or some kind of recognition for their outstanding, compelling, detailed work. It is truly captivating! RUclips needs to reward Stephanie and her team for such superb content.
37:29 to give context to the lorazepam… I’ve taken two and literally couldn’t feel my body and I’m a grown adult. My jaws on the floor at the fact that they fed this girl 27 of those pills omg
It’s crazy what a “father” would do
If my dad could put his hands on me, im not surprised what other men could potentially do
There are also missed opportunities for those in Assunta's school/teachers. She was already manifesting sensorial changes even amnesia plus physical imbalance. Those teachers may have helped by sending her to the school clinic where a doctor goes on duty. A simple urinalysis could have shown chemicals/substances she was being drugged with. Again just a retro thought. Rest in peace Assunta 🙏
We don't have school clínics in Spain
Sad to know that there are no school clinics in Spain. Thank you for the info.
@@vera-lv7cy Whaaat? That’s sad. Even public schools here in the Philippines have school clinics ..
@@marteelee103 we dont need that in Europa we have a verry good health care good docters hospitals just give it a google search.
Im from the Netherlands
@@dia_kiyoko21 we dont need them
Stephanie, as if I couldn't love you more, you always support great causes of various parts of the world. Thank you so much!
Poor Asunta. It just seems like she wasn’t loved and not seen or heard. She clearly deserves better😢
Cleaning the house during a thunderstorm listening to Stephine's true crime podcasts are the best
I'm in the same position! Thunderstorm and all!
SAME HERE LOL
Same :o
Same HAHAHAH
Thank you for supporting the PCRF. Much love from a Palestinian subscriber of yours. Keep up the great content. Your story telling is next level 🤍
I'm Spanish, and this case was huge, I was 20 yo and I remember it was constantly on the news, it was terrible, I could never understand how they could do that to their child.
Now it's gained attention again because of the show and I was going to suggest it for a video, but I never thought I'd see it on your channel! There's also an older documentary on Netflix about the case called "El caso nenúfar".
There's other terrible cases that happened in Spain, like the case of "José Bretón" who murdered his 2 children to get back at his wife; Marta del Castillo's case, her parents still can't find her body since 2009, I was 15yo going on 16yo in 2 days when that happened, she was only 2 years older than me; an older, extremely weird and with terrible impact of the media coverage of the case was the "Alcàsser" murders or "las niñas de Alcàsser", they were found 1 day before I was born, all the while my mom was pregnant she was hyper aware of her surroundings in case she could see them anywhere if they had been kidnapped...
Whats angry me the most of this case is that THEY DECIDED to adop this poor girl
Side note : can we talk about how amazing that shade of pink is on Stephanie?
It really is her color 🌸
This case was huge in Spain. It was absolutely tragic. They never cared for her, only the status she brought. I haven't watched the tv series (but I do know the actors are brilliant), only a documentary from a few years ago. They were monstruous and selfish.
44:31 I believe her. My dog will tell me if she knows the person going by the apartment. She only barks at people she knows, because she’s excited to see them. When we lived on the 6th floor, she would let me know the minute my then-boyfriend entered the building, 6 floors down. So if her dog was the opposite, barking at everyone he/she doesn’t know, her dog would tell her if the person walking by was a stranger. I fully believe her dog was honest, hahah
literally saw the netflix documentary a few weeks ago i’ve been waiting for u to drop this thanks stephanie. rip asunta. no child should have to go through that
I'm Spanish, and this case has been in everybody's mouth these past months because of the documentary, people are still going nuts years later trying to give it any sense.
I personally couldn't stop thinking about it, if Asunta was still alive she would be my age now.