She had kuru. Stephanie obviously lied n fed her fresher brains than some old bones out of old graves. Its 2024 how has no one figured this out? I learned about kuru decades ago from a docu about cannibal tribes n I'm only 40.
Hey! I'm from Venezuela and wanted to provide some context. For those asking, Venezuela is not as bad as it's shown in the media, it's WAY worse than you could imagine. The suffering we've endured since the actual regime has been in power (25 years) is unmeasurable. With that said, no, there are basically no laws there. In 2019, 92% of homicides went unpunished and, by then, we were one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Hunger is one of the main issues in the country as well, with people resorting to desperate measures just to have a meal a day. As for society, it probably doesn't work in the ways you are used to (although the drinking in a field part is fitting). Most people from "first world" countries can't grasp what society is like when you've been in survival mode for so long, and police and other government forces are some of the worst people you could encounter, not to mention useless as crap most of the time, or even involved in kidnappings, extortion, etc. Worth mentioning as well that believing and practicing witchcraft, Santería, etc. is also very common, with mental illnesses going untreated because people are just "a little crazy" or "possessed" by some evil spirit or something. As for the public healthcare system, it's basically non-existent. There are no supplies nor staff in hospitals, at times no electricity or running water, and private care is too expensive for most people. So this case may seem hard to grasp because there really is no system in place to help with cases like this, it just happens. The case of El come gente has been mentioned as it is the most famous in Venezuela, but you can look up El monstruo de Maracay, who kidnapped a woman for 30 years until her escape a few years ago, or the Edmundo Chirinos case (a very influential psychiatrist who even ran for president and murdered one of his patients). Hope this clears things up a little. Great video as usual and thank you for being so respectful when talking about things that you may or may not believe in and not making a mockery out of other people's cultures!
Thanks for sharing, that's so sad to hear of the suffering. Oh my 😞 many Venezuelans have moved to neighbouring countries, wherever the they can get to. I moved from Guyana earlier this year and a lot of Venezuelans have moved there, for a better life of course. And some have opened up food stands, selling delicious street food. Every time I see them, I just hope they get the break to make a better life for themselves and their family because Guyana is also a somewhat struggling country but definitely nothing as bad as Venezuela.
Thank you for providing more context. As a Brazilian, I am aware of how much Venezuelan people have been suffering, our media is always talking about what happens all over Latin and South America - but I believe many people from different countries around the world don't know anything about what's happening there. And Eleanor's audience is very diverse, so your contribution is that much more valuable. People from all around the world that read your comment will have a much better idea of how dire the situation is in Venezuela.
I just turned 20 and same...... Like what do we talk about how was school??? Lol Like I can chat to a 25 year old we both have jons stress taxes etc we can meet up for a drink in a bar can't really do that with a 15 year old lol.
No seriously. I turn 20 in a few days and I cower from teenagers. I don't want to talk to them. I went through that already lol. I can't understand how she even could be friends with her, let alone why she'd want to (besides the reason she did, which is similarly incomprehensible).
im 17 and friends w someone whos 21, we have a lot in common actually, lmao, and friends with someone whos 23 (same age as my older brother) 😭 (both online and girls, but it probably depends on the type of person you are, idk!)
@@modernghost0 It still wouldn't be a problem from the POV of someone else. Hell you were a "teen" a year ago. But yeah I feel ya. I feel the same with people your age, being 31, 20 year olds are children to me kkkkkk
Right, like i can't imagine being this jealous of a 15 yr. And why not just say, "Hey you seeing my BF".... I cant understand doing that to a person like that
@Aurora_262 I thought it was said in the video that no one knows the identity of the boyfriend or his age. He could have been an adult dating a minor. Or he could have been a minor dating an older woman. Either way, what he did wasn't great. But her reaction to what he did made this whole ordeal into a tragedy.
It's not illegal to dig up bones in a graveyard and feed them, along with dirt, to an unsuspecting minor in Venezuela? I think they need some new laws there if that's the case.
Venezuelan here 🙋🏼♀️Of course, all of that is illegal. Digging bones in a graveyard is illegal for starters. But the legal system doesn't work properly here. Maybe they couldn't prove she actually dug up bones and gave them to her, but also maybe they were too lazy to try to prove it. But tbh, knowing my country, what this sounds like is 1) her family paid to get her out 2) she had family inside and they got her out 3) her family threatened someone saying they would do the same to them...... There's like a lot of people who would believe in that. But anyway she was released too quickly, even for Venezuelan standard, so yeah, someone did something to get her out.
Yes because it was a witchcraft ritual, that is the whole reason that she was fed the dead bodies in the first place. So yes while whatever disease she got from the dead bodies is what actually killed her it was still witchcraft that killed her because that’s the whole reason she ever ingested it
because your people have zero culture or belief - maybe except hot Cheetos, trailer parks and unseasoned casserole doesn’t mean you should disrespect actual people and their beliefs and traditions.
For real u cant not get punished for feeding someone with bonepowder made from human bones which obviously is even very toxic and harmful @@AliceyDufeal
Except she wasn’t poisoned to death. If you actually watched to the end of the video you would know that her cause of death was pneumonia after being forcibly dunked into a river at midnight every night by an exorcism “treatment” centre her parents dumped her in. According to officials the treatment center was where she was found dead and it was closed with several people arrested in connection with her death. Feeding someone ground up old bones is disgustingly and violating but it’s very unlikely to kill someone’s, especially if she had been taken to a doctor and they couldn’t find anything. Use your head. It’s yet another very clear cut case of religious abuse from these exorcism places and it’s just this channel being sensationalist as it’s being getting really bad at being lately
Regardless of whether or not the bone powder ended up killing Naryeli, that person should still be locked up. The length she was willing to go to because a guy she was seeing was two-timing and she decided to put the blame on the other girl?? Actually renting and moving in a house close by just to be able to befriend Naryeli? Basically stalking her and having full intention to cause her harm... Befriending her and still not feeling any empathy... That's completely unhinged behaviour and, especially since she got away with it, given how the desire to harm someone when things don't go her way, I do fully believe that she is a danger to people.
It's odd that her confession of intending to cause harm didn't lead to any kind of consequence. Even if her actions were unable to be prosecuted, surely her intention would have been enough when the person she admitted to wanting to harm did actually end up dying. Just because the means of murder were considered witchcraft, it doesn't mean she didn't commit murder given that there was intent there... But I do understand how a country in the throes of so many issues could have difficulty bringing a case like that together.
You make some very valid points. What really stuck out to me was the fact that she spent so much time with this little girl and over time, felt no compassion or care for her. That's insane. The little girl looked up to her and adored her. How does one turn their heart off like that? 😞
@@KittyCat260 Even in a country not going through all that, intent to harm isn't really prosecutable unless the person does something actually illegal, and as far as I can tell, the only actual provable charge that could possibly be brought would be grave robbing or desecration of a corpse. I agree that what Stefanie did was highly immoral, but proving her actions actually killed Naryeli would be damn near impossible, especially years later.
For some context, as a person with Vasovagal Syncope, you literally can’t die from it. It doesn’t starve you of oxygen long enough to cause any cognitive damage and if your body is experiencing that, it’s not just Syncope. One of the first things my cardiologist and neurologist said to me is ‘you can’t die from this, unless you pass out and hurt yourself but that would be the injury’ I think it’s way more likely to be the dead bodies - the kuru disease you spoke about!
I think it does kinda sound like a prion disease because of the neurological symptoms, but idk if it could actually be kuru. Kuru is a prion disease, but it's almost unheard of outside Papua New Guinea as far as I know.
You cannot contract the kuru disease from only one or a few times from eating flesh, it's over a prolonged period of time 10-13 years. It could be prion disease but the kuru disease is not only has to be transmitted but is kind of secluded to Papua New Guinea as far as we know.
I also have Vasovagal Syncope (aka Neurocardiogenic Syncope). You are correct. A person typically doesn’t die from syncope, they can die from injuries sustained during an episode.
It’s crazy that they were so close for an entire month with so many sleepover AND yet she never bothered to ask the victim if she knew that the “boyfriend” was cheating. Or if it was anything serious with the guy… this could’ve just been avoided
The chemical reactions and insane amount of bacteria let off by human decomposition can taint graveyard dirt. So sad that it sounds like this poor girl suffered from this disease. I’m honestly not surprised the doctors didn’t catch it. What I’m surprised by is that Stephanie wasn’t also poisoned accidentally by her own hand by contamination.
@askjohn22 people literally get sick and d!e from drinking tap water that came from run off water from a graveyard on a hill. This is why cemeteries are highly regulated when it comes to building residential areas because you have to ensure an entire population isn't being poisoned from corpse water. Morticians have to wear face masks when cutting through bones. Soil, water, and air can be contaminated with very deadly bacteria that is only found in corpses. There cases of people purposely poisoning a towns well water by dumping dead rotting rats in the well.
Her signs and sypmptoms especially her condition in that harrowing video fit the description of TETANUS. Came from containimated soil, took months of dosing, her spasm especially face twitching, lock jaw preventing her from talking and ingesting food, not being able to hold liquids down.
Of course, there exist a vaccine against tetanus. I’m thinking the aggressive behavior- rabies/ but transmission is dubious. I’m wondering poisoning is likely. Heavy metal of some kind
It can’t have been healthy to consume corpse bones, and the fact that the person dug up corpses and fed the bones to someone should have been illegal. It certainly is here in the US.
a 20yr old treating a 15 YEAR OLD as the "other woman" and plotting against her by POISONING HER WITH CORPSES????? that girl is mentally fucked up. i'm 19 and the idea of even just befriending a 15yr old for any reason is strange to me, but to be so mad that ur bf is dating A CHILD and taking that out on said child in such a gruesome way is just fucked. she should be in jail
@ imo, 15 is still very much a child. yes obviously they're much more mature than an actual child and aren't incapable or anything like that, and ik they are teenagers, but they're still quite young and have alot of growing to do. i honestly don't think anyone should be considered a proper adult until they're abt 20 or 21, cause i'm 19 and still feel too young to be an adult. i referred to the girl in this case as a child because compared to the woman who tried to murder her she pretty much is. there's alot of maturity differences between a 15yr old and a 20yr old. Stephanie should've kept her relationship with Naryeli as a sisterly one. imo it's very strange for a 20yr old to befriend a 15yr old
I'm from Venezuela. Love how much research you did on the culture and the traditions of the country and how respectful you are ❤ thanks for posting such interesting cases!
As a Venezuelan, I am so glad you covered this case and made sure to note how the cultural and political situation in the country affected it. My family has been greatly affected by the healthcare situation and they are part of the reason I got into healthcare in the US. A note as someone working in healthcare - syncope (sink-oh-pee) is just the medical term for fainting, it’s not an actual medical condition. However you were right to acknowledge that this was likely caused by another, potentially more serious, condition.
What are your thoughts on something like aspirational pneumonia, if she happened to faint while eating, drinking, or similar? Do you think that's less/more likely than some infection by bacteria, viruses, or parasite? (It isn't kuru)
@sunburntsatan6475 because of her other symptoms relating to her mouth movements and ability to drink/eat, I would be surprised if her pneumonia WASN’T caused by aspiration. aspiration pneumonia is incredibly common in these patient populations as well as people who are generally very ill or close to passing away (my background is intensive care, so we see this quite often). I still do think the pneumonia is just an unfortunate symptom of a larger disease process happening with this poor girl.
Does anyone know if kuru exists in Venezuela? I thought it was very much contained to certain groups within Papua New Guinea. Having said that, could it be a different prion disease?
@@aliahope-wilson4449 I don’t think it’s been found outside of Papua New Guinea before, and because it’s primarily contracted from eating brain tissue, I really doubt this girl could have contracted kuru or any other prion disease from eating crushed up bones. *Now this is just my two cents as I’m just a nurse, not a doctor, so I cannot diagnose nor do I have enough info on the victim to do so* The videos of the victim remind me a lot of tetanus. It would explain many of her other symptoms well, and (contrary to popular belief) tetanus comes from soil, not rusty nails. So if she ingested soil that contained the tetanus bacteria, she could have developed the disease.
Girl I’ve been your subscriber since 2019, never did I imagine you would ever tell a story from my hometown La Guaira. Thank you for explaining more in depth the context of this case with accuracy and respect highlighting also the overall unrest our country has been experiencing. There are so many layers to this unfortunate case. It’s greatly appreciated!
My cousin went through something similar. A friend of her would steal her items and hair and buried it in a graveyard. And she went through similar symptoms that nariyelli had went through (I hope I spelled her name right) my cousin suddenly got ill just like her and my grandmother finally went to a medium and she told her what happened and gave her prayers to pray to her while she was in the hospital. And my family is from Panama and they are super religious. So witchcraft is something they don’t dabble with. My cousin is alive and well today. Has two beautiful children.
... Because it was never witchcraft to begin with. Witchcraft isn't a genuine or real thing, as much as the "witches" want you to believe it. Unfortunately, your friend got swindled out of her money lol. And you're all fools for believing it.
right?! that's basically poisoning someone! what if whatever she was feeding that girl had something that actually caused the health problems in the first place?
@BewilderingStudio Are you joking? Witchcraft isn't real, you can do ceremonies if you want but it has no rel effect. Deliberately feeding someone a corpse is POISONING. It's murder. It's not some silly magic shit.
Hi Eleanor I’m from Venezuela and I have been following your channel for years now. This is a messed up case but I’m glad you made a video about it if your interested you can cover in the future another Venezuelan case it’s called el come gente it was a cannibal who murdered a lot of people it was a very sounded case in Venezuela.
I am very curious about the same question the first commenter asked, is it bad everywhere in Venezuela? I hope it's not a rude question, I always worry about the citizens and circumstances there & if I could afford to help financially, I would. You don't have to answer. Hope you're well 🙏🏻
Exactly what I was thinking! If they can't charge the "religious stuff" (including the grave stuff) then charge her for literally poisoning the poor girl with dirt and literal HUMAN
Yeah she was poisoned…. through a witchcraft ritual. So witchcraft killed her… I don’t understand why this is so hard for so many of you to grasp yes it was whatever disease she got that killed her but she got that disease BECAUSE of witchcraft and a ritual that she performed. Like genuinely are all of you so stupid that you can’t see the connection… no it wasn’t magic that killed her but it’s still witchcraft because it was from the ritual she did
Yeah she was poisoned…. through a witchcraft ritual. So witchcraft killed her… I don’t understand why this is so hard for so many of you to grasp yes it was whatever disease she got that killed her but she got that disease BECAUSE of witchcraft and a ritual that she performed. Like genuinely are all of you so stupid that you can’t see the connection… no it wasn’t magic that killed her but it’s still witchcraft because it was from the ritual she did
It’s because people putting things in people’s food and/or drink for the purpose of witchcraft is sadly not that uncommon in South America🫢 ESPECIALLY in central america (mexico, venezuela, colombia, etc.) where this type of practice is more popular. Same with desecrating sacred spaces i.e taking dirt from the cemetery, burying things that don’t belong there. It doesn’t usually result in death, but once the word brujería or santería is thrown in, it becomes impossible to prove - plus the fact all the medical tests came back negative for any illness means she *technically* didn’t harm Naryeli. So it doesn’t hold any relevance unfortunately.
stephanie fed her human BONES! how did she not get arrested for that? i know it’s so called ‘witch craft’ what she did, but digging up human remains is an instant jail sentence! God bless Narielle💖
Digging up human bodies and feeding bones is not part of any witchcraft I have ever practiced nor any practice I ever heard of. Some cultures in some closed practices may do this. But this is not a generalised part of “witchcraft”.
Different countries have different laws, that’s really what that boils down to. Because these types rituals are a well known part of Santería, and law makers still made the law to protect regions the way they did, there was quite literally nothing anyone can do.
@ rituals by digging up bones of people who have died? burying her personal things in a graveyard? and poisoning her FOOD with human remains!? she basically just admitted to committing multiple felonies all at once and didn’t even get a charge! it’s like me walking into a restaurant and attacking someone and blaming it on witch craft.
I don't condone trying to curse or poison someone under any circumstances, but wtf why did Stephanie go after Naryeli and not the boy?! She didn't know he was two timing them! I mean, he didn't deserve to get kuru disease for being a little love rat, but he's at least the one who did something wrong.
I understand what your getting at, but is she had been a sane person. She wouldn’t have sought revenge against anyone. It would have been easier for her to move on with herself (in general).
For the same reason that when a guy cheats, they blame the other woman, rather than the man. You hear of cases like this all the time. Getting rid of the competition, so to speak. Makes no sense to me, but there are many cases like this out there.
All her symptoms are of rabies, you don’t get rabies from bones and dirt! They needed to test her brain before they buried her- which we know they didn’t do cuz they idiots
Neutrophils would be elevated in response to an infection. Kuru is not an infection. Additionally, you can only get kuru by eating a brain that had kuru. A parasite, however, would make a lot of sense since she was being fed dirt.
@@addictedtoprocrastination9986when she was listing symptoms i immediately thought of kuru but yeah the incubation period of kuru doesn’t seem to match up with how quickly she developed symptoms
@@lithia4483 Which is a soil dwelling bacteria! People getting distracted by the cannibalism and they want to go for the fun option rather than the realistic ones
i absolutely love the way you talk about other cultures’ norms in such a matter of fact way, as many cultures do value things like magic and curses to be on the same level as things like modern medicine. you never speak down upon its validity or try to minimise it the way other people who cover cases like this do, and you treat is for exactly how real it is for the people living it. i really love that about your videos
They really should be criticized, though.. we don’t have to respect cultural norms that torture and kill innocent people… plenty of cultural norms that should be abolished completely
@@silencedxdesire Have you researched Santeria? Because this video portrays it like something evil. Not surprised, considering the Christian perspective is hard-baked into the UK's cultural perception.
@ im specifically talking about any cultural norms that involve harming people, children especially.. exorcism of any sort is not medical care. If the cultural practice isn’t harming anyone, I don’t care 🤷🏻♀️ another horrendous example is genital mutilation of female children
I have to say, I'm thankful that your channel is here. I got into true crime years ago, but I can't always handle the voice of the person presenting. This is the channel I get 90% of the information and I just wanted to say thank you! I never get tired of the way you address each case. 🎉
This is a super great video, and I love how you explained everything. Just a few tweaks when it comes to kuru disease: her neutrophils wouldn't have been elevated from kuru -- kuru is a prion disease, meaning it's a misfolded protein in the brain, and not an actual infection, so the immune system doesn't respond to it. It's more like a disfigured limb than an illness as we usually think of them. There's no parasite in your body, it's just proteins getting the wrong instructions after eating similar proteins. It's more likely that she had some other infection, and the elevated neutrophil count helped to spread the disease throughout her body faster (there are prion proteins in white blood cells). I don't mean to be know-it-all, I'm just a bio major and I find prion diseases fascinating.
and as a preveterinary science major, thank-you for reminding me how horrifying prions are. lol Will like to add (for anyone lurking or whatever): Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, mad cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) are other prion diseases which are also induced by eating infected remains. There was an outbreak of CJD in the UK (late 90s if I remember correctly) because people were not feeding their cattle properly, the bovine got sick, and uh. Swiss cheese brains. Hence why prions are terrifying. Don't be a cannibal.
So u guys with your complicated medical terms, and me and my ignorance lol Are you saying it was not her eating dirt and bones that killed her, and it was probably another infection? Simplify it please.
I think she's probably had a fast acting bug from the dead bones and with the fainting thing she already had she's bound to have had low blood pressure, but I also think going to the centre and getting dunked into the river every night has probably expedited the pneumonia, it's kind of obvious to me there, she's not been strong enough to fight the pneumonia, very sad for someone so young,,but a parasite getting into her blood could definitely make sense x
I think this video is pretty irresponsible in spending most of its time trying to imply that the witchcraft was the thing that killed this girl by focusing on it so much. Only covering the alternatives in the latter half. Oh the super religious family of the daughter who thinks she’s possessed have a different story than officials? How shocking…. It’s pretty obviously to me that the “””healing center””” was in huge part to blame for this girl’s death. I wouldn’t be surprised if her behavior in that video was due to what the family or center was putting her through to provide the exorcism. Rampant religious abuse.
@@mistresslum6682yeah witchcraft is one of the least likely things to have killed her of all the things that happened to her ( like putting human remains in her food!!) and she could’ve really just suffered religious abuse( being harmed in the center or it worsening whatever medical condition she could’ve had)and people are pumping up the story to seem like it was some crazy witchcraft that did it.
@@mistresslum6682thank you! I was looking for a sensible comment. There is a relatively recent case of a mother from (I think) Texas, where she, along with her father and brother, performed an “exorcism” on her two or three year old daughter, and over the course of hours, they tried to “purge” her of evil spirits by forcing their fingers down her throat repeatedly. She eventually died from the abuse, and these people still don’t think their actions caused her death. They still maintain she was possessed by demons or evil spirits.
@@mistresslum6682Do you have any idea of what Venezuela is like? There is no medical treatment. The government and officials are corrupt. They have more faith in their religion than the government because it's proven it's worthy of more faith. Why come on a video and condemn the way she presented it? Let's see you do a better job. Lord. Have. Mercy.
Santeria is practiced in Mexico too…especially in Matamoros, near the Texan border. It’s extremely dark and ppl have been killed in these ceremonies there. And then I saw the final reason for her death and yes, it fits - I’d seen this disease occurring in Africa! And I bet Stephanie knew that dead, diseased tissue caused Kuru as she was older and learned about it.
Religious freedom is important, but that shouldn't mean you can do whatever you want in the name of your religion. There was a clear intent to harm, and she poisoned a kid
I’m from Uruguay, South America. The immigration here is massive from countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Cuba and a few others that have a similar situation currently. My manager (and friend) and my bestie from work are both from Venezuela, and once I asked why is it that they came here, and my manager said to me “it was degrading as a human being”. That said so much in just a few words.
I haven't been to Uruguay since 2019. I went to Punte del Este 3 times. It was really nice and felt safe and peaceful. Has the massive migration effected Uruguay in any negative ways or is that mainly US getting the troublemakers?
@ punta del este is basically the richest part of the country and it’s outside the capital, which makes it a lot more peaceful. But we had trouble here way before people migrated, petty crime here is a huge problem, you can’t walk at night at all alone or you will be mugged. Honestly I think people that migrated here are mostly wonderful people, they’re much more educated and have such nice manners. And they appreciate things locals don’t. There’s an influencer caller Maddie in Uruguay if you want to check out more about life here and culture shocks 🙌🏻
I have a feeling that the graveyard dirt she was being fed had a part to play in this as well. I can't imagine that it's "clean" soil. This story is wild and you did a great job covering it. I'm fascinated by kuru and all of the diseases related to cannibalism.
Botulism is certainly a likely factor if she'd been eating soil, especially if it'd been stored in anaerobic conditions that make the bacteria produce the toxins. Symptoms sound similar enough- nausea, breathing trouble, nerve difficulties... The same bacteria make the same toxins in mud/stagnant water too, so the river baths may have compounded the problem
Normal soil thats outside is already potentially holding parasites that can make you sick, nevertheless the soil where humans have been decomposing. We dont even know what killed those people. What if somebody died by disease and that pathogen is in the soil around their grave
The soil is more likely the source of the parasitic brain tissue than the bones, too. A decomposing body will leave behind lots of nasty stuff and the parasite required to cause this disease was most likely lurking in that contaminated soil rather than the bones.
Not take away from Nareyli's tragic death, or to minimise her existing conditions. Nor to blame the spiritual centre or the unstable health system. Her friend poisoned her. Random soil and corpse parts - that's deliberate. Love your work, Eleanor ❤️✨ Thank you for your respectful and engaging video
Actually so many insisting witchcraft but so called friend Stephanie was psychotic, envious murderer. Feeding her deceased people. Thats disgusting monstrous behavior. She needs life in prison imo
Insane. It didn’t cross Stephanie’s mind to just say “hey, you have been going out with this guy I am already dating, please stop seeing him”? She had to kill this innocent girl while pretending to be her friend.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the video of her was infection with some parasite or bacteria then you mentioned that she was fed graveyard dirt and crushed human bones and this confirmed it to me. Greetings from Austria
Basically Mad Cow Disease. That disease is absolutely devastating. To this day any Brits who were alive during the outbreak are prohibited from donating blood outside of Britain because they don't know how long, if at all, MCD can lay dormant before manifesting symptoms. And once the symptoms start, that's pretty much the end.
Yep. And just so people do know, they predicted during the BSE crisis in the 90's that it would take around 30 years for any infected people there may, and almost certainly will be, to start showing signs and falling ill. ....thats now. Its pretty much 30 years neat, right now....
It sounds like rabies from my pov. Like there’s the fainting, trouble swallowing, fever, and aggression. It’s just sounds like a classic case of rabies… maybe she fed her the bones of someone who had died from the disease
Rabies is terrifying & it's so common & widely distributed, especially here in the SouthEastern US. It's almost surreal, like a fictional zombie virus, terrifying!
Love seeing one of favorite content creator talking about my country’s crisis, thank you for bringing awareness! This case was shooking and it went super viral as it was happening, so so sad how she passed 😣
My daughter got mysteriously ill in Feb, she started fainting daily, all the doctors kept telling us its just fainting, it wasn't, it got so severe we had to rush her to hospital from school shes having seizures that stops her breathing and makes her go lame . It lasts up to an hour and 45 min , we finally found a neurologist that realised that it was seizures. We can't figure out what's causing it... We have managed to push it to every 5th day instead of everyday, But all the tests come back normal. As a mother this is your worst fear... Something you can't fix..
Are you anywhere near Boston? They have the best neurologists in the country. My best friend who's 30 has had 3 brain surgeries since she was 20 but is now doing well and seizure and tumor free for years
in many pagan practices, putting a spell on someone without their knowledge brings the caster that negative energy right back. may this be the case. 🙏🏻😊
not to take away from the case by recently i've been having severe health issues and discovered it's likely someone pull a spell/ hex on me so i'm hoping this is true😢😢
RIP Naryeli, prayers to her family. So heartbreaking, poor child was deceived and smurdered by a grown woman over a man. Practicing witchcraft and poisoning a person are two completely different things, I think this is very clear to most people. That this adult woman admitted to basically feeding a minor child human corpses mixed with dirt should’ve been enough to throw her in prison for murder.
It sounds like a fungal infection (from the consumed dirt) killed her. Her symptoms correlate with a central nervous fungal infection: seizures, spasms, personality changes, changes in levels of consciousness,...
I’m always astounded at your neutrality ans understanding in controversial cases especially regarding religion. It’s so respectful and refreshing. It always keeps me here. Has since the beginning. Truly a kind person.
As someone with a condition called cyclic neutropenia (low levels of neutrophils) I had some of the same symptoms as her such as not being able to swallow food, nausea and having a higher rate of contracting any viruses/illnesses; it is so sad to see she wasn't able to get the medical help she needed. I thankfully had the medical help I needed and knowing all that had to be done to me in order to get better makes my heart break for her knowing something could have been done to at least get her a little more stable since whatever drove her body to shutdown was definitely whatever she got from consuming the dirt.
Witchcraft includes poisoning! So yes it was witchcraft. Yall really don't know what you're talking about. The spirit realm is more real then this life we're living.
I mean, I understand that writing laws around religious practices is very tricky, but I'm surprised she didn't goto jail for desecrating graves and digging in a graveyard, or especially for putting abnormal ingredients in food she was purposefully giving to unknowing people. That's not even touching on the fact that those abnormal ingredients were human remains. How much of a ritual can be protected by "we do not prosecute for religion"?
@@modernghost0 yeah by reading the comments I understand why everyone is confused by that, Eleanor missed a part of the context: Venezuelan legal system is a joke because you can bribe your way out, the "we do not prosecute for religion" was just their excuse, in reality we know there was money involved, or favors or connections or threats. It has nothing to do with religion being protected.
1. Don't allow your teen children to befriend older people. Those older people never have innocent intentions. 2. I understand the law. Witchcraft spells aren't a crime. However, poisoning should be. If she confesses to sprinkling bones and soiled dirt on the food, that should be considered poisoning. 3. So... the real reason she didn't get arrested is because they can't pin the death on poisoning. The lack of Healthcare and the "spiritual cleansing" could definitely be the actual cause. In the US and the UK, the parents would've been charged with neglect. Venezuela is in a much different state, but I think her family loved her, but should've tried harder to get her to a Dr
One of the most fascinating cases I've ever learned about. Thank you for sharing it with is. You do an amazing job at telling these true crime stories ❤
Syncope is hardly even a disease per say, but a term used to describe fainting spells with an unexplained cause. She likely had an undiagnosed cardiovascular or pulmonary condition that caused lack of oxygen/blood flow and therefore caused the syncope. This could have also made her soooo much more susceptible to dying from things like pneumonia
@@bekanimal I made my own separate comment about that. I'm amazed at how someone can do so much research to produce a video like this, yet utterly fail to take 2 seconds to look up a medical condition they've never heard of to be sure they're pronouncing it correctly. Baffling.
@candice_ecidnac ha oh did you? .. right, it happens in so many videos like this by so many youtubers, makes them look less competent to me 🤷♀️ and it spreads misinformation imo in a way, with people just mindlessly consuming such inaccuracies and barely noticing/batting an eye. Sigh, oh well. I know it's not the biggest deal in the world but we all have things that annoy us and this is one of mine. Also, gotta include the disclaimer that I am not perfect either and I understand no one is perfect.
just to educational purposes I have to say that Santeria isn’t a bad religion, the rituals and traditions of it are beautiful. There are bad people in all religions,but that doesn’t make the religion it self bad. And it doesn’t have any connection with the devil (because we didn’t even believe in it and the Bible and Jesus or whatever) so just to clarify that because we suffer so much with attacks and violence against afro religions
I know Santeria and Vodú are similar, they both are derived from the Yoruba people and I personally know people who practice it. They’re good people but like you said there can be bad people as well. Negative acts tend to be covered more than good ones too. I’m glad someone else knows it isn’t something bad unless the person makes it that way. (Sorry if my words aren’t clear i struggle with being bilingual.)
@@questioningmyexistence193yesss, a simple way to make people understand is just thinking, for exemple,imagine a cristian praying to Jesus to someone they hate die(I have known cases like that). This doesn’t make Jesus or the religion bad, just the person. Its the same to religions like santeria, voodoo, umbanda, candomblé…
As a nurse, syncope (sin-copy) I would say is not an illness but a symptom of an illness. Like it could be a symptom of any type of infection, anorexia, heart problems etc. I would also look at what sort of chemicals are used in processing bodies in Venezuela. I feel like embalming a body takes a bunch of toxic chemicals like formaldehyde and idk how those chemicals might be concentrated over time in remains
Took me a minute to realize you were trying to say "syncope". The pronunciation is sin-cuh-pee believe it or not! I know it's a weird word but it's a medical condition and it's pronounced the same in British and American English. I kept thinking "wtf is sink up?" 😂
English being weird strikes again! I always thought its pronounced like the word cope because most english words that end with one e dont have this e voiced (im not a native speaker btw)
I will never understand why people get mad at the other man or other woman when their partner cheats and not be mad at the partner this poor girl was just happy to be friends and didnt know anything about what was going on
i'm about to graduate medical school, i've already passed my medical license exam, so I'm pretty qualified to say what I'm going to say. *THERE IS NO CHANCE THIS WAS KURU DISEASE!* although it's horribly unhealthy to eat the things she fed this poor, poor girl, it couldn't have possibly caused the symptoms so quickly. Kuru disease has an INCREDIBLY long incubation period before the rapid progression of the symptoms. you mentioned 12 months, and yes, that is the average length of time from onset of symptoms until death, BUT it incubates in your body for anywhere between 5 and 20 years before the symptoms become active, and this incubation can even last up to 50 years before it becomes active, meaning that it absolutely couldn't have been the cause here. also, since it is a prion disease, and not bacterial or parasitic, it likely wouldn't have caused an increase in neutrophils or eosinophils, which are classically associated with bacterial and parasitic infections, respectively. and, finally, even if it was Kuru disease, which is not possible based on the timeline, there is no cure at all for this disease, as it causes misfolding of proteins in your brain and neurodegeneration, and there is no way to reverse or stop this. also, side note, syncope is pronounced sin-co-pee, not sin-cope this was CLEARLY demonic possession. those things are no joke at all, it's very serious, and we should all be very careful who we allow near us for that reason. the video of that girl sitting and mouthing quietly sent chills down my spine. A`ūdhu billāhi min ash-shaitāni r-rajīmi
I don't understand how Stephanie got away with it. Feeding someone human remains is not witchcraft, it's poisoning. Poisoning is not a religious practice.
I agree. I’m a practicing witch myself and I agree. There’s a line between casting a hex from within your own home then letting it do its work and actually poisoning the person directly. She wasn’t practicing her religion. She had crossed the line to murder. She is a very dangerous person.
Yes, but also, poisoning has been wrongly considered witchcraft in many cultures for a long time - Like deadly nightshade tea, for example, being served in apothocaries was seen as witchcraft, etc. When really it was just poisonous plants. It does NOT excuse nor should it prevent prosecution, but it is something to consider when hearing about this sort of thing.
Yeah we used to go to the forest our parents would give us like five bucks each so one person would buy a pack of smokes one person would buy a couple joints and the other person would buy a Colt 45 of beer which is just a big ass bottle of beer and we'd go meet up with other teens in a forest area where we would have a small fire and party all night
In the end, three things lead up to this poor girl's death: her jealous friend, understaffed hospitals that were probably unknowingly treating COVID patients if this all happened December 2019, and her parents not seeking further medical help elsewhere. She could have been helped had those three things not have created the perfect storm. Edit: wow, nobody is mentioning how COVID may have very well been a factor in any of this.... It was December 2019. Just about the time cases started to show up around the world.
if naryeli died from infection from eating the bones of people's corpses, then stephanie IS responsible for her murder/death and should be put behind bars for poisoning her
Thank you so much for adding labeled sections to the videosss!!! I fall asleep to your videos and I was able to go back to the last thing I remembered with one click instead of a 10min search!
Kuru is the first thing I thought of when I read the title, but if she only ate bones I’m not so sure since im pretty sure you have to eat brain to contract kuru. Also the incubation period is usually years (not days/weeks), with 90% of all cases occurring within 21-27 years of exposure, so the timeline doesn’t really make sense, but aside from that the symptoms def seem similar. Of course this is all just vaguely informed speculation on my part so who knows. The one thing I do know tho is that if it indeed was kuru then it rly wouldn’t have mattered even if the drs had been able to correctly diagnose her - there is no known treatment or cure and it is 100% fatal so sadly there’s really nothing anyone would have been able to do for her anyway 😞
Poor girl, she was so awfully betrayed. If you haven't covered this story before, you should do the story behind the movie "The exorcism of Emily Rose" its based off a true story of a girl named Anna Elisabeth Michel, it's absolutely crazy and chilling. Brief spoiler if yall are curious: She was pretty much possessed by 6 demons at once and was exorcised multiple times since her family was a very religious family
kuru does align with her symptoms, but it also has a very long incubation period (from 5 years up to like, several decades) so i don't think it would have set in so quickly after consumption of the remains. and if what nayareli consumed was graveyard dirt and bone, not brain tissue, would she still contract kuru from that?
prions can accumulate in the soil and groundwater long after death which is what makes bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease so dangerous but i think it’s more likely soil-borne pathogens like tetanus diphtheria or anthrax infected her via the contaminated soil and human ashes that landed in it
@@S3lkie-Gutz i definitely think it was something in the soil, though that's maybe less interesting than it being some kind of spooky cannibal disease lol
This story is sad but pretty stupid. Kuru is a cool idea but unlikely because the corpses she ate would have had to have had kuru, and it is - as you said - extremely rare. I think it's far more likely that it was something else that her friend fed her that poisoned her. Then her parents' decision to take her to be repeatedly bathed instead of checked for poisons exacerbated her already fragile health and sealed her fate. Perhaps if she'd had access to better medical treatment they could have figured out what she'd been poisoned by before she died.
"This story is absolutely chilling-Stephanie's actions go beyond jealousy and into something truly sinister. The use of dark rituals, the cursed bracelet, and the horrifying details about the graveyard practices are terrifying on their own, but when you add Narelli's tragic decline and the systemic failures of the healthcare system, it paints a heartbreaking picture. It’s a haunting reminder of how cultural beliefs, desperation, and manipulation can intertwine with devastating consequences. Poor Narelli deserved so much better."
I thoroughly enjoy listening to you tell grisly tales of human depravity. The tone of your voice and your regional pronunciations are endearing. You are also beautiful. Thank you for your work🌻 P. S. What is your cat friend’s name?
There's a brand of sneakers called KURU 😂😂😂 I found it randomly online when I got plantar fasciitis. I was yelling at the internet "why did you name your company after a cannibal disease?!"
I have syncope. It's not typically dangerous. You can tell before it comes on and you have time to lay down. It can be triggered by stress, dehydration, and a whole page of triggers. It's a vasovagel reaction that causes you to get less oxygen to the brain, due to blood pooling in the legs. When you faint, it forces you to lay down and the oxygen quickly comes back to your brain in less than a couple minutes. It might make you feel weak for a day, but that's about it. It doesn't affect your appetite, your ability to swallow, or your cognitive ability.
It’s so mind blowing that there are countries with laws that protect people like Stephanie who literally murdered this girl, and dug up dead bodies too?? This was an interesting but crazy case
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I always feel honored (not sure what else to call it) when I catch these early. Now, it says 2 hours, but I saw this pop up after 1
Syncope is a symptom and has nothing to do with food/weight. It's a blood pressure issue ❤.
go to a priest
She had kuru. Stephanie obviously lied n fed her fresher brains than some old bones out of old graves. Its 2024 how has no one figured this out? I learned about kuru decades ago from a docu about cannibal tribes n I'm only 40.
what about the love triangle?
Hey! I'm from Venezuela and wanted to provide some context. For those asking, Venezuela is not as bad as it's shown in the media, it's WAY worse than you could imagine. The suffering we've endured since the actual regime has been in power (25 years) is unmeasurable.
With that said, no, there are basically no laws there. In 2019, 92% of homicides went unpunished and, by then, we were one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Hunger is one of the main issues in the country as well, with people resorting to desperate measures just to have a meal a day.
As for society, it probably doesn't work in the ways you are used to (although the drinking in a field part is fitting). Most people from "first world" countries can't grasp what society is like when you've been in survival mode for so long, and police and other government forces are some of the worst people you could encounter, not to mention useless as crap most of the time, or even involved in kidnappings, extortion, etc.
Worth mentioning as well that believing and practicing witchcraft, Santería, etc. is also very common, with mental illnesses going untreated because people are just "a little crazy" or "possessed" by some evil spirit or something. As for the public healthcare system, it's basically non-existent. There are no supplies nor staff in hospitals, at times no electricity or running water, and private care is too expensive for most people. So this case may seem hard to grasp because there really is no system in place to help with cases like this, it just happens.
The case of El come gente has been mentioned as it is the most famous in Venezuela, but you can look up El monstruo de Maracay, who kidnapped a woman for 30 years until her escape a few years ago, or the Edmundo Chirinos case (a very influential psychiatrist who even ran for president and murdered one of his patients).
Hope this clears things up a little. Great video as usual and thank you for being so respectful when talking about things that you may or may not believe in and not making a mockery out of other people's cultures!
Thanks for sharing, that's so sad to hear of the suffering. Oh my 😞 many Venezuelans have moved to neighbouring countries, wherever the they can get to.
I moved from Guyana earlier this year and a lot of Venezuelans have moved there, for a better life of course. And some have opened up food stands, selling delicious street food. Every time I see them, I just hope they get the break to make a better life for themselves and their family because Guyana is also a somewhat struggling country but definitely nothing as bad as Venezuela.
Thank you for providing more context. As a Brazilian, I am aware of how much Venezuelan people have been suffering, our media is always talking about what happens all over Latin and South America - but I believe many people from different countries around the world don't know anything about what's happening there.
And Eleanor's audience is very diverse, so your contribution is that much more valuable. People from all around the world that read your comment will have a much better idea of how dire the situation is in Venezuela.
Thank you for your personal insights. It helps us all to understand the situation there. My thoughts are with you and the people of Venezuela.
That so horrible... How can we help??
Wow! And Americans say their oppressed. Smh
im 21 and i seriously wouldn’t know how to start a conversation with a 15 year old let alone a friendship
I just turned 20 and same...... Like what do we talk about how was school??? Lol
Like I can chat to a 25 year old we both have jons stress taxes etc we can meet up for a drink in a bar can't really do that with a 15 year old lol.
No seriously. I turn 20 in a few days and I cower from teenagers. I don't want to talk to them. I went through that already lol. I can't understand how she even could be friends with her, let alone why she'd want to (besides the reason she did, which is similarly incomprehensible).
Unless im comparing my experience in high school to theirs, there is not much to talk about lol
im 17 and friends w someone whos 21, we have a lot in common actually, lmao, and friends with someone whos 23 (same age as my older brother) 😭 (both online and girls, but it probably depends on the type of person you are, idk!)
@@modernghost0 It still wouldn't be a problem from the POV of someone else. Hell you were a "teen" a year ago. But yeah I feel ya. I feel the same with people your age, being 31, 20 year olds are children to me kkkkkk
You can't prove a curse killed her but you can damn well prove that dirt and bones are not meant to be consumed
I think its sad that a 20yr old was jealous of a 15 yr old who wasn't even aware of this guys behaviour.
Right, like i can't imagine being this jealous of a 15 yr. And why not just say, "Hey you seeing my BF".... I cant understand doing that to a person like that
Shes a psychopath and all psychopaths are narcissists.
It's sad that a grown man was dating a child, but I guess we're glossing over that part.
@Aurora_262 I thought it was said in the video that no one knows the identity of the boyfriend or his age. He could have been an adult dating a minor. Or he could have been a minor dating an older woman. Either way, what he did wasn't great. But her reaction to what he did made this whole ordeal into a tragedy.
My first reaction to this is: why didnt she curse the boyfriend?
It's not illegal to dig up bones in a graveyard and feed them, along with dirt, to an unsuspecting minor in Venezuela? I think they need some new laws there if that's the case.
They need a LOT of new laws
@@nthgthain’t that the truth (teacher interacting with Venezuelan students for six years now)
she mentioned how politicians and other officials over there are not trusted by the public. you really think they care to make new laws (
Venezuelan here 🙋🏼♀️Of course, all of that is illegal. Digging bones in a graveyard is illegal for starters. But the legal system doesn't work properly here. Maybe they couldn't prove she actually dug up bones and gave them to her, but also maybe they were too lazy to try to prove it. But tbh, knowing my country, what this sounds like is 1) her family paid to get her out 2) she had family inside and they got her out 3) her family threatened someone saying they would do the same to them...... There's like a lot of people who would believe in that. But anyway she was released too quickly, even for Venezuelan standard, so yeah, someone did something to get her out.
The law really doesn't matter in most south American countries. Its the cartels and other criminal organisations that run them
This is genuinely one of the strangest and scariest cases I’ve ever heard of… I’m actually shook
Other worldly dark and evil
- _literally_ poisons someone to death
- "yeah it's 'witchcraft' so that's okay"
Yh same thing I was thinking the other parts I could say alright but the fact she fed bones the girl should mean sum
Yes because it was a witchcraft ritual, that is the whole reason that she was fed the dead bodies in the first place. So yes while whatever disease she got from the dead bodies is what actually killed her it was still witchcraft that killed her because that’s the whole reason she ever ingested it
because your people have zero culture or belief - maybe except hot Cheetos, trailer parks and unseasoned casserole doesn’t mean you should disrespect actual people and their beliefs and traditions.
For real u cant not get punished for feeding someone with bonepowder made from human bones which obviously is even very toxic and harmful @@AliceyDufeal
Except she wasn’t poisoned to death. If you actually watched to the end of the video you would know that her cause of death was pneumonia after being forcibly dunked into a river at midnight every night by an exorcism “treatment” centre her parents dumped her in.
According to officials the treatment center was where she was found dead and it was closed with several people arrested in connection with her death.
Feeding someone ground up old bones is disgustingly and violating but it’s very unlikely to kill someone’s, especially if she had been taken to a doctor and they couldn’t find anything.
Use your head. It’s yet another very clear cut case of religious abuse from these exorcism places and it’s just this channel being sensationalist as it’s being getting really bad at being lately
Regardless of whether or not the bone powder ended up killing Naryeli, that person should still be locked up. The length she was willing to go to because a guy she was seeing was two-timing and she decided to put the blame on the other girl?? Actually renting and moving in a house close by just to be able to befriend Naryeli? Basically stalking her and having full intention to cause her harm... Befriending her and still not feeling any empathy... That's completely unhinged behaviour and, especially since she got away with it, given how the desire to harm someone when things don't go her way, I do fully believe that she is a danger to people.
It's odd that her confession of intending to cause harm didn't lead to any kind of consequence. Even if her actions were unable to be prosecuted, surely her intention would have been enough when the person she admitted to wanting to harm did actually end up dying. Just because the means of murder were considered witchcraft, it doesn't mean she didn't commit murder given that there was intent there... But I do understand how a country in the throes of so many issues could have difficulty bringing a case like that together.
Don't worry, probably another person took some vindicta.
You make some very valid points. What really stuck out to me was the fact that she spent so much time with this little girl and over time, felt no compassion or care for her. That's insane. The little girl looked up to her and adored her. How does one turn their heart off like that? 😞
@@KittyCat260 Even in a country not going through all that, intent to harm isn't really prosecutable unless the person does something actually illegal, and as far as I can tell, the only actual provable charge that could possibly be brought would be grave robbing or desecration of a corpse. I agree that what Stefanie did was highly immoral, but proving her actions actually killed Naryeli would be damn near impossible, especially years later.
Bone powder can't kill you. You consume it everyday
For some context, as a person with Vasovagal Syncope, you literally can’t die from it. It doesn’t starve you of oxygen long enough to cause any cognitive damage and if your body is experiencing that, it’s not just Syncope. One of the first things my cardiologist and neurologist said to me is ‘you can’t die from this, unless you pass out and hurt yourself but that would be the injury’ I think it’s way more likely to be the dead bodies - the kuru disease you spoke about!
I have POTS, my dr also told me the only risk of dying was fainting and hurting myself, until I went into cardiac arrest one day😭😷
Hello my fellow fainty friends 😭😂🫶🏻 Autonomic neuropathy with EDS (and more) in the house. 😅
I think it does kinda sound like a prion disease because of the neurological symptoms, but idk if it could actually be kuru. Kuru is a prion disease, but it's almost unheard of outside Papua New Guinea as far as I know.
You cannot contract the kuru disease from only one or a few times from eating flesh, it's over a prolonged period of time 10-13 years. It could be prion disease but the kuru disease is not only has to be transmitted but is kind of secluded to Papua New Guinea as far as we know.
I also have Vasovagal Syncope (aka Neurocardiogenic Syncope). You are correct. A person typically doesn’t die from syncope, they can die from injuries sustained during an episode.
I'm only halfway through the video but this is already one of the most insane stories I've ever heard.
I'm here to get your update now that you're at the end of it 👁️👄👁️
@sleepypup second half got even more insane 😭 I know it sounds cliche to say it's like something out of a horror movie but this case truly is
I'm 1 minute in and it sounds insane!
@@amanda-al01saaame 😮
It happens a lot mostly with Haitian people they know how to put these spells on people most of the time is jealousy and envy
I’m thinking the fact that she was consuming bones and dirt from a graveyard has something to do with it…
Right! Like there’s no way that didn’t have any impact, and we don’t even know what kind of diseases those bodies could’ve had
And how she got away with feeding her remains essentially is so insane
exactly.
i second this. Way more plausible explanation than witchcraft and evil entities xD
literally i was so confused why this was brushed over like it wasn’t the true reason
It’s crazy that they were so close for an entire month with so many sleepover AND yet she never bothered to ask the victim if she knew that the “boyfriend” was cheating. Or if it was anything serious with the guy… this could’ve just been avoided
Evil people look for opportunities to be evil.
Yes! They most definately use any excuse they can find!
she obviously didn't care about those points
The chemical reactions and insane amount of bacteria let off by human decomposition can taint graveyard dirt. So sad that it sounds like this poor girl suffered from this disease. I’m honestly not surprised the doctors didn’t catch it. What I’m surprised by is that Stephanie wasn’t also poisoned accidentally by her own hand by contamination.
Contamination in what way ? How would Stephanie be contaminated , she would’ve most likely washed between use
@askjohn22 people literally get sick and d!e from drinking tap water that came from run off water from a graveyard on a hill. This is why cemeteries are highly regulated when it comes to building residential areas because you have to ensure an entire population isn't being poisoned from corpse water. Morticians have to wear face masks when cutting through bones. Soil, water, and air can be contaminated with very deadly bacteria that is only found in corpses. There cases of people purposely poisoning a towns well water by dumping dead rotting rats in the well.
@@askjohn22 Maybe they meant she may of breathed it in? I know I tend to rub my face or hair a lot, personally.
@@Casteriskswould you rub your face & hair while dealing with dead bodies? 🤨
@@Casterisks. So do I, because of allergies.
Her signs and sypmptoms especially her condition in that harrowing video fit the description of TETANUS. Came from containimated soil, took months of dosing, her spasm especially face twitching, lock jaw preventing her from talking and ingesting food, not being able to hold liquids down.
I agree. As soon as I saw the home video, my first thought was also tetanus. I wonder if they tested for it?
@teenajopataytay I don't think so that doctors saw her once the classic signs set in. She even got that smile called risus sardonicus in the video.
i agree
Of course, there exist a vaccine against tetanus. I’m thinking the aggressive behavior- rabies/ but transmission is dubious. I’m wondering poisoning is likely. Heavy metal of some kind
Tetanus was my first thought as well
It can’t have been healthy to consume corpse bones, and the fact that the person dug up corpses and fed the bones to someone should have been illegal. It certainly is here in the US.
Killing over a man is just beyond me, I feel for her family who opened up their house and family to her. RIP 😔
not just a man, but likely a pedophile if he was dating a child AND a 20y/o!
a 20yr old treating a 15 YEAR OLD as the "other woman" and plotting against her by POISONING HER WITH CORPSES????? that girl is mentally fucked up. i'm 19 and the idea of even just befriending a 15yr old for any reason is strange to me, but to be so mad that ur bf is dating A CHILD and taking that out on said child in such a gruesome way is just fucked. she should be in jail
15 isn't a child. I was pregnant at 15 and gave birth at 16
@ imo, 15 is still very much a child. yes obviously they're much more mature than an actual child and aren't incapable or anything like that, and ik they are teenagers, but they're still quite young and have alot of growing to do. i honestly don't think anyone should be considered a proper adult until they're abt 20 or 21, cause i'm 19 and still feel too young to be an adult. i referred to the girl in this case as a child because compared to the woman who tried to murder her she pretty much is. there's alot of maturity differences between a 15yr old and a 20yr old. Stephanie should've kept her relationship with Naryeli as a sisterly one. imo it's very strange for a 20yr old to befriend a 15yr old
@@celestialmajesty2053aw hell no
@@celestialmajesty2053I bet you’re secretly a 40 year man
@@celestialmajesty2053look up the definition of a child. I hope your kid’s okay🤦♀️
I'm from Venezuela. Love how much research you did on the culture and the traditions of the country and how respectful you are ❤ thanks for posting such interesting cases!
As a Venezuelan, I am so glad you covered this case and made sure to note how the cultural and political situation in the country affected it. My family has been greatly affected by the healthcare situation and they are part of the reason I got into healthcare in the US.
A note as someone working in healthcare - syncope (sink-oh-pee) is just the medical term for fainting, it’s not an actual medical condition. However you were right to acknowledge that this was likely caused by another, potentially more serious, condition.
What are your thoughts on something like aspirational pneumonia, if she happened to faint while eating, drinking, or similar? Do you think that's less/more likely than some infection by bacteria, viruses, or parasite? (It isn't kuru)
@sunburntsatan6475 because of her other symptoms relating to her mouth movements and ability to drink/eat, I would be surprised if her pneumonia WASN’T caused by aspiration. aspiration pneumonia is incredibly common in these patient populations as well as people who are generally very ill or close to passing away (my background is intensive care, so we see this quite often). I still do think the pneumonia is just an unfortunate symptom of a larger disease process happening with this poor girl.
@sunburntsatan6475 thank you for saying it isn't kuru.
Does anyone know if kuru exists in Venezuela? I thought it was very much contained to certain groups within Papua New Guinea. Having said that, could it be a different prion disease?
@@aliahope-wilson4449 I don’t think it’s been found outside of Papua New Guinea before, and because it’s primarily contracted from eating brain tissue, I really doubt this girl could have contracted kuru or any other prion disease from eating crushed up bones.
*Now this is just my two cents as I’m just a nurse, not a doctor, so I cannot diagnose nor do I have enough info on the victim to do so*
The videos of the victim remind me a lot of tetanus. It would explain many of her other symptoms well, and (contrary to popular belief) tetanus comes from soil, not rusty nails. So if she ingested soil that contained the tetanus bacteria, she could have developed the disease.
Girl I’ve been your subscriber since 2019, never did I imagine you would ever tell a story from my hometown La Guaira. Thank you for explaining more in depth the context of this case with accuracy and respect highlighting also the overall unrest our country has been experiencing. There are so many layers to this unfortunate case. It’s greatly appreciated!
My cousin went through something similar. A friend of her would steal her items and hair and buried it in a graveyard. And she went through similar symptoms that nariyelli had went through (I hope I spelled her name right) my cousin suddenly got ill just like her and my grandmother finally went to a medium and she told her what happened and gave her prayers to pray to her while she was in the hospital.
And my family is from Panama and they are super religious.
So witchcraft is something they don’t dabble with. My cousin is alive and well today. Has two beautiful children.
... Because it was never witchcraft to begin with. Witchcraft isn't a genuine or real thing, as much as the "witches" want you to believe it. Unfortunately, your friend got swindled out of her money lol. And you're all fools for believing it.
47:39 I was screaming this the whole time. Like, even if it wasn't witchcraft.... DEAD BODIES?!?!? In HER FOOD?!?!?!? That's murder.
right?! that's basically poisoning someone! what if whatever she was feeding that girl had something that actually caused the health problems in the first place?
Dead bodies in food....sounds like witchcraft....
@BewilderingStudio
No it sounds like the disgusting actions a person would perform.
@HobieInTheBox Correct, witchcraft actions. We are watching the same video, right?
@BewilderingStudio
Are you joking? Witchcraft isn't real, you can do ceremonies if you want but it has no rel effect. Deliberately feeding someone a corpse is POISONING. It's murder. It's not some silly magic shit.
Hi Eleanor I’m from Venezuela and I have been following your channel for years now. This is a messed up case but I’m glad you made a video about it if your interested you can cover in the future another Venezuelan case it’s called el come gente it was a cannibal who murdered a lot of people it was a very sounded case in Venezuela.
How is living in Venezuela? Is it bad everywhere?
Soy de Venezuela también y sigo su canal hace al menos 4 años y que cool que esté cubriendo este caso espero que si haga el del come gente. ❤❤❤
I am very curious about the same question the first commenter asked, is it bad everywhere in Venezuela? I hope it's not a rude question, I always worry about the citizens and circumstances there & if I could afford to help financially, I would.
You don't have to answer. Hope you're well 🙏🏻
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "el come gente" roughly translate to "the man eater"?
(Edit to add: fitting name if so)
@@everlastsmiles Yes it does! I speak spanish, “come” means eat and “gente” means people so “comegente” would literally translate to “people eater”
She didn’t curse her, she gave her a bacterial infection. This was deliberate and murder
How couldn’t she get charged for disrupting human remains 😭😭 and poisoning someone with it that’s attempting murder 😥 so sorry for her
Exactly what I was thinking! If they can't charge the "religious stuff" (including the grave stuff) then charge her for literally poisoning the poor girl with dirt and literal HUMAN
@ !!!!! Like literally giving someone “poison” without their knowledge or consent that’s so foul
Even if the bones didn't kill her, there was still the intent to kill there...
@@mjan3906 of course the bones killed her!! What did you think, that she was really cursed? Lol
it’s because she’s protected through witchcraft.
She wasn't cursed. She was poisoned and murdered.
Edit: wait I'm sorry are we SERIOUSLY brushing over the graveyard bones???
No, we're digging them
Yeah she was poisoned…. through a witchcraft ritual. So witchcraft killed her… I don’t understand why this is so hard for so many of you to grasp yes it was whatever disease she got that killed her but she got that disease BECAUSE of witchcraft and a ritual that she performed. Like genuinely are all of you so stupid that you can’t see the connection… no it wasn’t magic that killed her but it’s still witchcraft because it was from the ritual she did
Yeah she was poisoned…. through a witchcraft ritual. So witchcraft killed her… I don’t understand why this is so hard for so many of you to grasp yes it was whatever disease she got that killed her but she got that disease BECAUSE of witchcraft and a ritual that she performed. Like genuinely are all of you so stupid that you can’t see the connection… no it wasn’t magic that killed her but it’s still witchcraft because it was from the ritual she did
@@musikamusika1736 nice one lmfao
It’s because people putting things in people’s food and/or drink for the purpose of witchcraft is sadly not that uncommon in South America🫢 ESPECIALLY in central america (mexico, venezuela, colombia, etc.) where this type of practice is more popular.
Same with desecrating sacred spaces i.e taking dirt from the cemetery, burying things that don’t belong there. It doesn’t usually result in death, but once the word brujería or santería is thrown in, it becomes impossible to prove - plus the fact all the medical tests came back negative for any illness means she *technically* didn’t harm Naryeli. So it doesn’t hold any relevance unfortunately.
As someone who lives next to a graveyard in Mexico, brujería is very much real, be careful out there
Im not gonna tell you “No it’s not.” Because it’s ineffective but rather it was most likely a prion disease from eating human remains.
stephanie fed her human BONES! how did she not get arrested for that? i know it’s so called ‘witch craft’ what she did, but digging up human remains is an instant jail sentence! God bless Narielle💖
To be fair as a witch, that’s the BAD BAD BAD witch craft usually witches and pagans don’t participate in
Digging up human bodies and feeding bones is not part of any witchcraft I have ever practiced nor any practice I ever heard of. Some cultures in some closed practices may do this. But this is not a generalised part of “witchcraft”.
Different countries have different laws, that’s really what that boils down to. Because these types rituals are a well known part of Santería, and law makers still made the law to protect regions the way they did, there was quite literally nothing anyone can do.
@ rituals by digging up bones of people who have died? burying her personal things in a graveyard? and poisoning her FOOD with human remains!? she basically just admitted to committing multiple felonies all at once and didn’t even get a charge! it’s like me walking into a restaurant and attacking someone and blaming it on witch craft.
That should be called poisoning, not witchcraft, literally wtf
I don't condone trying to curse or poison someone under any circumstances, but wtf why did Stephanie go after Naryeli and not the boy?! She didn't know he was two timing them!
I mean, he didn't deserve to get kuru disease for being a little love rat, but he's at least the one who did something wrong.
because she loves the boy i guess? not unusual for someone to go after the other girl/guy then the love rat
I understand what your getting at, but is she had been a sane person. She wouldn’t have sought revenge against anyone. It would have been easier for her to move on with herself (in general).
For the same reason that when a guy cheats, they blame the other woman, rather than the man. You hear of cases like this all the time. Getting rid of the competition, so to speak. Makes no sense to me, but there are many cases like this out there.
Internalised misogyny,sadly
@hamiltomVettelnot unusual just really really dumb
She was poisoned with the bones. That friend should be in prison.
All her symptoms are of rabies, you don’t get rabies from bones and dirt! They needed to test her brain before they buried her- which we know they didn’t do cuz they idiots
Neutrophils would be elevated in response to an infection. Kuru is not an infection. Additionally, you can only get kuru by eating a brain that had kuru. A parasite, however, would make a lot of sense since she was being fed dirt.
Plus, the incubation period for Kuru is years. There's no way she would've died in a matter of months
@@addictedtoprocrastination9986when she was listing symptoms i immediately thought of kuru but yeah the incubation period of kuru doesn’t seem to match up with how quickly she developed symptoms
Or a bacterial infection such as tetanus
Tetanus or meningitis
@@lithia4483 Which is a soil dwelling bacteria! People getting distracted by the cannibalism and they want to go for the fun option rather than the realistic ones
i absolutely love the way you talk about other cultures’ norms in such a matter of fact way, as many cultures do value things like magic and curses to be on the same level as things like modern medicine. you never speak down upon its validity or try to minimise it the way other people who cover cases like this do, and you treat is for exactly how real it is for the people living it. i really love that about your videos
They really should be criticized, though.. we don’t have to respect cultural norms that torture and kill innocent people… plenty of cultural norms that should be abolished completely
@@silencedxdesire Have you researched Santeria? Because this video portrays it like something evil. Not surprised, considering the Christian perspective is hard-baked into the UK's cultural perception.
@ im specifically talking about any cultural norms that involve harming people, children especially.. exorcism of any sort is not medical care. If the cultural practice isn’t harming anyone, I don’t care 🤷🏻♀️ another horrendous example is genital mutilation of female children
I have to say, I'm thankful that your channel is here. I got into true crime years ago, but I can't always handle the voice of the person presenting. This is the channel I get 90% of the information and I just wanted to say thank you! I never get tired of the way you address each case. 🎉
This is a super great video, and I love how you explained everything. Just a few tweaks when it comes to kuru disease: her neutrophils wouldn't have been elevated from kuru -- kuru is a prion disease, meaning it's a misfolded protein in the brain, and not an actual infection, so the immune system doesn't respond to it. It's more like a disfigured limb than an illness as we usually think of them. There's no parasite in your body, it's just proteins getting the wrong instructions after eating similar proteins. It's more likely that she had some other infection, and the elevated neutrophil count helped to spread the disease throughout her body faster (there are prion proteins in white blood cells). I don't mean to be know-it-all, I'm just a bio major and I find prion diseases fascinating.
and as a preveterinary science major, thank-you for reminding me how horrifying prions are. lol
Will like to add (for anyone lurking or whatever): Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, mad cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) are other prion diseases which are also induced by eating infected remains. There was an outbreak of CJD in the UK (late 90s if I remember correctly) because people were not feeding their cattle properly, the bovine got sick, and uh. Swiss cheese brains.
Hence why prions are terrifying. Don't be a cannibal.
So u guys with your complicated medical terms, and me and my ignorance lol
Are you saying it was not her eating dirt and bones that killed her, and it was probably another infection?
Simplify it please.
@@rooroo1704basically a combination of the two is likely
@@CharlieHorse4363
Oh that makes sense. Still what she did, and the extents she went to, was so terrifying.
And all that just for a boy ?! Wtf
@kizzzzi you find prion diseases fascinating, I find them kinda terrifying
I think she's probably had a fast acting bug from the dead bones and with the fainting thing she already had she's bound to have had low blood pressure, but I also think going to the centre and getting dunked into the river every night has probably expedited the pneumonia, it's kind of obvious to me there, she's not been strong enough to fight the pneumonia, very sad for someone so young,,but a parasite getting into her blood could definitely make sense x
I think this video is pretty irresponsible in spending most of its time trying to imply that the witchcraft was the thing that killed this girl by focusing on it so much. Only covering the alternatives in the latter half.
Oh the super religious family of the daughter who thinks she’s possessed have a different story than officials? How shocking….
It’s pretty obviously to me that the “””healing center””” was in huge part to blame for this girl’s death.
I wouldn’t be surprised if her behavior in that video was due to what the family or center was putting her through to provide the exorcism. Rampant religious abuse.
@@mistresslum6682yeah witchcraft is one of the least likely things to have killed her of all the things that happened to her ( like putting human remains in her food!!) and she could’ve really just suffered religious abuse( being harmed in the center or it worsening whatever medical condition she could’ve had)and people are pumping up the story to seem like it was some crazy witchcraft that did it.
It was tetanus the smile and movements are really beg signs and also the way you get it is usually through dirt or dirty/rusty things
@@mistresslum6682thank you! I was looking for a sensible comment. There is a relatively recent case of a mother from (I think) Texas, where she, along with her father and brother, performed an “exorcism” on her two or three year old daughter, and over the course of hours, they tried to “purge” her of evil spirits by forcing their fingers down her throat repeatedly. She eventually died from the abuse, and these people still don’t think their actions caused her death. They still maintain she was possessed by demons or evil spirits.
@@mistresslum6682Do you have any idea of what Venezuela is like? There is no medical treatment. The government and officials are corrupt. They have more faith in their religion than the government because it's proven it's worthy of more faith. Why come on a video and condemn the way she presented it? Let's see you do a better job. Lord. Have. Mercy.
Santeria is practiced in Mexico too…especially in Matamoros, near the Texan border. It’s extremely dark and ppl have been killed in these ceremonies there. And then I saw the final reason for her death and yes, it fits - I’d seen this disease occurring in Africa! And I bet Stephanie knew that dead, diseased tissue caused Kuru as she was older and learned about it.
You can't get Kuru from ground bones only from eating diseased brain.
Religious freedom is important, but that shouldn't mean you can do whatever you want in the name of your religion. There was a clear intent to harm, and she poisoned a kid
I’m from Uruguay, South America. The immigration here is massive from countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Cuba and a few others that have a similar situation currently.
My manager (and friend) and my bestie from work are both from Venezuela, and once I asked why is it that they came here, and my manager said to me “it was degrading as a human being”. That said so much in just a few words.
honey put North arab africa
@ ?
I haven't been to Uruguay since 2019. I went to Punte del Este 3 times. It was really nice and felt safe and peaceful. Has the massive migration effected Uruguay in any negative ways or is that mainly US getting the troublemakers?
@ punta del este is basically the richest part of the country and it’s outside the capital, which makes it a lot more peaceful. But we had trouble here way before people migrated, petty crime here is a huge problem, you can’t walk at night at all alone or you will be mugged. Honestly I think people that migrated here are mostly wonderful people, they’re much more educated and have such nice manners. And they appreciate things locals don’t. There’s an influencer caller Maddie in Uruguay if you want to check out more about life here and culture shocks 🙌🏻
Stop immigrating to other countries. It just ruins that one too. Fix yours first.
Just came back from a content break and I’m here in the comments to show my love❤️
I have a feeling that the graveyard dirt she was being fed had a part to play in this as well. I can't imagine that it's "clean" soil. This story is wild and you did a great job covering it. I'm fascinated by kuru and all of the diseases related to cannibalism.
Botulism is certainly a likely factor if she'd been eating soil, especially if it'd been stored in anaerobic conditions that make the bacteria produce the toxins. Symptoms sound similar enough- nausea, breathing trouble, nerve difficulties... The same bacteria make the same toxins in mud/stagnant water too, so the river baths may have compounded the problem
The chemicals used in embalming are so, so toxic. Who knows how much of that may have leached into the ground over time.
@bluexwings that's a really good point unless they don't embalm bodies over there? I'm not sure.
Normal soil thats outside is already potentially holding parasites that can make you sick, nevertheless the soil where humans have been decomposing. We dont even know what killed those people. What if somebody died by disease and that pathogen is in the soil around their grave
The soil is more likely the source of the parasitic brain tissue than the bones, too. A decomposing body will leave behind lots of nasty stuff and the parasite required to cause this disease was most likely lurking in that contaminated soil rather than the bones.
Not take away from Nareyli's tragic death, or to minimise her existing conditions. Nor to blame the spiritual centre or the unstable health system. Her friend poisoned her. Random soil and corpse parts - that's deliberate.
Love your work, Eleanor ❤️✨ Thank you for your respectful and engaging video
Actually so many insisting witchcraft but so called friend Stephanie was psychotic, envious murderer. Feeding her deceased people. Thats disgusting monstrous behavior. She needs life in prison imo
Insane. It didn’t cross Stephanie’s mind to just say “hey, you have been going out with this guy I am already dating, please stop seeing him”?
She had to kill this innocent girl while pretending to be her friend.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the video of her was infection with some parasite or bacteria then you mentioned that she was fed graveyard dirt and crushed human bones and this confirmed it to me. Greetings from Austria
Never ever let your teens get involved with someone in their 20s.
especially if they are opposite sex , but same sex is dangerous aswell…
Thats not nesessarily a bad thing
@@lauren1352 🤨
Nonsense. There's nothing inherently bad about making friends with someone five years older.
@@stoppit9it is when you’re a 20 year old wanting to be friends with a 15 year old
I cant believe she killed a 15 year old girl over a boy. That a child.
This wasn't witchcraft. This was murder by poison. Poor baby. R.I.P. Beautiful brown haired girl.
It was the mixture that she was fed with for a month. The suspect might have also mixed other things in that mixture and did not fully disclosed them.
Curse or not there should be a law against deliberately contaminating someone's food and against disturbing graves.
Basically Mad Cow Disease. That disease is absolutely devastating. To this day any Brits who were alive during the outbreak are prohibited from donating blood outside of Britain because they don't know how long, if at all, MCD can lay dormant before manifesting symptoms. And once the symptoms start, that's pretty much the end.
Yep. And just so people do know, they predicted during the BSE crisis in the 90's that it would take around 30 years for any infected people there may, and almost certainly will be, to start showing signs and falling ill.
....thats now. Its pretty much 30 years neat, right now....
That's what I was thinking when I heard it how sad
Same with people from Germany, at least in the U.S.
@@HBIC-te7mewhat are you talking about? What do people from Germany and US have to do with it?
It’s called Kuru, look it up.
It sounds like rabies from my pov. Like there’s the fainting, trouble swallowing, fever, and aggression. It’s just sounds like a classic case of rabies… maybe she fed her the bones of someone who had died from the disease
Or bat dung in the graveyard soil
That or tetanus. So many different things can be in soil unfortunately.
Rabies is terrifying & it's so common & widely distributed, especially here in the SouthEastern US. It's almost surreal, like a fictional zombie virus, terrifying!
the rabies virus can only live on surfaces for a few hours max, no one is getting it from eating bones
Wow thats so true
Love seeing one of favorite content creator talking about my country’s crisis, thank you for bringing awareness!
This case was shooking and it went super viral as it was happening, so so sad how she passed 😣
My daughter got mysteriously ill in Feb, she started fainting daily, all the doctors kept telling us its just fainting, it wasn't, it got so severe we had to rush her to hospital from school shes having seizures that stops her breathing and makes her go lame . It lasts up to an hour and 45 min , we finally found a neurologist that realised that it was seizures.
We can't figure out what's causing it... We have managed to push it to every 5th day instead of everyday,
But all the tests come back normal.
As a mother this is your worst fear... Something you can't fix..
Are you anywhere near Boston? They have the best neurologists in the country. My best friend who's 30 has had 3 brain surgeries since she was 20 but is now doing well and seizure and tumor free for years
@@kaylermachado9309 unfortunately we are in Africa,
@@l.j4496 I hope you get the diagnosis and treatment soon. I'll be praying for your daughter and family and the doctors out there 🙏🏽
I have non epileptic seizures. Can't find out what's causing it. It's a pain
have you looked into POTS, or narcolepsy?
in many pagan practices, putting a spell on someone without their knowledge brings the caster that negative energy right back. may this be the case. 🙏🏻😊
not to take away from the case by recently i've been having severe health issues and discovered it's likely someone pull a spell/ hex on me so i'm hoping this is true😢😢
Also not to double comment I think it brings the negative energy back twice as hard to the caster
@@emeliaentrekinbruh🤦🏻♀️ just go to the doctor, i promise you no one put a spell on you
I know this as the threefolded law, everything you do to others will come back to you threefolded. Greetings from Austria
@@emeliaentrekinthen do not take away from the case. Everything has an explanation, she was eating bones and soil. You also have some medical reason.
RIP Naryeli, prayers to her family. So heartbreaking, poor child was deceived and smurdered by a grown woman over a man. Practicing witchcraft and poisoning a person are two completely different things, I think this is very clear to most people. That this adult woman admitted to basically feeding a minor child human corpses mixed with dirt should’ve been enough to throw her in prison for murder.
It sounds like a fungal infection (from the consumed dirt) killed her. Her symptoms correlate with a central nervous fungal infection: seizures, spasms, personality changes, changes in levels of consciousness,...
Tetanus
I’m always astounded at your neutrality ans understanding in controversial cases especially regarding religion. It’s so respectful and refreshing. It always keeps me here. Has since the beginning. Truly a kind person.
As someone with a condition called cyclic neutropenia (low levels of neutrophils) I had some of the same symptoms as her such as not being able to swallow food, nausea and having a higher rate of contracting any viruses/illnesses; it is so sad to see she wasn't able to get the medical help she needed. I thankfully had the medical help I needed and knowing all that had to be done to me in order to get better makes my heart break for her knowing something could have been done to at least get her a little more stable since whatever drove her body to shutdown was definitely whatever she got from consuming the dirt.
Blows my mind they think poisoning is witchcraft.
She was basically poisoned.
Religion holds back society in many ways.
But they scanned and couldn’t find any traces of poison so they couldn’t legally charge for it
@@meowmachine9147it’s real…
Witchcraft includes poisoning! So yes it was witchcraft. Yall really don't know what you're talking about. The spirit realm is more real then this life we're living.
Yes that's because you're looking at it through western eyes.
I mean, I understand that writing laws around religious practices is very tricky, but I'm surprised she didn't goto jail for desecrating graves and digging in a graveyard, or especially for putting abnormal ingredients in food she was purposefully giving to unknowing people. That's not even touching on the fact that those abnormal ingredients were human remains. How much of a ritual can be protected by "we do not prosecute for religion"?
@@modernghost0 yeah by reading the comments I understand why everyone is confused by that, Eleanor missed a part of the context: Venezuelan legal system is a joke because you can bribe your way out, the "we do not prosecute for religion" was just their excuse, in reality we know there was money involved, or favors or connections or threats. It has nothing to do with religion being protected.
Like 90 something % of crimes go unnoticed there !
It’s so cool how much you’ve grown as a channel and a person, I used to watch your videos 4 years back and always loved your work, keep it up! 💯
You’re one of my fav true crime podcasters. You don’t post the same story’s as everyone else does and it’s great
1. Don't allow your teen children to befriend older people. Those older people never have innocent intentions.
2. I understand the law. Witchcraft spells aren't a crime. However, poisoning should be. If she confesses to sprinkling bones and soiled dirt on the food, that should be considered poisoning.
3. So... the real reason she didn't get arrested is because they can't pin the death on poisoning. The lack of Healthcare and the "spiritual cleansing" could definitely be the actual cause. In the US and the UK, the parents would've been charged with neglect. Venezuela is in a much different state, but I think her family loved her, but should've tried harder to get her to a Dr
Oh yeah..sure..because its so easy to accomplish getting your sick child to a dr. In Venezuela.And paying for it.Are you intellectually impaired?
I'm from Venezuela and been your follower for years, I got so excited when I saw you uploaded this case!! Although it was a very sad one.
Wow, the fact Stephanie fed her bones is actually insane. I just wonder how long it actually went on…
She was literally poisoned without her consent as a minor by an older person and there was no crime? Da Fuq.
Who is poisoned with consent😭
@@nicole4198right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@nicole4198I mean.. there’s people out there who consent to being eaten alive lol
@@nicole4198people in some religious cults have been known to accept poison willingly
@@nicole4198 I mean...consentually eating a person is real in certain parts of Texas is so idk..😭
One of the most fascinating cases I've ever learned about. Thank you for sharing it with is. You do an amazing job at telling these true crime stories
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Syncope is hardly even a disease per say, but a term used to describe fainting spells with an unexplained cause. She likely had an undiagnosed cardiovascular or pulmonary condition that caused lack of oxygen/blood flow and therefore caused the syncope. This could have also made her soooo much more susceptible to dying from things like pneumonia
Also, lack of blood flow to the brain for long enough could definitely explain behavioral changes.
While it may be pronounced "per say" it's actually spelled "per se"
@candice_ecidnac more concerned with how, in the video, she pronounces syncope as "seen-cup" ...
@@bekanimal I made my own separate comment about that. I'm amazed at how someone can do so much research to produce a video like this, yet utterly fail to take 2 seconds to look up a medical condition they've never heard of to be sure they're pronouncing it correctly. Baffling.
@candice_ecidnac ha oh did you? .. right, it happens in so many videos like this by so many youtubers, makes them look less competent to me 🤷♀️ and it spreads misinformation imo in a way, with people just mindlessly consuming such inaccuracies and barely noticing/batting an eye. Sigh, oh well. I know it's not the biggest deal in the world but we all have things that annoy us and this is one of mine. Also, gotta include the disclaimer that I am not perfect either and I understand no one is perfect.
just to educational purposes I have to say that Santeria isn’t a bad religion, the rituals and traditions of it are beautiful. There are bad people in all religions,but that doesn’t make the religion it self bad. And it doesn’t have any connection with the devil (because we didn’t even believe in it and the Bible and Jesus or whatever) so just to clarify that because we suffer so much with attacks and violence against afro religions
I mean realistically every religion is bad because it convinces people to believe in something that doesn't exist so other people can control them
It's witch craft it's all demonic no matter how u dress it up. Only JESUS SAVES AMEN ✝️
I know Santeria and Vodú are similar, they both are derived from the Yoruba people and I personally know people who practice it. They’re good people but like you said there can be bad people as well. Negative acts tend to be covered more than good ones too. I’m glad someone else knows it isn’t something bad unless the person makes it that way. (Sorry if my words aren’t clear i struggle with being bilingual.)
@@questioningmyexistence193yesss, a simple way to make people understand is just thinking, for exemple,imagine a cristian praying to Jesus to someone they hate die(I have known cases like that). This doesn’t make Jesus or the religion bad, just the person. Its the same to religions like santeria, voodoo, umbanda, candomblé…
@questioningmyexistence193 it's all black magic. Demonic !
As a nurse, syncope (sin-copy) I would say is not an illness but a symptom of an illness. Like it could be a symptom of any type of infection, anorexia, heart problems etc. I would also look at what sort of chemicals are used in processing bodies in Venezuela. I feel like embalming a body takes a bunch of toxic chemicals like formaldehyde and idk how those chemicals might be concentrated over time in remains
I was thinking sink-o-pee lol
@harmonyw87 ahahah
Took me a minute to realize you were trying to say "syncope". The pronunciation is sin-cuh-pee believe it or not! I know it's a weird word but it's a medical condition and it's pronounced the same in British and American English.
I kept thinking "wtf is sink up?" 😂
It took a while to figure out what she was talking about 😅
I started with 'sin cope' but then tried sin co pee, it's much better. Thanks!
While know that u r right… it just sounds so weird 🥲
Yeah, it took me a minute to figure it out and dropped in for the pronunciation correct @candice_ecidnac beat me there
English being weird strikes again! I always thought its pronounced like the word cope because most english words that end with one e dont have this e voiced (im not a native speaker btw)
I will never understand why people get mad at the other man or other woman when their partner cheats and not be mad at the partner this poor girl was just happy to be friends and didnt know anything about what was going on
i'm about to graduate medical school, i've already passed my medical license exam, so I'm pretty qualified to say what I'm going to say. *THERE IS NO CHANCE THIS WAS KURU DISEASE!* although it's horribly unhealthy to eat the things she fed this poor, poor girl, it couldn't have possibly caused the symptoms so quickly. Kuru disease has an INCREDIBLY long incubation period before the rapid progression of the symptoms. you mentioned 12 months, and yes, that is the average length of time from onset of symptoms until death, BUT it incubates in your body for anywhere between 5 and 20 years before the symptoms become active, and this incubation can even last up to 50 years before it becomes active, meaning that it absolutely couldn't have been the cause here. also, since it is a prion disease, and not bacterial or parasitic, it likely wouldn't have caused an increase in neutrophils or eosinophils, which are classically associated with bacterial and parasitic infections, respectively. and, finally, even if it was Kuru disease, which is not possible based on the timeline, there is no cure at all for this disease, as it causes misfolding of proteins in your brain and neurodegeneration, and there is no way to reverse or stop this.
also, side note, syncope is pronounced sin-co-pee, not sin-cope
this was CLEARLY demonic possession. those things are no joke at all, it's very serious, and we should all be very careful who we allow near us for that reason. the video of that girl sitting and mouthing quietly sent chills down my spine. A`ūdhu billāhi min ash-shaitāni r-rajīmi
I don't understand how Stephanie got away with it. Feeding someone human remains is not witchcraft, it's poisoning. Poisoning is not a religious practice.
I agree. I’m a practicing witch myself and I agree. There’s a line between casting a hex from within your own home then letting it do its work and actually poisoning the person directly. She wasn’t practicing her religion. She had crossed the line to murder. She is a very dangerous person.
Yes, but also, poisoning has been wrongly considered witchcraft in many cultures for a long time - Like deadly nightshade tea, for example, being served in apothocaries was seen as witchcraft, etc. When really it was just poisonous plants. It does NOT excuse nor should it prevent prosecution, but it is something to consider when hearing about this sort of thing.
I’m in the US and we use to party with bonfires in the field, and 25 years later my own kids did the same… so maybe it’s universal lol
Yeah we used to go to the forest our parents would give us like five bucks each so one person would buy a pack of smokes one person would buy a couple joints and the other person would buy a Colt 45 of beer which is just a big ass bottle of beer and we'd go meet up with other teens in a forest area where we would have a small fire and party all night
Just UK and US doesn't necessarily mean it's universal tho - UK culture is very influenced by Western culture
@@amberr3662The UK IS part of the West you absolute plum
In Uruguay we do it too hehe something about feeling totally separated from anywhere your parents could see you drinking and misbehaving probably
Same in the spring here in Sweden.
Girly you are legit the only reason I even use RUclips or even open the app anymore, I loveeeee ALL of you’re videos 💕
In the end, three things lead up to this poor girl's death: her jealous friend, understaffed hospitals that were probably unknowingly treating COVID patients if this all happened December 2019, and her parents not seeking further medical help elsewhere.
She could have been helped had those three things not have created the perfect storm.
Edit: wow, nobody is mentioning how COVID may have very well been a factor in any of this.... It was December 2019. Just about the time cases started to show up around the world.
It can be true. COVID is very prone to worsening the already existing health conditions whatever they are.
This case truly breaks my heart and frightens me. Poor little girl, she is resting in peace now hopefully 💔😔🕊
if naryeli died from infection from eating the bones of people's corpses, then stephanie IS responsible for her murder/death and should be put behind bars for poisoning her
What about freaking POISONING? I mean she fed her dead crap, who knows what was in threat?
I unlocked a new facial expression reading that title omg ☹️
I was like "Jesus fkng christ"
Eleanor, it's been a little while since I've seen one of your posts and you look ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! super proud of you🎉👏🏾💪🏾
Not even ten minutes into the video and my heart already breaks for this girl and her family 😢
Thank you so much for adding labeled sections to the videosss!!! I fall asleep to your videos and I was able to go back to the last thing I remembered with one click instead of a 10min search!
I know no one says anything about the sponsors normally but I genuinely love June's journey. She totally needs to get with Jack!
Kuru is the first thing I thought of when I read the title, but if she only ate bones I’m not so sure since im pretty sure you have to eat brain to contract kuru. Also the incubation period is usually years (not days/weeks), with 90% of all cases occurring within 21-27 years of exposure, so the timeline doesn’t really make sense, but aside from that the symptoms def seem similar. Of course this is all just vaguely informed speculation on my part so who knows.
The one thing I do know tho is that if it indeed was kuru then it rly wouldn’t have mattered even if the drs had been able to correctly diagnose her - there is no known treatment or cure and it is 100% fatal so sadly there’s really nothing anyone would have been able to do for her anyway 😞
Kuru isn't an infection though. It's a prion disease. A parasite seems more likely considering the sudden onset of neurological symptoms.
Poor girl, she was so awfully betrayed.
If you haven't covered this story before, you should do the story behind the movie "The exorcism of Emily Rose" its based off a true story of a girl named Anna Elisabeth Michel, it's absolutely crazy and chilling.
Brief spoiler if yall are curious:
She was pretty much possessed by 6 demons at once and was exorcised multiple times since her family was a very religious family
Or she was going through psychosis...
kuru does align with her symptoms, but it also has a very long incubation period (from 5 years up to like, several decades) so i don't think it would have set in so quickly after consumption of the remains. and if what nayareli consumed was graveyard dirt and bone, not brain tissue, would she still contract kuru from that?
prions can accumulate in the soil and groundwater long after death which is what makes bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease so dangerous but i think it’s more likely soil-borne pathogens like tetanus diphtheria or anthrax infected her via the contaminated soil and human ashes that landed in it
@@S3lkie-Gutz i definitely think it was something in the soil, though that's maybe less interesting than it being some kind of spooky cannibal disease lol
This story is sad but pretty stupid. Kuru is a cool idea but unlikely because the corpses she ate would have had to have had kuru, and it is - as you said - extremely rare. I think it's far more likely that it was something else that her friend fed her that poisoned her. Then her parents' decision to take her to be repeatedly bathed instead of checked for poisons exacerbated her already fragile health and sealed her fate. Perhaps if she'd had access to better medical treatment they could have figured out what she'd been poisoned by before she died.
She died because her "friend" poisoned her with dead body bones.
As an American, we also drank in fields lol.
"This story is absolutely chilling-Stephanie's actions go beyond jealousy and into something truly sinister. The use of dark rituals, the cursed bracelet, and the horrifying details about the graveyard practices are terrifying on their own, but when you add Narelli's tragic decline and the systemic failures of the healthcare system, it paints a heartbreaking picture. It’s a haunting reminder of how cultural beliefs, desperation, and manipulation can intertwine with devastating consequences. Poor Narelli deserved so much better."
I thoroughly enjoy listening to you tell grisly tales of human depravity. The tone of your voice and your regional pronunciations are endearing. You are also beautiful. Thank you for your work🌻
P. S.
What is your cat friend’s name?
have never heard of this case before so thank you for bringing it to my attention ❤❤
There's a brand of sneakers called KURU 😂😂😂 I found it randomly online when I got plantar fasciitis. I was yelling at the internet "why did you name your company after a cannibal disease?!"
Oh no 😬🤦🏻♀️
I have syncope. It's not typically dangerous. You can tell before it comes on and you have time to lay down. It can be triggered by stress, dehydration, and a whole page of triggers. It's a vasovagel reaction that causes you to get less oxygen to the brain, due to blood pooling in the legs. When you faint, it forces you to lay down and the oxygen quickly comes back to your brain in less than a couple minutes. It might make you feel weak for a day, but that's about it. It doesn't affect your appetite, your ability to swallow, or your cognitive ability.
I love how you kept up the suspense. Good job to you and your crew as always.
It’s so mind blowing that there are countries with laws that protect people like Stephanie who literally murdered this girl, and dug up dead bodies too?? This was an interesting but crazy case
This is not witchcraft, it’s just poisoning.