The Trail Went Cold - Episode 505 - Nori Amaya

October 31, 2009. Washington D.C.. After spending Halloween night frequenting some nightclubs, 38-year old Nori Amaya takes a taxi back to her apartment complex during the early morning hours. After not hearing from her for nearly two days, Nori’s siblings visit her apartment and discover that she has been strangled to death on her bed and the perpetrator has cut off her fingernails in an apparent effort to dispose of DNA evidence. While a male DNA profile is recovered from Nori’s body and used to exclude a number of men from her personal life, it cannot be matched with anyone and the crime remains unsolved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the bizarre death of restauranteur and salsa dancer Nori Amaya, which has become known as “The Salsa Queen Murder”. If you have any information about this case, please contact the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch at (202) 645-9600. Join us on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/the-salsa-queen-murder/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Nori_Amaya https://cdn.unsolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/103-The-Salsa-Queen-Murder-Website-Final-Script.pdf?x37874 https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/367345/nori-amayas-friends-and-fans-express-their-grief-on-her-facebook-page/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/2010/05/09/a-dc-killing-that-remains-in-the-darkness/83ad964b-38d3-4593-a196-a62b5c422ba5/ https://www.fox5dc.com/news/rewind-to-the-crime-what-happened-to-nori-amaya https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/murder-remains-a-mystery-9-years-after-restaurateurs-strangulation/166871/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/brother-refuses-give-finding-sister-nori-amaya-s-killer-10-n1075471 “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.