MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories Ghost Story (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jul 18, 2022
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Murder Of Musician Teracita Basa
- Teracita Basa, a 47-year-old Filipino respiratory therapist and musician in Chicago, was found stabbed, staged to look sexually assaulted, and partially burned in her apartment on Feb 21, 1977.
- Neighbors smelled smoke; firefighters found a mattress fire and her body with a knife in her chest and distinctive missing jewelry that later became crucial evidence.
Staged Crime Scene Misled Investigators
- Autopsy contradicted the staged sexual assault: Teracita was a virgin and showed no signs of sexual assault, indicating the killer intentionally staged the scene.
- That misdirection broadened suspect pool and complicated initial motive assumptions like robbery or sexual violence.
Remi Chua's Imitation And Trances
- Remi Chua, a 38-year-old coworker, began mimicking Teracita at work, using her locker, seat, humming, and was later fired for the behavior.
- Her husband Dr. Jose Chua noticed escalating episodes and later witnessed Remi enter trances claiming to be Teracita.