900 Days Without Anabel, is a true crime docuseries based on the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Anabel Segura in Spain. The docuseries was released on Netflix on November 22, 2024. 900 Days Without Anabel includes never-before-heard recordings of the kidnappers.
The docu-series is divided into three parts and shows how Segura's family was blackmailed for months under the false pretense of Anabel still being alive. Anabel Segura was 22 years old and was a student who lived in an affluent area called Alcobendas, Madrid when she was kidnapped.
On April 12, 1993, Segura went on her morning jog and was kidnapped at knifepoint. She tried to resist but failed and was thrown into a vehicle. Her abduction was witnessed by a janitor at a local school who called the police but could not identify the vehicle due to poor eyesight.
The kidnappers held her hostage in an abandoned factory where they murdered her and buried her. The kidnappers, Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon continued to ask Segura's family for ransom. The culprits were later convicted of her murder after a public appeal.
5 facts about the Anabel Segura case from 900 Days Without Anabel
1) Anabel Segura was murdered after she was abducted
The kidnappers reached the area where Segura was jogging in as they believed it was a "safe" bet to kidnap someone from a place where many well-to-do families reside. After they kidnapped her, they held her hostage at an abandoned factory.
They had initially intended to kidnap her and ask for ransom money. While held hostage, Segura tried to escape but failed. She was then strangled to death and buried in the abandoned factory.
2) The kidnappers asked for ransom after she was murdered
After she was murdered, kidnappers, Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon continued to ask Segura's family for a hefty ransom under the pretense of liberating her.
Two days after she was murdered, the kidnappers began calling her family for ransom. Over a period of some months, the kidnappers called Segura's family 15 times and demanded a ransom in exchange for her safe return.
3) The kidnappers never showed up to pick up the ransom
Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon asked Segura's family for ransom multiple times. This led to Segura's father putting his home on mortgage and offering millions of pesetas to anyone who had information on her whereabouts.
Her father also sought the help of private companies. After asking Anabel Segura's family for money, representatives of the family agreed to meet the kidnappers and pay them on two occasions but the kidnappers never showed up at the meeting points.
4) The kidnappers made a fake recording of Anabel Segura
Three months after Anabel Segura's kidnapping, Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon sent her family a tape recording in which Segura's supposed voice stated that she was fine and wanted to be taken home safely to be with her family.
In the tape, Segura's supposed voice also expressed that she wanted to see her family and told them this is what they had to do to put an end to this. Her supposed voice went on to say how much she loved her family and said bye to her father, mother, and sister.
Segura's supposed voice was later revealed to be the voice of Felisa Garcia who was the wife of Emilio Munoz Guadix. Felisa Garcia agreed to record the fake tape recording after her husband requested her.
5) The culprits were caught after a public appeal
The kidnappers tried multiple times to extort ransom from Anabel Segura's family but failed. On September 30, 1995, Anabel Segura's body was found at the abandoned factory. This was 900 days after she was abducted.
The arrest was not made yet. The culprits Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon were caught after the tapes containing their and Segura's supposed voices were released publicly.
After hearing the tapes, a resident of Escalona called the police and identified the voice of Candido Ortiz Aon saying it was Candi's voice, his town's plumber. With the help of this call, on September 28, 1995, Emilio Munoz Guadix and Candido Ortiz Aon were arrested along with Felisa Garcia.
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