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so today I want to talk about Jose Louis Calava
zippita zipit zippita
I have a really hard time pronouncing English words
so I’m about to butcher a lot of names
other than that
I’ll shut up
and let’s get into this true crime story about Jose
Louis Calva Zapeta
we’re just gonna call him Jose
so Jose was born June 20th 1969
and when he was younger
when he was only like 2 years old
his father passed away
unsure as to how he passed away
but he passed away when Jose was just 2 years old
so that left him to be raised by his mother
and I think her name is Ilia
ilia e l I A Ilia ilia
anyways his mother
we’re just gonna call him mother
his mother raised him and his 5 siblings
so a really big family
he had 3 sisters and one brother
I’m sorry I didn’t even mention
but they were growing up in Mexico City 5 siblings
I mean that’s a
I couldn’t ooh
that’s a big family
especially to take care of all these kids by yourself
it was said that jose’s mother
she was just really abusive growing up
and she had very harsh punishments
so she would be physically abusive towards Jose
and his siblings
and when Jose was just 6 years old
his mother I guess she beat him pretty badly
but she also smashed his
like a brand new toy
he had just gotten
so he got like
this brand new toy truck
and again he’s 6 right
you’re excited new toy
Jose had gotten in trouble over something
I don’t know what exactly
but his mother had beat him pretty badly
and then she took the new toy
and she smashed it
and this was like
really heartbreaking to poor Jose
because they never got new toys
they never got anything new
especially because there were so many siblings
it was always like
hand me downs
Jose then decided
at 6 years old
he decided he was gonna earn some money
and buy a new toy truck
to replace the one that his mom just smashed
Jose then started shining shoes to make some some money
and he would shine
all these shoes
and then he would just save all the money he got
and then he saved enough money to buy a new toy truck
he was really excited about it
he got a new toy
takes it home
he has it whatever
when his mom finds out that he has this new toy
and when she saw the toy
she went off
I guess she then took the toy
and she destroyed it
she smashed it
in front of Jose
and then she beat the crap out of Jose
so then at the age of 7
Jose was sadly
he was raped by a friend of his brother
who was like
16 at the time
the friend was
this was obviously very traumatizing for Jose
it’s unclear if the abuse continued on
or if it was just a one time thing
either way abuse
still has a life changing effect
in general like yeah
even if it’s one time
so and then
at the age of 12
jose’s mother
she just had enough of him
at 12 she’s like
you know what
I’m done with you
you need to you’re out
you’re out of the house
she kicks him out of the house at 12
he did end up dropping out of school
he fell into just a really dark depression
and he started drinking
he started drinking heavily
I’ve mentioned this before previously
that a lot of the times
I’ll see comments that say
I am trying to
portray the criminal as
like the victim
when I talk about these backstories
and the abuse
that usually
a lot of them have gone through that
I’m siding with
bad guy okay
now I’ve mentioned this before
I’ll mention it again
I personally like
to get a backstory on people
I like to know like
what was their upbringing
like what did they experience
what was their life
like versus
just going straight to
what they did you know
they still did horrible things
and they still should be in jail
like it’s okay
to think that
their upbringing
and stuff is sad
it doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t have to pay
for what they did
but it’s okay
to feel sad
for these people anyways
shut up who cares
get into it anyways
back to Jose
so he realized you know
I gotta get a job
I gotta make some income
because he’s not going to school
he has nowhere to live
to make some income
Jose he worked as a clown
and he was working
alongside his
brother in law
who was working
as a magician
at the time
so this magician
got him a job as a clown
and during this time
is when Jose
became very interested in writing
and he became very
passionate about books
screenplays poetry
he just found
like that thing
he was passionate about
he also just started writing himself
would write poems
so then in 1996
Jose married a
woman named
I think it’s Aid
A I D E But
he married this woman
the 2 of them
had 2 daughters
very quickly
it was like
back to back
the marriage only had lasted
like 2 years
and then they ended up
splitting up
she moved to America
and she took the children with her
and this infuriated Jose
it sent him into a really deep depression
he really heavily
started to abuse
alcohol and drugs as well
so shortly after
his ex wife left Jose
he met this lady
named Lydia
Sanchez Valdez
now Lydia would go on
this is later on
down the road
when she was
interviewed about Jose
but she would go on
to say that
Jose was very interested
in witchcraft
and she remembered him
doing some funky shit
using herbs
and cow tongues
to practice
his witchcraft
he was trying to put
curses on people
especially like
his ex wife
it made her really uncomfortable
how obsessive he was
about the people
who did him wrong
Lydia would also say that Jose
it sounds like he was OCD
but he was obsessed
with cleaning
washing his hands
and anytime
they had sex
he would have to wash his
lower regions
before and after having sex
he just had to clean
and he had constantly
wash himself
Lydia also would say that
Jose was very abusive
not physically
but um verbally
and mentally
he was very jealous
he was very controlling
and if Lydia
told Jose like
I want to get out of this relationship
or it’s something like
I want to break up with you
Jose would turn it around
and tell Lydia
that he was
gonna kill himself
if she did so
it was just a very emotionally
manipulative
manipulative
relationship
side note if
you were in
a relationship
where your partner
is telling you that
they’re gonna kill themselves
if you break up with them
get the f out out
that is so toxic
luckily for Lydia
she was able to
get out of this relationship
and she was
able to get away
from his abuse
she would later
testify against him in court
and that’s where this
information
all came from
Jose would spend a lot of his time
writing poetry
novels and even
place screenwriting
and he took
great pride in
his writing
and he wanted to pursue
a career with this
he would staple
booklets together
of his poetry
and different stories
and create like
little books
and he will
give them out
to people on the street
just to kind of
like try and
get his work out
there I mean
you never know
who you could be
giving it to
you could be
giving it to
someone who
is a big wig
you know for Jose
his writing
it never really
took off for him
but he really enjoyed it
and he would brag
all the time
about his writing
and he would tell people
that he was a
famous writer
and he was one
of the best
in the world
he had a very big ego
while passing out booklets
of his poems
on the street
Jose met a woman
named Alejandra
alejandra me
the 2 of them
had got to talk in
and and she
found him so charming
I mean he’s
handing out
like his poetry
and she thought
his poetry was just
so lovely I mean
he was a charmer
seemed very sweet
passionate about
what he was doing
and she just
really liked
his work as well
so they got to talk in
Jose asked her like
what do you do
for a living
alejandra tells Jose
that she works
at a pharmacy
this piqued
jose’s interest
a pharmacy you say
you see Jose
over here he
loved himself
some drugs okay
he was a big fan
and a big user
of Cloneza Pan
I believe it’s
how you pronounce it
Cloneza Pan
and this medication
is used to treat
seizures and treat
certain types of
anxiety disorders
now this drug
itself is said
to be one of
the most dangerous
and difficult
drugs to be
addicted to
I mean there are many
others as well
but this one is
definitely up there
it’s very similar to like
Xanax or Volume
a lot of people abuse it
and Jose was
a big fan of it
so Jose was
like oh shit
you work at a
pharmacy awesome
and he didn’t tell
her this but
he was like
I’m just gonna use you
so I can get my drugs
so the 2 of them
began to hang out
Jose and Alejandra
and Alejandra
introduced Jose
to her mother
alejandra’s
mother really
didn’t like Jose
alejandra’s mother
asked Jose like
what he did
for a living
he would go on to say
that he was a
a writer and
that he made
about 200 a day
selling his
written works
and this included his poetry
went on to say
that he was
a playwright
a director and
also a singer
so he just did it all
and this was a red flag
to alejandro’s mother
because she knew
he was lying
based on the
clothing he wore
you see like
if you’re making
a lot of money
you probably
have maybe just
nicer clothes
he always seemed to be in
just really
like worn holy
beat up looking
clothing so
she knew that
he was just lying
like he didn’t have money
she would also say that
she hated with Jose
everything was me
me me me me
me me me me
you know like
he was just
very selfish
it was all about him
he would just
talk and talk
and talk about
himself I mean
if you’ve ever been
around one of
those people
you know how that goes
it’s like they
come up to you
just to talk
about themselves
and then they go away
and you’re like
okay cool as
time went on
Alejandro started to see
the real Jose
he was jealous
he was controlling
lying about
a lot of things
not sure if
she ever found out
that he wasn’t
really like
a famous writer and
stuff cause
there wasn’t much
said about it
but she did just see
the jealous
and controlling
side of him
and she wanted out
of the relationship
so she got offered a job
in northern
Mexico City
which meant
that she would
have to move
she was like
I’m taking this job
cause at this time
alejandra she was
32 years old
and I failed
to mention but
she had 2 children
they were not
fathered by Jose
was a different father
she had to do
what was best for her
and her 2 kids
as well she needed
out of this
relationship
she wanted out
of this relationship
and this job offer
was going to
bring more income
help her get away
and yeah she
could just take
care of her
kids and she
would be good
so October 5th
2007 alejandra
why am I laughing
it’s not funny
I’m laughing
at myself because
Alejandra anyways
so alejandra’s
mother gets
a call that
her daughter
failed to show
up for work
and they were
asking like
do you know
where she is
what’s going on
like she always shows up
and her mother
would say like
immediately
she got that
gut feeling
that something
wasn’t right
but her first
thought was
Jose she knew
that Jose knew
where she was
that something
had to happen
and just she
just knew Jose
okay her first
thought was
maybe that like
he tied her
up somewhere
so she couldn’t leave him
because Alejandra
she told her
mother that
she wanted out of this
relationship
that Jose was
controlling
and just really
jealous and
didn’t want
her to leave
so she told
her mom this
so she’s thinking
Jose probably
tied her up
so she just
couldn’t leave him
the next day
jose’s neighbor
told alejandra’s mother
they had seen
a woman who
looked just
like Alejandra
going into jose’s
apartment on
the same day
that she had
disappeared
with that little tip
alejandra’s
mother she had
called police
as soon as she
received that
information
to let them
know like hey
the neighbor
saw her at jose’s house
so go down there
and find her
October 7th
which was like
the next day
police they
head over to
jose’s apartment
knock on a door
Jose he answers the door
and to police
it looks like
oh he’s just
sitting there
he was like
eating dinner
he had like
his little table set
A played out
a little napkin
bib going on
then the investigators
explain why
they were there
that they’re
searching for
Alejandra that
there was a
sighting that
that was the
last location
somebody saw her
at so we’re
going to search
the home XYZ
I’m not sure
if in Mexico City
you need to have
like a warrant
I’m assuming you do
but I’m not
fully sure anyways
but they start
searching the home
looking for
any clues or
any signs of
where Alejandra may be
was she here
is she there
maybe she’s tied up
unfortunately though
and sadly fuck
they find more than
just a clue
so they end up
going into the house
and they search
start in like
jose’s bedroom
and stuff and
they’re just
kind of looking
around no sign
of Alejandra
they open up
the bedroom closet
so they’re looking
in the closet
and they see
a dismembered
body first they
think it’s like
it looks fake
it’s not I don’t
know why people
always think
like it’s fake
well I guess
cause it’s just
kind of hard
to believe I like
look closer
and they realize that it’s
indeed alejandra
it’s her body
and they’re looking
at her body
and they see that
her right forearm
and part of
her right leg
were missing
okay like where
did that go
buddy so then
they search
the rest of the home
they’re looking for
her missing
body parts like
where are they
they have to be
here somewhere
right anyway
so they open up
jose’s refrigerator
what do they find
they find alejandra’s
missing body parts
just sitting
in the fridge
chilling they also
find a box of
corn flakes
I know suspicious
corn flakes
who the fuck
eats corn flakes
so then they
look inside
I don’t know
what leads them to look
inside the box
of corn flakes
but they look
inside the box
of corn flakes
and guess what’s
inside this
goddamn box
of corn flakes
they find what
looks to be
fried bones
inside like
deep fried but
not chicken bones
or anything
they are human bones
what what are
you doing oh
I would love to be
an investigator
for these things
god I’d be like
so corn flakes
huh so then
when investigators
first got there
they saw well
Jose answers
the door and he had
like the napkin
all tucked in
right and he was
eating dinner
he had a plate
on the table
or whatever
and like his
chair was he
was obviously
sitting eating
dinner okay
the investigators
actually look like
what was he
actually eating
well it wasn’t just a normal ass dinner
he was eating part of the fried meat
it was on this plate
and it looked like he was eating it for dinner right
so then on the stovetop they see a frying pan and
and there were chunks of
flesh and fat that were just cooked
and so there was like
some cut up lemons on the side as well
I guess he was squeezing the lemon
on top of the cooked meat for some flavor
I mean to investigators
it’s just obvious that he was cooking this meat
and he was eating it
Jose was immediately arrested
and when questioned
what happened
Jose told authorities that he choked her to death
on accident
you know because we’ve all been there
when you trip and you fall
and you accidentally choke someone to death
happens all the time
an accident my ass
Jose but okay
Jose also stood by
the fact that he did not eat any of her body
and his plan was to slowly dispose of her corpse
by feeding cooked meat
to the stray dogs that were in the neighborhood
like that makes it any better
I guess I don’t know
anyways upon a further inspection
authorities concluded that Alejandra had been strangled
by a sneaker shoelace
that had been left on the floor of his apartment
so the accidental strangulation
that wasn’t gonna fly
because it there was
there’s proof
she had the markings on her neck
and the shoelace was that
you know so
yeah so then
police also found a manuscript that Jose was working on
and the title was called Cannibal Instincts
the cover of the novel in progress
was a picture of Hannibal Lecter
which had been skewed to look like Jose
he was getting a little crafty
and like making Hannibal look like him
once Jose realized that he had been caught
in these lies
he either tried to escape or commit suicide
now this wasn’t fully clear to authorities
which one exactly
it was because Jose had jumped from a balcony
and again they don’t know if he jumped
because he was trying to commit suicide
or they don’t know if he jumped
because he was trying to make a run for it
so as one of those
he jumps okay
he gets hurt pretty badly
he was taken to the hospital immediately
and he ended up recovering
so soon after jose’s arrest
authorities linked the 2004 murder of Veronica okay
this last name is really hard casa Rubia
they linked her murder to Jose
poor Veronica had been beheaded
and her head and body had been put in like
cardboard boxes
and then dumped in the town next next door
when veronica’s body was originally found
they really had no leads
they didn’t
it didn’t really go anywhere
so it just kind of was turning into a cold case
but when Jose was under investigation
it turns out
Jose and Veronica
they were actually dating for a bit
they believed that he was responsible for her murder
Jose denied this
but all signs were pointing to him
there was also another murder of a sex worker
known as la Harocha
because her full name was never identified
that was her sex worker name I guess
but she was really well known in the area
her body was found
and it was dismembered
put in a suitcase
and it was found near jose’s apartment
but originally
when her body was found
there were no suspects at the time
and it just never led anywhere
I’ve mentioned this before in
like the toy box
killer case
that when sex workers and stuff go missing
it’s sad because a lot of the times
it’s not taken seriously
or looked at seriously by police
so it was kind of the case with that
Jose then gives authorities another person
who was responsible for killing Veronica
so Jose gives authorities
the name Juan
Carlos Perez
Jose says that Juan
Carlos was responsible for killing Veronica not him
so investigators go
and they question Juan Carlos
Juan lets authorities know him
and Jose were actually in a romantic relationship
for quite some time
Jose told authorities
that Juan was a co
worker of Veronica
and that he wanted her dead
the motive there wasn’t one
he just wanted her dead
because they were co workers
you see Jose was just trying to put veronica’s
death on somebody else
police do end up arresting Juan
Carlos Juan
said that him and Jose were indeed in a relationship
but Jose was the one who killed Veronica
and that Veronica was single
she was a mother
just like Alejandra
and she had
3 kids of her own
one also said
that Jose was the one that cut her into pieces not him
juan’s only involvement
would be that he knew that this happened
and did nothing about it
Juan was also
abusing drugs as well
so it seems like
Juan and Jose
like the relationship was mainly
using drugs together
and then a sexual relationship as well
so during the investigation
it’s brought to light
that Jose was heavily addicted
to the drug
we mentioned earlier klinosapan
I’m having a hard time
but he was also addicted to cocaine
and alcohol
like heavily
and apparently
the mixture of these substances
can cause you to do some
just very crazy
and violent
stuff of course
when they go to court
they’re gonna use that
as their defense
so investigators kind of put together this
the idea that Jose purposely
went for women
that were single mothers
because he saw it
as an opportunity
to take advantage of
these women
they were in a vulnerable spot
they were looking for love
and their jobs
were usually low income jobs
so he knew he could take advantage of
these women
control them
have them be dependent on him
so they couldn’t leave
while in jail
Jose refused
to make a guilty
or not guilty plea
his defense attorney
claimed that Jose killed a alejandra
because he was high
and he wasn’t in the
right state of mind
quote he didn’t eat her
he just cut her body up end quote
that was a defense
they were fighting hard
that he did not eat her
he just cut her up
come on so then in 2007
before reaching a conviction
Jose was found dead
in his prison cell
hanging by a belt
they also found a book
he had been writing
about himself
while in jail
and it was called
cannibal Poet
which is an odd
title for somebody who didn’t
eat his victim
but when they
first found Jose
it looked like a suicide
however he hadn’t expressed
any suicidal ideation
it seemed like he was really excited
about writing his new book
about himself
because he was a
self absorbed asshat
so suicide was a little suspicious
plus how’d he get a belt
it was reported
that Jose was receiving threats
from fellow inmates
and had been placed in a cell by himself
and he had constant
supervision
he was suspected
that he was killed
by fellow inmates
and this caused an investigation
within the prison system
of the officials
supervising
inmates also
when jose’s body was examined
there were signs
that he was tortured
and he was raped
before he was hanged
so it’s widely believed
that he was killed
he didn’t commit suicide
and nothing really came from that
investigation
that happened
inside the prison system
or the prison itself
Jose stood by the fact
that he did not eat anybody
and that he just simply
chopped them up
and he stood by that
but the book
or the screenplay
that he was writing
that they found
it was based off of his story
in that story
it said that he
ate this victim
but they were talking about
in the book
seems to be
that he did indeed
eat alejandra
it’s belief
that there are up to 10 victims
that are linked to Jose
but because he died
or committed suicide
or whatever to
it’s just unclear
they will never know
which is so frustrating
especially for the families
I would love to hear your thoughts
on this case
down below I mean
is there really much you can say about this
other than probably
better that he’s dead
which is sad
but it’s kind of
true anyways
I hope that
you have a really good day today
you make good choices
please please
please be safe out there
let me know down below
who you want me to talk
about next week
other than that
love and appreciate
you guys so much
have a wonderful day
and I’ll be seeing you guys later bye