00:00May 15, 2025, a woman, who worked as a cleaner and receptionist at a small hotel in Italy called
00:11Hotel Ferrucci, was heading to her room, 101, after finishing her shift. The hotel's CCTV
00:18footage clearly shows her carrying a white suitcase, accompanied by a man walking with
00:22her into the room. So far, everything seemed normal. But when she didn't show up for work
00:27the next morning, the hotel staff tried calling her room. When she didn't answer, they knocked
00:33on the door of room 101. After repeated attempts and no response, they used the master key to
00:39open the room. To their surprise, she wasn't inside. Her bag was lying open, one of the
00:44windows was slightly opened, and the bed was messy. Seeing this, the hotel staff immediately
00:50called the police. When the police searched the room, they didn't find much, some hair
00:55strands, the smell of perfume. But nothing that pointed to anything specific. The white
01:00suitcase was also missing. And the man who went into the room with her, where was he? Had
01:05they both run away together? Or something terrible happened to her? Hello viewers, I'm your host,
01:11and this, is the true crime story of Maria Denise Apon, a case that shook everyone.
01:16Maria Denise Apon was a 30-year-old Romanian woman born in a small village located in Romania's
01:43Alt region. She was cheerful and had big dreams she wanted to fulfill. That's why in early 2024,
01:50she left her village and moved to Italy to start a new life. After some time, she made Prado,
01:56a city in Italy's Tuscany region, her permanent home. There, she got a job at Hotel Ferrucci.
02:03But even there, life wasn't easy. She worked long hours as both a cleaner and receptionist.
02:09Her colleagues described her as friendly. Denise easily got along with everyone and was extremely
02:16dedicated to her work. Besides this, she loved being active on social media. Wherever she went,
02:23she would take selfies and post them on her stories or Instagram. She truly enjoyed doing all that.
02:29However, some friends believed she was hiding something. One friend later revealed that Denise
02:35had once told her she was doing extra work on the side. She never gave details, but she mentioned
02:41that the side job helped her earn more money. So what was that job? Some people believed she met men
02:47through dating apps and earn money by getting intimate with them. But Denise never confirmed
02:52any of it. Then came the day she disappeared from her room.
02:56When police didn't find anything in her room, they began checking the hotel's CCTV footage.
03:07They found two key moments. First, around 9.30pm, when Denise was heading to her room holding a white
03:14suitcase and accompanied by a man whose face wasn't clearly visible. The second moment was around 10.30pm,
03:21when that same man left the room, this time without Denise, but carrying the same white suitcase.
03:28The police began searching for this man. Days went by, but they still found no clue about the
03:33unknown person. Meanwhile, news spread rapidly about a Romanian girl who had gone missing in Italy.
03:40When Denise's parents found out, they were shattered. They couldn't believe something like this could
03:46happen to their daughter. They appeared on a local TV station, pleading with the public to help
03:51find her safely. As the news spread, so did the rumors. Some said she ran away with that unknown man.
03:59Others believed something bad had happened to her. Amid all this, on May 20, 2025, Denise's phone,
04:07which had been off since the night she vanished, pinged briefly near Montecatini Term,
04:12about 20km from the hotel. Police immediately rushed to the area with a search team.
04:17They scoured abandoned buildings and empty roads. Then, near a ditch by an isolated farmhouse,
04:24they found it. A white suitcase, half buried in thorn bushes. When the cops opened the suitcase,
04:31they found a red scarf, one Denise had worn in an Instagram story. It had bloodstains. And Denise
04:38herself was inside the suitcase. The killer had beheaded her, placed her inside, and zipped it shut.
04:45The police found other disturbing things inside the suitcase that we can't describe here.
04:50But the question wasn't what they found. The real question was, this was no longer just a missing
04:56person case. It had become a murder investigation. Denise had been killed in a way so brutal,
05:03words couldn't describe it.
05:04Now, the police had many questions. Who was that man last seen entering Denise's room? Why did he do
05:14this? Police began checking Denise's call records, text messages, and mobile data. They discovered she
05:22had recently been very active on dating apps. One account stood out, a man she had chatted with
05:28frequently. According to their chat history, the two had planned to meet on May 15. Police followed
05:34this lead. They checked nearby traffic camera footage between Prato and Montecatini. A small
05:41black car, seen leaving the hotel area around 11 pm, matched the route where the suitcase was later found.
05:48Though the license plate was blurred, a partial number gave investigators something to work with.
05:52Meanwhile, forensic teams examined the suitcase for DNA. It had been cleaned with bleach,
05:59but not well enough. A single hair, not Denise's, was found inside. Under specific lighting,
06:07a faint fingerprint was also found on the suitcase handle, good enough for a partial match.
06:13With mounting pressure, police quietly began building a suspect list. They traced the dating app
06:19account through IP logs. It led to a man living not far from Prato. A family man,
06:25with no criminal record. Investigators didn't arrest him right away. They started surveillance,
06:31and monitored his every move. His phone records revealed he had been near the very location where
06:37the suitcase was found, on the exact night of May 15, 2025. This was enough evidence to arrest him,
06:45but investigators still needed one final piece. So they re-examined the hotel's CCTV footage.
06:52This time, they caught something they hadn't noticed before. A faint reflection of the man's
06:57face captured in a hallway mirror. And the face matched. The man's name was Vasile Framuzek,
07:03a 32-year-old Romanian national, just like Denisa. He had been living in Italy for years,
07:10working as a security guard at a nearby shopping center. He was married, with two young children.
07:16Neighbors described him as kind and calm. But the police knew, he was the last person to see
07:22Denisa alive. And the one who murdered her so brutally. When investigators brought him in for
07:29questioning, he admitted he had met Denisa through a dating app. At first, Denisa didn't know he was
07:35married with two kids. Over time, their relationship turned toxic. Denisa began
07:41ignoring him, she wanted to move on. But Vasile wasn't ready to let go. When she finally stopped
07:48responding, he begged her to meet one last time. He promised it would be the last conversation
07:53between them. Denisa agreed. So on May 15, they planned to meet at the very hotel where Denisa worked.
08:01Vasile waited outside for her shift to end. When it did, she took him up to her room.
08:07And what happened there? According to the forensic report, and Vasile's own confession,
08:13an argument broke out. Denisa told him she was done. She said she knew he was married. And if he didn't
08:20leave her alone, she'd tell his wife. That one sentence changed everything. Vasile claimed he
08:26lost control. In a panic, he grabbed her throat, and didn't let go. She tried to fight, but within
08:34seconds, she lost consciousness. And then, she was gone. But it didn't end there. Vasile panicked.
08:43Instead of calling for help, he tried to cover it up. He used Denisa's white suitcase, the one seen in
08:49the CCTV footage, to hide her body. He cleaned the room quickly, wiped down all surfaces, and opened the
08:57window to make it look like she had left on her own. Then around 10.50 pm, he wheeled the suitcase out
09:03through the back exit, avoiding the front desk. The car he used belonged to his wife. Later that night,
09:10he drove to Montecatini Term, an isolated place he knew from a previous job. There, near the abandoned
09:17farmhouse, he left the suitcase in the bushes and went home like nothing had happened. Four days,
09:23he went to work. Smiled at his kids. Held his wife's hand. But behind the scenes, he was deleting
09:30messages, erasing files, and watching the news, hoping Denisa's body wouldn't be found. He never
09:37imagined that surveillance footage, GPS data, and that faint fingerprint would bring the police straight to
09:43him. When confronted with the evidence, Vasile didn't argue. He confessed. When Denisa's parents
09:50found out their daughter was no longer alive, they were devastated. Her mother fainted from the shock.
09:57People were outraged. They demanded justice for Denisa and called for the strictest punishment possible
10:03for Vasile. So that was this weekend's crime documentary. Next weekend, you and I will take
10:17a step away from crime and move toward horror. What really happened to Dan Rivera? Did the Annabelle
10:24doll actually kill him, or is there another truth behind it? We'll find out next Sunday. So make sure to
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