Case 206
Julio & Candra Torres
On Tuesday, July 27 1976, 16-year-old Candra Torres and a man named Tom Brown showed up in an Oregon sheriff’s department to report a terrible incident. Candra’s husband, 21-year-old Julio Torres, had been accidentally shot and killed while the three were on a camping trip deep in Mount Hood National Forest.
The case was quickly ruled an accident and the survivors tried to move on with their lives. But all was not as it seemed in this supposedly open-and-shut case…
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Erin Munro
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
RESOURCES
BOOKS
Empty Promises – Ann Rule
DOCUMENTARIES
ARTICLES
Where is Candra Torres’ kidnapper now? – The Cinemaholic
An anniversary camping trip turned murder and kidnapping – Oxygen.com
Kidnap survivor relives the moment rapist captor shot her husband – The Sun
Elizabeth Smart meets with kidnapping victim Candra Torres in new Lifetime doc – Inside Edition
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Fatal encounter with a stranger – The Daily News
Forest of terror – The Daily News