Casefile Extra
Maria Cruz
When 35-year-old Maria Cruz failed to show up for work on April 14 2003, her colleagues immediately knew something was wrong. A visit to her Manhattan apartment revealed no signs of a struggle and no indication of where she might have gone.
As investigators retraced her movements from the day before, they discovered she had attended a medical appointment. But when they tried to contact her doctor, nothing was as it seemed.
CREDITS
EPISODE
Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Jessica Larsen
MUSIC
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
OTHER
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
BOOKS
Under the Knife: A Beautiful Woman, a Phony Doctor, and a Shocking Homicide – Dianne Fanning
ONLINE ARTICLES
Nightmare on Elwood Avenue – Vanity Fair
POST SCRIPT: Nightmare on Elwood Avenue – Vanity Fair
Fake Doctor Is Back in U.S. and Facing Murder Charge – The New York Times
Fake Doctor Kept Working After Arrest – The New York Times
Vanished – CBS News
Manhattan: Fake Doctor Pleads Guilty in Patient’s Death – The New York Times
Detectives Search for Fake Doctor Suspected of Killing Missing Manhattan Banker – Oxygen.com
Bogus Doc: “I killed patient” – New York Daily News
Farewell to Lovely Pipay – New York Daily News
‘Heartless’ Fake Doc Gets 20 Years In Fatal Surgery – New York Daily News
Maximum Sentence – The Paris Review
New York Struggles to Pass Legislation to Regulate Laser Hair Removal – MedEsthetics Magazine
NYSSPS Opposes Bill Allowing Non-Medical Laser Hair Removal Without Oversight – New York State Society of Plastic Surgeons
Still in Limbo: Why LHR Remains Unregulated in New York—and Why It Matters – American Med Spa Association
New York Tries to Regulate the Wild West of Laser Hair Removal – Bloomberg
Marked – Bloomberg (Note: this is an extension of the above Bloomberg article)
COURT DOCUMENTS
Senate Bill S6231A, The New York State Senate
OTHER
Black hairy tongue – Mayo Clinic
Use of Lasers as the Practice of Medicine – New York State Board for Medicine
SkinOvations website – web.archive