Episode 22: The Abduction and Murder of Mark Kilroy

***Trigger Warning*** This case has a brief mention of sexual assault, body dismemberment and ritualistic practices.

 

The Gateway International Bridge that connects Brownsville Texas to Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico gets over 40 million crossings per year. Matamoros Mexico is the third most dangerous city in Tamaulipas with an incredibly high crime rate and an even higher rate of kidnapping. Back in March of 1989, University of Texas at Austin student Mark Kilroy with three of his friends, Bradley Moore, Bill Huddleston and Brent Martin and some college girls they had met along the way would cross the Gateway International Bridge to enter Matamoros with the plan to party and have a great time. What none of them had expected was that this spring break adventure to Mexico on March 14, 1989, would be the last time they would see Mark Kilroy alive. Listen to hear the story of the abduction and murder of an American college student that was so disturbing that it prompted the local community to coin the term “narcosatanicos”. 

 

Mark Kilroy Foundation - https://markkilroyfoundation.org/

 

Sources:

Wikipedia - Murder of Mark Kilroy - Wikipedia – Retrieved: November 18, 2024

The Baltimore Sun – April 23, 1989 – Mark Kilroy was slain in a ritual arising from the drug trade – David Simon – Retrieved: November 24, 2024

Corpus Christi Caller-Times – Intimate look at a nightmare – Joel Williams – November 4, 1990 – Retrieved: November 26, 2024

Tarleton State University – Retrieved: November 28, 2024

Wikipedia - Purdue University - Wikipedia – Retrieved: November 28, 2024

Mark Kilroy Foundation - Mark Kilroy Foundation, Santa Fe, Texas – Retrieved: November 28, 2024

Wikipedia – Palo (Religion) - Palo (religion) - Wikipedia – Retrieved: November 28, 2024

The Winnipeg Sun – Witchcraft! Devil made them do it – Max Haines – January 21, 1990 – Retrieved: December 2, 2024

Honolulu Star Bulletin – May 14, 1989 – Drug cult leader attracted rich and famous – Melinda Henneberger – Retrieved: December 2, 2024

The News and Observers – In true crime, the monsters are just folks – John Kilian – July 7, 1991 – Retrieved: December 2, 2024

The Galveston Daily News - Remembering Mark Kilroy – Joel Kirkpatrick – March 4, 1990 – Retrieved: December 3, 2024

The Tyler Courier-Times – Cult slaying victim’s parents try to resume lives – May 8, 1994 – Retrieved: December 3, 2024