Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations · Kim Davis, Adam "Tex" Davis, Jerry Kolber; True Crime Podcast

No Encore for Rising Musician in Mexico City

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A coroner in Cocotitlan recognized Byron’s tattoos on two dead bodies near a narcomanta signed by La Familia Michoacana.

1. Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations covers the disappearance and death of Byron Sanchez, known as B King, in Mexico City and Cocotitlan. 2. Hosts Adam Text, Kim, and Jerry Colbert frame the story, with Kim and Jerry researching the case and Adam serving as the listener proxy. 3. The episode asks why a Medellin reggaeton artist on his first international tour ended up dead after a successful show in Polanco. 4. Byron Sanchez is introduced as a 31-year-old musician from Medellin with 387,000 Instagram followers and a career that began in 2016. 5. The hosts say he played piano, wrote his own lyrics, and spent years performing in nightclubs across Colombia while waiting for his moment. 6. His manager and best friend, Jorge Herrera, also called Reggio Clown, traveled with him in Mexico City as a DJ and spiritual guide. 7. The pair performed at Electro Lab for a Sin Censura event on Sunday, September 14, 2025. 8. Kim describes Polanco as the Beverly Hills of Mexico, with Gucci, Tiffany's, wide sidewalks, and jacaranda trees. 9. Byron posted backstage on Monday, September 15, saying he felt “happy” and “grateful” after the show. 10. On Tuesday, September 16, Byron and Jorge worked out, took selfies, and kept posting before they called a ride and disappeared into the city. 11. Byron’s mother first noticed trouble when her messages showed one gray checkmark and then a voicemail greeting. 12. By Wednesday morning, September 17, his Instagram story was silent and his WhatsApp still showed no delivery. 13. The family contacted promoters, friends, and the consulate while police reportedly treated the men as partyers who might reappear after 48 hours. 14. The search shifted when a city official in Cocotitlan recognized Byron’s tattoos from photos circulating online. 15. The official turned out to be the coroner, and the bodies were found near a narcomanta signed by La Familia Michoacana. 16. Byron’s father was called to the medical examiner’s office and identified his son on a steel table. 17. The hosts say the leading theory is that Byron was collateral damage while Jorge may have been involved in the 2C, or pink cocaine, trade. 18. A rideshare record reportedly showed the men leaving the gym and heading to Iztapalapa, not to a lunch spot in Polanco. 19. The episode’s tone mixes grief, gallows humor, and complaint-reading, while the structure alternates between narration, interruptions, and sponsor breaks. 20. Listeners who follow Latin American true crime and cartel politics will get the most from this episode, while listeners who dislike interruptions or dark humor may skip it.

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A personality-forward true-crime story about two missing men in Mexico City, where silence and delay steadily sharpen the unease.

Slaycation treats the disappearance of two men in Mexico City as a case suspended in bureaucratic limbo, with family members far away, a report going in, and officials and police moving at a frustrating pace.

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A trip turns into bureaucratic limbo, then quietly terrifying, when two men stop checking in.

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