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This Is Monsters

The Selfish Murder of Malika de Fernandez

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Malika de Fernandez thought she had met the love of her life, but she was really just being used. When she suddenly disappeared, it took over 20 years to find her killer.

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0:00.0

After being married for just over a year, Peter Rainbart's wife, Malika, suddenly vanished without explanation.

0:08.5

The authorities had their suspicions right away but couldn't prove the man closest to her was involved.

0:14.4

That was until a breakthrough in the case that came decades later

0:18.2

when a skull was found not far from where Malika was last seen.

0:22.2

However, a bigger twist was yet to come. This is monsters. Oh, yeah. Peter Reinbart first met Malika de Fernandez at a party one evening in late 1959 in England.

0:59.0

They instantly felt sparks fly.

1:02.0

The pair spent the rest of the night chatting over their glasses before Peter made a stunning proposal.

1:07.0

He asked Malika to marry him.

1:10.0

While it must have been a shock to her after only knowing this man for a few hours, she didn't entirely turn down his proposition.

1:17.0

Clearly, Malika saw something in Peter that she liked, so she told him to give her a few days to think it over.

1:23.0

Four days later, they were engaged.

1:26.0

A week after that, Peter and Malika got married.

1:29.0

She thought it was the beginning of her fairy tale.

1:32.0

Peter was a charming handsome man with a stable job in the airline industry.

1:37.0

Malika must have been picturing how the rest of her life would unfold with her love,

1:41.5

how they would start a family and build a life together.

1:44.3

However, that illusion was soon shattered.

1:47.6

While on their honeymoon, Peter confessed to Malika that he was gay after he was unable

1:52.2

to consummate the marriage.

1:54.0

Since homosexuality was a crime punishable by time in prison,

1:59.0

the marriage was all a facade in an effort for Peter's true self to remain hidden.

2:04.0

His position at the company could also have been threatened had the news ever come out that he

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