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The Tragic Murder of Tabatha Tozzi · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: You wanted to take a deep dive into Tabitha Tazi's murder,
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  And well, when I saw your request, I have to
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  say I felt drawn to it too. You know, that
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  feeling where you just need to see things through, especially
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  when justice seems so out of reach. I hear you.
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  So we're looking at this case, right, this case it
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  really shook Las Vegas back in April twenty twenty three,
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  and it's still got everyone asking questions a year and
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  a half later. Eyewitness accounts, police reports, people begging for
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  any information online. It's a lot, and that's kind of
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  our purpose here to dig through it all with you
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  see if we can figure out what went down and
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  what it means for everyone caught in the middle.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And one of the first things that struck me,
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  you know, is how this all went down in a
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  place like Vegas. I mean, think about it, a city
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  that's constantly buzzing, people always coming and going. It kind
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  of adds another layer to everything, doesn't it. That feeling
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  of urgency, but also this like this undercurrent of things
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  getting lost in the chaos totally.
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  Speaker 1: And for Tabitha's family and friends, it seems like maybe
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  some really important details might have slipped through the cracks
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  early on. But okay, let's rewind back to the beginning.
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  It's April twenty second, twenty twenty three. Tabitha is trying
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  to break things off with her boyfriend, which sadly, so
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  many people go through. But for Tabitha, it became a
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  fight for her life.
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  Speaker 2: It's true, and that's where everything takes this terrifying turn
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  because from what I see in these reports, there wasn't
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  anything official, you know, about any violence between Tabitha and
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  her boyfriend, Oswaldo pres Sanchez. No red flags at least
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  not that anyone knew of.
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  Speaker 1: Makes what happened next even more shocking. Really, Tabitha, she
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  knew something was wrong, so she reached out. She called
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  her mom, her best friend. Imagine that fear, you know,
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  that need to reach out just to have someone there.
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  Speaker 2: And that's where the timeline gets really important. Her friend
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  shows up to help, right, and that's when they run
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  into Paris Sanches. He pulls a gun, forces the friend away,
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  and takes off in Tabitha's car. He leaves her there
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  with a gunshot wound to the head.
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  Speaker 1: Ugh gives me chills just thinking about it. And she
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  clung to life, you know, for two more days at
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  Universe Medical Center before she passed away. It's just unimaginable
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  what her family must have gone through.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and even then, even with that immense grief, they
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  made the decision to donate Tabitha's organs. It really says
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  a lot about her and her family's strength.
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  Speaker 1: To me, Yeah, small light in such darkness. You almost
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  wonder if that spirit, that inherent goodness in her is
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  why this case hit so many people so hard in
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  Vegas and beyond, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think so. Yeah, it really speaks to who she was,
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  and it shows in how everyone rallied around her family too,
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  the vigils, the stuff online, wanting to keep her memory alive.
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  It's powerful reading through it all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is. It makes you think about how
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  communities deal with these things, you know, Yeah, trying to
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  find sense in something so senseless. But for Tabitha's family,
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  the search for answers for justice, it was.
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  Speaker 2: Just starting exactly Prais Sanchez disappeared. And what gets me
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  is that it took ten days, ten days before the
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  Las Vegas Police before they even named him as the suspect.
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  Speaker 1: Ten days. God, the family must have been going out
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  of their minds, knowing he was out there maybe long
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  gone by that.
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  Speaker 2: And makes you think about these investigations, right, especially when
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  you've got someone who might have connections to other states,
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  other countries. Even that's where the FBI came in. They
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  put up a thirty thousand dollars reward, but nothing press
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  Sanchez was gone.
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  Speaker 1: Like he just vanished. Yeah, but from what we've got,
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  the FBI thinks he could be hiding out in southern
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  California or even Mexico, using whatever connections he had there.
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  It's a waiting game for them, but for Tabitha's family,
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  it's got to be torture.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And that's where you see how heavy this all is,
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  the emotional weight. I mean, a year after Tabitha was killed,
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  her family held a vigil right Craig Ranch Regional Park.
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  They released those blue balloons a sign of hope, but
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  also God, it's just so sad, this young life taken.
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  Speaker 1: And reading what her mother said at that vigil about
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  fighting for justice for Tabitha until her last breath, it
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  breaks your heart. How do you even start to heal
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  when the person who did this is still out there free.
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  Speaker 2: It's like an open wound, and in a way that
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  need for justice, it becomes a way to honor the victim,
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  to keep their memory alive. In Tabitha's case, her family
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  truly believes Perez Sanchez killed her because she was leaving him.
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  Speaker 1: It adds a whole other level to this, doesn't it.
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  To think someone could be so controlling that they do
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  something this horrific.
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  Speaker 2: It's the darkest side of people, and sadly we see
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  it way too often in these types of cases. But
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  for Tabitha's family, that belief, that knowledge of why he
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  did it, it fuels them to fight for justice.
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  Speaker 1: It makes you wonder about the why, you know, like
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  what could push someone to do this? And going through
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  all this, it's almost stranger that there wasn't like a
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  record of Paris Sancha's being violent.
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  Speaker 2: Before, right, And that's actually something we see sometimes in
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  these situations. Just because it wasn't documented doesn't mean there
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  wasn't any violence, but it does make understanding how things
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  escalated that much harder.
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  Speaker 1: It really drives home the point that this can happen
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  to anyone even when there aren't those like blaring warning signs.
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  Speaker 2: And that's exactly why talking about this is so important.
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  We can't change what happened, but making people more aware,
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  talking about the resources out there, those are things that
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  might help stop something like this from happening.
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  Speaker 1: Again, I agree one you mentioned before about the FBI
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  stepping in. Can you talk a bit more about that.
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  What do they even do in a case like this,
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  especially with pres Sanchez potentially being in Mexico?
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  Speaker 2: Sure so, because he crossed state lines that brings the
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  FEDS in. They're the ones who handle tracking people down
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  here and in other countries. They'd be working with the
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  Vegas police and probably with Mexican authorities too, since that's
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  a possibility.
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  Speaker 1: Makes sense, it's got to be complicated, especially if they
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  have to get them back from Mexico.
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  Speaker 2: For sure. It highlights just how tough it is for
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  law enforcement these days, with the whole world so connected.
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  Speaker 1: You really see how much dedication it takes to get justice,
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  even when it seems like there's nowhere left.
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  Speaker 2: To look exactly, And it brings us back to that
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  question from before, right, Yeah, what would justice for Tabitha
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  even look like? Is it catching Perez Sanchez, making sure
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  her story changes things, or is it something completely different.
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  Speaker 1: It's something that'll stick with you I think ye makes
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  you see how justice isn't just one thing, you know,
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  how it affects everyone involved.
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  Speaker 2: Right. There's the legal side of it, going through the courts,
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  but there's also the human side, the healing remembering someone
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  who's gone, and trying to find meaning in all this sadness.
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  Speaker 1: It's a lot, and there are no simple answers, but
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  sometimes just asking the right questions is a good place
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  to start. And hey, maybe someone listening has that one
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  missing piece, that one thing that can bring Tabitha's family
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  some piece. If you know anything at all, even the
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  smallest detail, please contact your local FBI office or the
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  nearest American embassy or consulate.
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  Speaker 2: We can all do something, even if it's just making
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  sure people remember Tabitha, sharing what we've learned, and pushing
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  for a world where these tragedies don't happen so much anymore.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't have said it better myself. This deep dive
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  into Tabitha's case. It's been heartbreaking but also eye opening.
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  We found out a lot, but those big questions are
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  still there. Where is Oswaldo Pearis sign chest And what
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  does justice for Taba though really mean? Those are for
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  you to think about. Thanks for joining us for this
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  deep dive.