This series, apparently much like the case, was a bit chaotic. The storyline tries to keep the stories straight, but the final episode succumbs to the madness and is disjointed. The investigations seemed to be entirely dictated by public opinion and misses seemingly key lines of inquiry. The brother definitely seemed to be lying. It was all just a bit of a miss, which is unfortunate for the victim.
12 Reviews
True crime documentary
omarcantbestopped11 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
What a sad story! Abunch of cowards won't let the parents rest in peace or let them find out about their daughter's disappearance and where she is buried.
I think the brothers were seriously influenced by the bastard evil of another case of Natalee Holloway whom went Missing in Aruba and the bastard kept lying and putting on a show to deceive the police.
Bunch of cowards and losers in life.
I think the brothers were seriously influenced by the bastard evil of another case of Natalee Holloway whom went Missing in Aruba and the bastard kept lying and putting on a show to deceive the police.
Bunch of cowards and losers in life.
What nightmares are made of
anetteloitegard18 November 2021
I had no idea what to expect when I started to watch this, but it is such a chilling and surreal case that does indeed deserve to be told (and it is done so with a respect towards everyone involved). So many questions that still needs to be answered and so many who deserve the truth to come forth. I found it quite scary and haunting.
The case is the star
peter-spengler7 November 2021
Justice Is Imperfect
DavoZed22 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A peek at life in Spain and the Spanish justice system.
An almost endless series of mistakes and blunders, results in the crime that is at the center of this series, being currently unsolved.
A very good examination of the facts of the case and the justice system's attempt to solve the crime and prosecute those responsible (IMO).
If you like true crime, this is well worth a watch.
An almost endless series of mistakes and blunders, results in the crime that is at the center of this series, being currently unsolved.
A very good examination of the facts of the case and the justice system's attempt to solve the crime and prosecute those responsible (IMO).
If you like true crime, this is well worth a watch.
Daughters are precious! Protect them!
birdsfly-4016421 September 2022
Why does a 17yr old need a boyfriend or boys who are friends? I do not understand parents who are fine with their minors hanging out with boys, boys picking them up from their homes etc., Marta was 17. She had to study and come back home! Period! That's all that's required at rer age. Girls do not know or have the maturity at 17 to decide about the dangerous species known as "boys." Never trust a boy with your daughter. No matter how kind or polite he comes across as. Their evil side is shown only when a girl is vulnerable. All they want is s**. Sad to this precious girl treated like a piece of meat and nothing more. She was a human being. Full of life and love to give. Had dreams and aspirations. Wonder how much fun, love and laughter she bought into a room but who cares. But what it is to the world? Once a girl is out of her home, she is seen as an object as if there is nothing more to her. All those men protesting in the series, if given an opportunity, will act the same. Can never trust a boy or a man.
Shocking!!!
verbal_6668 January 2022
A great, shocking documentary to enter the miserable human mind. To be seen together with "Sarah - The girl from Avetrana", where similar events lead to reveal the true misery of the people. Discomforting, but unfortunately reality, heavy and harsh reality.
It could be so good
deni_sway5 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
This documentary is a bit messy, but not as much as the real story.
A bunch of kids manipulating a whole justice system, changing their stories over and over and over and over, pointing fingers at each other and that poor family that only wants closure unfortunately didn't get it.. and still haven't got it. They still don't know what really happened and they still don't have their daughters remains.
There's a lot of things that were talked about in the documentary and not given importance. Like the knife that was found in the ditch. Ok it was found, proven that it's from one of the kids and then what? We don't know because it's never talked about again. He said the knocked Marta with an ashtray.. was the ashtray tested? Was it broken? Any trace of blood? We don't know because that's the only thing that was said "he used an ashtray and bashed it in her head". But then she was suffocated by a cord.. wait no, she was raped with a knife pointed at her.. wait, again, no.. she was bashed with a gun on her head. I think the truth will never come out for reasons we will also never understand.
And justice fails yet again.. only one person was convicted and just because he confessed to the crime, there were no proof that he did it. He'd probably be outside now if he didn't confess.
My deepest condolences for the family and friends. May one day the truth come out and you, finally, find some kind of peace.
A bunch of kids manipulating a whole justice system, changing their stories over and over and over and over, pointing fingers at each other and that poor family that only wants closure unfortunately didn't get it.. and still haven't got it. They still don't know what really happened and they still don't have their daughters remains.
There's a lot of things that were talked about in the documentary and not given importance. Like the knife that was found in the ditch. Ok it was found, proven that it's from one of the kids and then what? We don't know because it's never talked about again. He said the knocked Marta with an ashtray.. was the ashtray tested? Was it broken? Any trace of blood? We don't know because that's the only thing that was said "he used an ashtray and bashed it in her head". But then she was suffocated by a cord.. wait no, she was raped with a knife pointed at her.. wait, again, no.. she was bashed with a gun on her head. I think the truth will never come out for reasons we will also never understand.
And justice fails yet again.. only one person was convicted and just because he confessed to the crime, there were no proof that he did it. He'd probably be outside now if he didn't confess.
My deepest condolences for the family and friends. May one day the truth come out and you, finally, find some kind of peace.
Where tf is Marta?
lindseychentx15 January 2022
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Maybe us Americans are so reliant on buzzfeed-style top ten lists that we no longer can follow a story without a nicely drawn timeline graphic... or maybe it was a little confusing... I don't know. What I do know is this story was captivating. It was equally frustrating to see the attention given to Miguel Carcaño's never-ending stories. My heart breaks for Marta's family who has been subjected to his games in real life, while trying to mourn the loss of their daughter. The final updates regarding the status of the cell phone records has me stressT. Leaving this review and then going on a deep dive through the Internet (thank you Reddit/Twitter). I just know the brother and Maria are lying. I hope the new evidence tells the real story of that night, and Marta's family is able to bring her body home.
Gone Girl
Lejink3 March 2022
Now permanently resident in Spain, my wife and I will occasionally watch a Spanish television production and given that she in particular likes to watch true-crime programmes, we happened on this recent Netflix series. Told over three one-hour shows, it concerned the disappearance and murder of a pretty young teenage girl Marta Del Castillo in Andalusia in 2009, one of those crimes which ends up gaining national prominence with saturation TV and press coverage, to such an extent that it accidentally elevates the missing girl's parents to celebrity status with the father in particular seemingly unable to move without having a TV or newspaper company microphone shoved in his face seeking some instant reaction to events as they occur.
I've watched one or two similar programmes of this type in Spain and they've all struck me in the media-frenzied way that contemporary television in particular treated such matters. Compared to the BBC news-reporting style I've grown up with, in Spain occurrences like this seem instead to be much more emotionally, even sensationally treated. Besides the apparent requirement for a running commentary from the distraught parents, there appears to be no end of nightly TV programmes with highly-charged presenters contributing their opinion on each new twist in the tale. I don't know if it's the old cliché about the hot-blooded Spanish temperament or just a less detached and I'd say professional approach to news-coverage but I certainly felt that a calmer, more measured approach by the various news-hounds might have served this sad story better.
This Netflix production. I would charge, is similarly guilty of getting too close to the case. The director doesn't use a narrator but instead lets the events lead the story, with an advancing clock-calendar indicating the passage of time. So what we get is almost a rolling CNN-type breaking-news treatment of the story, going over and over the various versions of events from all the different protagonists without really leaving the viewer with a sense of what actually happened to Marta the fateful night she disappeared.
Of course I appreciate that given the girl's body has never been found, there will obviously be some confusion as to her real fate but I felt this frenetic, full-on retelling of this tragic story didn't serve her altogether well. As I said earlier, this may be a cultural thing and that Spanish viewers may be familiar and indeed comfortable with this highly-charged production style but I personally think the telling of this story could have benefitted from a cooler, more grounded treatment, as indeed could the original investigation itself.
I've watched one or two similar programmes of this type in Spain and they've all struck me in the media-frenzied way that contemporary television in particular treated such matters. Compared to the BBC news-reporting style I've grown up with, in Spain occurrences like this seem instead to be much more emotionally, even sensationally treated. Besides the apparent requirement for a running commentary from the distraught parents, there appears to be no end of nightly TV programmes with highly-charged presenters contributing their opinion on each new twist in the tale. I don't know if it's the old cliché about the hot-blooded Spanish temperament or just a less detached and I'd say professional approach to news-coverage but I certainly felt that a calmer, more measured approach by the various news-hounds might have served this sad story better.
This Netflix production. I would charge, is similarly guilty of getting too close to the case. The director doesn't use a narrator but instead lets the events lead the story, with an advancing clock-calendar indicating the passage of time. So what we get is almost a rolling CNN-type breaking-news treatment of the story, going over and over the various versions of events from all the different protagonists without really leaving the viewer with a sense of what actually happened to Marta the fateful night she disappeared.
Of course I appreciate that given the girl's body has never been found, there will obviously be some confusion as to her real fate but I felt this frenetic, full-on retelling of this tragic story didn't serve her altogether well. As I said earlier, this may be a cultural thing and that Spanish viewers may be familiar and indeed comfortable with this highly-charged production style but I personally think the telling of this story could have benefitted from a cooler, more grounded treatment, as indeed could the original investigation itself.
BEWARE. Bunch of teenage losers playing with entire Justice system & the whole Nation
sandyk6215 February 2024
It was frustrating to watch this till the end. Teenage idiots not revealing where the body is, pointing fingers at each other & changing the story of how she got killed over & over & over & over. It was ANNOYING. They were making the whole Police department look for her in many many areas. Underwater, Garbage landfill, Digging a site. Just complete INSANITY. And the parents are heart broken & crying. I cant believe it. The whole thing is a disgusting mess & horrible.
Watch it only if you can deal with how messy & annoying a documentary can get. Its mindblowing to me how nothing happened & i was stuck seeing the annoyance of this documentary. HORRIBLE.
Watch it only if you can deal with how messy & annoying a documentary can get. Its mindblowing to me how nothing happened & i was stuck seeing the annoyance of this documentary. HORRIBLE.
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