In Cold Blood: The Murder Of Richard Arenas
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- In June 2013, a married father of three was working on a friends car in his driveway, when he was shot dead in cold blood.
It was a 10am in the morning, in the middle of a residential street. There were no suspects and no witnesses, and police were at a loss as to who would want to kill Richard Arenas…
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He didn't even know who he was shooting, but based on the shooting of the man that was staring at him at the gas station, it doesn't sound like he really needed a reason to shoot someone. What a dangerous man. I'm glad he's behind bars.
That's all it was. Someone was looking at him funny. He's the type of person jails are built for. A true threat to society.
For now.
Give it 5 years... he will get parole
For now. But he'll be released before too long. That's the trend now. 🤬
@@voodle48 agree. The justice system is so messed up. U could get a longer sentence for drugs than for murdering someone. It’s sad.
He said he knows what a broken home feels like?! That doesn't give him the right to create one. Such a senseless murder. My thoughts are with the family.
I don't think he was using it as a justification.
I scoffed at that as well. Murdered a man in cold blood in front of his own house for no reason and still makes a comment like that.
@@eadweard. No, but he does want them to know and take pity on him.
@@annerison I think it's more likely he meant "I have experienced the same as you, so I can empathize" rather than "I am from a broken home so you should pity me".
Full disclosure: I doubt he was sincere and, even if he was, I think he should be executed for his crimes.
Poor me attitude. As per.
You can totally see the pain that family is going through. Richard had to have been an amazing person. He was definitely loved.
Cases like this both infuriate and sadden me. There was no damn reason for Dixon to do what he did, none at all. RIP, Richard. I hope that with time your family can find a way to heal.
This is Providence RI, it's a small capital city with it's fair share of senseless crime. I grew up there and can tell you plenty of horror stories that happened there. One was an execution of two elder people who asked for directions in Providence at a gas station. The 4 teens involved, one actually went to a prep high school with my childhood friend. I was probably 18-19 at the time, it was summer. They were kidnapped and brought to a wooded area 5 blocks from my house across city lines and executed. That wooded area was a place I used to ride my bike at all the time as a teenager. Was there one night with a bunch of friends, enjoying the summer breeze, and the cops said to us "you don't watch the news". And they told us all that happened there. They camped out there just to make sure no one goes there since 3 homicides took place there in 2 weeks. One involving SA on a corpse.
On my way to a doctors appointment as I exited my neighborhood to go on the main road, I saw police rushing to remove a dead body, shot in the head while leaving a store. School was about to be let out and the school was right next door to the store. So they were in panic mode.
"No one stepped forward to help the police after a 12-year-old girl was murdered and three women were wounded last month during a party at the Hartford Park housing project on the night before". I grew up near here, 3 blocks away to be exact. I was at a friends house who's second story porch had an overlook right to the projects. That night, we were all on the porch drinking and we heard shots fired. Normal during warm June nights. Come to find out the next day, someone died from it. Turf war and the gang members opened fire at who ever they saw, which happened to be 4 females.
It's been relatively calm until lockdown in Providence, but it has it's fair share of senseless crime, like the gang shootout that injured 9 people that made national news, or the laundromat argument that lead to the stabbing death, which both incidents happened at the other place I used to live. It's why I packed up, bought a home in a city that saw 4 homicides in 16 years. Going on 5 years since it's last homicide. Don't even need to lock my doors.
@@DroneStrike1776 Lock your doors anyway.
People like him don't deserve to walk on our streets or to breathe our air people like him deserve the death penalty
@@DroneStrike1776 I'm from New England. I know all about Providence. I avoid it like the plague. Where'd you move?
Well, he was paid. Too stuck up to get a regular job, wants to be 'the' man. So, he robs a family of a real man.
This is one of those senseless murders that just makes life feel sooo unbelievably unfair. It shouldn’t have happened, I wish it hadn’t! Rest in heaven Richard I hope the afterlife is treating as well as you treated others. My condolences to his family and friends 💐❤
It's always terrible when a loved one dies, especially if they are murdered. But to know that they weren't even the target...man, that's rough.
Love your channel, each and every case is presented beautifully
Thank you 🖤
That was the most senseless murder of an innocent I’ve ever heard. It’s amazing the family forgave the killer. They are wonderful people.
RIP Richard. I feel so sad for his family and loved ones. Thank you Truly Criminal for another excellent video ♥
TRULY CRIMINAL, thank you so much for all the hard work you do to research the victim and their family instead of the murderer. In this case, it's obvious the world lost a great man, an innocent person who did not deserve to die. Such a senseless murder. Judia should be locked up in prison for the rest of his life for destroying this family's life. Thank you for telling this tragic story. Rip Richard!
So very sad. Thank you
No matter how many crime shows and crime documentaries I’ve watched I’ve come to the conclusion that there never has to be a motive for some people other than some people are plain evil monsters.
Really really sad,the only thing I can say I'm glad at the end he changed his plea and said something from his hart to the family, because sometimes you see these things and it never ends well for family's, rip
Well done. I appreciate the way you always end talking about the victim and the impact of losing them on the family and community. Not putting focus on the killer.
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What a nice voice. Its always a pleasure listening to your narration ❤️🙏
I had a friend who was stabbed to death after being mistaken for someone else! Was tragic and terribly sad!
You think the killer would have gotten a nice close-up of your friend's face just before stabbing him to know that he was about to stab the wrong guy. Some people...
@@shahidabdoullakhanzorovr1564 some people r so full of hatred they don’t see r think straight. It’s sad but true.
Carrie’s Comments I’m so sorry that happened to ur friend. It’s a sad sad world we live in today.
This isn't about "you" Carrie.
Have some respect !
@@shahidabdoullakhanzorovr1564 You would think that there would be no such thing as a killer for hire!
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Wow...mistaken identity how tragic he was outside fixing his friend's car and dies because of this 😥 RIP Richard 😥
I don't think there was any "mistaken identity" involved. I think the man -- and I use that term lightly -- was just looking for the first target he came across. Also, there was no proof of that; it was just a theory.
@@loveforeignaccents Well I lived in Providence for a long time. It could be a random target, just like how he shot the guy pumping air. But that section were it all happened is high in crime. Where he was seen walking his dog is the Manton projects, Leah St is 2 blocks away from there. I used to take Leah St. all the time to get to Chalkstone. It's nestled between Chalkstone and Manton and I used to play ball there afterschool with my friends. And on the other side of the river is Hartford projects, commonly known has Hartford Park and I grew up around that area and I can tell you that the entire area had serious feuds. It doesn't take much for a mistaken identity when a bunch of broken teens are high on drugs. I almost fell victim before, a car followed me home because I had the same car as someone else. I actually knew the dude who followed me home, he went to school with me and thought I was someone else. He was looking for payback. An old high school buddy, but went a little crazy after high school. His car was shot and the car seen was one like mine. I was followed again dropping off a friend, but I guess we weren't who they were looking for after they slowed down and saw us and sped off. Let it be known, I'm not in any gangs, but it's just how a crime filled city work. There's always some senseless crap and in certain neighborhoods, you have to see if anyone's following you or pay attention to who's walking by. Anyways, I'm a lot older now so I moved out of that once nice city to a small peaceful town. Don't need to worry about violence here until I go to Providence to visit friends or do some shopping.
To be killed because a forever angry looking 19 year old shot the wrong guy is beyond shocking. My condolences to Richard's family I hope they stay strong and United. I can't even imagine not getting the answers to the WHY? That's really traumatic.
He was just wanting to kill someone... which is absolutely terrifying. That ppl can exist out here simply to want to murder innocent ppl. Sick
So sad for the family. Thank you for this video, I've never heard this story
This video is just another fine example of why I have subscribed to this channel.
I find cases here that are not just reports of other crime videos. Thank you for taking the extra time to research your stories.
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I 💯 % agree with you 🌷
Another compassionately told story from one of my favourite true crime channels.
Thanks both for what you do, sound a little sick on the narration, if that's the case get well soon! ❤️
I just want to appreciate this channel, the documentary, the details, the footage also the narrator are amazing..
Please keep up the good work ❤
This man seemed like an incredible human. RIP.
Having shot and injured one person then murdered Richard, an innocent family man, in cold blood the murderer should never be set free. He'll kill again. Why? Because he wants to. His jail sentence is insane.
So I’m confused… the murderer cased the house beforehand returned and walked up the drive and shot a man who was working on his car and all the family get is that it was a mistaken identity. Well I for one would like to know who the intended target was? How did he get the address and Victim so wrong. Something doesn’t sit right with me, this is most definitely not the full story😱.
It’s my guess that he was after the owner of the car that Richard was working on. He thought that’s where the guy lived based on the fact that the car was in the driveway. Just a guess though.
Despite people’s concerns for privacy, Hector could’ve spent considerably more time in detectives crosshairs, if it wasn’t for those cameras. Story was well told, as per your norm, too🖤
Hi 👋 always a please when you upload, thanks x
great story, and story telling... I apricate your sharing this families struggle as Im sure they do too. Thank you also for spending just a little time researching and finding stories that arent mainstream news instead of just seeing what the other crime channels are posting and reposting it as your own , like most of them do. Prayers for this family to find peace.
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I follow quite a few true crime channels, that chapter, coffeehouse crime, kendall rae, eleanor neale, mrballen, etc., and I actually think that they all try to cover cases that are relatively unknown (maybe with the small exception of eleanor). So to say that most true crime channels copy each other's materials and only covers the known cases is quite an exaggeration. Most true crime channels know that their subscribers want unique content and they don't get that by making videos with various approaches to the Chris Watts case. This is of course just my opinion and what I have observed myself and others are entitled to their opinion 😊
@@Sandra071285 Mcballen is the BEST story teller hands down.
@@ophiuchusoversoul1785 yeah, I agree. To bad he is only uploading once a week now on his primary channel.
@@Sandra071285 right? I can never tell if my subscription channels are being hidden by youtube or just not uploading anymore. Very often Ill see a video that premiers at a certain time, hit remeind me, two or three hours later it does. Or the time stamp on when something was uploaded was more than a couple of hours before while I was sitting right here looking for something interesting to watch. 😄
Perfect for a Saturday night.
Thanks again!
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Another great vid.
Senseless random crime! Smh! Prayers 🙏
To be able to stand in front of the person that took your loved one away and have it in your heart to forgive.. you’re an amazing person that many people wish to be. Doing that gives you closure and makes it to where you don’t have to constantly feel hate in your heart. That’s something that’s extremely hard to do.
I love smoking weed and watching truly criminal. Bro I love learning from these people mistakes and thanking the higher being for making slightly brighter
How can you tell when someone smokes weed?
They'll tell you.
@@eadweard. LOL, exactly!!
@@loveforeignaccents I love it and I can't deny it
@@eadweard. brilliant 😂😂😂😂
@@eadweard. haha yep. It's such a cool pastime that they have to let you know. Because they are too cool for school 😂 😂 😂
Thanks TC , your #1 ☝️
Heartbreaking. No words.
R.I.P 🌹 thx tc 💐 sounds like you have a cold. Me too 🤧 that time of year again
Just recovering from Covid 🤧 Get well soon!
@@TrulyCriminal bless you. I’ve been there. Get well soon too 💐
Sad case, Thank you 2 for taking the time out In covering these stories, I Just Love you guys, Have a safe and Blessed weekend,you All😇❤️🤗
Love the days when my notifications say "truly criminal"! I could listen to your voice all day.....thank you!
My heart aches not knowing why it happened. I can't imagine the feeling the family feels. My heart goes out to them.
Bless this family and I want to thank you for your hard work you do for your channel
Just started in, and it sounds like the world lost a good one. Just wanted to chime in and say unless Hector had anything to do with this, which I'm doubting he did, he had some impeccable timing to go inside to get the lighter, cuz I'm sure he would no longer be here with us either otherwise.
So thanks for the upload, sisters, and hope you are doing well and enjoying the weekend!!
Surprised he apologized. That's more than most dangerous men do. Prayers/blessings to the families involved.
love this channel , please upload more frequently
So happy I can be apart of this channel ❤
Happy to have you here! 🖤
A chance of parole after 20 years for premeditated murder? pfffttttt, that pathetic.
He should not ever be paroled.
I expected him to get life without parole. Murdered an innocent man traumatised his young nephew helping him on the car that day and ended a families beautiful and loving life. 😢😢
He should never be released.
He knew how it felt to have a broken home yet permanently brutally. ended the loving homd of this innocent familie.
A truely heart breaking senseless crime.
R.I.P. ❤❤❤
……….He may have a chance of parole, after 20 years for his evilness of crime. But it what’s to come, if he is ever paroled. His demeanour of his actions, will that he’ll stand before his maker…….GOD:…….come his day of judgement: Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Truly Criminal, your channel is excellent. Such a waste of a life, beautiful by all accounts. RIP Richard, may the Angels give you wings to fly
Providence Rhode Island, my hometown. Spent 4 decades there. Just moved across city lines earlier this year. I remember this case, it happened off Chalkstone Ave. Such a senseless crime that happened to be mistaken identity. During the lockdown, crime spiked so high that Providence during some stretch had more shootings per capita than Chicago. So I decided to pack up and leave. I lived not too far where he was walking his dog at the time. It's known as the Manton projects, about a 10 minute walk from where I used to live. Play basketball afterschool not to far from there in my teenage years. The city used to be a pretty good city in the early 2000s, not so much now.
19-years old and a heartless, cold-blooded murderer? My God 😱! I remember when my son was 19-years old, his first year of university. How would I have felt had my son committed such a heinous crime? 😢 I bet you this boy did not have a father in his life, he just turned to the streets for guidance! This message is to all women, but ESPECIALLY to my black sisters: IF YOU AREN’T GOING TO MARRY, STOP MAKING BABIES WITH USELESS MEN! This is the result of what happens when a boy grows up without a father, surrounded by thugs, and a mother who cannot control her son! Horrible!
Brilliantly done as usual.
This person created a broken home for others when he himself came from a broken home.
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One of the most pointless killings I've ever heard of, so absolutely random
EVIL is... taking a gun to go for a walk around the block, to hunt for a victim he can creep up to & catch off guard, ensuring the victim has no chance to react, before he's murdered. Pure evil.
………It maybe pure evil 😈, but it’s what to come for this young man’s demeanour of his evilness of crime. He’ll surely will stand before his maker……..GOD: his mark to his crime, will be his day of judgement……… Judge, Jury and Executioner. DOOMED!!
Hope y’all are doing well and keeping safe and healthy. Thank you once again for a most informative and interesting video. Wonderful job 🙌
This continues to be the best true crime channel on yt. Always give the victim a voice and give great detail. Cheers guys 👍
What a gutless drop kick.
So sad!
So weird, before judier turned to them and said he knew what a broken home feels like, I had the strange sensation that the men he shot reminded him of a father who abandoned him 🤔 Not to mention in this case, of such a loving family and community man, Judier wanted to destroy in someone else’s life what was destroyed in his💔 I feel so sorry for the beautiful family and community that has to live through this. Richard Arenas sounded like a good one.😢
this law student thanks you for saying pleaded not guilty instead of “pled” like most people do
Such a heartbreaking story 💔
Very good video. Thank you for the work you put into these.
Boo you feeling ok? I can tell your voice doesn’t sound normal. Hope you feel well soon! Great video!
Another excellent episode. Thankyou for your awesome content.
Seems like the kindest, brightest people are the ones who are murdered or simply die too early. He sounded like a good man.
Excellent
How can one enter a guilty plea without telling why he/she did? 'Yes I killed that person, I am guilty' that's it?
Wow, what a senseless killing and so much lost. 😢
So very sad.
Imagine getting killed for a reason you don’t know.
I think this case has also been featured in See No Evil.
I’ve said this about ur other videos and I’ll say it again, u two do such wonderful work in respecting the victim and victims families. The way u tell the story. With so much detail and so much passion. Thank u for having this channel. It’s by far my fav crime channel. So sad that Richards life was taken by this monster. I say monster cause only a monster could take another life the way he did. Rip Richard. May ur family find peace in all this. Please everyone tell ur luved ones u luv em everyday. Don’t waste a minute. Cause u just never know when it will be the last time u talk to r see them. God bless everyone and much luv. Spread luv not violence. Please.
Another senseless murder on such a wonderful person. RIP Angel 🕊🌾
All these cases are heartbreaking & a family left devastated & destroyed forever. 💔 Prayers for the families. Smh.
Again, great job as always telling these terrible gut wrenching stories with profound facts that are spot on.
This was truly so sad to hear. I'm watching this story so intently I'm literally cringing & smh. Just awful.
God bless 👑🙏🏻🕊💕💕
How incredibly sad! My heart hurts for you🙏🏼💔
Truly Criminal, thank you so much for your content and production values.
Incredibly sad!! Prayers for All!!
very sad indeed 🙏🙏🙏
I really like your channel and the explanation, all d best for future. 👍
I’m glad he changed his plea to guilty and apologized for his murder. Very few killers admit wrongdoing *and* apologize. It won’t bring the victim back but it goes a long way for closure.
You sound a little sick today....i hope you are feeling better soon, thanks to both you and your sister for all the excellent stories and all the hard work you both put in.
I can not believe he actually said he knows what a broken home feels like.....WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL
Why say this, makes no sense to me, the Arenas family DIDNT know what this felt like and DIDNT need to, total oxymoron of a comment.
I do agree that Richard's death was a case of mistaken identity it seems like the only logical answer.
What an absolute waste, the world needs more Richard's not less. Senseless
R.I.P Richard, it is very clear that you will not be forgotten but will be sorely missed by many.
I know, right? “I know what a broken home feels like.” What the hell is that supposed to mean? Having a parent/family member leave, is not the same as having a parent/ family member murdered. He took their family member away from them, he didn’t voluntarily leave. Such a messed up response to a grieving family.
I don't really believe the mistaken identity hypothesis...
But if it is so, at least, Richard saved somebody...
The guy, at such an early age, shoots for no reason... So maybe he did know who Richard was and maybe he had encountered him before...
He did come to get him.
Another hypothesis would be that the first time he went to check out something.
Maybe he saw the car or something. And then he came back with his gun...
Hopelessly incoherent and rambling theories.
@@eadweard. And so what is the problem?
@@eadweard. I don't like people with absolutely no regard and no arguments and who come and spread a few nonsensical words and leave...
You might not like my thoughts but just leave me alone and go on with your life...
I don't even see the purpose of your comment...
I didn't ask anyone to judge if it is smart, or stupid or whatever...
I don't believe the "mistaken identity" theory either. I think this thug was just looking to shoot and kill someone that day, and poor Richard was the first person he stumbled upon.
I was crying through some of this, but only for those loved ones. God help strengthen that bereaving family were there is still too little justice. Like in GB where's the electric chair America??? David- Uk
Even when you have a cold, you’re the best narrator on the entire platform.
Sad story as far as the victim and his family he left behind, but these sentences are a joke. Life & 20 = possibility of parole after 20.... shouldn't be!!! And I don't think this thug had any intended target. I think he was a loser, with a rage problem, and had nothing else to do... just wanted to act all gangster. Pathetic!
Anyhow, thanks again for the content and sharing Richard's story, sissies. See you next week.
Please do the case of Libby Esquire, the Burari deaths and the Sharp family. Thank you!
We have covered the Sharpe Family Murders and you can find that on our channel! But we haven’t looked into the other cases so will do that now! Thank you for the recommendations 🖤
@@TrulyCriminal I meant the Keddie Cabin case which was of the Sharp family. Anyways, pls do some historical cases like The Boy in the box, Isdal woman and the Incident of Room 1046. Would be great to email some recommendations. Thanks for your effort!
Just so needless !
RIP Richard ! So sorry for your family! May Go's bless them ! Lillian from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🌹
Was I surprised to hear you covering a case right where I live. It’s interesting since murders are pretty rare by comparison to other areas with similar populations. If you ever decide to return to Rhode Island for a case, there was one right in my neighborhood I think about all the time, Steven Kerzner. It is a truly sad one.
I moved to RI after 2013 and have never heard of this case before. Tragic, so senseless.
I just don't know how such a young man can have so little guidance up to that point in his life where he is willing to pull out a gun and shoot someone, for no other reason than he happened to be carrying a gun that day. To have so little empathy for people. I believe those are the ones who can't be helped, those who lack empathy.
This one hits close to home as a rhode islander... never heard of this case tho
I look forward to the new videos every Saturday. As always you guys never disappoint. Keep up the good work.
A good weekend to All and be safe 🙏
EDIT:* Omg to think this case happened only 15 minutes away from me is scary. I was only 12 when it happened. But i never knew*
I think victim impact statements should be physical, not verbal. Give the family member and the defendant a pair of boxing gloves and let them go at it for 3 minutes. The only stipulation is the defendant has to remain handcuffed. Who would object?
I just wanna let u know personally u do an amazing job covering these cases... U deserve a TV show honestly... Plus I'm a sucker for Accents... Lol... Keep up the good work... 💯👏
Stop fishing.
@@rullmourn1142 mind yo business... 🤨
Wow 🥺 Lord, please have mercy on his soul. And as for the killer, he will be Judged by our Creator for this killing. Peace be unto the Family 🙏🌿🕊️
………You mean Judged……..into darkness of……..DOOM of NO………RETURN!!
Watch caught in providence on here. Lovely people and what a judge. Highly recommend
Really sad case. 😞
I have to say I think the police detective work was remarkable !!! Thanks for another great upload.
U sound like ur getting or hopefully getting over being sick. Take care of ur self, my friend. Get well soon.🌻💕💋