Pregnant Filipina Call Center Agent Kidnapped On CCTV After Recording Sheikh’s Murder Confession

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Just a body placed carefully, almost respectfully, in a dumpster, like someone wanted her found, but not immediately.

The medical examiner arrives.

7:42 am Preliminary assessment.

Female, approximately 26 years old, approximately 7 months pregnant.

Cause of death manual strangulation time of death between 5:00 am and 7:00 am Her work ID badge is still clipped to her shirt elite concierge services Dubai Callum Elena Santos employee number 2847.

Detective Al Farcy makes a call to the company 8 am He speaks to the night manager.

Callum Santos is a VIP call center agent handles high netw worth clients.

Has worked there since January 2022.

Excellent performance, no disciplinary issues, no complaints.

The manager says Callum was scheduled to work last night 10:00 pm to 6:00 am shift, but she called in sick around 2:00 am said she wasn’t feeling well.

Pregnancy complications.

The manager approved her to leave early.

Callum’s last logged call.

And at 1:54 am Detective Al Farcy asks who the call was with.

The manager hesitates then says she needs to check the records.

Calls back 20 minutes later.

The call was with client reference number 0847 VIP confidential account.

Detective Al Farcy says he needs the name.

The manager says she needs authorization from upper management.

Detective Alarscy says this is a murder investigation.

He will get a warrant if necessary.

The manager puts him on hold.

3 minutes later, she comes back.

The client is Shik Ryan Elmoary.

Detective Alfars goes very still.

Shik Ryan Elahari is not just wealthy.

He is connected distant cousin to the ruling family net worth estimated at $480 million construction empire real estate development across UAE and Saudi Arabia.

This is the kind of name that makes investigations complicated.

The kind of name that can make evidence disappear.

The kind of name that can end a detective’s career.

But Detective Alfars has been doing this for 22 years.

He knows how these cases work.

If you hesitate, if you wait for permission, if you try to be political, the evidence vanishes.

Witnesses forget things.

Security footage gets erased.

He makes a decision.

He will treat this like any other homicide.

He will follow the evidence wherever it leads.

And if it leads to a chic, then it leads to a chic.

Detective Al Farcy goes to Callum’s apartment.

9:30 am Building 7 unit 304 Marina Heights.

The building manager lets him in the apartment is small one-bedroom neat organized.

There are baby items in the corner.

A crib still in the box.

A stroller stuffed animals on the dresser.

There are photographs Callum with a man both smiling.

The man is Filipino like her detective Alfars finds the man’s contact.

Information in Callum’s planner Paulo Mendoza fiance.

He calls Paulo 10:15 am Paulo is at work at another call center data core solutions.

different company.

Detective Alfars asks him to come to the station.

Paulo asks why Detective Alarscy says it is about Callum.

Paulo’s voice changes.

What happened to Callum? Detective Alarsy says he needs Paulo to come to the station now.

Paulo arrives 11:00 am Detective Alfarsy takes him to a private room, sits him down, tells him Callum is dead.

Paulo does not react at first, just stares.

Then he asks how detective Alarscy says homicide strangulation.

Paulo stands up, tries to leave.

Detective Alarscy, stops him, asks him to sit.

Paulo sits his hands are shaking.

Detective Alarscy asks, “When was the last time you saw Callum?” Paulo says, “Yesterday, March 20 second around 400 pm She was leaving for her night shift at Elite Concierge.

” She seemed nervous.

Paulo said he asked her what was wrong.

She said she had to do something tonight.

Something that scared her, but she had to do it.

Paulo asked what she meant.

Callum said, “If anything happens to me, check your email.

Check the cloud storage account we set up.

” Paulo did not understand.

Callum kissed him.

Said, “I love you.

” Said, “I will see you in the morning.

” Then she left.

That was the last time Paulo saw her.

Detective Alarscy asks, “Did Callum send you any messages last night?” Paulo pulls out his phone check says, “Yes.

” One text message 2:56 am The message says, “Something bad is happening.

I love you.

Check your email in the morning.

Go to police.

” Detective Alars asks, “Did you check your email?” Paulo says, “No, I was at work on active calls.

I did not see the text until my break at 6:00 am I tried calling Callum.

Her phone was off.

I called her apartment.

No answer.

I was about to go to her building when you called.

Detective Alarscy says, “Check your email now.

” Paulo opens his email on his phone.

There is a message from Callum sent 6:00 am this morning.

Subject line.

If you are reading this, I am already dead.

The email contains one attachment audio file.

4 minutes 17 seconds.

Detective Al Farcy asks to hear it.

Paulo plays it on his phone.

The recording starts with ringing a woman’s voice.

Professional scared chic.

Almahari.

I need to understand these transfers.

A man’s voice.

Cold.

Authoritative.

You will stop asking questions, Miss Santos.

Then the woman Callum says, “But sir, there is an account in my name with $15,000 monthly deposits for 2 years.

I never authorized this.

” The conversation continues for 4 minutes.

Callum asking questions.

The chic deflecting then threatening, “Your baby will never leave Dubai.

You will disappear.

I have done this before three times.

Detective Al Farcy listens to the entire recording.

” His expression does not change, but inside he knows this case just became something much bigger.

Callum Santos did not just stumble onto an affair.

She stumbled onto something that got three other women killed.

Detective Alarscy takes Paulo’s phone as evidence, uploads the audio file to the police server, sends it to forensic audio analysis, tells Paulo, “Do not speak to anyone about this recording.

Do not post it online.

Do not tell anyone you have it.

” Paulo asks, “Why?” Detective Alarscy says, “Because if the wrong people know this recording exists, you could be next.

” Paulo goes pale.

Asks, “What do I do?” Detective Alarscy says, “Go home.

Lock your doors.

Do not answer calls from unknown numbers.

I will have officers watch your building.

” Paulo leaves the station 12:30 pm Detective Alfarsy sits in his office listening to the recording again and again.

Three times Callum said the chic admitted to doing this three times.

That means three other victims.

Three other bodies somewhere in Dubai or buried in the desert or dissolved in acid or dumped in the ocean.

Three other families who think their daughters just disappeared who think maybe they ran away.

Maybe they are living somewhere else sending money home.

Except the money is not from them.

It is from the chic paying the families to stay quiet without the families even knowing.

Detective Al Farcy pulls records from Elite Concierge Services, requests all employees who worked with Shik Ryan Elmoary as their primary client in the last 10 years.

The company sends over the file by 2 pm There are four names.

Callum Santos employed January 2022 to March 2024.

Status deceased Linda Torres employed March 2019 to August 2021 status left company.

Return to Philippines.

Carmen Reyes employed January 2017 to November 2018 status left company returned to Philippines.

Anna Pasqual employed June 2020 to March 2021.

Status left company transferred to Saudi Arabia.

Detective Alfars makes calls to the Philippine embassy in Dubai asks for assistance locating three women by 4 pm He has answers.

Linda Torres’s family reported her missing August 2021.

She never returned to Philippines.

Her mother filed a missing person report with Dubai police case was closed after 3 months insufficient evidence.

Carmen Reyes family reported her missing November 2018.

Same story never returned home.

Dubai police closed the case after 2 months.

Anna Pascal family reported her missing March 2021.

Same story case closed.

Detective Alarscy pulls the old case files.

All three cases were handled by the same detective Lieutenant Khalid Raman who retired in 2022.

Detective Alfars Farcy calls Raman 5:00 pm Asks him about the cases.

Raman remembers them.

Says foreign workers go missing all the time.

Usually they run away with boyfriends or they get into visa trouble and hide or they go to other countries without telling their families.

He says he investigated all three cases, found no evidence of foul play.

The families kept insisting something was wrong, but families always think that Raman says he did his job thoroughly.

Detective Alarscy asks, “Did you interview Shik Ryan al- Muhari?” In any of these cases, Raman goes quiet then says, “Why would I? The sheik had nothing to do with those women.

Detective Alfarscy says they all worked for him, specifically handled his accounts exclusively.

Raman says, “So what the sheic uses elite concierge all the time? Probably has 50 different agents over the years.

” Detective Alarscy says these four were different.

These four were assigned to him exclusively for approximately 2 years each.

Then they disappeared.

Raman’s tone changes.

He asks, “What are you implying?” Detective Alarscy says, “I am not implying anything.

I am stating facts.

Four women, four disappearances, one common connection.

” and Raman says, “You are making a serious accusation against a very powerful man.

I hope you know what you are doing.

” Detective Alarscy says, “I am doing my job.

” The call ends by 6 pm March 23rd.

Detective Alarscy knows three things.

One, Callum Santos discovered financial discrepancies in Shik Ryan’s accounts.

Two, Callum recorded the chic threatening her life and admitting to killing three other women.

Three, those three other women worked the same job, handled the same accounts, and all vanished under suspicious circumstances that Dubai police dismissed as voluntary departures.

Now, Detective Alarscy has to prove it.

He has to find the bodies.

He has to trace the money.

He has to build a case against one of the most powerful men in Dubai.

And he has to do it before someone makes this investigation disappear.

Just like they made four women disappear.

To understand why Callum Santos died, you need to understand who she was and how she became the fourth name on a list she never knew existed.

Callum Elena Santos, born April 14th, 1998.

Cebu City, Philippines, eldest of four siblings.

Her father died when she was 16.

Heart attack, sudden no warning.

The family had no savings, no insurance.

Callum was in her second year of high school.

She could have dropped out, gotten a job at a factory or a call center in Cebu.

Instead, she stayed in school, worked night shifts at a 24-hour convenience store 10:00 pm to 6:00 am 5 nights a week.

She graduated high school 2016.

Top 10% of her class.

She got a scholarship to University of San Carlos, studied business communications, worked two jobs while attending classes full-time, graduated 2020 with honors during the pandemic when jobs were scarce.

When call centers were laying off thousands, Callum got hired at a regional call center in Manila customer service for an international telecommunications company.

She was good at it, polite, patient, efficient, never lost her temper even with the worst customers.

By 2021, she was a senior agent, training new hires, handling escalated complaints.

Her supervisor told her, “You should go overseas.

U Singapore, Hong Kong.

They pay triple what you make here.

You could support your whole family.

” Callum thought about it.

Her mother was getting older.

Her siblings needed money for school.

The house in Cebu needed repairs.

The roof leaked every monsoon season.

She applied to overseas placement agencies.

By December 2021, she had an offer.

Elite concierge services Dubai 2-year contract 8,000 AD per month approximately $2,180 plus housing allowance health insurance visa sponsorship.

Callum accepted.

She told her family she would be gone for 2 years, send money every month, save enough to come home and start a small business, maybe a convenience store or a laundry service, something stable, something that would not require her to leave again.

Callum arrived in Dubai January 12th, 2022, age 23.

The company put her in a shared apartment with three other Filipina call center agents building 7 Marina Heights.

The apartment was small but clean.

Her roommates were friendly.

They showed her around, taught her how to use the metro, where to buy Filipino groceries, which remittance centers had the best rates.

Callum started training January 17th elite concierge services was different from her previous job.

This was not customer service for regular people.

This was VIP concierge for ultra high netw worth individuals, billionaires, royals, diplomats, celebrities.

The clients did not call to complain about their phone bills.

They called to arrange private jet charters to book entire floors of luxury hotels to coordinate million-dollar wire transfers.

The training was intensive confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure contracts, security clearances.

Callum signed everything.

The company explained the job you will be assigned to specific clients.

They will call you directly.

Sometimes at unusual hours, your job is to fulfill their requests.

No matter how unusual, no matter how demanding, you do not ask questions.

You do not judge.

You execute.

Callum understood this was not a job where you could say no.

This was a job where you said yes sir right away sir.

Callum’s first call came January 24th, 2022.

2:34 am She was on night shift 10 pm to 6:00 am The phone system routed a call to her station.

She answered elite concierge services.

This is Callum.

How may I assist you? The voice on the other end was male middle-aged Emirati accent.

He said, “I need to transfer $250,000 from account ending in 7743 to account ending in 28.

91 immediately.

” Callum confirmed his identity using the security protocols.

Asked him to verify his date of birth, his mother’s maiden.

Name his security code.

Everything checked out.

She processed the transfer.

It took 4 minutes.

The man thanked her and hung up.

Callum logged the call.

Filed the transfer confirmation.

Moved on to the next task.

She did not know that call would change her life.

Over the next six weeks, Callum handled calls from various VIP clients, sometimes three or four per shift, sometimes none.

The clients were demanding, but predictable.

They wanted efficiency, discretion, speed.

Callum provided all three her performance reviews were excellent.

Her supervisor noted zero errors, 100% client satisfaction, exemplary professionalism.

Then March 1st, 2022, the same client from January called again 2:41 am, but this time a different agent answered.

The client asked for the Filipino woman who handled my transfer in January.

The agent did not know who he meant transferred the call to a supervisor.

The supervisor checked the record saw Callum’s name called Callum over.

Callum took the call.

The client said, “I want you to handle all my requests from now on.

Coordinate with your management.

” Callum said, “Yes, sir.

” The call ended 3 days later.

Callum supervisor called her into the office.

Said, “You have been assigned as dedicated agent to client reference number 0847 VIP confidential account.

This is a significant assignment.

This client is extremely important.

You will handle all his calls personally.

Callum asked, “Who is the client?” The supervisor said, “Shik Ryan El Muhari.

” Callum had never heard the name the supervisor.

Explained, “He is a major client, very wealthy, very connected, very particular about his service.

You were specifically requested.

Do not disappoint him.

” Callum said, “I will not.

” March 2022 to December 2022.

Callum handled the Shiks calls three to four times per week, always between 2:00 am and 4:00 am Dubai time.

The requests were always the same.

Transfer X amount from account A to account B.

The amounts varied $50,000, one day $800,000, another day, sometimes $15,000, sometimes $1.

2 million.

Callum’s job was simple verify, identity, confirm, account numbers, process, transfer, send confirmation.

She was not supposed to analyze patterns.

She was not supposed to ask why she was supposed to execute.

By December 2022, Callum had processed over $47 million in transfers for the chic.

She kept meticulous personal notes to ensure accuracy.

She logged every call, every transfer, every account number.

This was not required by the company, but Callum was thorough.

She wanted zero errors.

She wanted perfect performance because perfect performance meant job security and job security meant money for her family.

In December 2022, Callum noticed something odd.

One account received exactly dollar 15,000 on the first of every month like clockwork.

The account name was M.

Santos Holdings LLC.

Callum thought it was a coincidence.

Santos is a common Filipino surname.

She did not think much of it until December 15th when she received a letter in the mail from a bank in Dubai.

The letter said statement for account ending in 4892M Santos Holdings LLC.

Callum did not recognize the account number.

She called the bank said there must be a mistake.

I do not have an account with you.

of the bank representative check the record said the account was open March 2022 in your name we have your passport copy your visa copy your Emirates ID said that is impossible I never opened this account the representative said would you like to come in and review the documents Callum scheduled an appointment December 20th December 20th 2022 Callum went to the bank during her day off she met with an account manager a British woman named Sarah who pulled up the account records the account was open March 14th 2020 22 with an initial deposit of $15,000 every month.

Since then, another $15,000 deposited, total current balance, $150,000.

Sarah showed Callum the account opening documents.

There was a photocopy of Callum’s passport, a copy of her visa, a copy of her Emirates ID, and a signature.

Callum looked at the signature.

It was not hers.

It was close, but not exact.

The loops were different.

The slant was wrong.

Callum said, “This is forged.

” Sarah examined the signature closely.

Said, “You may be right, but it passed our initial verification.

” Callum asked, “Where is the money coming from?” Sarah checked the records.

Said, “The deposits come from an account registered to Elmahairy family trust personal allowance account.

” Callum went cold.

Elma, that is my client.

Sarah said, “This is not uncommon.

Wealthy clients sometimes set up.

” Accounts for domestic staff, drivers, housekeepers, nannies.

It is a way to provide bonuses or gifts without direct cash transfers.

Callum said, “But I am not his domestic staff.

I am a call center agent.

I have never even met him in person.

” And Sarah said, “Regardless, someone used your identity to open this account, you have three options.

One, keep the account and the money.

Two, close the account and return the money.

Three, report it as identity.

Theft and we investigate.

” Callum asked what happens if we investigate.

Sarah said, “We would need to contact the source of the funds.

The account holder would be notified.

There would be questions.

” Callum thought about this.

The chic is powerful.

He has connections.

If she reports this as theft, he will know.

He might retaliate.

He might get her fired.

He might get her visa revoked.

She could be deported.

Callum said, “I need time to think about this.

Can you freeze the account for now?” Sarah said, “Yes, I can place a hold for 30 days.

” Callum left the bank confused and scared.

Callum did not know what to do.

She could not ask her supervisor because her supervisor might tell the chic she could not go to the police because she had no proof of wrongdoing.

She could not ignore it because this was identity theft and $150,000 in an account she never opened.

She decided to do something risky.

She decided to investigate.

She went back to her personal logs, the spreadsheet where she tracked all the sheets transfers.

She started analyzing patterns looking for anything unusual.

That is when she founded another account, El Torres Holdings LLC.

This account had received $15,000 monthly from March 2019 to August 2021.

Total $450,000.

Then the payment stopped.

Callum remembered Linda Torres.

She was an agent at Elite Concierge.

She left in August 2021.

The company said she returned to Philippines.

Callum had never met Linda, but she knew the name Callum.

Search deeper found two more accounts.

C.

Reyes Holdings LLC received $15,000 monthly from January 2017 to November 2018.

A Pascal Holdings LLC received $15,000 monthly from June 2020 to March 2021.

Callum checked the company directory.

Carmen Reyes left November 2018.

Returned to Philippines on a Pasal left March 2021.

Transferred to Saudi Arabia.

Four accounts, four Filipino women, all receiving $15,000 monthly, all handling the chic’s accounts, all gone.

Callum felt sick.

This was not a coincidence.

This was a pattern.

January 2023.

Callum tried to find Linda Torres, Carmen Rey as Anna Pascal.

She searched social media, found Carmen’s Facebook page.

Last post, November 2018.

Then nothing.

She found Anna’s Instagram.

Last post March 2021.

Then nothing.

Linda had no social media presence.

Callum found contact information for their families in the Philippines.

She called.

Linda’s mother pretended to be a former coworker.

Said she was trying to reconnect with Linda.

Linda’s mother started crying.

Said my daughter never came home.

She left Dubai.

August 2021.

Said she was coming home but never arrived.

We reported her missing the police.

In Dubai said she probably ran away.

Callum asked, “Do you still receive money from Dubai?” Linda’s mother said, “Yes, every month $1,000 from a company called Alma Employee Benefits.

We thought it was her salary being sent automatically.

We thought maybe she was still working somewhere and could not contact us, but it has been almost 2 years and we have not heard from her.

” Callum hung up called Carmen’s family.

Same story.

Carmen never came home.

Family reported her missing money still arrives monthly.

$1,000 Callum called Anna’s family.

Same story.

Anna disappeared.

family still receives money.

Callum realized the truth.

The chic was not creating these accounts as bonuses.

He was creating them as cover financial trails to make it look like these women were his mistresses when they discovered the accounts.

When they asked questions, they disappeared.

Their families were paid off monthly so they would not push too hard so they would think their daughters were alive somewhere working, sending money home.

But the women were not alive.

Callum was certain of that.

And Callum was next.

She had the same account, the same $15,000 monthly deposits, the same pattern.

She was 4 months into the cycle.

Linda had lasted 30 months.

Carmen had lasted 23 months.

Anna had lasted 10 months.

Callum did not know how long she had, but she knew it was not forever she had to act, but she needed proof.

She needed evidence that would survive, even if she did not.

That is when Callum bought the recording device.

February 20 23.

A small digital recorder with cloud backup.

She set it up to automatically upload every recording to three secure servers.

Her email, Paulo’s email, her sister’s email in the Philippines.

She tested it worked perfectly.

Now she just needed the chic to incriminate himself.

She waited March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October 2023.

Processing his calls documenting everything, waiting for the right moment.

Then October 2023, Callum discovered she was pregnant 6 weeks along.

She told Paulo he proposed immediately.

They planned a wedding June 2024 in Cebu.

Callum would finish her contract.

January 2025 return home.

Permanently raised the baby with Paulo’s help.

They would be safe.

They would be together.

But Callum’s contract was not the issue.

The issue was the chic would not let her leave.

Not if she knew about the accounts.

Not if she could expose him.

Callum had nine months until her baby was born.

9 months to gather evidence.

9 months to record him admitting what he had done.

She continued working, continued processing his transfers, continued playing the role of the perfect obedient agent.

And on March 23rd, 2024, at 2:47 am, Callum Santos made the call that would cost her everything.

March 23rd, 2024.

2:30 am Callum Santos sits in her apartment building, 7 unit 304 Marina Heights.

She cannot sleep.

The baby is kicking her back hurts.

She is 7 months pregnant.

Paulo is at work night shift at Dataore Solutions.

Different building, different company.

He will not be home until 7:00 am Callum has been planning this for weeks.

The confrontation the recording.

She has rehearsed what she will say, how she will ask the questions.

She needs him to admit it on tape.

needs him to confess to the other women needs evidence that will survive.

Even if she does not, she picks up her phone, checks the recording app.

It is set to autoupload to three cloud storage accounts.

Herso’s her sisters in the Philippines.

She tests it, speaks into the phone, test, test, test, checks the upload.

It works.

She takes a breath, says a prayer, then she dials the elite concierge backend system, enters the chic’s private number.

The system connects.

The phone rings once, twice, three times he answers.

On the fourth ring, his voice is alert, awake.

He has insomnia.

Always awake between 2:00 am and 5:00 am Miss Santos, it is late what requires immediate attention.

Callum’s hands are shaking.

She says, “Shik Elmoary, I apologize for calling outside your regular request pattern, but I need to discuss something urgent regarding account discrepancies.

” There is a pause 5 seconds of silence.

Then the chic says, “What discrepancies?” Callum says, “There is an account registered in my name, M Santos Holdings LLC, that has been receiving $15,000 monthly deposits for the past two years.

I did not open this account another pause longer this time.

8 seconds.

The chic says, “I see.

And why are you bringing this to my attention now?” Callum says, “Because I believe this is identity theft and I need your authorization to close the account and return the funds.

” The chic’s voice changes, gets colder.

He says, “Miss Santos, that account was opened for your benefit.

Consider it a bonus for excellent service.

” Callum says, “Sir, with respect, I never authorized this.

I have also discovered three other similar accounts.

Linda Torres, Carmen, Ray, Anna, Pasqual.

All former agents who handled your accounts all received monthly payments.

All disappeared.

The word hangs in the air disappeared.

The chic says nothing for 10 seconds.

Callum can hear him breathing.

Then he says, “You have been investigating me.

” Callum’s voice is steady.

She says, “I have been trying to understand why my identity was used without my consent.

” The chic says, “Those women were ungrateful.

I was generous to them and they betrayed me.

” Callum says Sir Linda Torres’s family says she never returned home.

Carmen Reyes’s mother filed a missing person report.

Anna, the chic interrupts his voice now angry.

You will stop asking questions.

Miss Santos Callum says, “I am 7 months pregnant.

I am returning to the Philippines in January.

I just want to close this account.

” And the chic cuts her off.

Says, “Your baby will never leave Dubai.

” Callum’s breathing quickens on the recording.

You can hear it.

She says, “What the sheic says, you will disappear.

Do you understand? I have done this before three times.

Each one thought they were clever.

Each one thought they could threaten me.

” Callum’s voice is shaking now.

She says, “I am not threatening you.

I am asking.

” The chic says, “You think the police will believe you? A pregnant Filipina call center worker accusing a member of the royal family.

Your body will be found in the desert just like the others or perhaps a tragic accident of all these things happen to pregnant women.

Callum says I am recording this conversation.

There is a long pause 4 seconds.

Then the chic’s voice becomes terrifyingly calm.

He says then you have just ensured your death will be immediate instead of negotiable.

Where are you right now? Callum is panicking.

She says I I am at home.

The chic says what is your address? Miss Santos.

Actually do not answer.

I already know.

You live in building 7 unit 304 Marina Heights.

You walk to work 15-minute walk down Alcal Street.

You are alone right now.

Your fiance works night shift at Dataore Solutions.

Callum is crying now.

She says, “Please.

” The chic says the recording means nothing without you alive to testify.

And in Dubai, foreign workers disappear all the time.

Industrial accidents, visa problems, deportations.

Your family will receive $1,000 monthly for the rest of their lives.

They will believe you.

Abandon them just like the others families.

Believe.

Callum says, “I have already uploaded.

” The chic says, “I do not care what you have uploaded.

By morning, you will be gone, your phone destroyed, and any recording will be dismissed as fabricated.

I have made this problem disappear three times.

Your problem number for the call ends.

Time stamp 25:51 and 17 seconds am Total call duration 4 minutes 17 seconds.

” 2:52 am The recording automatically uploads to three security cameras in the lobby.

They record her exiting.

She looks terrified, keeps looking over her shoulder.

She walks fast, almost running down the hallway into the elevator.

The elevator camera shows her clutching her pregnant belly.

Her other hand holding her phone.

She is trying to call someone.

The call does not connect.

The elevator reaches the ground floor.

She exits through the main door onto Alkal Street.

2:57 am The 24-hour pharmacy security camera picks her up here.

2:58 am She is walking fast heading toward the main road toward Shik Zed Road where there are taxis, where there are people, where there is light.

She keeps looking back every few steps checking if anyone is following her right hand on her belly left hand holding the phone to her ear she is calling Paulo again still no answer she tries the police emergency number 900 99 it rings she is about to speak when she sees the headlights 302 and 14 seconds am A black Mercedes sedan enters the frame moving slowly the woman sees it speeds up tries to move toward the pharmacy entrance the Mercedes accelerates pulls alongside her 302 and 28 seconds am Two men exit, both wearing white kandura’s traditional Emirati dress.

One is tall, approximately 6 feet.

The other is shorter, stalkier.

Both move with purpose, with coordination.

This is rehearsed.

They have done this before.

Callum turns to run, but she is 7 months pregnant.

She cannot run fast.

The tall man grabs her right arm.

She drops her phone.

It hits the pavement screen first.

The glass shatters.

You can see it even in the low resolution of the pharmacy camera.

She is screaming.

Her mouth is open.

Her head thrown back, but there is no audio on this camera.

No one hears her.

The shorter man grabs her left arm.

together.

They drag her toward the Mercedes.

She fights.

She plants her feet.

She tries to pull away, but she has no leverage.

The baby throws off her balance.

Her center of gravity is wrong.

She cannot break free.

302 and 41 seconds.

They force her into the back seat of the Mercedes.

The tall man climbs in after her pins her down.

The shorter man gets in the driver’s seat.

302 and 47 seconds.

The Mercedes drives away, heading east toward Jebel Ali toward the industrial areas toward the warehouses.

The camera records for another 40 seconds.

Callum’s phone remains on the sidewalk screen cracked but still illuminated.

The display shows Paulo’s contact photo.

An incoming call that will never be answered.

And there is something else.

A small pool of liquid spreading on the pavement.

Amniotic fluid.

Her water broke during the struggle.

Her baby is coming and she is in the back of a car with two men who have been paid to kill her.

3:15 am Traffic cameras on Shik Zed Road pick up the Mercedes heading southwest toward Jebel Ali.

3:28 am The Mercedes enters an industrial area warehouse district.

No street lights, no cameras, no witnesses.

3:31 am The vehicle turns into a gated compound.

Almoary construction company.

The gate is open.

Someone was expecting them.

The Mercedes drives to the back of the main warehouse building.

Parks next to a loading dock.

The cameras here are disabled.

Have been disabled for weeks specifically.

For this 3:34 am, two men drag Callum from the back seat.

She is conscious, still fighting, but weaker now.

The contractions have started.

Her baby is in distress.

Inside the warehouse, there are three other people waiting.

Shik Ryan Elahari, age 58, wearing a white kandura and gutra.

He is smoking a cigarette, leaning against a metal table.

Next to him, Shikica Amamira Elahari, age 52.

His wife wearing an Abbya and Shayla is calm, expressionless, watching, and standing near the door.

Hamn El Mahari, age 25.

The chic’s younger son.

He looks nervous, uncomfortable.

He did not want to be here, but his father insisted, “You need to see how we handle problems.

” was the two men Fahad al-Nakbi age 42 head of security for the Shik and Muhammad Alihiri age 38.

The Shik’s personal driver bring Callum inside force her to her knees in front of the chic.

Callum is sobbing.

She says please I have a baby.

Please do not do this.

The chic looks down at her says you should have stayed quiet.

You should have processed the transfers and asked no questions like the others before you who stayed quiet.

Callum says the others are dead.

The chic says yes they are.

And their families believe they are alive working sending money home just like your family will believe.

If Shika Amir steps forward, says, “Make it quick.

We have limited time.

” Before morning shift, workers arrive at the eastern warehouses.

Fahad moves behind Callum.

She tries to stand, tries to run.

Muhammad grabs her arms, holds her still.

Hamen turns away, cannot watch.

His mother says, “Watch.

This is your inheritance.

This is how we protect what is ours.

” Fahad wraps his hands around Callum’s neck.

She struggles, kicks her legs, her hands claw at his arms.

She is strong.

She fights for 90 seconds.

But Fahad is stronger as trained is.

Methodical Callum’s movements slow.

Her eyes close.

Her body goes limp.

3:47 am Callum.

Elena Santos is dead.

Her baby dies with her.

Never took a breath.

Never had a chance.

Never had a name.

Shikica.

Amira checks for a pulse.

Says it is done.

Wrap her.

Take her to the disposal site.

Make sure she is found, but not immediately.

We need time to prepare the narrative.

They wrap Callum’s body in construction plastic, the kind used for insulation.

They load her into the Mercedes Fahad.

And Muhammad will handle disposal.

The chic and his wife and his son leave in a separate vehicle.

A Range Rover, black tinted windows.

They drive back to their palace in Emirates Hills.

Arrive 4:32 am The chic goes to his office, pours a whiskey, sits in his leather chair.

Shikica Amira goes to her bedroom, removes her.

Abia showers, changes into sleeping clothes, gets into bed, she falls asleep within 10 minutes.

Hamen sits in his car in the driveway for 20 minutes.

His hands are shaking.

He has just watched two men murder a pregnant woman.

Has just heard her beg for her baby’s life.

has just seen his mother give the order his father watch without emotion.

Hamen texts his older brother Khaled, age 28, says, “I cannot do this anymore.

” Khaled responds, “Do what?” Hamen deletes the message.

Does not reply.

Goes inside.

Goes to his room.

Does not sleep.

4:47 am Fahad and Muhammad arrive at Citywalk Mall.

They carry Callum’s wrapped body to the dumpster area behind the building.

There are no cameras here.

The loading zone cameras point toward the delivery bays, not the dumpsters.

They place her body inside a commercial dumpster scheduled for pickup at 7:00 am They leave the area.

4:52 am Drive back to the warehouse park.

The Mercedes inside wipe down the interior.

Dispose of their canuras, burn them in an oil drum, wash their hands.

Muhammad says, “This is the fourth one.

” Fahad says it gets easier.

Muhammad says, “Does it?” Fahad does not answer.

They go home.

Muhammad to his apartment in Alquas.

Fahad to his villa in Arabian ranches.

Both arrive before sunrise.

Both shower.

Both get into bed next to their wives.

Both close their eyes.

Neither sleeps.

6:00 am the timed emails sent.

Paulo receives the audio file at his work computer.

He is on an active call.

When the notification pops up, he ignores it, finishes the call, then opens the email, sees the subject line.

If you are reading this, I am already dead.

His stomach drops.

He clicks the audio file, listens Callum’s voice, the sheic threats the admission, I have done this before three times.

Paulo runs to the bathroom, vomits, calls.

Callum’s phone no answer.

Calls again.

No answer.

He leaves work immediately.

6:12 am drives toward Marina Heights, calls Dubai police from his car.

Reports Callum missing the operator, takes his information, says an officer will follow up.

Paulo says, “No, you do not understand.

She is in danger.

I have a recording.

She was threatened.

” The operator says, “Sir, please stay calm.

Where are you now?” Paulo gives his location.

The operator says, “Officers are being dispatched to your location.

Stay on the line 6.

” 18 am Two patrol officers intercept Paulo’s vehicle on Shik Zed Road.

They take him to Bur Dubai Police Station for questioning.

While Paulo is giving his statement 6:30 am, Akmed Hassan finds Callum’s body behind Citywalk Mall.

Detective Captain Ibrahim Al- Farcy listens to Paulo’s audio recording for the third time.

1 pm March 23rd.

The recording is damning clear, undeniable.

The chic’s voice admitting to killing three women threatening Callum describing exactly how her body would be disposed of.

This is not circumstantial.

This is confession.

But Detective Alarscy knows confession or not, this case will be nearly impossible to prosecute.

The chic is connected wealthy protected.

The kind of man who makes evidence disappear.

The kind of man who has judges and prosecutors and police officials in his pocket.

Detective Alarscy sends the audio file to the forensic analysis team.

Tells them priority level one.

I need voice authentication.

I need metadata verification.

I need this to be bulletproof.

The team says it will take 48 hours.

Detective Alarscy says you have 24.

Detective Al Farcy assembles his team.

2 pm Lieutenant Sarah Mitchell, British Expat, Financial Crimes Specialist Sergeant Akmed Ryan, Emirati Digital Forensics Expert Corporal Nina Alvarez, Filipina Community Liaison Officer.

He briefs them on the case, shows them Callum’s body, shows them the audio recording, shows them the pattern.

Four women, all Filipina, all call center agents, all handling the same clients accounts, all disappeared.

Nina Alvarez says, “I know these families.

” Linda Torres’s mother contacts me every month asking for updates on her daughter’s case.

Carmen Reyes’s father does the same.

I keep telling them we have no new leads, but I always felt something was wrong.

Detective Al Farcy says, “Your instinct was correct.

Something was very wrong.

” Sarah Mitchell asks about the money.

The $15,000 monthly payments.

Detective Alarscy says that is your priority trace every dollar.

Find out where it came from, where it went, who authorized it.

Sarah says, “I will need access to the chic’s banking records.

” Detective Alfarsy says, “Get a warrant.

” Akmed Ryan says, “Getting a warrant for Ashik’s financial records will require approval from the public prosecutor.

” Detective Alarscy says, “Then we get approval.

” 3 pm Detective Al Farcy meets with public prosecutor Fatal Mansur.

She is 48 years old.

Emirati educated at Oxford Law School.

Reputation for being incorruptible.

Detective Alarscy presents the case.

The audio recording the pattern the bodies Fatima listens without interrupting.

When he finishes, she says, “This is the most dangerous case you will ever work.

The chic has resources, has connections, has the ability to make this entire investigation collapse.

Detective Alfars says, “I know.

” Foda says, “If we pursue this, we pursue it all the way.

No half measures, no political calculations.

We either take him down completely or we do not start at all because if we start and fail, he will bury us.

” Detective Alfars says, “I understand the risks.

” Fodimma says, “Do you? Because I am not just talking about your career.

I am talking about your safety.

The safety of your family.

The chic does not just destroy careers.

He destroys lives.

” Detective Alarscy says Callum Santos was 26 years old, 7 months pregnant.

She recorded him threatening her life because she knew no one would believe her without proof.

She died trying to create evidence that would outlast her if I do not pursue this case.

Her courage meant nothing.

Fatima is quiet for a moment.

Then says, “I will authorize the warrants, but we need more than the audio recording.

We need physical evidence.

We need the other bodies.

We need witnesses.

We need a case so strong that no amount of money or influence can dismantle it.

” March 24th, 6 am Forensic audio team confirms the recording is authentic.

No editing, no manipulation.

Voice pattern analysis confirms 99.

7% probability.

The male voice belongs to Chic Ryan Eluhair.

Metadata confirms the recording was made March 23rd, 2:47 am Uploaded to cloud storage.

2:52 am Detective Alarscy now has verified evidence.

10:00 am Sarah Mitchell gets the warrant.

Accesses Chic Ryan’s banking records.

What she finds makes her go very still.

The Alma family trust established 1987 by the chic’s father.

Initial value $180 million current value should be approximately $240 million accounting for investments and growth.

Actual current value $171.

6 million missing $68.

4 million over 16 years average $4.

3 million per year.

Sarah traces the outflows finds a pattern.

unauthorized transfers to 14 different LLC accounts, all registered in Dubai, all using variations of Filipino names M.

Santos Holdings, L Torres Holdings, C Reyes Holdings, A Pasqual Holdings, and 10 others names of women who worked for Elite Concier Services between 2008 and 2024.

The earliest account dates back to 2008.

That means Callum was not the fourth victim.

Callum was at least the 14th.

Sarah presents her findings to detective Alfars 3 pm March 24th.

He says the chic has been embezzling from his own family trust for 16 years using fake accounts registered with identities of Filipino call center workers.

When the women discovered the discrepancies, they were eliminated.

Detective Alfars says we need to find the other bodies.

Sarah says, “I contacted elite concierge services requested.

Employment records for all agents assigned to Shik Ryan between 2008 and 2024.

There are 18 names.

14 are listed as left company returned to Philippines or transferred to other locations.

Four are still working.

Callum was one of the four before she died.

Detective Alfars Farcy says, “Contact the families of the 14.

Find out how many actually made it home.

” Sarah makes the calls over the next 6 hours.

The results are devastating.

Out of 14 women, only three actually returned to the Philippines.

The other 11 families reported them missing between 2008 and 2024.

All 11 cases were closed by Dubai.

Police classified as voluntary disappearances.

All 11 families are still receiving monthly payments $1,000 from Elmahari employee benefits.

a shell company owned by the chic.

March 25th, Detective Alarscy brings in the Chic’s son.

Hamen al- Muhari, 10:00 am Hamen arrives with three lawyers.

Detective Al Farcy shows him traffic camera footage from March 23rd.

The black Mercedes registered to Hamen entering Almahairy Construction Company warehouse.

3:28 am Exiting 4:21 am Hamn’s lawyers advise him to say nothing.

Detective Al Farcy says your car was used to kidnap and murder Callum Santos.

We have footage.

We have witnesses.

We have forensic evidence.

Your DNA will be all over that vehicle.

When we process it, you have one chance to cooperate.

Hamn looks at his lawyers.

They shake their heads.

Hamen ignores them.

Says, “I want a deal.

” Detective Alarscy says, “Tell me everything and I will recommend reduced charges.

” Hamen says, “I need it in writing.

The deal is drafted.

” Hamen signs.

Then he talks for 4 hours.

He describes his role providing the vehicle waiting at the warehouse watching the murder.

He names everyone involved.

His father Shik Ryan, his mother, Shik Amira, the two killers, Fahad and Muhammad.

He says this was not the first time he had witnessed this.

He had been present for two previous murders in 2021.

Both times his mother supervised both times.

His father watched.

He says, “My mother ran the operation.

My father handled the money.

But my mother handled the cleanup.

She decided when someone knew too much, she decided how they would be eliminated.

She was always calm, always clinical, like she was managing a business problem, not ordering murders.

” March 26th, Detective Alarscy arrests Fahad al-Nakbby and Muhammad Alihiri.

6:00 am coordinated raids.

Both men are taken from their homes.

Both initially refuse to cooperate.

Muhammad cracks first 2 pm He says, “I will tell you where the bodies are, all of them, but I want a deal.

” Detective Al Farcy says, “How many bodies?” Muhammad says I was involved in four.

Callum Santos Linda Torres Anna Pascal Carmen Reyes, but there are more from before I started.

Fahad was the chic’s head of security since 2007.

He knows where all of them are.

Detective Alfars brings Fahad back.

Says, “Your partner is talking.

He is giving us locations.

He is making a deal.

You can either cooperate or face the death penalty alone.

Fahad is silent for 20 minutes.

Then says I want the same deal Muhammad is getting 25 years.

Detective Alfars says agreed.

Fahad says there is a construction site Dubai South near the airport warehouses built.

2018 to 2021.

Three bodies are buried under the concrete foundation of warehouse unit.

14.

There are more at other sites.

I kept records.

March 30th.

Forensic teams excavate warehouse unit 14.

Ground penetrating radar detects three anomalies beneath the concrete floor they drill break through the foundation 11:30 am First body located 2.

4 m deep wrapped in plastic skeletal remains dental records later confirm Linda Torres buried September 2021 April 1st second body located 3.

1 m from the first dental records confirm Carmen Reyes buried December 2018 April 2nd 3rd body located 2.

8 8 m from second dental records.

Confirm Anna Pasqual buried April 2021.

All three causes of death.

Manual strangulation.

All three had defensive wounds.

All three had DNA evidence that matched Fahad and Muhammad.

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