The Murder of Teresita Basa | Morbid | Podcast

On the evening of February 21, 1977, Chicago firefighters responded to a call at the Pine Grove apartment complex. Once they’d extinguished the fire, they discovered the nude body of forty-eight-year-old Teresita Basa with a kitchen knife protruding from her chest. The apartment looked as though it had been ransacked during the commission of what they assumed was a sexual assault or robbery gone wrong. With little evidence or leads to work from, Teresita’s murder investigation quickly went cold.
But then five months later, it seemed like it was Teresita herself who led investigators to discover the man who murdered her. What followed was a truly sensational investigation and trial where not only murder, but belief was up for debate.
References
Boston Globe. 1978. "Did Voice of the Dead Name Murderer?" Boston Globe, March 6: 2.
Decatur Herald. 1979. "Man Pleads Guilty; Named by 'Voice From the Grave'." Decatur Herald, February 23: 9.
O'Brien , John, and Edward Baumann. 1978. "Accused of Murder By a Voice From The Grave." Ebony, June 01: 56-63.
O'Brien, John. 1979. "'Voice From Grave' Case a Mistrial." Chicago Tribune, Janaury 27: 3.
O'Brien, John, and Edward Baumann. 1992. Teresita: The Voice from the Grave. Los Angeles, CA: Bonus Books.
Toledo Blade. 1978. "'Voice From Grave' Suspect Ordered to Trial for Murder." Toledo Blade, September 7: 38.
Warden, Rob. 1978. "'Voice From the Grave' Evokes a Murder Trial." Washington Post, September 17.
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[@positivechic1463]

This story sound so familiar, it reminded me of a lifetime movie I saw years ago call Voices from the Grave: the Terry Deveroux Story. I looked it out and it is based on Teresita’s life story. How crazy. Just sad.

[@marialanagoldsworthy8670]

I can tell you right now what happened and why Allen suddenly pleaded guilty to everything and the murder got swept off the table: Quick question: he was in prison the whole time he waited for court right? My theory is while he was locked up, he wasn’t haunted or anything, he overheard or was told something by another MVP inmate about their trial that he knew would be of interest to anyone who would give him a second to listen. So he didn’t sit them down to plead guilty, he sat down the lawyers and the judge to basically say “I know something you don’t know” about another high priority case. It explains why he did the minimum 4 years and why the murder disappeared. The officials involved listened to what he had to say, took a breath and said “here’s what you’re gonna do: you’re gonna plead guilty to this and this and this and get this, it’s the best I can offer”. Not exactly a “plea deal” more like a “snitch deal”.

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I hope Terasita is *still* haunting his ass!! FOUR YEARS?!? ARRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

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I really hoped they investigated this psycho who pretended to be possessed by the murdered girl

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