The Orlando Theme Park Murders

10!...9!....8!......7!.......6!....5!......4!......3!....2!....1! HAPPY NEW YEAR! screamed everyone. The ball dropped, and a sign flashed ‘’2006'’. Fireworks went off as people sang ‘’Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot’‘, all the people at The Lagoon which served as the beautiful centerpiece of Universal Studios which brought all the park’s attractions together were in such a festive mood. Couples just hugged and families celebrated.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! a woman shrieked.

The scream came from one of the studio backlots, and all the tourists and employees rushed to the backlot to see what happened. The frightened woman stood over a dead body. Some of the workers at Universal tried to hold her and restrain her to calm her down. She looked as white as a ghost as she continued to glance at the dead body, this person didn’t seem to have died long ago.

‘’Did you just happen to find the body lying here?’‘ asked one of the workers.

‘’Yeah, I was on my way home from watching the fireworks,’‘ said the woman.

‘’Call the police and get everybody outta here!’‘ shouted another worker.

After I got up the next morning, there was a news story on one of the local TV stations about the dead body. The incident was much worse than anyone thought. A picture of the deceased person was shown on the TV screen, a sweet young Mexican girl.

‘’Last night’s New Year’s celebration at Universal Studios ended in tragedy, the body of a Universal employee named Julia Rodriguez was found dead on one of the backlots near the park’s lagoon where the celebration took place. Her throat had been slashed several minutes before the new year commenced.’‘ said the newscaster.

‘’It’s just a shock, everyone loved being around Julia, she such an inspiration to us all, I hope whoever did this to her gets what they deserve.’‘ said the theme park manager.

‘’Who’d wanna murder a sweet girl who came to America just to get the best life possible, she never hurt anybody, someone took my child away from me, and I’ll never be the same again.’‘ said Julia’s mother.

‘’At this time, we have no leads on who murdered this young girl, but we are investigating this matter, and we hope to catch the killer so the spirit of Julia Rodriguez and those who love her can rest.’‘ said the Commissioner of the Orlando Police Department.


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The Police Commissioner pulled Julia Rodriguez' file out of his desk drawer for one of his forensic experts to look at. The expert looks at the photo of her slashed throat, he appears disgusted by what he sees. He almost can't even look at the photo, he's so sickened by it.

‘’This couldn’t have been done by some random tourist,’‘ said the expert.

‘’Why do you think so?’‘ asked the commissioner.

‘’This was a pre-meditated murder, any person could tell by the slash on her throat, and the logical explanation is some employee at Universal didn’t like her or had a falling out with her. This would be why this employee cut her throat.’‘ the expert answered.

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Around the time the police were investigating the murder of Julie Rodriguez, I visited the EPCOT theme park at Walt Disney World. The place was divided down the middle in such a perfect way. The visions of the future and technological advancements on one side with a celebration of the world’s various cultures on the other.

‘’OH MY GOD! HELP PLEASE HELP!’‘ screamed a frantic tourist.

The other tourists who strolled around EPCOT just froze, and gazed at what was going on. After Disney employees were able to cut through the massive crowd, all the frightened got a glimpse of what happened. A Disney employee’s throat had been slashed, and the Disney staff did their best to quiet the crowd and break things up as a sheet was laid over the body of the slain young Latino Disney worker.

‘’Alright everyone, we’ve got the situation under control, please enjoy the park and go on with the rest of your planned activities. We’ll have more information released when it becomes available.’‘ said one of the Disney employees.


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At the police department, photos of the two murder victims were posted on the bulletin board. The police commissioner and his forensics expert were checking things out. The police commissioner once again got their files out of the drawer. He and the forensics expert took another look at them. The forensics expert glanced at the files with an inquisitive look.

‘’These were two young Hispanic theme park employees who just happened to have their throats slashed. I think we got a pattern killer on our hands’‘, said the expert.

‘’I’m starting to think the same thing, but it’s too soon to tell. We just have a double homicide right now,’‘ said the police commissioner.

‘’What are you suggesting? Are you suggesting we let this bastard take another innocent life before we catch him?’‘ asked the forensics expert.

‘’I hate to this say this, but it’s just what we need to do.’‘ answered the police commissioner.

‘’Commissioner, there’s been another murder at Sea World and someone was attacked at Busch Gardens!’‘

‘’We’re on our way!’‘ exclaimed the commissioner.

The police commissioner and a barrage of patrol cars pulled up to the entrance at Sea World, and stormed their way through. The placed was packed as crowd of tourists just stood there in shock gazing at the dead body which was covered up by a sheet. The cops fought their way through the crowd.

‘’Please make some room this is official police business!’‘ shouted the police commissioner.

One of the police officers lifted up the sheets to see the victim’s body. He motioned the commissioner over to the body with his index finger. The commissioner took one look at the body, and wasn’t surprised by what he saw.

‘’Yet another young Hispanic theme park employee to have their throat slashed,’‘ said the commissioner.



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I watched from the shadows as various patrol cars pulled up at the entrance of Busch Gardens. They busted through the entrance as they walked over to the young Hispanic female employee who was attacked. She was in shock as she grasped her throat, trying to catch a breath, a few paramedics were there to help her calm down.

‘’What happened here?’‘ asked one of the police officers.

‘’This old man tried to hold me down and cut my throat, but he took off when someone saw what happened.’‘ answered the woman.

‘’Did you get a good look at the guy?’‘ asked a sketch artist.

‘’He had gray hair kinda bald , wore big glasses, and looked short and fat.’‘ she replied.

The woman glanced at me, and I ran so no one else would see me. The police officers looked very suspicious, and the woman seemed frightened. They just kept staring at me and staring at me. I felt as if I was in an episode of The Fugitive or something.

‘’It’s him! It’s him! It’s him!’‘ the woman shouted.

The police chased me all over the park, all throughout the animal exhibits I was grabbed, restrained, and shoved to the ground by the various police officers. And to add to all the humiliation I was handcuffed, they caught me. I can’t believe they caught me.

‘’You have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, the state of Florida will appoint one for you free of charge if you wish.’‘ said one of the police officers.

I’ve been charged with one count of attempted murder which I will put on trial for here in a Hillsborough County, Florida court. I’ll then be transferred to Orange County, Florida where I’ll go before the judge with the charge of three counts of first degree murder. I’m a senior citizen who is a veteran of this nation’s armed forces. I married beautiful woman who I married, and our marriage produced wonderful children and grandchildren.


I owned and operated a small business for over 40 years which I sold because of health problems, we then retired to Florida where we still needed to pay the bills on our new home. So I took a part time job at one of the theme parks, but I and many other hard working employees were fired to make room for the Hispanics who were coming in because the theme park was required by law to grant employment to minority groups. I tried to get jobs at the other theme parks, but kept getting passed over by – you guessed it– those damn Mexicans! I got so furious that I got the urge to kill them, and here we are. I hope you have enjoyed these confessions of a serial killer – or should I say a hard working American citizen who was driven crazy by a bunch of wetbacks!