Pregnant Filipina Call Center Agent Kidnapped On CCTV After Recording Sheikh’s Murder Confession
March 23rd, 2024.302 a.m.Grainy Black and White Pharmacy Corner camera.
Alkal Street, Dubai Marina.
A pregnant woman runs clutching her belly phone to her ear.
Looking over her shoulder every few steps.
Time stamp 3 hours 2 minutes and 14 seconds.
Headlights appear.
Black Mercedes.
Moving slow, the woman sees it.
Tries to reach the pharmacy entrance.
The Mercedes accelerates 3 hours 2 minutes and 28 seconds.
Two men in white.
Kandura’s exit.
She tries to run.
One grabs her arm.
She drops her phone screen.
Shatter.
She’s screaming mouth.
Open head thrown back.
The second man grabs her other arm.
They drag her toward the car.
She fights.
Plants her feet, but she’s 7 months pregnant.
No leverage.
3 hours 2 minutes and 41 seconds.
They force her into the back seat.
3 hours 2 minutes and 47 seconds.
The Mercedes drives away.
Her phone remains on the pavement.
cracked, illuminated.
A small pool of liquid spreads beside an amniotic fluid.
Her water broke.
This is the last footage of Callum Santos alive 13 minutes earlier.
She recorded a phone call with the man who ordered her kidnapping.
3 hours later, she would be dead.
Most people watching this footage think they know what happened to a pregnant woman having an affair with a wealthy man who decided she was a problem wrong.
This is about three other women who died the exact same way.
This is about $8.
4 million stolen over eight years.
This is about a wife who planned every murder while her husband watched.
And this is about how one 4-minute audio recording brought down an entire family.
Construction worker Akmed Hassan arrives at Citywalk Mall for his 7:00 a.
He parks in the loading area behind the building, walks toward the service entrance.
That is, when he sees at a dumpster with the lid open, something inside, he gets closer.
The smell hits him.
He looks inside.
There is a body woman mid20s pregnant wearing light colored clothing.
The same clothing from the security footage.
3 and a half hours earlier.
Akmed calls police.
Patrol officers arrive.
Confirmed the body.
Homicide detectives are called.Detective Captain Ibrahim Alarscy arrives.
22 years with Dubai Police Homicide Division.
He has seen everything, but this makes him stop.
The victim is young, heavily pregnant, and the scene is wrong, too clean, no blood spatter, no defensive wounds in the surrounding area.
Just a body placed carefully, almost respectfully, in a dumpster, like someone wanted her found, but not immediately.
The medical examiner arrives.
Preliminary assessment.
Female, approximately 26 years old, approximately 7 months pregnant.
Cause of death manual strangulation time of death between 5:00 a.
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 p.
said she wasn’t feeling well.
Pregnancy complications.
The manager approved her to leave early.
Callum’s last logged call.
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.
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 a.
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 a.
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 p.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
to 6:00 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
She was on night shift 10 p.
m.
to 6:00 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
, 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 a.
m.
and 4:00 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
, Callum Santos made the call that would cost her everything.
March 23rd, 2024.
2:30 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
and 5:00 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
Total call duration 4 minutes 17 seconds.
” 2:52 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
The 24-hour pharmacy security camera picks her up here.
2:58 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
Traffic cameras on Shik Zed Road pick up the Mercedes heading southwest toward Jebel Ali.
3:28 a.
m.
The Mercedes enters an industrial area warehouse district.
No street lights, no cameras, no witnesses.
3:31 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
, 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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
They leave the area.
4:52 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
, 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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
Uploaded to cloud storage.
2:52 a.
m.
Detective Alarscy now has verified evidence.
10:00 a.
m.
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 p.
m.
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 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
Exiting 4:21 a.
m.
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 a.
m.
coordinated raids.
Both men are taken from their homes.
Both initially refuse to cooperate.
Muhammad cracks first 2 p.
m.
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 a.
m.
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.
Forensic analysis of the construction site shows the concrete was poured in three separate phases.
September 2018, April 2021.
September 2021.
Each phase coinciding with a burial.
The warehouse was built specifically to hide bodies.
The chic owned.
The construction company controlled the site had access 24 hours a day workers.
We’re told the family wanted to personally oversee quality.
No one questioned why the chic and his wife visited construction sites at 3:00 a.
m.
April 3rd.
Fahad provides more locations of villa in Albura demolished 2015.
Two bodies buried in the garden before demolition.
A farm in Leb south of Dubai.
Four bodies buried near the irrigation system between 2009 and 2013.
a commercial building foundation in business bay.
One body buried 2016.
Forensic teams spent three weeks excavating by April 24th.
They have recovered 10 bodies total, all female, all Filipino, all former elite concierge services employees, all reported missing between 2008 and 2021.
All families were receiving monthly payments believing their daughters were alive somewhere working dental records and DNA confirm identities.
Callum Santos was not the fourth victim.
She was the 11th in 16 years.
April 6th 5:00 a.
m.
Detective Alfars arrives at the Shik’s Palace Emirates Hills with 20 officers a warrant and international media already notified the chic answers the door in his Kandura calm compose says yes detective how may I help you detective Alarscy says Shik Ryan Al- Mahari you are under arrest for 11 counts of first-degree murder.
The chic does not resist says I will call my lawyers.
Detective Alfars says you can call them from the station.
Shika Amamira is arrested simultaneously.
She says nothing.
Does not ask why.
Does not protest.
Just walks to the police vehicle with her head high, her abby flowing behind her.
Both are taken to Dubai police headquarters.
Both are photographed, fingerprinted, processed.
The photos leak within hours.
International news.
Picks it up by noon April 6th.
The story is global Dubai.
Chic arrested for serial murder of Filipino workers.
The audio recording of Callum’s final call leaks online.
Goes viral.
50 million views in 24 hours.
People around the world.
Hear Callum’s voice.
Here her begging for her baby’s life.
Here the chic threatening her admitting to killing three others, actually 10 others, but he lost count.
April 8th, the Philippine president issues a statement.
Callum Santos and all victims deserve justice.
No one is above the law.
The Philippine embassy coordinates with all victims families, flies them to Dubai, provides accommodation, legal support.
11 mothers, father, siblings arrive April 10th.
They visit the morg, identify remains that have been missing for years, some for over a decade.
They weep, they rage, they demand answers.
Detective Alfars meets with them.
Says, “Your daughters discovered financial crimes.
They were killed to keep them silent.
They were brave.
They were thorough.
They documented what they found, but they were up against people with unlimited resources and no conscience.
” Callum Santos recorded the evidence that broke this case.
Open.
Her courage saved future lives even though it could not save her own.
The family’s ask what happens now.
Detective Alfars says trial is set for July.
All defendants will face justice.
I promise you that.
July 15th, 2024, Dubai Criminal Court.
The trial begins 9:00 a.
m.
The courtroom is packed.
International media, Philippine Embassy officials, victims, families, public observers, over 200 people.
Security is unprecedented.
Metal detectors, armed guards, plane closed, officers throughout the building.
This is the highest profile murder trial in UAE history.
Ashik and his wife accused of serial murder of foreign workers.
The prosecution team is led by Fatima Elmensuri.
She has spent three months building this case, reviewing every document, every audio file, every forensic report.
She knows this trial will define her career.
The defense has eight lawyers for Shik Ryan.
Six for Shika Amira.
All top tier, all expensive, all prepared to fight every single piece of evidence.
The defendants enter Shik Ryan wearing a pristine white Kandura and Gutra walks with his head high, shows no emotion.
Shika Amira in black Abbya and Shayla sits beside him equally expressionless.
They do not look at the victims.
Families do not acknowledge the cameras do not show any sign of remorse.
Fatima Almansuri stands begins her opening statement.
This case is about power, about greed, about what happens when people believe they are above the law.
Between 2008 and 2024, Shik Ryan Elmoary embezzled 68.
4 million from his family trust to hide this crime.
He created fake accounts using the identities of Filipino women who worked for elite concierge services.
These women processed his financial transactions, they were efficient, they were thorough, and eventually they noticed discrepancies when they asked questions.
They were murdered.
11 women over 16 years, all killed the same way.
All buried in construction sites, all replaced by the next woman who would handle the Shiks accounts until she two noticed something wrong.
Callum Santos was the 11th victim.
She was 26 years old, 7 months pregnant, and she knew what happened to the women before her.
So, she did something extraordinary.
She recorded the chic threatening her life.
She uploaded that recording to a secure server.
And even though she was murdered 3 hours later, that recording survived and that recording will convict these defendants of 11 counts of first-degree murder.
Fodma plays the audio recording in open court.
The courtroom goes silent.
You can hear Callum’s voice.
Professional at first, then scared, then desperate.
Chic Almahi, I need to understand these transfers.
The chic’s voice cold, dismissive, threatening.
Your baby will never leave Dubai.
You will disappear.
I have done this before.
Three times several people in the gallery are crying.
By the time the recording ends, the chic stares straight ahead, shows nothing.
His wife examines her fingernails.
The defense begins their opening statement.
Sheik Ryan’s lead attorney stands says the recording is taken out of context.
The chic was speaking hypothetically was attempting to scare Miss Santos into stopping what he believed was an extortion scheme she had discovered financial irregularities.
Yes, but those irregularities were caused by previous employees who had embezzled funds.
Miss Santos was threatening to expose the chic unless he paid her.
She was blackmailing him.
The chic made an ill.
advised statement in anger, but he did not order her death.
He did not kill her.
The actual killers were two employees, Fahad and Muhammad, who acted independently, who had their own criminal motives, who are now lying to reduce their sentences.
The defense for Shika Amir argues she had no knowledge of any murders.
She was a wife, a mother, a philanthropist.
Her son, Hamen, is lying to save himself.
She is being framed by her own child.
The prosecution begins presenting evidence.
July 16th, forensic evidence.
Callum’s body cause of death timeline.
The medical examiner testifies Callum Santos died between 3:30 a.
March 23rd, 2024 from manual strangulation.
The baby died with her defensive wounds on her arms indicate she fought her attacker DNA evidence under her fingernails matches Fahad al-Nakbby July 17th.
The bodies from the construction site’s photographs of the excavation skeletal remains dental records.
All 10 victims identified.
All showed signs of manual strangulation.
All buried in locations owned or controlled by Almuhari Construction Company.
July 18th financial evidence.
Sarah Mitchell testifies as forensic accountant presents spreadsheets showing 68.
4 million embezzled over 16 years fake LLC accounts opened using victim’s identities.
All withdrawals authorized by Shik Ryan.
All deposits came from Elma family trust.
The defense tries to argue the chic was unaware that someone else in his organization created these accounts.
Sarah Mitchell destroys this argument.
Every single transfer required biometric authorization fingerprint scan the sheik’s fingerprint specifically 847 transfers over 16 years everyone approved by him personally July 19th the phone record cell tower data placing the defendants and their associates at specific locations at specific times March 23rd 23 a.
Shik Ryan called an unknown number that number called two other numbers 2 verse 55a m those numbers belong to Fahad and Muhammad March 23rd 302 a.
Cell towers place Fahad and Muhammad near Marina Heights where Callum was kidnapped.
Cell towers place all defendants, including Shik Ryan and Shika Amira at El Mohari Construction Company warehouse.
The same warehouse where Callum was killed.
The defense argues cell tower data is not precise enough could be anywhere within a 500 meter radius.
The prosecution presents additional evidence traffic cameras showing the Shik’s Range Rover entering and exiting the warehouse complex.
The defense has no response.
July 22nd, Muhammad takes the stand.
He has a plea deal 25 years in exchange for full testimony.
He describes in detail the murder of Callum Santos.
We grabbed her on Alkal Street, forced her into the Mercedes, drove her to the warehouse.
The chic and Shika were already there waiting.
The Shikica told us to make it quick.
Said we had limited time before morning shift.
I strangled her while Fahad held her arm.
She fought for maybe 90 seconds.
Then she stopped.
The Shika checked her pulse.
Said it is done.
The defense cross-examines, tries to break his story, accuses him of lying to get a reduced sentence.
Muhammad does not break.
Says, “I have nothing to gain by lying.
I am spending 25 years in prison.
I am telling the truth because these women deserve justice.
” Muhammad then describes the other murders.
Linda Torres, August 2021.
I strangled her in the same warehouse.
The Shikica watch told me to make sure she was dead.
Before we moved the body, Carmen Reyes, November 2018.
Same location, same method.
The Shikica was there again.
This time she told me to dispose of the body where it would not be found for years on a Pasal March 2021.
The Shika supervised again.
By this time, it was routine.
She did not even say much, just pointed and nodded.
The defense asks, “Why should we believe you?” Muhammad says, “Because I kept records.
I took photos of the burial sites.
I saved text messages.
I documented everything because I knew one day this would come back.
I wanted insurance.
The prosecution presents Muhammad’s evidence.
Photos of warehouse interior.
Photos of construction sites.
Text messages between Muhammad and Fahad discussing disposal locations.
Text messages between Muhammad and an unknown number later traced to Shika Amir.
Coordinating timing.
July 23rd.
Fahad takes the stand.
Confirms everything Muhammad said.
Adds more details.
The chic never did the killing himself.
He watched.
was present for every murder.
Both he and the Shika watched like they were supervising employees.
The Shika always gave the final order.
She would say, “It is done.
” Or she would say, “Take care of it.
She was in charge, not the Shik.
The Shik handled the money.
The Shika handled the cleanup.
” Faha describes Callums murder specifically.
She was 7 months pregnant.
She kept saying, “My baby, please.
My baby.
” The Shika told me to hurry up.
Said, “We had limited time.
I did what I was told.
” The Shik stood there smoking a cigarette, watching.
His son Hamen was there, too.
The Shika made him watch.
Said, “This is your inheritance.
This is how we protect what is ours.
” The defense tries to discredit.
Fahad says he is lying to avoid the death penalty.
Fahad says, “I already accepted 25 years.
I am not avoiding anything.
I am confessing.
What do I gain from lying?” The families are watching all of this.
Every day they sit in the gallery listening to how their daughters died.
Linda Torres’s mother weeps openly.
Carmen Reyes’s father sits stone-faced.
Anna Pascal’s sister has to leave the courtroom twice.
Callum’s mother watches via video link from the Philippines.
Too ill to travel.
July 24th, Hamen testifies he is serving 8 years as part of his plea deal.
He describes what he saw.
March 23rd, 2024, my father called me.
2:55 a.
m.
told me to bring my car to the warehouse.
I thought it was a business emergency.
When I arrived, Fahad and Muhammad were there.
My parents were there.
They told me a woman had stolen company documents that we needed to retrieve those documents.
I did not know it was murder.
I did not know until I saw them drag her inside.
Saw my mother give the order.
Saw fad strangle her.
I wanted to leave.
My mother said, “Watch.
You need to see how we handle problems I watched.
I did not stop it.
I am guilty, too.
” The defense tries to portray Hamen as a vindictive son, lying about his parents to reduce his sentence.
Hamn breaks down crying.
Says, “I wish I was lying.
I wish my mother was not a murderer, but she is.
I watched her order four deaths.
I watched my father embezzle millions.
I watched them destroy 11 families.
” And I said nothing until Callum Santos recorded that conversation.
And even then, I only talked because I was caught.
I am not a hero.
I am a coward who watched murders happen.
July 25th, Paulo Mendoza testifies Callum’s fiance.
He has not slept properly since March.
He has lost 15 kg.
H looks hollow.
Callum was scared the last few weeks.
She told me she discovered something about the chic about other women who had disappeared.
She said she needed to record him admitting it.
She said if anything happened to her, I should go to the police.
I told her to quit to come home.
She said not without proof.
She said other women died and no one believed their families.
She said she needed evidence that would survive even if she did not.
Paulo plays text messages between him and Callum.
March 22nd, Callum writes, “I am going to call him tonight.
I am going to make him tell the truth.
” Paulo responds, “Do not do this.
It is too dangerous.
” Callum writes, “If I do not, who will the next woman who gets assigned to his account will die to? I have to stop this.
” Paulo reads the messages aloud in court.
His voice breaking March 23rd, 2:56 a.
m.
Callum’s last text.
Something bad is happening.
I love you.
Check your email in the morning.
Go to police.
Paulo says, “I was at work.
I did not see the text until 6:00 a.
m.
By then, she was already dead.
I received her email at 6:00 a.
m.
with the audio file.
I listened to it.
I knew immediately she was gone.
You can hear it in the chic’s voice.
He had already decided she would die.
The defense does not cross-examine Paulo.
What could they possibly ask? July 26th.
The victim’s families testify one by one.
Linda Torres’s mother.
My daughter called me.
August 2021.
Said she was coming home, had bought her ticket.
The next day, she stopped answering her phone.
I reported her missing Dubai.
Police said she probably ran away for 3 years.
I believed she abandoned us because money kept coming every month.
$1,000.
I thought she was working somewhere too ashamed to call.
Now I know she was dead buried in concrete and her killers used that money to keep us.
Quiet.
Carmen Reyes’s father.
My daughter was saving money to open a small business in Cebu.
She had $12,000 saved.
She was coming home November 2018.
She never arrived.
I flew to Dubai.
Filed a missing person report.
The police did nothing.
Said she probably went to another country 3 years.
I waited 6 years and she was dead the whole time.
Anna Pasqual’s sister.
My sister wanted to help our family.
She went to Dubai 2020 for a 2-year contract.
March 2021.
She stopped calling.
We thought she was angry.
We thought we did something wrong.
We did not know she was dead.
Did not know she was buried under a warehouse.
Did not know the people she worked for killed her for asking questions.
Callum’s mother testifies via video link.
Too ill to travel.
She says Callum called me every week.
Told me about work, about Paulo, about the baby in March.
She said, “Mama, if something happens to me, it is not an accident.
I told her she was being paranoid.
I was wrong.
I should have told her to come home.
I should have protected her.
She protected others.
Instead, she recorded that man.
She created evidence.
She saved future women even though it could not save her.
July 29th.
Closing arguments.
Fatal Mansuri speaks for 2 hours.
11 women dead because they were good at their jobs because they noticed discrepancies because they asked questions.
Shik Ryan Almahari embezzled 68.
4 million.
And when women discovered it, he killed them.
Shika Amira supervised these murders, planned them, coordinated them.
She was not a bystander.
She was the architect.
This was not passion.
This was not impulse.
This was systematic, calculated murder.
Over 16 years, they thought they were untouchable.
Thought their wealth, their status, their name would protect them.
They were wrong.
Callum Santos made sure of that.
She recorded the chic confessing.
She uploaded that recording.
She created evidence that survived her murder and that evidence is why we are here.
That evidence will convict them.
The defense argues for 2 hours reasonable doubt.
Lack of direct video evidence relies on accomplice testimony.
The recordings could be interpreted differently.
The chic was speaking.
Hypothetically, the jury, three judges in UAE criminal court, no jury system deliberates for 8 hours.
July 30th, 10:00 a.
m.
The court reconvenes the lead judge reads the verdict.
Shik Ryan Almahari guilty.
All counts, 11 counts, first-degree murder, embezzlement, conspiracy, kidnapping.
Shika Amamira Alahari guilty.
All counts, 11 counts, firstdegree murder, conspiracy accessory evidence tampering.
The courtroom erupts.
Families crying.
Media rushing to file reports.
The Shik and Shika show no emotion sentencing will occur separately August 10th.
August 10th 2024 sentencing hearing.
The courtroom is packed again.
Families media officials.
The judge reads the sentences.
She chic Ryan Elma death penalty by firing squad under uei law premeditated murder of multiple victims carries mandatory death penalty.
Additional sentences 68.
4 million restitution to al- Muhari family trust.
All personal assets seized.
Chica Amamira al- Muhari death penalty by firing squad same charges same sentence all personal assets seized both defendants show no emotion do not speak do not react their lawyers immediately file appeals but in UAE death penalty cases with overwhelming evidence appeals rarely succeed outside the courthouse victims families embrace each other crying Linda Torres’s mother says my daughter can finally rest Carmen Reyes’s father says justice finally Anna Pascal sister says it is not enough they are dead but my sister is still dead.
Callum’s mother in the Philippines watches the sentencing via video link says Callum, you saved them.
You saved so many others.
The appeals process takes 3 months.
October 15th, 2024.
UIE Supreme Court denies all appeals.
The evidence is overwhelming.
The confessions are corroborated.
The forensic evidence is irrefutable.
11 women were murdered.
Execution date is set December 20th, 2024.
Callum Santos’s original due date, the day her baby was supposed to be born.
The symbolism is intentional.
December 20th, 6:00 a.
m.
Dubai Central Prison Execution Chamber.
Chic Ryan Elahari is brought in wearing white traditional clothing for execution.
He is asked if he has any final words.
He says nothing is strapped to the chair facing the firing squad.
Five marksmen armed with rifles.
6:04 a.
m.
The order is given.
The shots are fired.
Shik Ryan El Mahari is pronounced dead.
6:07 a.
m.
30 minutes later, Shika Amira al- Muhari is brought to the same chamber.
She also declines to make a statement.
Shows no emotion, no fear, no remorse.
6:37 a.
m.
She is pronounced dead.
Both bodies are released to the family.
The family refuses to claim them.
Both are buried in unmarked graves in a public cemetery.
No headstones, no markers, nothing.
The family destruction is complete and total.
The Elmoi extended family immediately distances themselves.
The family council meets December 21st issues.
Public statement.
Ryan and Amamira El Mohari do not represent our family values.
They have brought shame upon our name.
They are hereby removed from all family records.
Their branch of the family tree is severed.
Their children are no longer recognized as Elmo Harry.
The three children are destroyed.
Hamn is in prison serving 8 years will be.
Released 2032 at age 33.
His life is over.
No career, no prospects, no family wants him.
The older son, age 28, was not charged with any crimes, but his life collapses anyway.
He worked as executive at Elmahari Construction Company.
Is fired immediately.
His wife files for divorce.
His in-laws disown him.
He tries to find work in UI.
No one will hire him.
He moves to London.
changes his name.
Lives in a small apartment, works in a restaurant.
Ila, the daughter, aged 30, also not charged, but equally destroyed.
Her husband divorces her within 2 weeks of the verdict.
His family claims she comes from criminal bloodline.
Is unfit to raise children.
She loses custody of her two sons.
Sees them twice a year.
Supervised visits.
She becomes reclusive.
Moves to a small villa in charger.
Rarely leaves the house.
The company’s collapse.
Aluhari construction company files for bankruptcy.
November 2024.
Reputation destroyed.
No one wants to be associated with a company that built warehouses specifically to hide murder victims.
All major contracts canceled $340 million in pending projects terminated 2,000 employees laid off.
The company is sold to a competitor for $18 million.
Fraction of its value.
The new owners immediately rebrand demolish all warehouses associated with the murders turn the land into.
Memorial Parks Elite Concier Services also collapses October 2024.
The company that employed all 11 victims files for bankruptcy clients terminate contracts.
No one wants VIP service from the company that enabled a serial killer.
247 employees mostly Filipino lose their jobs.
Company CEO issues public apology.
We failed our employees.
We failed Callum.
We failed to see the warning signs.
We failed to protect the women who worked for us.
We take full responsibility.
Wrongful death lawsuits are filed by all 11 families.
Company insurance pays out settlements.
Total $42 million split among families.
approximately $3.
8 million per family.
The money from the Shik’s estate is liquidated.
His personal assets total $480 million after legal fees and restitution $412 million remains.
This money is distributed $68.
4 million returned to Elmuhari family trust.
The amount embezzled $50 million split among the 11 families.
Additional compensation $4.
5 million each 200 $94.
6 $6 million used to establish the Callum Santos Protection Fund.
This fund provides legal assistance to foreign workers in UAE, provides emergency housing, provides repatriation assistance funds investigations into suspicious deaths of foreign workers.
The fund is administered by an independent board chaired by Paulo Mendoza Callum’s fiance Paulo Quit.
His call center job, cannot work regular hours, has severe PTSD, nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks.
He dedicates his life to the fund to honoring Callum to protecting other workers.
In December 2024, the fund helps 800 47 foreign workers with various issues, disputed wages, passport confiscation threats from employers.
By 2025, the fund has assisted over 3,000 workers.
The legal changes are swift and significant.
January 2025, UAE government passes the Foreign Workers Protection Act.
Mandatory independent legal consultation for all foreign workers.
All call centers must implement safety protocols, recordings of all calls with VIP clients stored in independent secure servers accessible by police.
Financial institutions must verify identity in person for any account over $10,000.
Cannot accept photocopies, cannot accept third-party documentation.
Missing person cases involving foreign workers must be investigated with same priority as UAE nationals no case can be closed without forensic evidence mandatory annual audits of companies employing over 500 foreign workers hotline established for foreign workers to report abuse anonymously operated by independent NGO not government entity any report of threats violence or coercion triggers automatic investigation the Philippine government also acts February 2025 establishes Bureau of overseas workers security.
New department specifically for worker protection.
All workers going overseas receive mandatory safety training, emergency contacts, legal rights education, know your employer, know your rights, know how to report abuse.
Embassy staff increased in UAE specifically to handle worker complaints.
Monthly check-ins required automated system calls every worker once per month if worker misses two consecutive check-ins automatic.
investigation triggered by March 2025.
Over 180,000 Filipino workers in UAE are enrolled in the system.
The scholarship fund is established March 2025.
The Calamina Santos Memorial Scholarship funded by remaining money from the estate.
$294.
6 million invested conservatively generates approximately $15 million annually in scholarship funds provides full university scholarships for Filipino women pursuing business, law, social work, nursing.
goal is to empower women to protect themselves and others.
First year 200 scholarships awarded recipients are called calums voices.
They wear red and white sashes with Callum’s photo.
They attend university in Philippines UAE UK wherever they choose only requirement complete degree return to work in field that helps others by 2026.
Over 400 Callums voices are studying worldwide.
Linda Torres’s family uses their compensation $4.
5 million to establish legal aid foundation in Manila provides free legal assistance to families of missing overseas workers helps families navigate foreign legal systems helps families demand investigations.
Carmen Reyes’s family builds women’s shelter in Cebu.
Safe house for women escaping abuse, escaping trafficking, escaping dangerous employers, provides housing, job training, legal assistance.
Anna Pascal’s family, creates education center, teaches, overseas workers their rights, teaches women how to recognize exploitation, teaches families warning signs of trafficking.
Callum’s recording becomes the most important piece of evidence in UAE legal history.
Downloaded over 200 million times worldwide.
Played in law schools as case study.
How electronic evidence can prosecute powerful defendants.
How one woman’s courage can change entire system.
The recording is preserved in multiple formats.
Original 4 minutes 17 seconds full unedited version.
Archived in UAE National Archives archived in Philippine National Archives.
Archived in UN Human Rights Council database available to researchers, investigators, educators, forensic audio experts confirm no editing, no manipulation, perfect chain of custody.
Callum’s voice will exist forever.
Every time the recording is played, Callum speaks every time someone is protected by laws created in her name.
Callum saves them every time a worker reports abuse instead of staying silent.
Callum gave them courage.
The family’s healing is slow, painful, incomplete.
Linda Torres’s mother visits her daughter’s grave every week.
Linda was reared in Cebu December 2024.
Proper funeral proper burial hundreds attended.
Her mother says I talked to her tell her about her younger siblings tell her justice was done but it does not bring her back.
Carmen Reyes’s father established a foundation in Carmen’s name says this is how I survive by helping others by making sure no other father loses a daughter this way.
Anna Pascal’s sister named her newborn daughter Anna after her aunt says my daughter will know her aunt’s story.
Will know she was brave.
Was killed for being good at her job.
was buried for 6 years before anyone found her.
My daughter will grow up knowing that speaking truth is dangerous.
But staying silent is worse.
Callum’s mother too ill to travel watches everything from the Philippines via video link says Callum was my first baby, my only daughter.
She wanted to help the family, wanted to make life better.
She went to Dubai for us and she died there.
I received money every month for years after she died.
I did not know it was blood money.
I thought it was her salary.
I thought she was working.
I talked to her picture.
Told her about her siblings, about the neighborhood, about everything.
Now I know she was not there was already gone.
The money kept coming but she was already dead.
The chic did that kept paying so we would not ask questions so we would think she was alive.
Callum’s mother dies.
August 2025 complications from diabetes.
Her last words are I am going to see Callum now going to hold my baby again.
The warnings for foreign workers are everywhere now.
Posters in airports and embassies in recruitment centers.
The warnings say document everything.
Keep copies of contracts.
Keep copies of your passport.
Keep records of all communications.
If someone uses your identity without permission, report it immediately.
If someone threatens you, record it if possible.
If you discover financial irregularities, report to embassy.
Report to police.
Report to your family.
Do not confront powerful people alone.
Do not assume authorities will help without evidence.
Create evidence.
Protect yourself.
The warnings.
Include Callum’s photo.
Include her story.
Include the audio recording.
Include the outcome.
The warnings work.
By 2026, reports of abuse, threats, and exploitation from foreign workers in UAE increase by 340%.
This is not because abuse increased.
This is because workers now report because they know reporting can lead to justice, can lead to protection, can lead to change.
Callum Santos proved that.
Callum Elena Santos, born April 14th, 1998, died March 23rd, 2024, age 26.
7 months pregnant, engaged to be married, 147 days from finishing her contract.
147 days from going home.
She discovered a crime.
She documented it.
She recorded it.
She uploaded it.
She died 3 hours later.
But her evidence lived, her voice lived, her courage lived.
And 16 years of murder stopped.
The chic who thought he was untouchable died by firing squad.
The wife who orchestrated the murders died by firing squad.
The killers who strangled 11 women are serving 25 years.
The son who watched and said nothing is serving 8 years.
The companies that enabled this collapse.
The laws that failed these women changed the families that lost daughters.
Found justice.
Found answers.
Found closure callums.
Baby never took a breath.
Never had a name.
But that baby’s death meant something because Callum’s death meant something because one 4-minute recording changed everything.
If you work overseas, if you handle money for powerful people, if you discover something you should not have discovered, do what Callum did.
Document upload.
Tell someone because Callum Santos’s recording changed everything.
And yours might too rest in peace.
Callum Elena Santos, Linda Torres, Carmen, Rayana, Pascal, and seven other women whose names we learned too late.
You died for being good at your jobs.
You died for asking questions.
You died for being thorough, but you are not forgotten.
December 20th, 2024.
The day Callum’s baby was supposed to be born.
The day her killers died.
Instead, Callum one