The Invitation

0:00 [SPEAKER_00]: Warning check the locks podcast is a true crime podcast and may contain graphic descriptions of violence, murder, sexual assault, and more. [SPEAKER_00]: Check the locks podcast is not appropriate for all listeners. [SPEAKER_00]: Listener discretion is strongly advised. [SPEAKER_01]: A terrifying home invasion leaves a young mother fighting for her life while her children are just feet away. [SPEAKER_01]: But when her attacker reveals who sent him, the nightmare takes an even darker turn. [SPEAKER_01]: Join me, John Conner, as I discuss the attack of Bellatoras.

0:43 [SPEAKER_01]: This is Check The Lockspotcast. [SPEAKER_01]: Hello and thank you for joining me as I dive into yet another truly terrifying true crime case. [SPEAKER_01]: As always, before we begin, I hope you're doing well, I hope you're having a great week. [SPEAKER_01]: And I just want to say thank you for letting me hang out with you today while you tackle whatever it is you have going on. [SPEAKER_01]: And hopefully you had an amazing Halloween. [SPEAKER_01]: I hope you got your spooky on, your ghost, your ghouls, your goblins. [SPEAKER_01]: We had a blast hanging out with a family and taking the kids trick or treating. [SPEAKER_01]: It was awesome to see all the kids roaming the street and having just so much fun.

1:26 [SPEAKER_01]: We also had a great time in the Facebook group. [SPEAKER_01]: People were showing off costumes and talking scary movies. [SPEAKER_01]: It really was an awesome month and now it's over and I'm super bummed out. [SPEAKER_01]: But I'm going to make it through because it's okay. [SPEAKER_01]: I still get to hang out with all of you amazing listeners, all the wonderful locksmiths. [SPEAKER_01]: So before we get into this week's case, I did just want to cover some housekeeping updates real quick. [SPEAKER_01]: First, this case will be a short on time for this episode, not to get too personal with everyone, but I've had some changes in my day job unexpectedly, and I've been moved to a new position that I was not expecting to be in, and because of that, my schedule has had a pretty big shake up, and I'll be working some weird hours compared to normal throughout the month of November.

2:14 [SPEAKER_01]: So just to be totally upfront and honest with you, we may have a few shorties that pop up this month, but after that, once everything is acclimated, I'm back to my normal schedule, we will go back to those normal episodes. [SPEAKER_01]: So the big thing for me is just making sure that y'all get a case to listen to every single week. [SPEAKER_01]: So I really appreciate your patience while I'm going through this change. [SPEAKER_01]: Again, it really means the world. [SPEAKER_01]: And like I said, we're still going to have those episodes just bear with me because it is a little bit of a time of transition. [SPEAKER_01]: Now that I have that out of the way, the second thing that I wanted to talk about, this episode is actually dropping on election day. [SPEAKER_01]: Now, before I get into it, I know that we have a lot of different listeners with a lot of different backgrounds and a lot of different views.

2:58 [SPEAKER_01]: And I'll be honest, that is something that I truly love about this little family that we've created here at check the locks. [SPEAKER_01]: But I do think that it is super important that everyone use their voice. [SPEAKER_01]: So if you haven't early voted, get out there, cast your ballot. [SPEAKER_01]: Again, I don't care who you vote for. [SPEAKER_01]: vote your conscience, but just make sure that you're vote. [SPEAKER_01]: And I think it's super important. [SPEAKER_01]: So just wanted to say that, just do that civic duty. [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, that's enough of my Gabby Gabby. [SPEAKER_01]: Let's get to the stabby stabby. [SPEAKER_01]: We'll go ahead and break down this week's case. [SPEAKER_01]: On October 16th, police responded to a home in Buckeye, Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. [SPEAKER_01]: And once they arrived, they found a woman understandably shaken, and she would later be identified as Bellatoras.

3:44 [SPEAKER_01]: According to Bella, an intruder had tried to break into her house, trying to attack her while she was home alone with her two children, a two-month-old and a 17-month-old. [SPEAKER_01]: Bella had been home with her fiance, Xerian Dyer, before he left to go to the grocery store. [SPEAKER_01]: And it was after Dyer left that Bella noticed a strange man at her front door. [SPEAKER_01]: His head inside the home, peering around. [SPEAKER_01]: When Bella saw the man, she moved her 17-month-old behind her, and it was then that the man asked if he could use the bathroom. [SPEAKER_01]: Bella refused and tried to close the door, but the man attacked, kicking it open and entering the home, before grabbing Bella by the throat and beginning to choke her.

4:27 [SPEAKER_01]: The struggle continued through the home with the attacker forcing Bella into a bathroom before closing the door behind him. [SPEAKER_01]: Once inside, he attempted to sexually assault the mother of two, trying to unbutton her pants before grabbing at her breasts. [SPEAKER_01]: But the fight continued, and Bella eventually pulled the man outside into the driveway. [SPEAKER_01]: During which the attack was caught on the family's home security camera, but it was what the man said while being recorded that was the most frightening. [SPEAKER_01]: As they tussled, the man yelled, your boyfriend told me you'd be into this. [SPEAKER_01]: neighbors heard Bella scream and they called the police, but the man fled before they arrived. [SPEAKER_01]: The attacker would later be identified as 23-year-old Adrian Ayhalla, and he would be arrested at his home the following day.

5:14 [SPEAKER_01]: On October 18th, two days after the attack, Eialis didn't court. [SPEAKER_01]: Telling the judge that he had been contacted by Dyer Online, Eialis claimed that Dyer had instructed him to go to the home for a quote, role-play scenario, saying that he believed Bella to be consenting and that he had no intention of committing a felony. [SPEAKER_01]: Meanwhile, detectives would examine both Ayahala's and Dyer's devices, and they were able to find sufficient evidence to show that Dyer and Ayahala had been communicating about the assault. [SPEAKER_01]: With this evidence in hand, Dyer was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, sexual abuse, attempted sexual abuse, kidnapping, and conspiracy.

5:55 [SPEAKER_01]: He is currently being held on a $500,000 bond. [SPEAKER_01]: I always trial a scheduled to begin on April 1, 2027, and at the time of this recording, the date of Dyer's first court appearances unknown. [SPEAKER_01]: But that's this week's short on time, and I definitely have some final thoughts to share. [SPEAKER_01]: So if you've listened to this podcast for a while, you know that home invasions are the cases that really get me. [SPEAKER_01]: I would say that in anything that has to do with kids, and this case hits both of those for me. [SPEAKER_01]: I can't imagine how scared Bella must have been, not just for herself, but for her children. [SPEAKER_01]: She's home. [SPEAKER_01]: She's got a 17-month-old, a two-month-old. [SPEAKER_01]: You're in your house in this place that's supposed to be the safest, and all of a sudden that sense of security is destroyed.

6:42 [SPEAKER_01]: It's taken not only from you, but from your toddler. [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, this show was almost one and a half years old. [SPEAKER_01]: And why they may not understand the scope or, you know, what exactly is going on, they definitely know enough to say, like, hey, I'm scared and I know I'm not safe. [SPEAKER_01]: So, [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, it was just very unsettling to me. [SPEAKER_01]: But I think the most terrifying thing about this case is the active betrayal. [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, to think that your spouse could just be online, planning to have you attacked and sexually assaulted, it's just so disturbing. [SPEAKER_01]: And no motive has been publicly released yet, but I am very interested in following this case. [SPEAKER_01]: But, [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if this was just some kind of dark kink that Xary and Dyer had, or if it was something more sinister.

7:31 [SPEAKER_01]: Which, you know, I've said it before when Olivia was on the podcast, like, we don't kink shame here. [SPEAKER_01]: Everyone has got their thing, but everyone involved needs to be consenting. [SPEAKER_01]: And in this case, Bella Torres absolutely did not. [SPEAKER_01]: Also, I don't know how you just show up at someone's house for a role-play scenario without talking to everyone involved first. [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, there would need to be contracts or release a signed something, right? [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not just showing up and being like, where your husband's soda was okay? [SPEAKER_01]: Like, you can't engage in this kind of thing without having everyone on board. [SPEAKER_01]: So again, [SPEAKER_01]: To me, this just really seems like some kind of dark fantasy of diers, but I really do hope that both he and Iala get the time that they deserve for putting Bella and her kids through such a horrendous ordeal.

8:24 [SPEAKER_01]: But if we're talking debble tests, this is gonna be a nine for me. [SPEAKER_01]: Again, just thinking about my wife being home with our daughter and someone breaking in like that, it would be the most terrifying thing in the world. [SPEAKER_01]: But as always, I wanna hear from you, the listeners, the locksmiths, where does the attack on Bellatoras fall on your debble tests? [SPEAKER_01]: You can let me know. [SPEAKER_01]: Reach out on Instagram, check the locks pod, you can find me on Twitter, check the locks if you're not in our Facebook group. [SPEAKER_01]: What the heck are you doing? [SPEAKER_01]: Come hang out with us. [SPEAKER_01]: We would absolutely love the opportunity to get to know you again. [SPEAKER_01]: We did a lot of fun on how to win stuff in the group. [SPEAKER_01]: We're always chatting and doing cool things. [SPEAKER_01]: So if you're a cool person, we would love to have you as part of that group. [SPEAKER_01]: If you're interested in joining, there is a link in the description. [SPEAKER_01]: The episode that you're listening to now, click that link, answer a few questions, and boom, you're part of the best community on the internet.

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