The International Hunt For a Killer - The Murder of Haley Anderson

September 15, 2025

A student's life is cut short, setting off a desperate chase that crossed borders and stunned investigators. What began as a quiet night soon spiraled into an international hunt for a killer.

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Hey everybody, welcome back to the podcast. This is Murder with My Husband.

I'm Payton Moreland.
And I'm Garrett Moreland.
And he's the husband.
I'm the husband.

To everyone who is an Apple subscriber or a Patreon supporter—those that get bonus episodes and ad-free content—we will be releasing three bonus episodes this month.

What are we in, September? For September, basically the second August one. Honestly, it might be out already before this episode’s even released. But just an FYI, you’re still getting all the episodes, so just updating everyone there.

And if you’re not a Patreon or Apple subscriber, we release bonus episodes and ad-free content.

On that note, I’m going to hop into my 10 seconds because today I am going to be talking about—everyone guess—bagels.
Bagels.
Thank you very much, Payton.
You’re welcome.

I’m going to be talking about bagels. I’ve come a long way. Got some good bagels. I will be opening up a bagel shop. If you are not native to Utah, you don’t live in Utah, I hope you travel down for it because it is going to be the best bagels you’ve ever had.

Things are going to be done a little bit differently. It’s not going to be your normal bagel shop. I can’t give any more news other than that yet because it’s going to be a bit of a surprise, but I’m hoping spring of next year is when it’ll be open. That’s kind of all I have, so I’ll keep everyone updated. I know it’s a little far away, but it’ll come fast.

And ask Payton—it’s been, I’ve been doing it.
Yeah, he makes a lot of bagels. He’s trying to lock down his recipe.
Which, luckily for me, means I get to try all of them.
This is true.

I did burn my hand on one of the bagels the other day. It was worth it though.
I need to take a video of you doing it because it’s actually really cute.
Thanks. Someone said, “Does that mean you’re going to start cooking now?” I said, “Nope. Nope. I am not. This is as far as my cooking and baking skills go—bagels. Nothing else. Just bagels.”
Oh, made me so sad.

Because for those who don’t know, neither of us enjoy cooking. We’ll make crock-pot meals every once in a while, but we don’t enjoy cooking. And that’s okay. To each their own. No big deal.

On that note, let’s get into today’s episode.

Our sources for this episode are: newsweek.com, people.com, oxygen.com, dailymail.co.uk, abcnews.co.com, medium.com, chilling.com, entertainmentnow.com, vocal.media, spectrumlocalnews.com, bbc.com, cbsnnews.com, and pressconnects.com.

We’ve seen this scenario happen a lot on this show. Someone knows they’re about to get caught for a crime, and before an arrest warrant is issued, they hop a plane. Maybe they set off to Europe, Asia, somewhere deep in South America, only for police to realize there is no way they’re getting that person back.

Because many countries have complicated extradition policies, there will be no trial in the United States unless that person willingly steps foot on American soil again. It’s a heartbreaking loophole that allows many criminals to get away with their crimes and leaves families feeling hopeless when it comes to getting justice.

Well, today’s case is not one of those stories. Instead, it’s about two countries actually coming together to fight a complicated legal battle, working in unison to get justice.

So, let’s travel back to 2018 and meet 22-year-old college student Haley Anderson.

Haley grew up in Westbury, New York, about an hour east of New York City on Long Island. She was the kind of girl who seemed very close with her parents, Karen and Gordon, and her older sister Maline.

They described Haley as hardworking, compassionate, extremely outgoing, and a free spirit. She was friends with everyone, saw the good in everyone, and just wanted to help.

Haley was thrilled when she was accepted into Binghamton University’s nursing school program. And I’m sure it came as a shock to no one, because Haley was a straight-A student across the board.

However, going into the nursing program meant Haley would be putting in five years of schooling rather than the traditional four. But she didn’t seem to mind. She was only a few hours from home, so she could make the trip back to see her family whenever she wanted now that she was going off to college.

Once she moved there, she got a job at the on-campus coffee shop. She actually worked there for three years, where she met even more students and made even more friends.

She eventually got a boyfriend she cared a lot about—a fellow student named Kevin Ocampo. Everyone felt Kevin and Haley were a great match for each other. He really allowed her to be her best self. He never tried to change her.

Like a lot of relationships in college, the two were unsure whether or not life would lead them down the same path.

Haley already had a job lined up for when she graduated in the spring of 2018. The plan was to return to Long Island and work in the emergency room at Northwell Health.

And while I’m not sure what Kevin’s plans were, I can tell you that they didn’t really seem to align with Haley’s moving back to Long Island and working there. Because over the course of their college experience, the two of them were kind of on and off.

Kevin claimed he really was in love with Haley and saw himself being with her, but Haley wasn’t as sure. There was still a part of her that wanted to just live life, go out and date, have some freedom, and enjoy being young before she settled down into a serious job and relationship.

Which is why, during her last year of school—her senior year—Haley started seeing other people. Meanwhile, she began studying for her nursing boards and soaking up the last few months of college with her roommates and best friends, Josie Arton and Michella Topali.

Now, the three of them—Haley, Josie, and Michella—were extremely close. They were the kind of friends in college that you tell everything to. And they said Haley was supportive, sensitive, just an amazing friend. Which was what made what happened that March in 2018 so incredibly devastating.

On the night of March 8th, Haley, Josie, and Michella stayed up late drinking and playing board games. Around 3:00 a.m., the girls finally called it a night. But when Josie and Michella woke up later that morning, they realized Haley still wasn’t up and out of bed.

They checked her room and discovered she wasn’t there. To Haley’s friends, this wasn’t too alarming at first. They were all adults, and sometimes they stayed away from the house. They figured maybe Haley had gone to meet up with someone late and spent the night there instead.

But as the day went by, Josie had a poetry reading scheduled at a local bar that evening. It was a big deal to her, and Haley knew her friends were expecting her to be there too. But that evening, Haley didn’t show up—totally unlike her.

It was even more alarming because she wasn’t answering any of her friends’ texts or calls either. Stranger still, she hadn’t been active on social media all day.

That’s when Josie and Michella turned to the Find My Friends app on their phones and discovered Haley’s cell phone was at a friend’s house—someone she had been seeing casually named Orlando Tercero.

So now I’m going to tell you a little bit about Orlando.

He was a 22-year-old nursing student, just like Haley. He was born in Miami, Florida, but raised in Nicaragua, where his family still lived. He had dual citizenship in both countries. His dad was a prominent doctor there, and Orlando always wanted to follow in his footsteps and go into the medical field. That’s how he ended up in the nursing program with Haley.

They had met during her sophomore year, though at first they were just friends. Over time though—particularly during breaks in her relationship with Kevin—the connection between Haley and Orlando became more romantic.

At first, a lot of people felt like Orlando and Haley had more in common. Both were excellent students, both compassionate and understanding, and they liked to have a good time. But there was one complication: Orlando and Kevin, Haley’s ex, were fraternity brothers.

In fact, Haley had originally introduced Orlando to Kevin, and Kevin liked him so much he invited him to pledge. So Kevin was shocked when he found out Haley and Orlando had been seeing each other during one of Haley and Kevin’s “off” periods.

But Haley had made it clear to Orlando that she wasn’t looking for anything serious—especially with graduation coming up. Kevin didn’t seem to make a big deal of it, but his fraternity brothers were pretty annoyed. They thought Orlando should’ve shown loyalty to Kevin.

Once they found out Orlando and Haley had started seeing each other, they actually decided to kick Orlando out of the fraternity.

Bro’s, never mind.

Anyway, Orlando didn’t seem too bothered by it. To him, maintaining his relationship with Haley seemed more important.

By the morning of March 9th, 2018, Haley still hadn’t shown up to Josie’s poetry reading, and her friends saw that her phone was at Orlando’s place. They tried not to panic right away, since this was a known spot for her.

But when they tried reaching out to Orlando, he didn’t answer calls or texts either. In fact, another friend of Orlando’s hadn’t heard from him—or Haley—in a day or so.

But his theory is this: he thinks the two of them ran off together and eloped.

However, Orlando’s sister thought something totally different. She said she had received a strange message from her brother. So essentially, these two nursing students who were dating were both missing.

On the morning of the 9th, Orlando’s sister called police to go to his house for a welfare check. When police showed up and knocked on Orlando’s door, they noticed his car wasn’t in the driveway. No one seemed to be home, so they left without going inside.

Later that same day, around 1:00 p.m., Josie and Michella were really worried. It wasn’t like Haley to go this long without calling or making contact. So they decided to take a ride over to Orlando’s house too—just a few hours after police had left.

I was going to ask if they still had her location, but maybe you don’t know.
No, it was at his house.
Oh, okay. So location’s still live and active?
Yes.

So they showed up. They were like, “Okay, his car isn’t in the driveway.” But they decided to get out and start knocking on doors. When that didn’t work, the two girls spotted an open window to his apartment.

Let’s go.
Josie boosted Michella inside, and then she climbed in herself.
Good friends. Yes, that’s what I’m talking about. Might be breaking and entering, but—
Nah, doesn’t count. In the sake of saving your friend.
Yep, doesn’t count.

Michella got inside, calling Haley’s name. That’s when Michella screamed back to Josie to call 911.
Oh no.

Because lying on Orlando’s bed was their friend Haley. She was naked, partially tucked under his covers, pale, and motionless.

When first responders arrived moments later, they confirmed that 22-year-old Haley was dead in Orlando’s bed. After her autopsy was performed the next day, her cause of death was ruled as asphyxiation by manual neck compression.

Wow.
Okay. And Orlando’s obviously not there.

Back at the crime scene, there was one very telling clue about what had gone down. A note left by Orlando, written in Spanish. Translated, it read:

“I’m really sorry about this. I never felt I could be capable of doing this. Oh my father, I will see you soon.”

Oh my gosh. So he’s obviously going to go back to Nicaragua, right?

Let me back up a little. As I mentioned, Orlando’s sister had received a strange text from him on March 9th, which was why she even called the cops, saying he was missing too and asking them to do the welfare check.

That text said he had done something bad and was now a disgrace to the family. Not sure if it was those specific words that made her panic or something else, but when a member of your family sends you something elusive like that, it’s going to freak you out.

So that was the first very big clue that Orlando had done this to Haley—despite the obvious fact that she was found dead in his bed. But Orlando himself was nowhere to be found, and what had gone down between him and Haley was still a mystery.

Luckily, security camera footage at Orlando’s apartment helped piece the story together for police.

Here’s what it showed: at around 3:15 a.m. on the morning of March 8th—after Haley had spent the night with her friends playing board games—she decided to go over to Orlando’s house.

They were shown entering together around the same time, and Haley appeared to willingly go inside with him. But seven hours later, Orlando was seen leaving his apartment—alone.

He moved some things out of his driveway, then pulled his car out and drove off. Police tracked him to a local pharmacy, where he purchased Nyquil and melatonin—sleep aids. The footage showed him returning to his apartment, going inside, and not coming back out for another seven hours.

When he finally did, he headed toward the apartment complex’s basement.

When police later examined the basement, they found something very telling: hooks and a rope. It looked like Orlando had gone down there to attempt suicide.

Ah, okay.

But there was also blood on the floor, as well as other evidence suggesting he had fallen and hurt himself in the process. That was actually where they found the note—the one that said, I’m sorry.

Okay, so he was saying sorry because he was going to unalive himself.
Yes. Because he said, “Father, I’ll see you soon.” But Orlando’s father had passed away five years earlier. So yes, the note was originally a suicide note.

Oh, okay. Okay.

We also think the sleep aids were probably purchased to help with this attempt. But that still didn’t answer the lingering question—because the attempt had clearly failed.

So where did Orlando go? And what could have happened between him and Haley to even motivate this murder?

As police tried to track Orlando down, they began speaking to Haley’s friends and family to see what they knew about the relationship. They realized quickly that Orlando was a lot more committed to Haley than she was to him.

Almost from the beginning, Orlando was jealous of Kevin and the relationship he had with Haley. When she was single, Orlando won her over with sob stories about his life. And Haley, being very compassionate, wanted to help and be there for him. But as their relationship became more romantic, Orlando’s obsession with Haley grew out of control.

He began showing up at her house uninvited. Sometimes he refused to leave, even after being asked. Other times, he would just sit and smoke a cigarette on her porch. He drove past the house slowly to see if Haley was home.

Josie said she was often the one who had to tell Orlando off, because Haley was too nice—she didn’t want to hurt his feelings.

Then, on September 15th, 2017, Haley and Kevin showed up to a party at Orlando’s apartment together. At that party, they announced they were back together. Haley told Orlando that night that things were obviously over between them, and they couldn’t keep seeing each other romantically. She said she wanted to remain good friends.

Orlando freaked out. Several people saw him shouting at her that evening.

The following day, after Haley had spent the night at Kevin’s, she went out to her car and found all her tires had been slashed.
Oh my gosh.

Now, Kevin and Haley both knew it was Orlando, but he denied it. When Haley’s parents suggested she file a police report and press charges, she refused. The damage was over $600, which meant it would have been considered a felony—something that could have gotten Orlando kicked out of nursing school. Haley said, “I don’t want to do that to him.”

Instead, she put some distance between herself and Orlando for a while. But eventually, he weaseled his way back into her good graces.

Some think Haley felt guilty—first for getting him expelled from his fraternity, and then for getting back together with Kevin. Others said Orlando threatened her emotionally, saying he would harm himself if she wasn’t there for him.

I hate that. I feel like that happens a few times in some of the cases we cover, and it’s just not okay.
Yeah.
It’s extremely selfish. Listen, I understand love can cause really intense feelings, but putting your life in someone else’s hands—or on their shoulders—is manipulative. It’s selfish.
Just a line we shouldn’t cross.
Nope.

By March of 2018, Haley seemed to be nearing the end of her rope. She was reportedly telling her friends that she wanted the friendship with Orlando to be over.

So police began to wonder: did Haley go over there that night to finally have a talk with Orlando and say, “We can’t even be friends anymore. You’ve taken it too far.”

If so, that could explain what happened—he clearly didn’t take it well.

Even though police felt they had a motive, there was still one problem: Orlando was missing. He could easily have been in another country by that point.

Luckily, footage from his apartment offered a clue. After his failed suicide attempt, he was seen on camera getting into his car with luggage. Police knew he was on the run and began checking local airports.

Pretty quickly, they found that Orlando had driven three hours to JFK International Airport in New York City. Security footage showed him walking around with a bandage on his head, confirming the theory that he had injured himself.

It didn’t take much to figure out where he went. At 8:40 a.m. on Friday, March 9th, he boarded a plane to Nicaragua.

Remember, Orlando had dual citizenship from growing up there. That was going to be a huge problem for police, because Nicaraguan authorities didn’t have to extradite him. It was entirely at their discretion.

So police thought, Well, that’s it. He got away with murder.

When Orlando landed in Nicaragua, his mother picked him up from the airport, clueless as to why he was even there. She drove him three hours north to their hometown of Chinandega. For the next several days, that’s where Orlando stayed.

Meanwhile, U.S. officials pieced everything together, realized he was responsible, and began contacting Nicaraguan authorities. On Sunday, March 11th, police officially named Orlando their number one suspect in Haley’s murder.

By that point, Orlando was clearly feeling the pressure. Just four days after his arrival in Nicaragua, he made another suicide attempt.

This time, his mother drove him to the city of León, about an hour south, to get him help and check him into a psychiatric hospital.

By this point, Nicaraguan authorities had been in touch with American officials. They told them, “Yeah, we’re willing to help you investigate—to an extent.”

Haley’s story had already been on the news in Nicaragua, and it seems someone working at the hospital recognized Orlando after he was admitted and reported it to authorities.

So, on March 13th, 22-year-old Orlando was arrested by police at the hospital.

Now, this is probably more of a newer-age thing. Years ago, fleeing America might have made it easier to avoid being spotted.
Yeah. Well, and also everyone talks about it now.
I also think the authorities, when it’s a pretty big charge, are more likely to help in other countries than they used to—especially once it gains a lot of attention.
Yeah. It’s definitely a newer thing, right? Growing up, we’d hear, Oh, they can flee to Mexico and get away. I mean, sure, there’s still a chance of that happening, but it’s a lot harder now.
Things have changed.
Yeah. With technology, it’s much harder.
You can track where someone went, and with social media, people in the area are more likely to recognize them. Nobody wants a killer around them.
No.
So if it’s on the news, someone says, Wait, that person just killed someone—I don’t want them here. Back in the day, you had to hope a wanted poster showed up on the bulletin board.
Exactly. Yep.

So, on March 13th, Orlando was arrested at the hospital. By Saturday, March 17th, prosecutors in New York had filed formal charges against him: murder in the second degree.

But the question remained: how would his fate be decided? Would Nicaraguan authorities work with the U.S. and send him back to stand trial? Or did Orlando still have a chance of walking free?

As these decisions were unfolding, Haley’s family back in New York laid her to rest about two weeks after Orlando was caught.

Two months later came a day that should have been one of the biggest in Haley’s life—graduation. Instead of walking across the stage, accepting her diploma, and starting her new job, a seat was left empty with a framed picture of her in place. Haley’s father, Gordon, walked the stage and accepted her diploma in her honor.

Meanwhile, Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell held out hope that Nicaraguan authorities would extradite Orlando to stand trial.

Another year and a half passed as officials tried to iron out the details and reach an agreement. Finally, in September 2019, Cornwell received word. He told the family there was good news and bad news.

The bad news: Nicaragua refused to extradite him.
The good news: they would press charges against him there.

Why? What? Why do countries do that? It doesn’t make sense. Who cares at that point?
They said, We’ll just charge him here and put him in prison here.
Yeah, but how much can you trust that? Maybe they will. Also, I think I’d rather be in prison in America than in Nicaragua—or other countries. I’ve heard some of those prisons are pretty scary.
Well, the courts and laws work differently there, as you might imagine.

For example, there’s no jury. It’s just a judge. And they weren’t charging him with second-degree murder. Instead, they charged him with something we don’t even have in the U.S.—femicide. That’s the murder of a woman with whom the perpetrator had a romantic or domestic relationship.
Okay, so kind of like a domestic violence charge?
Yes.

And unlike in the U.S., Orlando wasn’t required to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. The hardest part was that American prosecutors had no say in this trial. However, they were allowed to participate.

Eight days before the trial began, the D.A.’s office was asked to assist Nicaraguan prosecutors and help facilitate witness testimony from the United States via video conferencing. That meant Haley’s friends and family would testify on her behalf.

On October 1st, 2019, Orlando’s trial began. The prosecution argued that Haley had entered Orlando’s home willingly on the morning of March 8th, 2018. They believed she told Orlando she wasn’t looking for anything serious, which sent him into a rage.

When she went to sleep that night, they said, Orlando strangled her to death—because if he couldn’t have her, no one could. Which, by the way, would make this first-degree murder.

The first person to testify for the prosecution was Haley’s mother, Karen, followed by seventeen other witnesses—many of whom spoke about Orlando’s jealousy and obsession with Haley while in the U.S.

They also spoke about the incident where he slashed her tires and showed video footage of him entering his apartment with Haley—but her never leaving. You can see how important it was for the judge to hear from witnesses who knew Haley and Orlando back in the U.S., because so much of the case was circumstantial.

But of course, the defense had their own version of events. They argued that Orlando had no recollection of what happened. He said he woke up, found Haley dead on his bed, and had no idea how it had happened. According to his defense team, Orlando had been strongly under the influence of alcohol and was temporarily insane at the time.

By the way—just temporarily insane. Just for a moment or two when she died, and then suddenly he’s back to normal, like, “Now I’ve got to clean this up.”

What? I’m going to start using that. Sorry, I was just temporarily insane.

They claimed Orlando had no history of violence and suggested the situation was provoked by Haley. Essentially, they blamed Haley’s murder on Haley.

However, the defense only called one witness: a psychiatrist. The doctor testified that Orlando had attempted suicide twice after the murder and also suffered from epileptic incidents. But when it came to the night of Haley’s death, the doctor said he couldn’t verify Orlando’s mental state or whether he had truly blacked out from drinking. He also noted that Orlando’s current mental state appeared normal.

So, in the end, the defense’s one witness almost helped the prosecution more than the defense.

Then, after both sides rested, the judge did something we never see in the U.S.—she let Haley’s family give a final word.
They asked, “Would you like to say anything?”

I guess kind of like a victim impact statement?
Yeah.
Yep. But this wasn’t sentencing—it was still the trial.

Karen said:

“Haley was a beautiful, intelligent, and friendly girl. She was an aspiring nurse and had her whole life to look forward to. She was and still is my best friend. So thank you for listening and letting me speak on behalf of my daughter.”

After a short break, the judge returned with the verdict the same day. In her statement, she denounced violence against women, saying everyone deserved equal rights, and that Orlando disposed of Haley because she was a strong woman who had made a choice for herself.

She ended with the verdict: guilty of femicide.

Afterward, the judge allowed the family to address Orlando directly. Haley’s father said:

“I want to leave you with this. I saw an endearing photo of you and your mother hugging each other, and my heart breaks for her. It truly does—because you stole from your own mother. And even though she has unconditional love for you, every time she hugs you now, she will get a glimpse of that monster within you. And she’ll know that one day you might get out.”

Orlando said nothing in response.

Two weeks later, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison—the maximum punishment for femicide in Nicaragua. While some had hoped for life behind bars, DA Steve Cornwell said it was more than they ever imagined he’d get.

He told the press:

“We saw something we haven’t seen before. Two governments working together, law enforcement agencies working together instead of fighting each other.”

He said that alone was a pretty big win.

As for Orlando, he continued to fight his charges. In February 2020, he was back in court to appeal his conviction.

Get out of here, dude.

His attorney argued he had been highly intoxicated at the time—doubling down on the “he doesn’t remember anything” defense. This time, they wanted another psychiatrist evaluation from someone seasoned in insanity defenses. The panel refused to hear from him.

Orlando’s team also argued that if he had been tried in the U.S. under second-degree murder charges, he might have received a lighter sentence than 30 years.

But as we know, just because someone is initially charged with second-degree murder doesn’t mean it can’t be raised to first-degree once more evidence comes to light.

The court considered the appeal, dragging Haley’s family back virtually to testify why Orlando shouldn’t be released. His appeal was denied, and the 30-year sentence stood.

Still, officials warned this might not be the end. If Orlando ever completed his sentence and returned to American soil, he could face charges in the U.S. as well.

But no matter how many times Orlando stands trial, and no matter how many governments work together, nothing will bring Haley Anderson back. And that is the hardest part of all of this.

It’s a win that countries cooperated—but at whose expense? Haley’s.

Yeah. This just shouldn’t have happened in the first place.

And that is the case of Haley Anderson.

Senseless murder. I will never understand.
Murder—killing someone in general—I will never, ever, ever understand. It’s not okay.
It’s just not okay to kill people. End of story.

You know, this could be a hot take, but I do believe there have been times in history where someone has blacked out while committing murder. I just don’t think this was one of those times.
No. He’s a complete liar. Get out of here.
I think maybe he dissociated afterwards.
Yeah.
Nope. But he knew exactly what he was doing.

All right, you guys. That is our case, and we’ll see you next time with another one.

I love it.

And I hate it.

Goodbye.

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