Episode
20/20: Carmina Salcido's Survival Story/Life WIth Gators and Crocs
Overview
First, Carmina Salcido (a former American Idol hopeful) helps tell her harrowing story involving her murderous father and his violent, homicidal rampage that left her family and others dead. After nearly being killed as a young child, she was adopted by an ultra-conservative family who kept her in the cultural dark for most of her childhood..Later, people who own crocodiles and alligators as pets are profiled.
Details
- Series
- 20/20
- Season
- Season 34
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2011-03-04
Episode context
Carmina Salcido's Survival Story/Life WIth Gators and Crocs is Episode 31 in Season 34 of 20/20. It aired on 2011-03-04.
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