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>> dan, she was i.d. [6], An extensive manhunt for Herr was launched by authorities who at that point still believed Herr was responsible for Kibuishi's murder and was on the run. >> it's -- i know she had been to albuquerque at least one prior time. >> your typical profile. i know and i'm comfortable with the fact that they identified her as my daughter. Two years later a local family of four, the Wagners, are arrested and charged with the crimes. Lopezs alma mater) who has written several books on serial killings, said: You cant have a colder cold case, Gibson said. -what teach here isn't telling you is that snapshot rewards safe drivers with discounts on car insurance. >> reporter: no. After more than five years of court proceedings, Wozniak went to trial and was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder. it was comforting that it didn't just happen to me. (NBC) "Dateline NBC" will air a two-hour special Friday on the latest in the investigation into the murders of the University of Idaho students Ethan . >> yes. Dirk Gibson has no faith that will change, because police lack the necessary incentive. She had also grown close to the families of the victims by that time. With Safe Streets New Mexico, Jaramillo and Barber aim to give women from this vulnerable sector the protection society fails to provide them. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. there could be very realistically a lot of bodies. but in the end ida was able to make everybody care. protection. >> reporter: those were long nights, filled with bittersweet memories of michelle the way she used to be, before the drugs took over. Then, Ruca found a bone resembling a femur. It's awful what happened to them," Myra Salazar, the mother of 27-year-old victim Evelyn Salazar, said in a statement. >> fbi's behavioral sciences agents came in, took a look at our crime scene, took a look at what evidence we had. West Mesa Killer Satellite Image Credits. [4] At the time of the murders, Wozniak was deeply in debt and unemployed but planning a lavish wedding and honeymoon. Somebody's Daughter: With Lester Holt, Ida Lopez, Josh Mankiewicz. she struggled to hold it all together. [9] Some of the women appear to be unconscious, and many share the same physical characteristics as the original 11 victims. >> did you notice when the girls were going missing? Article continues below advertisement The case has had special interest to the Joplin area since Albuquerque police, FBI, and Joplin police conducted searches on properties owned by Joplin businessman Ron Erwin in August. >> reporter: they call it tough love. I watched that Dateline Re-Run last night. Police were at a loss. SERIAL KILLER: The West Mesa Serial Killer - Crime Junkie - iHeart Daniel Wozniak's Fiance Lied to Police About Double-Murder - Peoplemag >> reporter: oddly enough, the west mesa investigators' good fortune began thousands of miles to the east, in the fall of 2008. that's when crumbling financial markets on wall street caused home construction on the west mesa to grind to a halt. The Discovery On February 2, 2009, a woman walking her dog along the West Mesa came across what appeared. >> there could be somebody up there right now. backing you. there's a better choice. at 16 weeks, nearly four times more patients taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin compared to those not taking it, and patients saw a significant reduction in itch. >> do you think we're dealing with one guy here? definitely. i wasn't done. >> it's kind of eerie looking at those satellite photos. Since 2009, families of some victims have stressed publicly that the women and girls were loved. >> missing women. the development at first, the housing downturn, after that the fact the company leaves, a big rainstorm comes, unearths certain things, and now we locate these victims. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. >> tough questions for her boyfriend. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com. an amusement park so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. >> i love you, michelle. Josh Mankiewicz reports from New Mexico. The Dateline episode "Somebody's Daughter" shines the light on Albuquerque Detective Ida Lopez. >> reporter: for detectives like todd babcock it all seemed to add up. do not use if you are allergic to dupixent. Her husband, Orlando Mesa, and 18-month-old son were shot just moments after the pair were captured on haunting surveillance camera enjoying the spring evening. >> did you ask her where she heard that? >> a suspect caught in the act. la la la la la. In February 2009, her body was identified. >> reporter: by mid april, after 2 1/2 months of intensive searching, mapping, and aerial photography, commander feist finally felt confident that his team had found all the bones there were to find and began shutting down the west mesa crime scene. >> reporter: and within weeks ida's early work of collecting dental records of the missing women and dna samples from their families began to pay off. n.d then there was the service part, the helping people part of police work. apoquel has helped over 6 million itchy dogs get the relief they deserve. >> reporter: over the years ida's career blossomed. >> when you see those satellite photos and you see the scarring on the desert floor, knowing what we know now, it's very obvious that those look like graves. [4] Blea, in the Mid-School rape case, was sentenced to 36 years in June 2015, at 58 years of age. The Bone Collector- 11 bodies were found in the dessert of New Mexico. Ruca found a large bone protruding from the earthen trail. [20], Lorenzo Montoya lived less than three miles from the burial site. in this 2002 image of the area where the bones were discovered there's nothing unusual. Details of Disappearance. >> and sometimes they make a a mistake. Happy New Year! >> the company kind of left town and just kind of left the land the way it was. In 2005, she was handed two missing persons files including missing 25-year-old Michelle Valdez,. Mesa murder suspect found in Texas after collaborative investigation Victims of the West Mesa Murders - Albuquerque Journal with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, you feel like you're itching all the time. Photo Source This is an aerial photographs of the West Mesa Desert in 2004 when the first off road tracks were seen and you can spot two graves. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn't want released. actually, it was my grandfather raised me.ctdehiizedis s co enowas ait wde.lo he was about in his 80s. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> did you believe her story? in the grave of jane doe number 8 investigators found a tiny second set of bones. she confirmed that that looked like a femur bone and i should call the authorities. Where do those women congregate. >> there used to be a motel here. every time he saw her he marked the date down. i took her to a friend's house and dropped her off there. there was no shortage of names on the police list of potential suspects who were capable of that. what if the west mesa grave digger was a prolific transient? who got an awful skin condition. The Bone Collector- 11 bodies were found in the dessert of New - reddit we weren't as close.enec because of the drugs. >> we don't know if it's somebody that lives here or somebody that would just come back and frequent albuquerque on a regular basis. web pages The 11th, meanwhile, was 15-year-old Jamie Barela. the hard part was that many of them had already been missing for more than a year before ida even had a chance to start looking. The special will include exclusive interviews with 28-year-old Chambers . and where was he now? The toddler peddled a small trike across the couple's driveway and out of view of the camera as Mesaa . make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. >> i thought this could be it, yeah. >> a third one. >> february 2nd is when one of our violent crimes detectives said oh, they found a bone on the mesa, i'll let you know. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision. Meet Detective Ida Lopez, bringing justice to missing women & their families. West Mesa Murder Victims Jamie Barela Jamie Barela, 15, was last seen with her 23-year-old cousin Evelyn Salazar heading to a park at San Mateo and Gibson SE in April 2004. She was released from jail sometime in 2019.[12][13]. Jamie Barela, 15 - Jamie was not involved with drugs or sex work like the other ten victims. Authorities Offer $100,000 Reward for Leads in Murder of 11 Women Genre (s): Talk & Interview, Business, News, Documentary, Events & Specials Season 19 Episodes tbd S19:E72. Evelyn Salazar disappeared in the spring of 2004 with her 15-year-old cousin Jamie Barela after police said they went to a park together. >> reporter: a few days later lab work confirmed ida's hunch. >> i was about 9 years old. you know, it's not what you see in vegas. this date's lame. what can you tell me? With a similar history as Blea, Lorenzo Montoya was known to pick up prostitutes and assault them. City of AlbuquerqueThe 11 victims whose remains were discovered at the West Mesa site in 2009. Ida Lopez previously appeared on Dateline in an episode on the West Mesa tragedy which aired in December, 2010. doesn't just deal with missing. In 2015, Blea was found guilty of sexual assault in charges stemming from incidents in the 1980s and 1990s and was sentenced to 90 years in prison. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. 13 years later, Albuquerque Police have never officially or publicly named suspects in the case. Four crime scenes, thirty-two gunshot wounds, eight members of the Rhoden family left dead in their homes. flo has it, i want it, it's a whole thing, and she's right there. anybody that was arrested for prostitution, criminal solicitation, anything like. I think there's a Disappeared episode relating to it as well. aleve pm. In 2009, the bodies of 11 women were found in multiple shallow graves on the West Mesa of Albuquerque but the cases remain unsolved. out in the war zone there's a new crop of ragged women on the streets, willing to sell themselves in return for a puff of smoke from a glass pipe. it's a mystery their families th still struggle to understand. All of the women were Latina and all were from New Mexico, except Syllannia Edwards, who was African American and from Oklahoma. >> he's got me by the throat and he's shaking me and yelling at me telling me not to say a word. [1][2], An anonymous tip to authorities at APD and FBI linked the murders to a suspect from Central America. Dateline : MSNBCW : July 20, 2019 12:00am-2:00am PDT - Internet Archive >> you know, i just didn't know. though she's not on the street as much these days, she is still busy working missing persons cases. and a few hold hazy satellite images of tire tracks on the desert sand. >> reporter: then came seven. now no fruit is forbidden. >> there's probably people that, were in albuquerque during the time frame we're looking at and now through investigative leads or other sources we find something that tells us a little bit more about their lifestyle as well, which would give us again that kind of immediate gut reaction, it's got to be. Edwards was classified as an endangered runaway from Lawton, Oklahoma in 2003 and was last seen with three sex workers in Aurora, Colorado in May 2004. 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One of the victims, 22-year-old Michelle Valdez, had been pregnant when she was killed, and the bones of her unborn child were also found among the victims. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. she'd come over and steal my things or, you know, i would se' how upset it would make my dad. Awesome. >> reporter: it would become a close working relationship based on frequent phone calls and mutual admiration. >> reporter: dan valdez, who'd been wondering for years where his daughter was, saw his most cherished hopes and his most dreaded fears placed on a collision course. [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? born to move. West Mesa Serial Killer Satellite Image - lasopahc >> reporter: homicidal violence. It's no secret. They arrested him again a year later as he raped and strangled a sex worker that he apparently never had any plans to pay, since he only had $2 in his wallet at the time. Theories? >> several of these victims were missing for months before anyone reported them missing. and you never know how your skin will look. It took nearly a year for medical examiners to identify the decomposing victims, most of whom were Hispanic and all of whom were female. >> you're up half a mile to 3/4 of a mile from any populated area back in the time frame. t and so that gave me an empathy for them on that part, and i thought, wow, this has got to be powerful. [3][4][5][6] This small fragment of a human trafficking ring involves numerous population centers, including Las Vegas in Nevada, El Paso and Killeen in Texas, and Denver in Colorado.[2]. ida's return to work would have to be gradual, if it was going to happen at all.s >> for a lot of people that would be the end of police work. it's the same instinct that drew her to police work years ago, when she was a kid, growing up in albuquerque. along with practically every other member of the albuquerque police department and forensic experts from the fbi. >> reporter: some of the women had been missing for so long that ida started comparing notes with a detective in the department's cold case unit. >> suggesting possibly that the killer met her in denver, brought her here? Blea has been dubbed the "Mid-School Rapist" for his activities in the 1980s; police say he would often break into the homes of 13- to 15-year-old girls who lived near McKinley Middle School in Albuquerque and rape them. it's pretty much the easiest way to save since sliced bread. Christine felt that the bone didn't look normal. In this case, there was almost nothing but bones.. advil pm. all the bones. Perhaps precisely because of this, the FBIs $100,000 reward for information has gone uncollected for over a decade. NEW MEXICO: It took police a year to identify the remains of 11 women killed in the West Mesa Murders, but they still haven't identified the killer. >> he's in the area where the prostitutes frequent. southwestern summer heat begins to ease hot air balloons rise like spring flowers over albuquerque and the surrounding desert. The West Mesa Serial Killer Satellite Photos - Transborder Media There are so many episodes online but I can't find this one, http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/dateline/somebodys-daughter-part-1-254001731808. there's a better choice. >> so this guy takes photographs of the part of town that you're sort of looking at. so help heal your skin from within, with dupixent. who got an awful skin condition. While the FBI created suspect profiles, Albuquerque police knocked on doors. Her daughter had found womens clothing and jewelry in their home, with some families later revealing that the victims jewelry was missing. not a lot to go on. it was my gateway to making contact with her and seeing her in person. it's fast itch relief. >> he may be waiting in some other community to start doing the same thing again. and was he still at work? Wikimedia CommonsDowntown Albuquerque as seen from the West Mesa. West Mesa Serial Killer Satellite Image | Peatix >> reporter: the resulting column, which for the first time publicly connected the missing women on ida's list with the west mesa bone field, hit the front page one month after the first bone was found. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The process repeated itself in more or less the same way about five years later.