The same evening, Wozniak went on to perform in his local theatre production of the musical Nine. -i know. >> you can't say gun, knife, strangulation. and i remember telling him no. She compiled a list of the missing not all of whom have been found, raising concern there might be more victims. and was he still at work? Starting tonight at 8 p.m., NBC will air a special two-hour "Dateline" episode dealing with the notorious West Mesa Murder Mystery. -yeah. >> dan, she was i.d. >> she searched for the innocent. "They did an excellent job with our West Mesa murders," said Sgt. On May 21, 2010, Wozniak shot and killed his neighbor, Private First Class Samuel "Sam" Herr, a 26-year-old Afghanistan War veteran, at a Los Alamitos theater. Albuquerque police released photos of unidentified women who may also be linked to the West Mesa murders. >> reporter: though the detectives spent months combing through all the evidence taken from the photographer's office and home, nothing definitive was found. That way if women started disappearing again, there might be more advocates who notice and help in raising concerns, Barber said. MESA, Ariz. - Thirteen days after the shooting death of a 24-year-old Mesa woman, the man suspected of killing her was arrested in Texas, said the Mesa Police Department in a news release on. career. >> i was the only detective in there at the time. >> did you know michelle was pregnant when she disappeared? cinnamon was a name on ida's list. sure is. for all-day, all-night protection. >> looking at everybody. >> tonight they say the search is far from over. City and law enforcement officials have solicited help from the community to solve the West Mesa murders. but the detectives knew simply finding the bones in the first place had been an incredibly lucky break. that way, again, so if i were doing a different process or if i was looking at something specific, i needed to know that i didn't have the eyes of america in that hole with me. it was a bit of frontier justice for montoya, who was about to literally get away with murder. >> reporter: as you will soon see, timing, both perfect and not so perfect, will play a critical part in the story we're about to show you. Ross would soon discover that 11 dead bodies, now known as the West Mesa Murders, lay beneath. >> he may be waiting in some other community to start doing the same thing again. long. Case 27: The West Mesa Bone Collector. All of the women were Latina and all were from New Mexico, except Syllannia Edwards, who was African American and from Oklahoma. but years later his death would be just as tough a break for detectives investigating the bodies found on the west mesa. >> reporter: then came seven. easy. in late january 2010, nearly a year after the first bones were discovered on albuquerque's west mesa, the last set of remains was matched to another name on ida's list. December 2006. The most notorious mass murder in Ohio's history happened on the night of April 21, 2016 in rural Pike County. Looking back what has changed for women on the streets?". they deal with all kinds. for ida walking through this bone yard felt as if she were watching a horror movie unfold in real time. >> yeah. 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: 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. it turns out that even though that evidence was long gone by the time those bones were discovered in 2009 a bird's eye view was precisely the perspective investigators needed. gave her 20 bucks. >> investigators are looking for connections. detective ida lopez, who would later make it her mission to find michelle and the other missing women, was on medical leave at the time. clustered within 20 yards of each other. Getty Stock Images . They found rope and electrical tape during the search. so you can move more. 'd, and it was her, and they found, you know, she was pregnant. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. young hispanic women with arrest records for drugs or prostitution. whatever else draws that connection to him. high school, college. he has pics of you on his phone. southwestern summer heat begins to ease hot air balloons rise like spring flowers over albuquerque and the surrounding desert. >> i'm still right down the middle of the fairway on this, right? She alerted the police, and Ray was arrested. >> right. >> i don't believe so. it's not the pretty woman. "Here is that mark of 10 years. and i said, look, i'm not running you. >> i find a girl with the same background. I have a friend who was in a relationship with one Adrian P. Trujillo. >> that really sends a chill up and down your spine. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com. However, the West Mesa murders might have changed that in Albuquerque. >> what about those last seven girls? all the remains. and the women who work its. it led them to a dead end. she says, "i have some bad news for you." whenever a lost soul was found. >> 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. our daughters. Syllania Edwards, a 15-year-old runaway from Lawton, Oklahoma, was the only African American, and the only victim from out of state. >> what'd the police tell you? Ida Lopez was unable to solve the case she was so closely attached to before her retirement and relocation in 2014. [23], In December 2010, convicted Colorado serial killer Scott Lee Kimball stated that he was being investigated for the West Mesa murders, but he denied killing the women.[24]. those two files would mark the beginning of the biggest case in her career and would turn into pabarmis.markintos most heinouy crime stories. by now dan was emerging as the videographer and de facto spokesman for the families. >> i would tell them every single day we're one day closer to finding your daughter. With a similar history as Blea, Lorenzo Montoya was known to pick up prostitutes and assault them. He even beat his girlfriend, who said he threatened to kill me and bury me in lime. In 2006, Montoya met up with a dancer whom he strangled to death. maybe we ought to, you know, be a little more proactive. and the baby. "It's really a sad and horrible anniversary," said Christine Barber, executive director of Street Safe New Mexico, a nonprofit that seeks to boost safety for women who live and work on Albuquerque streets. you know, it's stuff you read about. and there's a foot chase. in 2006, years after being caught in the act of choking one prostitute, lorenzo montoya was caught in the company of a dead one. >> so you get lucky. he's a photographer. i find her months later. not all those questions have been answered as of yet. >> whatever the killer's permanent address, those satellite photos were a huge break because they told police. He choked her to death, and when the woman's boyfriend/pimp came looking for her, he shot and killed Montoya. detectives thought they knew about that killer. The toddler peddled a small trike across the couple's driveway and out of view of the camera as Mesaa . An episode of NBC "Dateline" airing Friday will feature the West Mesa murder case. >> okay. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. >> reporter: then came the teen years.me when life started coming at michelle valdez fast and furious. memorial service organized by Street Safe New Mexico. >> that's a possibility. women very often involved in prostitution, it's not uncommon for them to go missing for weeks or months at a time. 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Neither woman was. >> reporter: by the end of 2005 ida had five women on her list who were roughly the same age with similar backgrounds. the mother road's glory days are behind her now. and this desert doesn't give up its secrets easily. bill's back needed a afvacation from his vacation. Investigating a 10-year-old crime where the police think that the victim had it coming theres just no incentive for that.. because savings is as savings does. digging, scraping, sifting. Decades later, the case still remains unsolved. it was tough. He was sentenced to death in September 2016 before California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a moratorium on capital punishment in the state. Barela was last seen at a family gathering, which she and Salazar left for a park on San Mateo and Gibson Boulevard, near the airport. dan valdez, her father, had reported michelle missing six months before ida got the case.c he was the guy who kept the calendar. Police were at a loss. >> possibly the killer? >> reporter: one of those women, safira mora, was found alive and well a few weeks after this story first aired in december 2010. right now the killer, if he's still alive, has plenty of it. >> police have set up a tip line. 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. On february 2, 2009, a woman walking a dog found a human bone on the west mesa of albuquerque, new mexico. >> was the man whose house you served a search warrant on, is he a suspect? >> on the surface seems like a pretty good suspect. >> reporter: based on photographs of the skull and a partial hair weave that was recovered from her grave, the sketch artist imagined that jane doe number 7 must have looked something like this. now that two women from ida's list had been identified, jolene had an idea. They gathered information from grieving families and locals, which helped clear up when the victims were last seen but not how they died. It would appear the killings stopped after his death. all you can do is bring them up, nurture them, show them love, attention, appreciation. so you feel refreshed. because deep within your skin an overly sensitive immune system could be the cause. There are also photos of possible missing women that are connected to the case. >> a third one. could be others. >> we had gotten a call from a family friend of ours that i grew up with, and you know, i pick up the phone and she's like, oh, my gosh, i'm sorry about your sister. it's a mystery their families th still struggle to understand. >> was it possible ida lopez's list was just the tip of the iceberg? and now on the cusp of young adulthood michelle looked gaunt. >> so many young women missing. >> reporter: it would become a close working relationship based on frequent phone calls and mutual admiration. with the investigation now focused on finding a serial killer, ida thought back to her late-night chats with the women of the war zone. >> reporter: cops call this section of central avenue the war zone. she said, "no, don't tell me that. Dubbed the West Mesa Murders, they sparked a frenzy of investigations, interrogations, and media attention, but despite the best efforts of police to bring whoever was responsible to justice, the crimes remain unsolved to this day. >> reporter: by now the street alongside the desert crime scene was a media encampment, where reporters were predictably live at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00. sometimes reporting details that crime scene commander paul feist preferred to keep secret. that they're actually doing okay. Apparently he had made numerous comments about abducting prostitutes from the New Mexico state fair and taking them to his mother's property on the outskirts of ABQ. it was all just unverifiable street talk, the kind ida lopez had heard before. Many had gone into sex work or had run away from home years before they died. except for one thing. advil pm silences pain, and you sleep the whole night. Mesa and their son were shot outside their home, their son was only injured. Wozniak came under suspicion after he instructed a sixteen-year-old, Wesley Freilich, to withdraw money from Herr's accounts. >> definitely. but is it true? but ever since her early days in uniformed patrol, ida lopez has called them her girls. too many people in pain settle for. >> reporter: in february, five months after michelle was last seen, dan went down to the albuquerque police station and formally reported his daughter missing. >> it's more than just a few. Investigators have said that nearly all the West Mesa victims, who were between the ages of 15 and 32, worked as prostitutes . their lifestyle has been with drugs. it's a lot of sifting and actually in the dirt. She was released from jail sometime in 2019.[12][13]. 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. Ida Lopez previously appeared on Dateline in an episode on the West Mesa tragedy which aired in December, 2010. -good luck, everybody. it was a fetus. On . nexgard. starts help healwith -hi!mplewithin. an amusement park so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. >> did you ask her where she heard that? 12-year-old daughter, angelica. >> it's a lot of people. 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. >> reporter: no witnesses. i mean, that's not exactly, you know, the premier detective job. >> reporter: a time frame, 2003 to early 2005, and 11 sets of bones. 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. >> 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. >> i start going out there and talking to the girls. >> reporter: the detectives needed a solid tip. >> i just always felt that they were going to be together. ask your eczema specialist about dupixent. >> reporter: but what kind of man is capable of killing is disposing of 11 women without somebody noticing something. glad i could help. he's just an individual that came to our attention that we had to follow through. Way to go ABQ district attorney.. http://www.rrobserver.com/news/article_2d7213ea-a0dc-11e3-aa48-001a4bcf887a.html, Do you have a YouTube link to it? a thigh bone had been found out on albuquerque's west mesa. Summary: Josh Mankiewicz puts the focus on the mysteries surrounding the West Mesa Murders, an unsolved case of 11 female bodies discovered in a desert graveyard near Albuquerque in 2009. but occasionally she was able to do some pruning. >> we all had a common denominator. [17] In June 2018, more bones were found near the site of the burials, but these were later determined to be ancient and not related to the West Mesa murders. Combing the undeveloped West Mesa near 118th Street SW, detectives spent weeks uncovering all 11 graves. Ultimately, a lack of evidence failed to pin the murders on Blea, who is serving a 90-year sentence for sexual assault cases from the 1980s and 1990. believe it! >> right. Where do those women congregate. >> she ran up ahead of me, and she was messing with something on the ground. one woman determined to find them. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 55 is a suggestion. what if jane doe number 7 was just the first of many victims the grave digger brought to the, west mesa from somewhere else? Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Snapped Murdered by Morning An Unexpected Killer Snapped: Killer Couples Final Moments Living with a Serial Killer Buried in the Backyard Killer Relationship with. The graves held the remains of two teens and nine adults, one of whom, 22-year-old Gina Michelle Valdez, was four months pregnant when she died. When her boyfriend arrived, he shot and killed Montoya. licking, scratching, scooting, and rubbing may be signs of allergic itch, a medical condition that may require fast-acting, prescription apoquel. The former fiance of a California theater actor who murdered an Afghanistan War veteran and his friend in 2010 was convicted Wednesday of lying to police in an attempt to protect him from. do not use in breeding, pregnant or lactating dogs. The west mesa murders are the killings of eleven women whose remains were found buried in 2009 in the desert on the west mesa of albuquerque, new mexico, united states.several suspects have been named, but none were arrested or charged. but the police who arrived at the scene shortly after nightfall soon determined that this was no ancient artifact. but once -- once, you know, we had that bond, me and angelica,e it was nice. >> and nobody would be the wiser. any signs that the women knew each other. what's going on out here? According to A&E, Jaramillo and a woman named Christine Barber founded an organization to protect sex workers in New Mexico after the discovery of the West Mesa victims in 2009. >> at one point syllania had been arrested up in the denver area for prostitution, going by a different name at the time. A North Miami woman bent on revenge was convicted Wednesday of gunning down the ex-business partner she blamed for the murder of her alleged drug-dealer husband. >> and just depending on where they're at, you wouldn't even see them up there. >> reporter: and for albuquerque's homicide detectives there was the most pressing question of all. YouTube/KOATThe West Mesa murders have yet to be solved. She also told them that he threatened "to kill me and bury me in lime.". >> reporter: ida lopez began this case with the mantra that everybody counts. we have to look into it. According to the Albuquerque Journal, it all began when a woman out for a walk with her dog in a part of the city known as the West Mesa made a grisly discovery in February 2009. i love you, hon. >> it's like being in a race and somebody has a year ahead start. As a result of the subsequent police investigation, authorities discovered the remains of 11 women and girls[8] and a fetus buried in the area. the killer, whoever he was, and police naturally assumed the killer was male, had a five-year head start.
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