because deep within your skin an overly sensitive immune system could be the cause. but i get to say this is where she's at. >> when you ask them how many bad dates have you had? Her skeletal remains were found at a construction site in the West Mesa area of Albuquerque in February, along with the bodies of many other victims. to this day faded photos of women on her list hang on her wall, alongside a line of scripture that reads, "nothing is hidden, except to be revealed." I think there's a Disappeared episode relating to it as well. >> mommy's not a grownup anymore -- i mean, a teenager anymore. i sent it to my sister, who's a nurse. (vo) you earned it, we're here to make sure you get it. clustered within 20 yards of each other. Several arrests and convictions in El Paso, Texas, indicated that Albuquerque is part of a broader sex trafficking route that includes the states of Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as the Mexican city of Juarez. it's a lot of sifting and actually in the dirt. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. >> so this guy takes photographs of the part of town that you're sort of looking at. >> university of north texas identified jamie barela through dna. and then i'm thinking, okay, is it somebody that's nice at picking them up? Police have offered a $100,000 reward for anyone offering evidence leading to the discovery of the person the media came to call the West Mesa Bone Collector. the hardest part of this whole thing is having to go to somebody's house and say we. >> reporter: they call it tough love. >> reporter: many who lost friends and relatives to the west mesa grave digger are convinced there could still be someone somewhere who knows something. >> 35 to 50? her face bore the kind of sores that suggested she'd been hitting the crack pipe.ug >> when did you notice things were going wrong? there were whole bunches of them. so, let's make this the summer of loving your gut. TV Archive In addition to Barela, Edwards, Salazar, and Valdez, they are: Monica Candelaria, 22; Victoria Chaves, 26; Virginia Cloven, 24; Cinnamon Elks, 32; Doreen Marquez, 24; Julie Nieto, 24; Veronica Romero, 28. Albuquerque's unknown Serial Killer | Real Life Monsters >> when they told us that they had a young black girl, i thought, i didn't have a young black girl on my list. >> are truckers a particular problem? you know, maybe we ought to run that list. >> we were always bumping heads. We'll do better next time, I promise! >> 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. >> investigators are looking for connections. After more than five years of court proceedings, Wozniak went to trial and was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder. bill's back needed a afvacation from his vacation. dateline west mesa murders. that. Joplin man says he has been cleared of suspicion in serial murders After two trials, killer of Colorado mom of three with secret life appeals conviction Lester Jones was found guilty of kidnapping and murder in December 2016. 's criminal investigations unit, says the department chased leads all over the country, from texas, where a woman with profile similar to those of the west mesa women-v also gone missing. do you need anything? >> she knew that there was events at the house because she'd call and ask if she could borrow $25, she was hungry or whatever. they had the big telescoping lenses. >> reporter: six weeks after the digging began out on the west mesa, even more sets of remains were identified. so help heal your skin from within, with dupixent. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. Daniel Wozniak, the California theater actor accused of beheading his neighbor, Army vet Sam Herr, and his friend Juri "Julie" Kibuish, in Costa Mesa six years ago, is the focus of Dateline NBC tonight. Thats why the West Mesa killer was able to do it, she said Christine Barber, the head of Safe Streets New Mexico, a non-profit that helps get women off the streets. most common side effects are vomiting and diarrhea. >> 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. >> it was a problem. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, a severe reaction. Dateline Extra : MSNBCW - Internet Archive serial killer to catch but also because one set of remains was about to upset everything. One bears a. >> reporter: but some do. you're lying to me. >> did you notice when the girls were going missing? can you make it look like i'm holding it? She released her statement through Young Women United, a nonprofit where she helps with programs geared toward assisting women in need. so far all the remains identified had been names on ida lopez's list of missing women. but what can you do?te you can't be with them 24/7. other times because she simply didn't show up. Neither woman was. >> she ran up ahead of me, and she was messing with something on the ground. >> i want to talk to you. where did she come from? Ominously, Montoya was holding a flashlight when he died while his victim was wrapped in a blanket near his SUV. In May 2010, Wozniak killed his neighbor and friend, Private First Class Samuel Eliezer "Sam" Herr, and Herr's friend, Juri "Julie" Kibuishi, as part of a plan to frame Herr for Kibuishi's murder and steal his combat pay. Show Transcript. The mysteries surrounding the West Mesa Murders, an unsolved case of 11 female bodies discovered in a desert graveyard near Albuquerque in 2009. So she took a picture of it and texted her sister. only activia has billions of our live and active probiotics. >> i started looking into the missing and exploited children's website and was able to search through as many african-american females that matched the possible stature, where they might have been when they went missing. >> reporter: at 14 most kids rightfully think their best years are ahead of them. >> reporter: but what kind of man is capable of killing is disposing of 11 women without somebody noticing something. see a vehicle pick this girl up. that they're actually doing okay. By Vanessa R Martinez / NM News Port / It's now been ten years since the bodies of 11 women were found buried on the West Mesa of Albuquerque. Tonight's episode of Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 will have Josh Mankiewicz narrate the story of the dedicated detective Ida Lopez, who is still working on these decade-old cases to help the victims and their families find some form of justice. so, let's make this the summer of loving your gut. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, you feel like you're itching all the time. >> do you think we're dealing with one guy here? and a few hold hazy satellite images of tire tracks on the desert sand. 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. According to the Albuquerque Police Department, something didn't sit right with Christine Ross when her dog Ruca found a bone on their walk in the West Mesa. i know in my heart i didn't do the right thing, but i knew that the common sense of my brain said that i had to. except for one tantalizing tidbit. The process repeated itself in more or less the same way about five years later. A&E reported how the group burial had all the hallmarks of a serial killer's actions.According to the Associated Press, February 2, 2022, marked the 13th . it was so much going through my. but other than that it seemed that, you know, that she was on the up and up and that she was doing -- doing what she could, in her power, and the time that she had to go out and -- out to the streets. Street Safe was founded in 2009, aiming to ensure volunteers kept a steady presence in an area along Historic Route 66 while handing out clothing and other products each Friday. sometimes because she avoided z the camera. Albuquerque murder mystery: Who is the West Mesa killer? Call the 118th Street Task Force at 1-877-765-8273 or (505) 768-2450. Janepsy Carballo, Woman Serving Life Sentence in Revenge Killing [12] Michelle Valdez was four months pregnant at the time of her death.[13]. West Mesa murders subject of two-hour Dateline tonight - Blogger >> i really thought he could be her killer. Authorities Offer $100,000 Reward for Leads in Murder of 11 Women but knew it was reality. on July 20, 2019. thank you for being here with us. >> thin, wired out, strung out maybe. no fingerprints. >> reporter: it had to be someone local, investigators assumed. Murder. spots that weren't there before. Ida Lopez previously appeared on Dateline in an episode on the West Mesa tragedy which aired in December, 2010. do not use if you are allergic to dupixent. >> it's kind of eerie looking at those satellite photos. Mesa and their son were shot outside their home, their son was only injured. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision. >> he may be waiting in some other community to start doing the same thing again. >> i think they're trick candles. site flooded the new neighborhoods that surrounded it. i'm just a normal person. Victims of the West Mesa Murders - Albuquerque Journal you need to stop and smell the roses of savings. Police on Long Island, New York, have released the name of a previously unidentified victim linked to the notorious Gilgo Beach murders. >> reporter: for medical investigator wendy honeyfield the bones of jane doe number 7 and her pink-tipped acrylic nails were a beguiling puzzle. have a good weekend and have a good night from what is our nbc news head quarters here in new york. >> daddy, can i have something to eat now? and that didn't take that part away, that she was still somebody's little girl. there could be others. The tragic truth was that sex workers made for easy targets, and are often distanced from relatives while communities are blind to their disappearance. at 13 michelle became pregnant. Her organization recently gathered the notes from the women it meets with weekly. >> you can't. >> it's a cold case. What appeared to be a human bone was just the beginning. >> we all had a common denominator. a money-making spectacle that draws tourists from all over the world to albuquerque for one week in october. 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. a growing list of suspects. Blea's wife and daughter claimed to have found jewelry and female underwear that didn't belong to them in their home, and police confirmed this after they searched his home eight months into the West Mesa investigation. she hunted the guilty. probably familiar with the prostitution trade. >> it's like being in a race and somebody has a year ahead start. >> reporter: by the end of 2005 ida had five women on her list who were roughly the same age with similar backgrounds. The West Mesa Murders City of Albuquerque The 11 victims whose remains were discovered at the West Mesa site in 2009. Sorry! though she's not on the street as much these days, she is still busy working missing persons cases. had been booked. >> it's kind of eerie looking at those satellite photos. University of Idaho murders on 'Dateline' 2-hour special "You have to know people, their names and what they look like to know people are missing," she said. then four. After two trials, killer of Colorado mom of three with secret life >> reporter: desiree gonzalez says she used to hang out on these streets and says she knew several of the missing women and had also heard those same rumors. Reporter Josh Mankiewicz reports from Albuquerque on the story that made national headlinesthe discovery of 11 female bodies buried on the city's West Mesa. all the bones. squeeze me like you've never squeezed me before. >> we really can't say why. [26][27] Blea had women's underwear and jewellery not belonging to his wife or daughter in his home and allegedly told a cellmate that he had hired the West Mesa victims, who he called "trashy". help heal your skin from within. you know, it's not what you see in vegas. The Turner Report: Dateline traces West Mesa serial killings - Blogger michelle's -- michelle and cinnamon were stabbed and buried on the west mesa. Although Montoya fit the description, the West Mesa serial killer remains unidentified. but michelle eventually dropped out of school.mi for a while she tried to support herself and angelica with a series of minimum wage jobs but couldn't make ends meet. >> i would tell them every single day we're one day closer to finding your daughter. >> -- your daughter's a prostitute. >> reporter: though the detectives spent months combing through all the evidence taken from the photographer's office and home, nothing definitive was found. >> that's a possibility. 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. Although the murders stopped after that, police have unfortunately not been able to say without a doubt that Montoya was the serial killer known as the West Mesa Bone Collector. so help heal your skin from within, with dupixent. >> and if he is, it may only be a matter of time. but she kept coming up empty. in albuquerque, where the old highway becomes central avenue, the city's decidedly down-scaled drug and prostitution trade flourishes. the next time anyone heard anything about syllania, she was here in this makeshift grave site outside albuquerque, sharing it with ten other women she never knew in life but will be forever linked with in death. [19][21], In August 2010, police searched several properties in Joplin, Missouri associated with local photographer and businessman Ron Erwin in connection with the West Mesa cases. you know, it's stuff you read about. >> reporter: before long michelle valdez stopped showing up in her father's videos. i know and i'm comfortable with the fact that they identified her as my daughter. Known as the West Mesa killings, the victims' deaths have resulted in no arrests, despite the massive homicide investigation police launched after discovering the makeshift graves. >> reporter: the fact is dan valdez had been recording his. Between 2001 and 2005, 11 women were buried by an unknown assailant in an arroyo bank on Albuquerque's West Mesa, in an undeveloped area within city limits. The crime episode will also show how the murder of another man named Ilan Nissim is connected to this case. Going to listen. -you're not even enrolled in this class. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please . >> 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. >> reporter: sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. and for them. missing persons were attractive women in their 20s, with arrest records for drugs and prostitution.r both had seemingly vanished without a word to friends or relatives. Despite the jewelry, underwear, and other evidence that appeared to connect him to the case including the testimony of a former cellmate who said that Blea claimed to have known and hired the West Mesa victims and called them "trashy" police have still been unable to conclusively tie him to the murders. so they'll move from albuquerque to phoenix to las vegas to los angeles and maybe not return on that circuit for several years. In 2009, the bodies of 11 women were found in multiple shallow graves on the West Mesa of Albuquerque but the cases remain unsolved. The West Mesa Bone Collector 11.63 MBDanelle Hallan Download Mp3 The West Mesa Bone Collector 16.3 MBThat Chapter. and detective ida lopez, who'd had their names on her list of missing women. >> a third one. there's no way. >> there were numerous rumors out there that certain individuals had killed several of them, and then one in particular had been killed by drug dealers. missing persons, you know, was busy. all of her other victims were local. Please logout and login again. and i said, look, i'm not running you. ROBERT BROWMAN. >> did you ask her where she heard that? Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. Theories? >> and that's more than just a few guys. >> reporter: by the end of that year ida's list had grown to more than a dozen women. -keith used to be great to road-trip with. All of the women, except 15-year-old Jamie Barela, had one thing in common: They were all involved in drugs and sex work. >> there's a dad who had a calendar. >> the tv show "america's most wanted" was also at the crime scene today filming for next weekend's episode on the west mesa mystery. i never wanna hear you say no, kevin no, kevin! Although they have had several suspects, two of whom seemed to fit the description quite well, they have yet to find compelling evidence to close the case. It's no secret. >> the numbers grew. >> reporter: over the years ida's career blossomed. -what a sign, huh? [8][9], After repeatedly lying to police, Wozniak finally confessed. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. The fact that all but one of the victims had links to sex work initially helped guide the police investigation for the serial killer they dubbed the West Mesa Bone Collector. But not even FBI profilers were able to find the killer. this photo, taken the following year, shows even more bare spots. In a major plot twist, as they were about to be married, one had something to confess and the other dealt with the fallout. >> all the stars aligned. when a stolen car rap in arizona landed michelle in jail, dan says he bailed her out and pleaded with her to change her ways. >> in death as in life? "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. -oh, a plaque. in 2006, years after being caught in the act of choking one prostitute, lorenzo montoya was caught in the company of a dead one. >> no. do you know -- -room 303. >> yes. to her ending up out here. All they ever found, however, were the bones and DNA of 11 people. 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. >> she's like a lot of other cases that we had skeletal remains that come in. Police also saw him stalking sex workers after the West Mesa murders. No one noticed they were gone.. i used to live actually behind there when i was in college. Deadly House of Cards Air Date: September 16, 2011 tbd >> reporter: whether in costume for a school play, dressed up for her first communion, or showing a budding interest in boys. and you never know how your skin will look. >> it was breaking angelica's. >> lorenzo montoya. I have a friend who was in a relationship with one Adrian P. Trujillo. >> this in a way suggests that maybe there are women out there who aren't on any list. albuquerque police were looking at the evolving work of a serial killer. Victims' families weren't involved in planning the event, but relatives who attend will be asked to speak if they wish, said Barber. now, more than five years after the discovery of bones on the west mesa, albuquerque police are certain of only one thing. Download Dateline The Collector MP3 - Gaanamusic.live >> i told michelle she couldn't come over. activia. In 2005, she was handed two missing persons files including missing 25-year-old Michelle Valdez,. for the moments that mattered most to her daughter, angelica. an amusement park so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. and i remember telling him no. then five. >> i thought this could be it, yeah. im i remember that. it was a bit of frontier justice for montoya, who was about to literally get away with murder. you don't have a school schedule or work schedule, that sort of thing. According to New Mexico State University, the FBI has investigated long-haul truck drivers as suspects in murders of sex workers along major highways, and authorities have reason to believe that Edwards was one such victim. In one case, there was a DNA sample but the rape test kit was not re-tested until 2010, eventually linking Blea to the rape. but for ida lopez the discovery and identification of seven women from her list meant that years of careful detective work were finally paying off. >> and you thought, this is it. we had them in the air. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. You can also watch Dateline Mystery on demand at Apple TV. okay? >> it's desert. >> there's nothing to connect lorenzo montoya to those 11 bodies? memorial service organized by Street Safe New Mexico. 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. >> it was real hard because you know, i'd be circling the block. they came up with their profile of who they thought we were looking for, including that profile was a white male. The upcoming episode, titled Somebody's Daughter, will air on Oxygen on Tuesday, July 12, at 8:00 PM ET. I watched that Dateline Re-Run last night. Two years later a local family of four, the Wagners, are arrested and charged with the crimes. you know, my husband's got young kids to take care of. All went missing between 2003 and 2005. Starting tonight at 8 p.m., NBC will air a special two-hour "Dateline" episode dealing with the notorious West Mesa Murder Mystery. do not use if you are allergic to dupixent. According to the Albuquerque Journal, Blea was no stranger to the parts of the city where sex work is known to take place. anybody that was arrested for prostitution, criminal solicitation, anything like. her name was syllania edwards. >> and i can understand it. but at the time it was routine low priority policework. definitely. >> i just always felt that if you find one you're going to find them all. (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 . Daniel Wozniak (murderer) 1 language Talk Read Edit View history Daniel Patrick Wozniak (born March 23, 1984) is a former American community theatre actor who was convicted of two counts of murder in September 2016. Investigating a 10-year-old crime where the police think that the victim had it coming theres just no incentive for that.. but her presence in the west mesa bone yard raised a troubling prospect. "Here is that mark of 10 years. >> could never trace it back. Plot Twist: With Lester Holt, Josh Mankiewicz, Julie Kibuishi, Sam Herr. 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. and i don't have phone records. >> reporter: this killer had seemingly left nothing behind but a pile of dry bones. SERIAL KILLER: The West Mesa Serial Killer - Crime Junkie - iHeart within days evidence of one body, had become evidence of two. Female sex workers are far more likely to be the victims of violent crimes like rape and murder, but communities do not tend to take notice of such cases in the same way as when women from other parts of society are affected. There's no question Stephen did it: But was he. >> did you know michelle was pregnant when she disappeared? -what teach here isn't telling you is that snapshot rewards safe drivers with discounts on car insurance. they pick up a lot of girls. >> reporter: though both dan and camille valdez believe michelle's killer is still alive, dan prefers these days to dwell on the things he knows for sure. valdez had been virtually invisible to everyone in albuquerque. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. no dna. >> it was growing, and i had kidney cancer. Paige Birgfeld: Missing Mom Living Double Life Was Murdered - Heavy.com that nobody really ever sees. >> homicidal violence. She compiled a list of the missing not all of whom have been found, raising concern there might be more victims. >> reporter: it was that kind of gut reaction that led detectives to joplin, missouri in august of 2010. it was a fetus. but you know what? The serial murders of 11 women in the West Mesa area of Albuquerque will be featured in a two-hour edition of NBC's Dateline tonight. >> i got to know a lot of them. 12th Anniversary of West Mesa Murder Discovery - The Paper. -ahhh. >> definitely. so you feel refreshed. because deep within your skin an overly sensitive immune system could be the cause. >> i just always felt that they were going to be together. If you have any information about the West Mesa murders, or about other missing women related to this case, Albuquerque Police have a dedicated hotline. all you can do is bring them up, nurture them, show them love, attention, appreciation. Albuquerque police spokesperson Tanner Tixier stated that she returned in 2015 to continue working on the unsolved case. >> reporter: dan knew about the drugs and twice got her to agree to enter rehab.ug but michelle never showed up.nt increasingly there were run-ins with the law. >> several of these victims were missing for months before anyone reported them missing. now that two women from ida's list had been identified, jolene had an idea. After learning about the West Mesa murders, read about the gruesome cult sacrifice of Mark Kilroy. In the preceding decades he had tortured and killed around 40 other women, and Jaramillo knows her fate would have been the same had she not escaped. He said. you know, it seems like they knew or something. women very often involved in prostitution, it's not uncommon for them to go missing for weeks or months at a time. s >> father all over again. it's a mystery their families th still struggle to understand. there were still seven missing women who fit the profile on ida lopez's list. everyone? She was convinced he was the West Mesa killer. According to the TV program, FBI profilers told Albuquerque police that the killer was a white or Hispanic male in his 30s. at first some of them were hesitant.