>> so you get lucky. >> i saw it on tv on february 2nd, when christina ross and her dog ruca was reported on the. >> reporter: that he once had a daughter named michelle who was the light of his life. 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. i am comfortable with the fact that we gave her a proper burial as a human being should be buried. >> not for you. dan valdez, her father, had reported michelle missing six months before ida got the case.c he was the guy who kept the calendar. i said no. Jan 1 2018 34 mins. except their families. all you can do is bring them up, nurture them, show them love, attention, appreciation. i know and i'm comfortable with the fact that they identified her as my daughter. but occasionally she was able to do some pruning. >> reporter: it would become a close working relationship based on frequent phone calls and mutual admiration. Detectives were left with the fact that serial killers move with ease, often vanishing long before their victims are ever found. is that what we're looking at here, is you're interested in seeing what photos this man took and whether he found anything in them? 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. >> homicidal violence. get $100 back when you bring in an eligible phone. maybe he knew where the money was going to go. >> reporter: this is what albuquerque police chief ray schultz says investigators saw. [ soft piano music playing ] mm, uh, what do you do for fun? 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. high school, college. so they'll move from albuquerque to phoenix to las vegas to los angeles and maybe not return on that circuit for several years. That discovery of a single bone led to a months-long dig, as police used DNA and dental records to identify the women and girls. Dateline : MSNBCW : July 20, 2019 12:00am-2:00am PDT - Internet Archive that. Deadly House of Cards Air Date: September 16, 2011 tbd >> reporter: that felony assault charge against lorenzo montoya went nowhere because the victim later refused to testify. >> reporter: of course all that changed once bones started. >> reporter: whether in costume for a school play, dressed up for her first communion, or showing a budding interest in boys. was it all hot air, or did someone with knowledge of the murders mix a kernel of truth into those rumors? cinnamon elks, missing since august of 2004. but even if those rumors were true and human remains were cooling in the desert night on albuquerque's west mesa, the detective knew, it would take a miracle to find them. >> somebody was trying to send a message at some point. West Mesa Murders satellite photos show the undeveloped land where the victims were discovered. it's a mystery their families th still struggle to understand. >> so this guy takes photographs of the part of town that you're sort of looking at. a name and face detective babcock knew quite well from an encounter in 1999, when babcock was working the vice unit in albuquerque. >> what did doctors tell you? City and law enforcement officials have solicited help from the community to solve the West Mesa murders. >> reporter: those were long nights, filled with bittersweet memories of michelle the way she used to be, before the drugs took over. 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. >> it's like a little dark evil city out here. Being a registered nurse, she was able to tell Christine that the bone looked like a human femur, so Christine contacted the police. i just want to know when was the last time you saw her? While the FBI created suspect profiles, Albuquerque police knocked on doors. 12th Anniversary of West Mesa Murder Discovery - The Paper. too many people in pain settle for. (danny) after a long day of hard work you have to do more work? The unsolved case received a lot of attention after that. and the guy goes toward him, and he's tackled by police. Where do those women congregate. >> what'd the police tell you? you know, my husband's got young kids to take care of. tired of seeing him hurt. Valdez was pregnant at the time of her death and her . Somebody's Daughter: With Lester Holt, Ida Lopez, Josh Mankiewicz. i sat in many waiting rooms, and i said, i don't want to know what their sessions were about. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered - Oxygen Official Site h b u te then a third one comes in. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. Police say Wozniak killed combat vet Samuel Eliezer . >> we're looking for people who've had histories of showing, violence against prostitutes. >> he was going to let her stay with us. >> yes. and she wanted to be able to provide them with some answers. However, the West Mesa murders might have changed that in Albuquerque. A 2004 image showed a set of tire tracks leading directly to the area. a restless night's sleep. >> reporter: the total body count stayed at 11 sets of adult remains and one fetus. that's why we're staying with homicidal violence. ready, set, go. Or, died from other indirect causes, including assault, abuse, or homicide, prior to being funeralized; preped for burial? and all but one, a juvenile, had lengthy arrest records for drugs or prostitution. she said, "no, don't tell me that. There hasnt been the degree of public fear and alarm that you might expect. "Dateline NBC" Somebody's Daughter (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb Ida Lopez was unable to solve the case she was so closely attached to before her retirement and relocation in 2014. 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. Please logout and login again. 'Dateline' reveals new details in mysterious murder of successful [5], In an effort to misdirect police and cast blame upon Herr, Wozniak then used Herr's cell phone to text Juri "Julie" Kibuishi, a 23-year-old college student who had been tutoring Herr at Orange Coast College. Part 2 of The Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in New Mexico By 2006, development had encroached on the area, and soon after, the site was disturbed, buried, and platted for residential development. but the mesa, a vast expanse of desert west of town where people frequently dump things they no longer have any use for, was simply too big an area to launch, a search based on just a rumor. The series first aired on July 27, 2009. 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. >> yeah, because based on our experience with crimes of this nature, homicide crimes, when you have multiple offenders, more than one of them, someone's going to talk. All of the women, except 15-year-old Jamie Barela, had one thing in common: They were all involved in drugs and sex work. -good luck, everybody. West Mesa Killer Satellite Image Credits. For our first episode of 2018, we outline the still-unsolved murders of the West Mesa Serial Killer *FYI: We've marked this episode as explicit because there are a couple of f-bombs. >> i would tell them every single day we're one day closer to finding your daughter. it was when the company returned to the site to fix the runoff problem that they inadvertently brought some bones to the surface, where five months later those bones were discovered by christine ross and her dog ruca. we don't know. The mysteries surrounding the West Mesa Murders, an unsolved case of 11 female bodies discovered in a desert graveyard near Albuquerque in 2009. maybe it was me not letting her come back to the house. >> and i said, well, let's gather these families together and let's get to know them. but you know what? but it didn't turn out that way. 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. >> reporter: mostly she just watched it grow. >> reporter: but as erratic as michelle had become in recent years, she'd somehow always managed to show up. >> fbi agents also searched this home. According to the TV program, FBI profilers told Albuquerque police that the killer was a white or Hispanic male in his 30s. FULL EPISODE: Somebody's Daughter. The names of the 11 victims of the West Mesa Murders are: Monica Candelaria, 22 - Her friends told police in 2003 that they heard Monica had been murdered and buried in West Mesa. even thinking about the aerial photos evidence gives me chills to this day. that nobody really ever sees. >> this in a way suggests that maybe there are women out there who aren't on any list. >> and under a desert sky the lost waited to be found. Daniel Wozniak was found guilty of the murders of Sam Herr and Julie Kibuishi. 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. Barela is the only victim who police say wasn't known to have been subjected to sex trafficking. and a few hold hazy satellite images of tire tracks on the desert sand. The authors, advocates say, are women who spend their days in the district with a history of drugs and sex trafficking that many of the victims were known to frequent. at first some of them were hesitant. for police that seemed like a good place to start their search for the killer. it's the city's annual balloon fiesta. a. with xfinity mobile you can bring in your own phone, switch wireless carriers and save hundreds of dollars. All Rights Reserved. >> reporter: and so in july 2005, after a few months of recuperation as a reserve officer, the department offered ida a 20-hour-a-week desk job working missing persons. they pick up a lot of girls. >> 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. 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. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. along with practically every other member of the albuquerque police department and forensic experts from the fbi. backing you. >> reporter: dan immediately called detective ida lopez with the tip. Ive been looking for a cast on yhis case. squeeze me tight. Fifteen-year-old Syllania Edwards was identified as the only Black victim at the site, as well as the only one from out of state. but two years later, in 2004, when most of the women on detective ida lopez's list were disappearing, the images show tire tracks leading from this road to a few bare spots in the vegetation. [4] Blea, in the Mid-School rape case, was sentenced to 36 years in June 2015, at 58 years of age. long. >> reporter: at 14 most kids rightfully think their best years are ahead of them. A sinister force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of Albuquerque. 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. it led them to a dead end. apoquel goes right to the source of itch to provide relief in as little as four hours! Afterwards, Wozniak dismembered Herrs body by removing his limbs and head. she made detective, married, another cop, and started a family. The West Mesa Murders: Is the West Mesa Bone Collector Serial Killer ida went by the book. A sinister force seems to be snatching women off the streets of Albuquerque. >> reporter: for the detectives who were trying to catch a serial killer those remains represented a wild card with staggering implications. the position was there. >> the response was amazing. 10 Years Later: Community Pays Respect For West Mesa Murders She was released from jail sometime in 2019.[12][13]. Ominously, Montoya was holding a flashlight when he died while his victim was wrapped in a blanket near his SUV. pi fr no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. served. That way if women started disappearing again, there might be more advocates who notice and help in raising concerns, Barber said. She was found buried next to her 27-year-old cousin, Evelyn Salazar. Dateline - NBC.com >> even though you knew -- >> even though i knew that it could be going for drugs. >> 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. so you feel refreshed. >> well, they were shocked. Still, authorities have not given up. but she kept coming up empty. Then, learn about six serial killers who were never caught. 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. >> it's desert. >> and i can understand it. The 49 girls and women murdered by Gary Ridgway, the "Green River Killer," in Washington state in the 1980s and '90s didn't receive anywhere near the same level of public attention and sympathy as the college students Ted Bundy murdered in the same state in the 1970s. >> i would tell them we're one day closer to finding your daughter. >> reporter: ida lopez began this case with the mantra that everybody counts. Albuquerqueans dont relate to the victims. >> how'd she look? squeeze me like you've never squeezed me before. but most of the women who worked albuquerque's war zone, fellow travelers who might have helped ida find the missing, were too drug addled to provide useful leads. 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. commander feist knew every scrap of evidence recovered from that gigantic crime scene would have to be cataloged and stored until it came time to prosecute the west mesa grave digger. protection. it's one of those timing issues we told you about earlier. detectives thought they knew about that killer. Dateline covered the murders. >> at one point syllania had been arrested up in the denver area for prostitution, going by a different name at the time. >> 35 to 50? i used to live actually behind there when i was in college. [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. every time he saw her he marked the date down. -they're very tasteful. not just because of what happens but because of what might have been prevented, missed, or altogether avoided. Downtown Albuquerque as seen from the West Mesa. [2] He was found guilty and sentenced to death in September 2016. >> reporter: for medical investigator wendy honeyfield the bones of jane doe number 7 and her pink-tipped acrylic nails were a beguiling puzzle. maybe i did something wrong. it's a quote familiar to detectives everywhere. 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. But most of the other victims vanished with even fewer details. on the Internet. michelle's -- michelle and cinnamon were stabbed and buried on the west mesa. apoquel may increase the chance of developing serious infections and may cause existing parasitic skin infestations or pre-existing cancers to worsen. t and so that gave me an empathy for them on that part, and i thought, wow, this has got to be powerful. >> if these women had been blond, white, and from the right part of town would you guys have sounded the alarm sooner? activia. memories fade, and witnesses disappear, and some just don't, want to be part of it anymore. i got scared. proven better on pain. >> missing women. | Dr. Phil", "Dr. Phil | Actress Accused: Was She an Accessory to Murder? The Bone Collector- 11 bodies were found in the dessert of New Mexico. All of the women were Latina and all were from New Mexico, except Syllannia Edwards, who was African American and from Oklahoma. Wozniak came under suspicion after he instructed a sixteen-year-old, Wesley Freilich, to withdraw money from Herr's accounts. 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. >> did you see her then? She said that people should not lose hope, that there is no statute of limitations on crimes like these, and that the police will work the West Mesa Murders until the case is solved. the first words out of this girl's mouth was that he was trying to kill her. >> i really thought he could be her killer. >> when they told us that they had a young black girl, i thought, i didn't have a black girl on my list. now that's simple, easy, awesome. and this desert doesn't give up its secrets easily. but if one of them had during the 2003 or 2004 festivals, they might have actually seen evidence of a murderer moonlighting as a grave digger. 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. Police had also received a report of domestic violence from Montoya's girlfriend, who claimed he beat her and did "gross things" to her that she didn't want to elaborate on in the report. "Dateline NBC" Plot Twist (TV Episode 2016) - IMDb >> yeah, i think there's no doubt that you're dealing with one guy. that day it fell to 15-year-old camille to fill in for michelle and act as mom. [9] Some of the women appear to be unconscious, and many share the same physical characteristics as the original 11 victims. >> correct. >> i looked up to her for many things. >> reporter: over the years ida's list of the lost had grown to include close to two dozen women who fit the same basic profile -- young drug-addicted hispanic women who were known to wander the gritty streets of albuquerque's war zone. s >> father all over again. Women living a primal lifestyle are tribal. Four crime scenes, thirty-two gunshot wounds, eight members of the Rhoden family left dead in their homes.
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