In 2006 there were reportedly dirt trails leading from his trailer park to the site. Due to the 2008 housing bubble collapse, development on the West Side halted before housing could be built at the burial site. >> reporter: commander feist, who tried to keep the local press at arm's length during the excavation, finally allowed them to cross under the yellow tape and onto crime scene, along with crews from "america's most wanted." help heal your skin from within. 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 mysteries surrounding the West Mesa Murders, an unsolved case of 11 female bodies discovered in a desert graveyard near Albuquerque in 2009. you know, my husband's got young kids to take care of. They had picked him up in 1998 when he offered an undercover cop $40 for sex. >> we would just love to have the opportunity to interview him and treat him just like any of the other individuals we're looking at in this case. her future seemed assured. i mean he's a wreck without me. and we know a few that have a, history of murdering the girls who frequent the truck stops. i love you, hon. so he's going to have close contact with these people. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. 13 years later, Albuquerque Police have never officially or publicly named suspects in the case. when had i last seen her? >> a few years before the first body was found a colleague of mine and i had heard about a list of women that were missing. >> reporter: an impromptu. but it was what had happened next that really focused the detectives' attention. >> 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. all i want to know is a timeline. Dateline: Unforgettable airs every Tuesday on Oxygen at 8:00 PM ET. >> reporter: it was that kind of gut reaction that led detectives to joplin, missouri in august of 2010. Globe staff photographer Ron Erwin would like to shed the suspected serial killer tag. Genres In a major plot twist, as they were about to be married, one had something to confess and the other dealt with the fallout. >> a college campus gripped by fear. >> reporter: dan may have had. -take a selfie of you? >> did you notice when the girls were going missing? >> a suspect caught in the act. Dateline NBC - Google Podcasts paws down. Crime. >> and whatever you tell us, it's no judgment at all. every fall as the. 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. 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. any trucker initiatives or murderers that the fbi sent us we posted on the wall. definitely. >> reporter: sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. not at all. >> frightening. >> reporter: working alone, the detective distributed flyers with the women's pictures at truck stops, convenience stores, even the new mexico state fair. Ida Lopez previously appeared on Dateline in an episode on the West Mesa tragedy which aired in December, 2010. did you know her? Albuquerque police spokesperson Tanner Tixier stated that she returned in 2015 to continue working on the unsolved case. i mean, that's not exactly, you know, the premier detective job. proven better on pain. t and so that gave me an empathy for them on that part, and i thought, wow, this has got to be powerful. eventually, ida and the cold case detective were able to persuade the department to let them form an unofficial task force, where once a month they met with other agencies, including the fbi. 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. -or maybe he didn't know. at night dan drove through the war zone. oh right. Who do they party with? actually, it was my grandfather raised me.ctdehiizedis s co enowas ait wde.lo he was about in his 80s. >> investigators are looking for connections. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said detectives receive hundreds of tips in the case each year, and continue to follow different leads while retesting evidence as DNA and other investigative technology advances. but since he bought his house are you going 45? activia. now, more than five years after the discovery of bones on the west mesa, albuquerque police are certain of only one thing. it's the city's annual balloon fiesta. Albuquerque Police makes new plea for help solving West Mesa murders - KRQE too many people in pain settle for. no fingerprints. remember, 2004 is when almost all of the women found on the west mesa disappeared. >> she was on your list. >> it's a lot of people. 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. shadows prostitutes. except for one tantalizing tidbit. >> the majority of our girls were street-level prostitutes. Who are the dominate males, and lesbians in their Tribe? we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn't want released. >> correct. and ida says, "dan." i miss you, hon. >> he's in the area where the prostitutes frequent. and we got a list of names. A sinister force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of Albuquerque. ", "Controversial Show Starring Accused Los Alamitos Killer to Air", "NBC Dateline | FULL EPISODE: Plot Twist", "Daniel Wozniak, Rachel Buffett: 'Dateline' NBC Follows Plot Twists Of Actor In Bizarre Costa Mesa, California Murder Case", "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 7 episode 10 ("Plot Twist")", "20/20: 'Mystery in Apartment 410' Watch Full Episode", "Daniel Wozniak case: Full story of California double murder investigated on '20/20", "Community actor kills veteran, student for money to bankroll honeymoon", "The Perfect Murder | Watch Full Episodes & More! (vo) you earned it, we're here to make sure you get it. and sometimes you've just got to stop and smell the savings. a detective named ida lopez. and by the summer of 2009 the fbi and the city of albuquerque were offering $100,000 to anyone who could help them catch and convict the man responsible for killing the west mesa women. >> reporter: whether in costume for a school play, dressed up for her first communion, or showing a budding interest in boys. Be the first one to comment on this story. One-on-one with Keith Morrison ahead of Dateline Idaho murders special >> did you see her then? Dateline Extra : MSNBCW - Internet Archive >> like?wr >> the drugs. because deep within your skin an overly sensitive immune system could be the cause. Furthermore, Police encountered Blea nearly 140 times between 1990 and 2009, often in drug-heavy areas that the victims were known to frequent. 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. im i remember that. >> and we will see justice. >> not for you. Search the history of over 797 billion everyone. the drugs. >> no.n' not at all. >> and sometimes they make the i wrong turn or a mistake.ke >> reporter: shortly after her . Wozniak then staged the crime scene to make it appear as though Kibuishi had been sexually assaulted, suggesting that Herr had committed her assault and subsequent murder and then gone on the run. >> the hardest part of this whole thing is having to go to somebody's house and say we found her and she's not alive. The last segment of last night's two-hour exploration of the West Mesa serial murders on NBC's Dateline reviewed the search warrants executed by the Albuquerque and Joplin police departments and the FBI of properties owned by Joplin businessman Ron Erwin. 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. with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, you feel like you're itching all the time. and do you use that profile and rule somebody out just because they're not on that profile? [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". how do you keep feeling your best all summer long? they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. Joseph Blea (left) and Lorenzo Montoya (right). >> are truckers a particular problem? they pick up a lot of girls. >> 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. >> dan, she was i.d. Downtown Albuquerque as seen from the West Mesa. i just could feel all the strength in my body just kind of just drain all of a sudden. Another expresses hope that authorities will find the killer. February 2, 2019 / 12:05 PM Almost no media coverage and the killer was never caught. born to move. that day it fell to 15-year-old camille to fill in for michelle and act as mom. Tonight's Dateline episode entitled Miami Heat will focus on the tragic events that led up to the fatal shooting of Orlando Mesa and 18-month old Noah 'Noa' Mesa, who survived the brutal attack. what if the west mesa grave digger was a prolific transient? drive to a remote location. [4] Blea, in the Mid-School rape case, was sentenced to 36 years in June 2015, at 58 years of age. It's awful what happened to them," Myra Salazar, the mother of 27-year-old victim Evelyn Salazar, said in a statement. >> these are hurting women. [4] In December 2006, Montoya strangled a teenage sex worker to death at his trailer and then was shot to death by the teen's boyfriend. (danny) every day you're nearly fried to a crisp, professionally! In a 2013 interview, Ray Schultz said there was a "conscious shift" in the Albuquerque Police Department to take prostitutes more seriously. and i guess i just kind of wonder whether police and everybody else would have start of stepped up their game a little bit if that had been the case here.