it was comforting that it didn t just happen to me. reporter: six weeks after the digging began out on the west mesa, even more sets of remains were identified. and sure enough, they too were names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women knew each other. 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. all of the victims buried out on the west mesa were buried naked, with no clothing on. it was a problem. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. reporter: caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to
sometimes reporting details that crime scene commander paul fiest preferred to keep secret. all of the victims buried out in the west mesa were barried naked with no clothing on. it was a problem. there were things we wanted to keep very secret, things we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly and there were processes that posed a concern. caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to prevent key details from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clawed tip lines, commander feist found himself scheduling excavation work in the off hours when he knew cameras would not be looking over his shoulder. i needed to know where they were all the time. that way 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.
names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women knew each other. 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. all of the victims buried out on the west mesa were buried with no clothing on. it was a problem. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. reporter: caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to prevent key details from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clogged tiplines, commander feist found himself scheduling sensitive excavation
mesa, even more sets of remains were identified. and sure enough, they too were names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women knew each other. 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. all of the victims buried out on the west mesa were buried naked, with no clothing on. it was a problem. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. reporter: caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to prevent key details from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clogged tip lines,
clothing on. it was a problem. there were things we wanted to keep very secret, things we didn t want releaseded. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly and there were processes that posed a concern. caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to prevent key details from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clawed tip lines, commander feist found himself scheduling excavation work in the off hours when he knew cameras 0 not be looking over their shoulder. i needed to know where they were all the time. if i was doing a different process, looking at something