She searched for the innocent. She hunted the guilty. If you find one, youre going to find them all. Welcome to dateline extra. Detectives often hit dead ends that can stop them cold, but for the detective in this story, that ends with another place to start. She had beaten the odds in her own life and now she was determined to beat them on the job using her head and her heart. Here is josh. Sometimes ida lopez simply cant wait for sunday. Sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerque detective feels a pressing need for spiritual solace and divine guidance. The fall of 2005 was one of those times. It was a time when a Sinister Force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexicos largest city. And the devoutly religious detective knew she needed all the help she could get. I think its somebody whos very organized. I think hes been preying on his victims, has a particular victim in mind. Reporter sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. Its the same i