temporary field headquarters so many young women missing one woman determined to find them there s a story to her too. a young woman lucky to b alive. for a lot of people that would be the end to police work. so she searched the numbers grew the families hurt. she says i have some ba news for you under a desert sky a secret waited. this is not happening missing women forgotten by almost everyone but her. i have always felt they wer going to be together if you find one you ll fin them, all. sometimes ida lopez simpl can t wait for sunday. sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerqu detective feels a pressing nee for spiritual solace and divin guidance the fall of 2005 was one o those times. it was a time when a siniste force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexico s largest city. and the devoutly religious detective knew she needed al the help she could get i think it s somebody who s very organized i think he s been preying on
particular had been killed b drug dealers were all the victims killed the same way we believe so can you tell me what that is? no. homicidal violence. you can t say gun, knife, strangulation. you re keeping that quie because you don t want somebod to confess to this who didn do it. that s correct. that s why we re staying wit homicidal violence okay. homicidal violence. there was no shortage of names on the police list of potentia suspects who were capable of that but one name stood out a name and face detectiv babcock knew quite well from a encounter in 1999, when babcoc was working the vice unit in albuquerque. the vice unit was watching particular prostitute. see a vehicle pick this girl up drive to a remote location we approached the vehicle, ope the door, the first words ou of this girl s mouth, who s known prostitute, was that h was trying to kill her and the man in the car was? lorenzo montoya lorenzo montoya, a short, powerfully built man in his 30 wh
there was no shortage of names on the police list of potentia suspects who were capable of that but one name stood out a name and face detectiv babcock knew quite well from a encounter in 1999, when babcoc was working the vice unit in albuquerque. the vice unit was watching particular prostitute. see a vehicle pick this girl up drive to a remote location we approached the vehicle, ope the door, the first words ou of this girl s mouth, who s known prostitute, was that h was trying to kill her and the man in the car was? lorenzo montoya lorenzo montoya, a short, powerfully built man in his 30 who was known to have an equally short temper and a taste for prostitutes. babcock says he saw marks on the woman s throat and that sh told him montoya looked like h was enjoying it. did you believe her story yes
equally short temper and a taste for prostitutes. babcock says he saw marks on the woman s throat and that she told him montoya looked like he was enjoying it. did you believe her story? yes. so lorenzo was arrested for charges beyond just patronizing a prostitute. yes, he was. reporter: that felony assault charge against lorenzo montoya went nowhere because the victim later refused to testify. but it was what had happened next that really focused the detectives attention. in 2006, years after being caught in the act of choking one prostitute, lorenzo montoya was caught in the company of a dead one. on the surface seems like a pretty good suspect. yeah. but we don t know if it s him or not. reporter: according to police, montoya lured the woman to his home near the west mesa burial ground. he killed her, wrapped her body
1999 when babcock was working the vice unit in albuquerque. i was actually watching a particular prostitute. see a vehicle pick this girl up, drive to a remote location. we approached the vehicle, opened the door, first words out of this girl s mouth, who s a known prostitute, was that he was trying to kill her. and the man in the car was? lorenzo montoya. lorenzo montoya, a short powerfully built man in his 30s, known to have an equally short temper and a taste for prostitutes. babcock said he saw marks on the woman s throat and that she told him montoya looked like he was enjoying it. did you believe her story? yes. so he was arrested for charges beyond just patronizing a prostitute. yes, he was. that assault charge against lorenzo montoya went nowhere because the victim later refused to testify. but it was what had happened next that really focused the