sandy desert floor below. 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. it turns out that even though that evidence was long gone by the time those bones were discovered in 2009 a bird s eye view was precisely the perspective investigators needed. to start their search for a killer. 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. reporter: this is what albuquerque police chief ray schultz says investigators saw when they looked at old pictures of the mesa. in this 2002 image of the area where the bones were discovered there s nothing unusual. just desert and sage brush with a dry stream bed running through it. but two years later, in 2004, when most of the women on
sandy desert floor below. but if one of them had during the 2003 or 2004 festival, they might have actually seen evidence of a murderer moonlighting as a grave digger. it turns out that even though that evidence was long gone by the time those bones were discovered in 2009, a bird s eye view was precisely the perspective investigators needed to start their search for a killer. when you see the satellite photos and you see the scarring on the desert floor, knowing what we know now, very obvious they look like graves. this is what they saw when they looked at old pictures of the mesa. in this 2002 image of the area where the bones were discovered, there s nothing unusual, just desert and brush with a dry spring bed running through it.
southwestern summer heat begins to ease hot air balloons rise like spring flours over albuquerque and the surrounding desert. it s the city s annual balloon fiesta. a money making spectacle that draws tourists from all over the world to albuquerque for one week in october. it s unlikely that any of the balloonests who float out over the west mesa area spend much time studying the details of the sandy desert below. but if any of them have, they might have seen evidence of a murderer moonlighting as a grave digger. it turns out that even though that evidence was long gone by the time those bens were discovered in 2009, a bird s eye view was precisely the perspective investigators needed to start their search for a killer. when you see those satellite