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
looking for, including tha profile was a white male 35 to 50? your typical profile. lives alone or is away from home for extended periods of time probably had some brush with law enforcement. probably familiar with the prostitution trade yes i m still right down th middle of the fairway on this, right? yes and that s still a lot of people it s a lot of people. and do you use that profile an rule somebody out just because they re not on that profile? you can t no, you can t no. the detectives needed a solid tip. and by the summer of 2009 th fbi and the city of albuquerqu were offering $100,000 t anyone who could help them catch and convict the ma responsible for killing th west mesa women. for the detective who d long maintained that everybod counts, the existence of tha kind of reward was a sign of progress you re asked to cal 1-877 - though the polic tip line with hundreds of call from a trail mix of nuts, kook and the merely misguided detective babcock
your typical profile. lives alone or is away from home for extended periods of time. probably had some brush with law enforcement. probably familiar with the prostitution trade. yes. i m still right down the middle of the fairway on this, right? yes. and that s still a lot of people. it s a lot of people. and do you use that profile and rule somebody out just because they re not on that profile?
35 to 50. your typical profile. lives alone or is away from home for extended periods of time. probably had some brush with law enforcement. probably familiar with the prostitution trade. yes. i m still right down the middle of the fairway on this, right? yes. still a lot of people. it s a lot of people. and do you use that profile and rule somebody out just because they re not on that profile? you can t. no, you can t. no. the detectives needed a solid tip. 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. for the detective who had long maintained that everybody counts, the existence of that kind of reward was a sign of progress. you re asked to call though the police tip line buzzed with hundreds of calls from a trail mix of nuts, cukes
somebody noticing something. fbi s behavioral sciences agents came in, took a look at our crime scene, took a look at what evidence we had. they came up with their profile of who they thought we were looking for, including that profile was a white male. 35 to 50? your typical profile. lives alone or is away from home for extended periods of time. probably had some brush with law enforcement. probably familiar with the prostitution trade. yes. i m still right down the middle of the fairway on this, right? yes. and that s still a lot of people. it s a lot of people. and do you use that profile and rule somebody out just because they re not on that profile? you can t. no, you can t. no. reporter: the detectives needed a solid tip. 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. for the detective who d long