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
whatever the killer s permanent address, those satellite photos were a huge break because they told police when he was active here and, most importantly, when he quit there could be somebody u there right now. yeah. and just depending on where they re at, you wouldn t eve see them up there. detective todd babcock an sergeant lou heckroft drew the job of trying to track down th killer all they knew was that he killed at least 11 women and that the 2005 housing boom tha brought suburban sprawl to the west mesa probably forced hi to abandon this burial groun and find another one where there would be no neighbor around to watch him work you re up half a mile to 3/ of a mile from any populated area back in the time frame. a time frame, 2003 to early 2005, and 11 sets of bones not a lot to go on but the detectives knew simply finding the bones in the first place had been an incredibly lucky break. all the stars aligned yeah oddly enough, the west mesa investigators good fo