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
warrant was a local joplin missouri photographer who ha allegedly been in albuquerqu to take pictures during th city s 2004 balloon fiesta but police think it wasn t jus the balloons he wa photographing. remember, 2004 is when almos all of the women found on th west mesa disappeared. he s in the area where th prostitutes frequent he s a photographer. so he s going to have clos contact with these people. whatever else draws that connection to him. we have to look into it. it was intended to be a low-key search of the man home and offices but it didn t turn out tha way. it gathered a lot o attention because we had t utilize the fbi. we had to utilize the joplin police department. and one of the locations tha was searched was right nex door to a newspaper.