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
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. according to police, montoya lured the woman to his home near the west mesa burial ground. he killed her, wrapped her body in a blanket and was preparing to dump her in the trunk of his car when the woman s boyfriend showed up. we would just love to have the opportunity to interview him and treat him just like any of the other individuals we re looking at in this case. but that unfortunately will never happen. the boyfriend shot and killed lorenzo montoya on the spot. it was a bit of frontier justice for montoya, who was about to literally get away with murder.
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 in a blanket, and was preparing to dump her in the trunk of his car when the woman s boyfriend showed up. we would just love to have the opportunity to interview him and treat him just like any of the other individuals we re looking at in this case.
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 in a blanket, and was preparing to dump her in the trunk of his car when the woman s boyfriend showed up. we would just love to have the opportunity to interview him and treat him just like any of the other individuals we re looking at in this case. reporter: but that unfortunately will never happen. the boyfriend shot and killed lorenzo montoya on the spot. it was a bit of frontier justice for montoya, who was about to literally get away with murder. but years later his death would be just as tough a break for detectives investigating the bodies found on the west mesa. there s nothing to connect lorenzo montoya to those 11 bodies? not directly. just that he committed that
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 in a blanket, and was preparing to dump her in the trunk of his car when the woman s boyfriend showed up. we would just love to have the opportunity to interview him and treat him just like any of the other individuals we re looking at in this case. reporter: but that unfortunately will never happen. the boyfriend shot and killed lorenzo montoya on the spot. it was a bit of frontier justice for montoya, who was about to literally get away with murder. but years later his death would be just as tough a break for detectives investigating the bodies found on the west mesa.