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
began out on the west mesa even more sets of remains were identified and sure enough, they too were names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women kne each other by now the street alongside the desert crime scene was a media encampment, wher reporters were predictably liv at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00 sometimes reporting detail that crime scene commander pau feist preferred to keep secret all of the victims buried out on the west mesa wer buried naked, with no clothing on it was a problem. we had things that we wanted t keep very secret, or thing that we didn t want released we had them in the air they had the big telescoping lenses they were there constantly and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. caught between the pressure to keep the public informed an the need to prevent key detail from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clogged tip lines, commander feist found himself scheduli
it was comforting that it didn t just happen to me. reporter: six weeks after the digging began out on the west mesa, even more sets of remains were identified. and sure enough, they too were names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women knew each other. reporter: by now the street alongside the desert crime scene was a media encampment, where reporters were predictably live at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00. sometimes reporting details that crime scene commander paul feist preferred to keep secret. all of the victims buried out on the west mesa were buried naked, with no clothing on. it was a problem. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. reporter: caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to
bordered the desert crime scene. and the newly organized families, which included everyone with a daughter on ida s list, began holding monthly vigils to keep public attention focused on finding all of the missing women. by now dan was becoming the videographer and de facto spokesman for the families. we all had a common denominator, our daughters. some of them chummed around. it was comforting it didn t just happen to me. six months after the digging began out on the west mesa, even more sets of remains were identified. sure enough, they too were names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections, any signs that the women knew each other. by now, the street alongside the desert crime scene was a media encampment where reporters were predictably live at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00.
names on ida lopez s list of missing women. investigators are looking for connections. any signs that the women knew each other. reporter: by now the street alongside the desert crime scene was a media encampment, where reporters were predictably live at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00. sometimes reporting details that crime scene commander paul feist preferred to keep secret. all of the victims buried out on the west mesa were buried with no clothing on. it was a problem. we had things that we wanted to keep very secret, or things that we didn t want released. we had them in the air. they had the big telescoping lenses. they were there constantly. and there were certain processes that it did pose a concern. reporter: caught between the pressure to keep the public informed and the need to prevent key details from leaking out to cranks and copycats who routinely clogged tiplines, commander feist found himself scheduling sensitive excavation