
Case 27: The West Mesa Bone Collector
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The Missing Girls of Albuquerque
The list of missing women eventually grew to 24. The common thing the girls shared was that they were involved in sex work and many battled drug addiction. There were rumors around town that Albuquerque had its own version of Jack the River, a psycho praying on vulnerable victims who he felt society wasn't going to miss. As that information was just rumor there was no evidence to go on, no specific spot to start. It's the desert. Where would the police even begin? They needed something more. And so Detective Lopez kept working, asking questions, trying to find out what happened.
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