2021-03-12 08:00:00
According to the Albuquerque Police Departmentsomething didn’t sit right with Christine Ross when her dog Ruca found a bone on their walk in the West Mesa. So she took a picture of it and texted her sister. Being a registered nurse, she was able to tell Christine that the bone looked like a human femur, so Christine contacted the police.
Within a year, they had identified all of the 11 victims, which ranged in age from 15 to 32. All went missing between 2003 and 2005. One of the victims, 22-year-old Michelle Valdez, had been pregnant when she was killed, and the bones of her unborn child were also found among the victims. All of the women, except 15-year-old Jamie Barela, had one thing in common: They were all involved in drugs and sex work. All of the women were Latina and all were from New Mexico, except Syllannia Edwards, who was African American and from Oklahoma.
Police have offered a $100,000 reward for anyone offering evidence leading to the discovery of the person the media came to call the West Mesa Bone Collector. Although they have had several suspects, two of whom seemed to fit the description quite well, they have yet to find compelling evidence to close the case.
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