By 2006, development had encroached on the area, and soon after, the site was disturbed, buried, and platted for residential development.ĭue to the 2008 housing bubble collapse, development on the West Side halted before housing could be built at the burial site. Satellite imagery taken between 20 shows tire marks and patches of disturbed soils in the area where the remains were recovered. Background īetween 20, 11 women were buried by an unknown assailant in an arroyo bank on Albuquerque's West Mesa, in an undeveloped area within city limits. This small fragment of a human trafficking ring involves numerous population centers, including Las Vegas in Nevada, El Paso and Killeen in Texas, and Denver in Colorado. Police have also suspected the involvement of a sex trafficking ring operating through neighboring Texas that targets sex workers during events throughout the Southwest, Southern, and Western United States, especially regularly scheduled events, such as the New Mexico state fair in this case, to take advantage of reliably heavier traffic. Īn anonymous tip to authorities at APD and FBI linked the murders to a suspect from Central America. While the killings were initially believed to be the work of a serial killer, the involvement of a sex trafficking ring has been suspected. Several suspects have been named, but none were arrested or charged. The West Mesa Murders are the killings of eleven women whose remains were found buried in 2009 in the desert on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
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