From the years of 2001-2005 female sex-workers in Albuquerque, New Mexico began disappearing at an alarming rate. Ida Lopez the lead, and only, detective in missing persons started to realize a pattern of these missing women being predominantly Latino/Hispanic descendants, with brown hair, similar age, and working in an area known to many as the War Zone. Little did Ida know that she was about to unravel one of New Mexico’s most heinous cases to date. 

If you have any information regarding the West Mesa Bone Collector case you are asked to call 505-768-2450 or Crime Stopper at 505-843-STOP. You can also contact the Albuquerque Police Department investigator Ida Lopes at [email protected].

References for this Episode at: https://sites.google.com/view/spattered/episodes/serial-killers/serial-killer-the-west-mesa-bone-collector