It wasn’t the kind of place you would expect to be unsafe so Ross put her dog, a Shar-Pei mix named Ruca, on a leash and brought him with her. Ross lived at West Side Albuquerque, a suburban area filled with open roads, cul-de-sacs, and spacious yards where families gathered to play with their children. When Christine Ross headed out for a walk on a cool February evening, the last thing she expected was to stumble into one of the most mysterious serial killer cases that New Mexico has ever seen. A Woman and Her Dog Discover the West Mesa Murders Reduced to nothing but bones, forensic specialists had to use DNA testing to identify the women, one of whom was only Syllannia Edwards, the sole African-American victim who was 15 years old when she was murdered. The remains of 11 women were found in the desert of West Mesa. Theories about the West Mesa Killer’s true identity point to one of the victim’s ex-husbands, an online sexual predator, and a “commercial enterprise”.Ĭommunities assume the worst when women go missing and in 2009, the worst fears of 11 families were confirmed when their loved ones were discovered in a state only slightly less horrifying than the fate met by Junko Furuta.Because the suspect was never found, people have speculated that other women who went missing in the area were murdered and their remains buried elsewhere.In February 2009, a woman walking her dog found the victims’ remains in a 100-acre area of the West Mesa desert that had previously been cleared for construction.The West Mesa Bone Collector is a serial killer who murdered 11 women in Albuquerque, New Mexico.The killings are called the "West Mesa murders" because the bodies were buried on the west side of Albuquerque. Buried with her were Syllannia Edwards, 15, a runaway from Lawton, Oklahoma, and Michelle Valdez, 22, who was pregnant. The victims include Jamie Barela, a 15-year-old who was last seen by her family in 2004. The murders stopped after he was killed.īlea, a serial rapist, was sentenced to 90 years in prison after DNA linked him to attacks on middle school girls in the 80s and 90s.
Montoya strangled a prostitute at his home, about a mile away from the burial site, then was shot to death by the woman's pimp as he was moving the woman's body to a car. Though no one has ever been charged, KRQE reports there are two prime suspects in the case - Lorenzo Montoya and Joseph Blea. "I am saddened at the tragic loss of human life, and at the thought that yet another family has had to endure years of uncertainty and pain not knowing where their loved one was," Peña said. In a statement, Albuquerque City Councilor Klarissa Peña said the bones were found at a park being built near the site of a memorial for the women and unborn child found buried on West Mesa.
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