True Crime Friday: The West Mesa Bone Collector—An Unidentified Serial Killer
A case of life imitating art. The bodies of eleven people including women, girls and a baby were discovered accidently by a woman walking her dog in the area, sometime in 2009, West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico. There has never been an arrest, and the serial killer has not been identified to this very day. Some of the victims were sex workers and runaways which meant they were not valued by society. Their families loved them but could not get the police to open a case on their missing loved ones. And if a case was open, it lacked the resources to investigate the crime. There have been several suspects named but no evidence was produced against the accused. The serial killer angle is believed to be an aspect but also authorities believe this was also a part of a sex trafficking ring. After receiving an anonymous tip through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hotline, the police thought they had a suspect located in El Salvador but that was to no avail. The Early Childhood of the...
