S1. E100 - Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Unsolved Serial Killer: The West Mesa Missing

The Pandemonium team is back, and this week Cat, Rachel, and Meg turn their focus to one of New Mexico’s darkest mysteries - the West Mesa Murders. In 2009, a woman walking her dog stumbled across human bones on Albuquerque’s West Mesa.What followed was the shocking discovery of 11 women buried in the desert, all believed to be victims of a still-unidentified serial killer. Despite years of investigation, theories, and suspects, the case remains unsolved, leaving families without answers and a community haunted by the thought of a predator who may still be out there.From the victims’ stories to the hunt for the so-called “West Mesa Bone Collector,” we unravel the chilling mystery that still casts a long shadow over Albuquerque.((For this particular episode, Cat took their mugshots and created high school yearbook photos for each of the victims - as they should be remembered for who they were - not what they did for work.))Get your hydration station ready (and maybe don’t go walking alone in the desert), as we dive into this haunting case.Links We Used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Mesa_murdershttps://www.cabq.gov/police/contact-the-police/west-mesa-homicide-investigationhttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1jn75v7/the_west_mesa_bone_collector_the_tragic_case/https://www.koat.com/article/police-support-new-dna-bill-as-west-mesa-murder-cases-remain-cold/63644264https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/west-mesa-serial-killer-searchhttps://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1079&context=spectrumhttps://www.kob.com/news/top-news/families-apd-seek-answers-16-years-after-west-mesa-murders/https://www.aetv.com/tags/west-mesa-murdershttps://casefilepodcast.com/case-27-west-mesa-bone-collector/https://deadline.com/2024/07/west-mesa-murders-true-crime-series-boneyard-director-1236008367/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7531914/https://www.koat.com/article/west-mesa-murders-movie-took-some-creative-liberties/61548949https://olj1002.wixsite.com/westmesamurdershttps://www.koat.com/article/candelaria-s-family-finds-grief-closure/5029846https://charleyproject.org/case/julie-cyndie-nietohttp://www.abqjournal.com/https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/17%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM113.HTMLhttps://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-104045.pdfhttps://www.reddit.com/r/NotForgotten/comments/xm8nww/darlene_marie_trujillo/http://charleyproject.org/case/felipa-victoria-gonzaleshttps://websleuths.com/threads/nm-martha-jo-lucher-32-albuquerque-3-sep-2003.379788/https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=3915dfnmhttps://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3921dfnm.htmlhttps://charleyproject.org/case/nina-brenda-herronhttps://charleyproject.org/case/vanessa-reedhttps://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP603https://charleyproject.org/case/leah-rachelle-peebleshttps://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiwhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-west-mesa-burial-sit/27687319/https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24A338.htmlhttps://www.arroyohondo.org/image-gallery/aerial-photoshttps://www.krwg.org/regional/2015-06-03/man-convicted-tuesday-in-girls-rape-from-26-years-agohttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40555025/gina_michelle-valdezhttps://www.cabq.gov/police/images/elks_cinnamon_small.jpg/image_view_fullscreenhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40555365/juliean-cyndie-nietohttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179033144/evelyn_jesus_maria-salazarhttps://charleyproject.org/case/jamie-caterina-barelahttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99491001/virginia_ann-clovenhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134036816/doreen-marquezhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78230119/syllannia_terene-edwardshttps://charleyproject.org/case/monica-diana-candelariahttps://charleyproject.org/case/victoria-ann-chavez