ABQ's largest crime scene in history-10 bodies found (Albuquerque: appointed, hotel)

[Somebodys_Mom]

This is very sad - and it's frightening.

What troubles me after watching the news is how the media never seems to stray from their "dirty laundry" way of reporting. The young woman identified was, first and foremost, a young woman. That - or even if she did wander into a painful and undesirable way of life does not justify murder ...which is exactly what the media portrays.

My heart reaches to the families who lost loved ones.

[bradly]

Originally Posted by veggggies

Why did you hope that?

It's very very sad, but it's also very real.

Becuase it may make us look bad.. No biggie.. Big Cities have large crimes but this is horrible and I hope they catch those responsible.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by bradly

Becuase it may make us look bad.. No biggie.. Big Cities have large crimes but this is horrible and I hope they catch those responsible.

Bradly, you can't keep these things under wrap..

It is news, the worst kind, but news..How sad for all those involved..

NIta

[mortimer]

bradly mourned:

> I was hoping someone wouldnt post a thread on this but o' well ...

Yeah, and there's another "thread on this" in the New Mexico forum.
It beat this one out by a day.

[berncohomes]

The count is now 11, looks like Albuquerque has a serial killer at large.

[lisdol]

I recently saw part of a documentary on MSNBC about older teen girls getting duped by a "friend" or kidnapped outright and forced into sex slavery. Because of their age, they get presumed to be runaways by the authorities. One girl was sought out and found by her family after 3-4 days - mom had gotten a static-y phone call saying "help, mommy" early on in the weekend the daughter was supposed to be spending with her girlfriend. The family searched and finally found her in a parking lot in a car with a guy who was transporting her somewhere. The young girl had been drugged, and kept drugged at near lethal levels with a combination of drugs. She had sustained a huge amount of physical abuse as well, while the captors used her as an unwilling prostitute in a room in a suburban home. Makes you shudder to think what they would have done with her when she either died or was so abused that they were done with her.

Makes you wonder how prevalent this is, and how many bodies out there (west mesa or wherever) have yet to be found.

[Crakkerjakk]

Originally Posted by lisdol

Makes you wonder how prevalent this is

It's a fairly common way for organized crime to make money. McMafia by Misha Glenny touches on the subject in the course of charting the rise of the Russian Mob after the fall of the USSR. Excellent book. If you'd like to know more, I highly recommend it.

[bradly]

Originally Posted by berncohomes

The count is now 11, looks like Albuquerque has a serial killer at large.

I hear rumors this guy was in prison.. others say he died in Prison.. Then again who knows the REAL story?!

[desert sun]

2 more bodies were found today---its at 13 bodies now, this is getting out of hand, its starting to take national spotlight now.

[bradly]

National Spotlight? I have heard NOTHING! Thank god. I hope it stays that way.