This is True Consequences, a true crime and mystery podcast with stories based in New Mexico in the American Desert Southwest.

Hello, and welcome back to episode 5 of True Consequences.

I'm your host, Eric Carter-Londine.

This episode discusses topics of a graphic and adult nature. It includes themes of rape and torture, which many may not find suitable.

Listener discretion is advised. On today's episode, I interviewed Cynthia Bihil Hadamio,

one of the survivors of the Toy Box Killer. Cynthia grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and she had a very challenging life.

She talks about how she ended up on the streets at a young age due to her mother's death.

She also experienced sexual abuse, as well as many other horrible things that led her to the life of being a sex worker on Central

Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Where we start with Cynthia is in the spring of 1999 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Central

Avenue.

Around that time, Central Avenue, also known as Route 66, was a haven for sex work, drugs, as well as other criminal

activities.

For those of you that are not familiar, Central Avenue runs the entire east-west length of

Albuquerque.

It is one of the busiest roads in the city, and it is the original Route 66

that went from Chicago to L.A. I was inspired as I researched the story of the Toy Box Killer.

Just the idea of her fighting back and getting away from New Mexico's most notorious serial rapists, I just couldn't comprehend how

somebody musters that much strength and resolve that no matter what, she was determined to get away.

So I wanted to spend some time with her to really understand what was in her mind, what she was thinking, what she was

feeling, all of those things, because I feel like this is an important message for everybody.

If you ever find yourself in a situation similar to Cynthia's, hoping that maybe you can

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