West Mesa Bone Collector (Part One: The Pit)
Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 190 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In the years prior, this once-desolate corner of ABQ had been ground zero for rapid expansion. Housing developments had been popping up left and right, but the 2008 recession caused a vast amount of land to remain undeveloped: in particular, a roughly 100-acre lot located just west of 118th Street.
While out on an evening stroll, a woman's dog would unearth a human bone. Before long, police had begun excavating what would be the largest crime scene in Albuquerque history. Within a month, they had identified four of the victims (all were sex workers that had gone missing years prior) but several more remained unidentified... as did their collective killer...
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| 0:00.0 | A few years ago, my wife and I began the process of moving from the west coast to the east coast. |
| 0:15.4 | We were leaving California and headed out to Georgia and made plans to road trip the |
| 0:19.9 | entire distance. |
| 0:21.3 | The road trip itself was a lot of fun. |
| 0:23.8 | We got to see a large chunk of America which we had never seen before, but it was also |
| 0:28.5 | incredibly daunting. |
| 0:30.4 | Nowadays, with the modern advent of public transportation and air travel, we don't really |
| 0:35.9 | consider just how huge America is as a country. |
| 0:39.4 | At least I didn't until we made it out of California and started heading east through |
| 0:44.4 | states like Arizona and New Mexico. |
| 0:47.2 | There, the desolate terrain seemed to swallow us whole, guiding us through hundreds of miles |
| 0:53.3 | of almost pure nothingness. |
| 0:55.6 | New Mexico in particular felt like a foreign land to me. |
| 1:00.3 | We would drive for hours, seeming to pass through vast areas that were totally absent of |
| 1:05.6 | any other human beings. |
| 1:07.4 | I know that for many, the mere mention of New Mexico brings to mind the desert terrain |
| 1:12.4 | that is depicted in shows like Breaking Bad. |
| 1:15.3 | And honestly, that's not too far away from the truth. |
| 1:19.2 | Although the state does have many beautiful and scenic areas, as well as heavily populated |
| 1:23.8 | cities such as Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico itself can seem almost hostile at |
| 1:30.1 | times. |
| 1:31.2 | And I think that really adds to the desolate aura that attracts those that live there, many |
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