Posted at: 02/26/2009 10:02 PM
Updated at: 02/27/2009 7:29 AM
By: Eyewitness News 4
Some homeowners on Albuquerque’s West Mesa are facing the possibility their houses could be sitting on a crime scene with undiscovered bodies.
In the area around 118th Street and Dennis Chavez in southwest Albuquerque, 11 bodies have already been found. Police say over the next [...]
February 28, 2009
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The Standard – Hong Kong
Friday, February 27, 2009
Growing numbers of male prostitutes from around the region are coming to Hong Kong to work, according to a United States government report.
The latest US State Department report on human rights warns “an increasing number of men” are offering sex-for-sale services in the city.
A local support group for [...]
February 28, 2009
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Friday February 27, 2009
New Mexico police suspect a lone serial killer may be responsible for the death of 11 individuals whose remains have been found at a construction site near Albuquerque. Investigators have uncovered the bones of 11 people, including the fetus of a pregnant woman, on a mesa west of the city.Only two [...]
February 27, 2009
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KOAT.com
Police Unearth 11th Victim On West Mesa
POSTED: 9:22 pm MST February 25, 2009
UPDATED: 4:43 pm MST February 26, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “I knew that the more bones that they found, the more chance that my daughter would be in that group.” – Daniel Valdez, father of identified victim
The mystery on the West Mesa deepens as [...]
February 27, 2009
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By Tracy Dingmann 2/26/09 1:43 PM
Painting by Bonny Holder
There is a graveyard west of town, but it doesn’t have green grass or headstones. The place where at least 11 people were buried on the city’s far West Mesa is a crime scene, perhaps the city’s largest ever.
Or is it?
Until recently, Albuquerque police said they weren’t [...]
February 26, 2009
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Thursday, February 26 02:32 pm
A 15-year-old schoolgirl from the northeast earned about 14,000 pounds over two months by working as a prostitute, it emerged on Thursday.
Her unusual weekend job was exposed when a teacher at her school in South Shields, near Newcastle, found condoms, lubricant and details of the agency she worked for in her [...]
February 26, 2009
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Phoenix Police Allege That Two 16-Year-Olds Ran Child Prostitute Operation Out of Apartment
By SARAH NETTER
Feb. 26, 2009—
They were unlikely suspects — two 16-year-olds arrested for allegedly masterminding a child prostitution ring. But one of them is adamant that she was not a madam.
In a jailhouse interview given to ABC’s Phoenix affiliate, Tatianna Tye disputed the [...]
February 26, 2009
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Mesa graves yield ‘wonderful kid’
Reporter: Michael Paluska
Web Producer: Bill Diven
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The second woman identified from 11 sets of bones collected from makeshift graves on the mesa should be remembers as a loving mother rather than for her rough lifestyle, her father told KRQE News 13 Wednesday.
Earlier in the day Albuquerque police revealed [...]
February 26, 2009
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By Elizabeth Scarborough
Click2Houston.com
updated 4:17 a.m. PT, Wed., Feb. 25, 2009
HOUSTON – Law enforcement officers cracked down on underage prostitutes in 29 cities, including Houston, KPRC Local 2 reported.
“These are not prostitutes, these are child sex victims,” said Special Agent Patrick Fransen with the Houston FBI.
In the sting, undercover officers made more than 500 arrests nationwide.
“We [...]
February 25, 2009
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Feb 25, 7:29 PM (ET)
By MAGGIE SHEPARD
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Police said Wednesday that they have unearthed an 11th body from Albuquerque’s largest crime scene ever: a mesa west of the city where remains were discovered after the area was razed for a housing development.
Police also said they had made only their second victim identification [...]
February 25, 2009
Categories: Deaths, Missing, National, Serial killer, Violence Against Sex Workers . . Author: swoplv . Comments: 1 Comment