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 [...]
NM: Home buyers face dilemma on West Mesa
US warns on wave of foreign male prostitutes
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 [...]
Remains of 11 Bodies Found in New Mexico
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 [...]
NM: Lonely bones on Albuquerque’s far West Mesa
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 [...]
UK: Schoolgirl makes £14,000 as weekend prostitute
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 [...]
Phoenix: Accused Teen Madam Denies Charges of Prostitution Ring
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 [...]
Houston: Sting Targets Underage Prostitutes, Pimps
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 [...]
NM: Bones of 11th body found on mesa near Albuquerque
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 [...]
