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7 Women ID'd in New Mexico Mass Grave

Police in Albuquerque hunting serial killer after 11 bodies found

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2009 5:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police in New Mexico have named seven of the 11 murdered women found in a mass grave outside Albuquerque several months ago, CNN reports. Police say the victims were linked through drugs and prostitution, but they have yet to identify a suspect. The women, one of whom was pregnant, were killed some time between 2001 and 2004, according to investigators.

The bodies of 11 women and an unborn child were uncovered by police in February after a bone was found sticking out of the ground.
The bodies of 11 women and an unborn child were uncovered by police in February after a bone was found sticking out of the ground.   (Albuquerque Police Department)
Monica Candelaria, 22, was one of the victims found in a mass grave in Albuquerque.
Monica Candelaria, 22, was one of the victims found in a mass grave in Albuquerque.   (Albuquerque Police Department)
Investigators dig around the site where the bodies of 11 women were found in Albuquerque.
Investigators dig around the site where the bodies of 11 women were found in Albuquerque.   (Albuquerque Police Department)
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Pooh_B3ar
Nov 20, 2010 8:41 AM CST
It has been a long time since I have spoke with some of the women that were found in that massive grave and some of them were my friends.. May they all rest in peace and never have to live in pain anymore... I'm just thankful that I'm alive drug-free and living the right way now cuz I could have been one of them back then.. Thank you God for saving my life.. In memory of the many people lost due to drugs.
Guest
Sep 8, 2009 1:39 AM CDT
They are just dirty unwanted Mexicans. Nobody cares. And before anyone gets all butt-hurt about race, I'm a dirty unwanted Mexican.
fancygapva
Jul 10, 2009 6:28 AM CDT
The press doesn't have much interest in the missing or the murdered unless they are attractive white people. Put the missing Mady or the murdered Jon-Benet up against hundreds of black Social Services wards who have gone missing and some were later found dead. Think about the young white girl (can't recall her name) who went missing in Jamaica against the unmentioned black and or hispanic girls who go missing every day in my town and probably yours. Missing people of color don't sell papers.

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