Police News

today albuquerque police released a new picture of another mysterious woman they're trying to identify who could be connected to the west mesa case. we should warn you, the photographs you are about to see could be disturbing. the latest picture is the one on the top, farthest to the right. there are seven women in all. although some appear to be unconscious, police think all of the women were alive in the pictures. our own jeff maher took these pictures to the streets today -- to see if he could find anyone who knows the women. he continues our team coverage with what he found. jeff. police need all the help they can get in this case. so, i spent hours on the streets tonight approaching people along central with these pictures. and sure enough, i eventually found someone who claims to know one of these women. out on the streets -- word, gets around. and faces don't always get lost in the crowd. that's why, the streets can sometimes be the best source of information. with the cardboard cut- out i made of the mysterious seven women, i drove up and down central, and hit the pavement, hoping to catch a break. "we're just trying to see if anyone has seen them or heard from them. no, never seem them? ok. thanks." "we're just asking people if you recognize any of them. no, i don't, i wish i could help, it's sad." "we're just trying to find people, who know any of these women, police are trying to identify them. no, i don't recognize any of them. you don't recognize any??? after a rough couple of hours -- we finally found somebody. "they could be connected to the west mesa case, do you recognize any of them at all? i recognize her, but that's it. you recognize her? uh-huh. who is she? she's just from the streets, i don't know her name, but i recognize her from the streets." this person pointed out this woman ashe one she recognized. she says the last time she saw her was four years ago. she remembers the tattoo on the back clearly. and she says the woman -- is still alive. "they say she's around still, but i don't know where she is" "i mean, is it a surprise to you when people you know, disappear? from the streets? yes it is. what goes through your mind? that could be me, or what happened to the, stuff like that." if you can help them identify any of the women, just call the west mesa hotline at 877-765- 8273. back to you. so far albuquerque police have received about one-hundred tips since we first aired the women's photographs yesterday. late tonight, we talked with one albuquerque police detective who was featured in tonight's dateline special. she says five detectives are working the phones right now in anticipation of national tips that could start coming in. well of course we hope to get all of the girls identified, any tips leading to any persons involved in 118th street and any information on women that we currently have missing police say the tips they've gotten so far have been local. investigators think they have identified some of the seven women, and are in the process of verifying the identities. the investigation into the buried bodies started february 2009. christine ross was out walking her dog - when the dog found a bone sticking out of the dirt. to find a detailed time line of the west mesa bodies investigation--- from the first discovery of a human bone-- to the latest developments just log onto our website kob dot- com.//