Mesa murders featured on 'AMW' again

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The FOX show "America's Most Wanted" featured the West Mesa mystery on Saturday night for the third time, trying to find an identity for the final unidentified body and catch the killer.

The mystery began Feb. 2, when a passer-by found human remains on a section of the mesa in southwest Albuquerque, an area which since the apparent murders has developed into a residential area.

“Whoever murdered these women are probably still out there so lets make sure this horrible killer is off the streets,” host John Walsh said during the broadcast.

From the first bone dug up to the hundreds of hours sifting through the mesa, the nation got a glimpse of what Albuquerque’s reality back in February when one after another the number of women found buried in the desert grew to 11.

The last time America heard the story, four had yet to be identified. Saturday night more pictures were added to the show.

“The investigation continues to make process, since I visited the crime scene last April, three more of the victims buried there have been identified,” Walsh said.

Including the youngest and only identified victim police say was not from New Mexico, Syllannia Edwards. Albuquerque Police Department investigators have said tracing the steps of Edwards could lead them to the killer. Police wonder how she ended up in Albuquerque.

The reward for the killer has grown to $100,000. Anybody with information is asked to call the Albuquerque police tipline at 1-877-765-8273 or the "America's Most Wanted" tipline at 1-800-CRIME-TV (1-800-274-6388).

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