Albuquerque, NM —
Albuquerque police have released photos of unidentified women in connection with the West Mesa murders investigation that prompted a search of Joplin resident Ron Erwin’s home and business properties in August.
Police Chief Ray Schultz asked for the public’s help in identifying seven women pictured in six photos. Four of the women appear to be unconscious in the photos. None of the women are among the 11 female victims whose skeletal remains investigators uncovered on West Mesa in February 2009 along with the bones of an unborn child. All of those women have been identified.
The police in Albuquerque have declined to say how the photos released Thursday were obtained.
Thousands of photographs, including many of women, were among the property seized in searches of Erwin’s properties. Erwin is a photographer who has operated a studio in Joplin for a number of years and was known to travel to Albuquerque during the period that the West Mesa victims went missing, between 2003 and 2005.
Investigators reportedly returned two cameras last week to Erwin, but Albuquerque media are reporting that a camera strap belonging to Erwin was retained by police.
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On Thursday, Dec. 9, Albuquerque Police chief Ray Schultz asked the public if they can help identify these seven women. He did not say that this has anything to do with the West Mesa killings but they do fit the profile of the women who have gone missing in the past. Albuquerque Journal/Jim Thompson
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque police are seeking the public's help in identifying seven women who are pictured in a series of photographs recently released to police. Courtesy/Albuquerque Journal
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