Another one here, then another one there. He may be waiting to start doing the same thing again. Missing women. Forgotten by almost everyone but her. I just always felt that they were going to be together. If you find one, youre going to find them all. Sometimes ida lopez simply cant wait for sunday. Sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerque detective feels a pressing need for spiritual solace and divine guidance. The fall of 2005 was one of those times. It was a time when a Sinister Force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexicos largest city. And the devoutly religious detective knew she needed all the help she could get. I think its somebody whos very organized. I think hes been preying on his victims, has a particular victim in mind. Reporter sticking up for victims comes naturally to ida lopez. Its the same instinct that drew her to police work years ago, when she was a kid, growing up in albuquerque. I was about 9 years old. Actually, it was my gr
This is not happening. Missing women. Forgotten. By almost everyone. But her. I always felt they were going to be together. If you find one youll find them all. Hello, welcome to date line extra. Detectives often hit dead ends that can stop them cold. But for the detective in this story. That ends where just another place to start. She had beaten the odds in her own life and she was determined to beat them on the job using her head. And her heart. Heres josh. Sometimes she cant wait for sunday. Sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerque detective feels a pressing need for spiritual solace and divine guidance. The fall of 2005 was one of those times. It was a time when a Sinister Force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexicos largest city. And the devoutly religious detective knew she needed all the help she could get. I think its somebody whos very organized. I think hes been preying on his victims, has a particular victim in mind. Reporter sticking up
There werent just two women that were missing. There were whole bunches of them. So many young women missing. One woman determined to find them. I would tell them were one day closer to finding your daughter. The numbers grew. The families hurt. She says i have some bad news for you. She searched for the innocent. She hunted the guilty. First words out of the girls mouth was that he was trying to kill her. The reality is it was kind of like this is not happening. And under a desert sky the lost waited to be found. Another one here, then another one there. He may be waiting to start doing the same thing again. Missing women. Forgotten by almost everyone but her. I just always felt that they were going to be together. If you find one, youre going to find them all. Sometimes ida lopez simply cant wait for sunday. Sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerque detective feels a pressing need for spiritual solace and divine guidance. The fall of 2005 was one of those times. It was
it took years. but in the end ida was able to make everybody care. to this day faded photos of women on her list hang on her wall, alongside a line of scripture that reads, nothing is hidden, except to be revealed. it s a quote familiar to detectives everywhere. and what information do you have? reporter: and it s not just there for inspiration. for ida lopez that s a mission statement. i have to keep believing that we ll find an answer soon. soon could be months. soon could be years. but i just have to keep believing that today could be the day, today could be the day. what about those last seven girls? do you think you ll ever find them? i think we will. reporter: one of those women, safira mora, was found alive and well a few weeks after this story first aired in december 2010.
revealed. it s a quote familiar to detectives everywhere. and what information do you have? and it s not just there for inspiration. for ida lopez that s a mission statement. i have to keep believing that we ll find an answer soon. soon could be months. soon could be years. but i just have to keep believing that today could be the day, today could be the day. what about those last seven girls? do you think you ll ever find them? i think we will. one of those women, safira mora, was found alive and well a few weeks after this story first aired in december 2010. remember, safira mora had been the one woman who d gone missing after prime suspect lorenzo montoya had been shot and killed. these are the women still on ida s list. anna vigil. shawntell waites. felipa gonzalez. nina herron. vanessa reed. and leah peebles.