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>> all the stars aligned. yeah. >> reporter: oddly enough, the west mesa investigators' good fortune began thousands of miles to the east, in the fall of 2008. that's when crumbling financial markets on wall street caused home construction on the west mesa to grind to a halt. >> the company kind of left town and just kind of left the land the way it was. >> if those houses had been built, they would have been built right on top of that graveyard. >> correct. >> and nobody would be the wiser. >> correct. then august 2008 we have -- we had a really bad rainstorm. >> reporter: and the rain runoff...

Investigators good fortune began in the fall of 2008. when crumbling financial markets on wall street caused home construction on the west me sa. to grind to a halt. >> the company left town. and just kind of left the land the way it was. >> if those houses had been built they would have been right on top of the graveyard. >> correct. >> nobody would be the wiser. >> august 2008 we have a really bad rainstorm. >> the rain run off from the deserted site flooded the new neighborhoods that surrounded it. the company returned to the site to fix the run off problem they brought some bones to the su...

Buying online. those are some ways to help you save money today and tomorrow. >> it's been a solid year for the economy. we've seen the economy growing very strong increase in jobs, all sorts of wonderful good news. consumer confidence is up. is that going to play a big role when we look back this year? >> consumer confidence is at a 17% high. american saving rate is very low and that's seen as an optimistic sign in the economy. in november $462 billion was the household saving rate. it sounds high but it's the lowest number since august 2008. people are spending. they're still saving but not ...

Built right on top of the grave yard and nobody would be the wiser. >> correct. >> then august 2008 we had a really bad rain storm. >> and the rain run off from the deserted construction site flooded the new neighborhoods that surrounded it. it was when the company returned to the site that they inadvertently brought bones to the surface where five months later they were discovered by christine ross and her dog. >> you look at how many things had to happen for these victims to be located. the development at first, the housing downturn, the fact the company leaves, a big rain storm comes and no...

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