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That's got a missing daughter or sister and say, i need some familial dna and i need your child's dental records, you're essentially saying to that family i do not expect to find her alive. >> right. and i also think that they knew the lifestyle which puts them in harm's way. so nobody denied the dangers that their daughters were in. >> reporter: out in the war zone were the human urge toward self-destruction is strongest, death is just another occupational hazard. >> i asked how many cars a day would you get into? up to 20, 30 cars a day. you know, how many guys is that? but they know. they k...

Occupational hazard. >> i asked how many cars a day would you get into? up to 20, 30 cars a day. you know, how many guys is that? but they know. they know the dangers out there. >> reporter: rumors that albuquerque might have its own jack the ripper who was snatching prostitutes off the streets was still common currency among the women working the war zone. >> there was a handful of urban legends, it was cuban drug dealers, it was a cop from california, i mean, a number of things. they heard some of the girls had been chopped up in pieces and dumped in another county south of here. >> reporter...

So nobody denied the dangers that their daughters were in. >> reporter: out in the war zone were the human urge toward self-destruction is strongest, death is just another occupational hazard. >> i asked how many cars a day would you get into? up to 20, 30 cars a day. you know, how many guys is that? but they know. they know the dangers out there. >> reporter: rumors that albuquerque might have its own jack the ripper who was snatching prostitutes off the streets was still common currency among the women working the war zone. >> there was a handful of urban legends, it was cuban drug dealers, ...

That the detective do more than just hope for a happy ending. so, with the tact of a parish priest, ida lopez began making the rounds. >> michelle -- >> asking family members such as dan valdez for dental records and dna swabs. >> when you go to some family that's got a missing daughter or sister and say, i need some familial dna and i need your child's dental records, you're essentially saying to that family, i do not expect to find her alive. >> right. and i also think that they knew the lifestyle which puts them in harm's way, and so nobody denied the dangers that their daughters were in. >...

Family i do not expect to find her alive. >> right. and i also think that they knew the lifestyle which puts them in harm's way. so nobody denied the dangers that their daughters were in. >> reporter: out in the war zone were the human urge toward self-destruction is strongest, death is just another occupational hazard. >> i asked how many cars a day would you get into? up to 20, 30 cars a day. you know, how many guys is that? but they know. they know the dangers out there. >> reporter: rumors that albuquerque might have its own jack the ripper who was snatching prostitutes off the streets was...