Veronica Romero was 28 when she vanished from Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Valentine’s Day 2004. Her disappearance stayed unsolved until February 2009, when a walker found a human bone on the West Mesa and investigators uncovered a mass grave. Romero’s remains were identified among eleven women and girls recovered from the site.

The West Mesa graves held victims aged 15 to 32, many Hispanic and with reported ties to drugs and sex work. Evidence at the undeveloped burial area showed disturbed soil and tire tracks dated between 2003 and 2005. The killings are treated as homicides and have been linked by some to a single perpetrator dubbed the West Mesa Bone Collector; other theories, including involvement of a sex trafficking ring, have also been considered.

No arrests or charges have been announced. Investigators named several persons of interest over the years, including a pimp who later died of natural causes and a convicted serial rapist who has not been directly tied to these murders. Does anyone have information about Veronica Romero or the West Mesa victims that could help investigators?