Evelyn Salazar was 27 when she disappeared from Albuquerque on March 26, 2004. She and her 15-year-old cousin, Jamie Barela, left a family gathering to go to a park near San Mateo and Gibson SE and were never seen alive again. In February 2009 human remains were found at a West Mesa construction site; DNA confirmed in November 2009 that one set of remains belonged to Salazar.

Salazar’s body was among eleven sets of female remains and an unborn child recovered from shallow graves in what became known as the West Mesa murders. Several victims, including Salazar, had ties to drugs and prostitution. Investigators have treated the deaths as the work of a serial killer believed active between 2001 and 2005, and a task force was assigned to the case. No arrests have been reported; a reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Who knew Evelyn or Jamie, or has information about the West Mesa area between 2001 and 2005?