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WEST MESA MURDERS COULD LEAD TO A BREAK IN THE CAS SHELBY: IT WAS A SHOCKING, GRUESOME DISCOVERY, ONE TH DOMINATED HEADLINES HERE IN NEW MEXICO AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. REPORTER: ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON BEHIND THE WEST MESA MURDERS FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. SHELBY: IT’S NOW BEEN 11 YEARS AND WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHO MURDERED AT LEAST 11 WOMEN AND BURIED THEM IN THE WEST MESA. >> WE ARE COMING UP ON THE ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 2, OF WHEN THE FIRST BONE WAS FOUND. SHELBY: TIERNA UNRUH-ENOS REMEMBERS IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. SHE ACTUALLY WAS WORKING HERE AT -- SHE WAS WORKING AS A JOURNALIST AT THE TIME. >> IT WAS A VERY TENSE TIME. THERE WAS A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION ON ALBUQUERQUE. SHELBY: MEDIA ATTENTION THAT IN THE DECADE SINCE HAS TAPERED OFF. UNTIL NOW. TIERNA IS LAUNCHING A LONGFORM PODCAST CALLED THE MESA, DEBUTING ON THE FEBRUARY 2 ANNIVERSARY. >> ANY LITTLE THING COULD BE A BREAK IN THE CASE AND THEY FIND OUT WHO DID IT SHELBY: AND WHILE SOME OTHER POPULAR CRIME PODCASTS HAVE DO EPISODES ON THE WEST MESA MURDERS, TIERNA SAYS THEY WERE ALL LACKING ONE THING, A PERSONAL CONNECTION. >> THEY ARE NOT TALKING TO ANYBODY ON THE GROUND. THEY ARE NOT HERE, AND THEY DON’T KNOW OR EVER TALK TO T FAMILIES SHELBY: THOSE FAMILIES TELLING TIERNA THEY DONT WANT THEIR DAUGHTERS TO BE FORGOTTEN. >> THESE WOMEN WERE PEOPLE. THEY HAD FAMILIES, CHILDREN OF THEIR OW THEY WERE MUCH MORE THAN A HEADLINE. SHELBY: SHELBY CASHMAN, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELLY: EPISODES WILL BE RELEASED EVERY OTHER WEEK STARTING FEBRUARY 2. YOU CAN LISTEN ANYWHERE WHERE YOU GET PODCAS