New Mexico Ceremony Marks ‘Horrible’ Discovery of Bodies

Memorial for Victoria Chavez near the Southwest Mesa area where bodies have been discovered on the west side of Albuquerque, N.M., on Feb. 23, 2009. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via AP

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The notes are written on paper tags, tributes to the nine women, two teenage girls, and an unborn child found buried 10 years ago atop a New Mexico mesa.

One bears a stick-figure angel and a message from a woman who said the victims watch over her. Another expresses hope that authorities will find the killer.