there were still seven missing women who fit the profile on ida lopez's list. hey weren't on the mesa, where were they? with the investigation now focused on finding a serial killer, ida thought back to her late-night chats with the women of the war zone. had there been anything she overlooked? anything specific about a car? a smell? a tattoo? or an accent? something that might be significant. >> when you ask them how many bad dates have you had? oh, i've had 17. i've been choked. i've been beat. i've been -- you know, i've been raped a number of times. so you get a lot of that. and then i'm thinking, okay, is it somebody that's nice at picking them up? >> reporter: investigators had plenty of leads but none that had gotten them closer to answering two questions -- who was he? and where was he now? to find out commander mike geyer, head of the albuquerque p.d.'s criminal investigations unit, says the department chased leads all over the country, from texas, where a woman with profile similar to those of the west mesa women, have also gone missing. to states as f