Retired detective refutes Wood appeal
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Retired El Paso Police Department detective John Guerrero was part of what became known the “Desert Deaths” task force…
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David Leonard Wood’s ‘jailhouse snitch’
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man who was in prison alongside David Leonard Wood, aka “The Desert Serial Killer” of El Paso, says that the testimony of…
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David Leonard Wood files last minute appeal ahead of scheduled execution March 13
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The attorney for a man convicted of six murders in El Paso decades ago has filed a last-minute appeal to stop his execution…
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Woman on the Run: The Search for Desiree Skaf
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Janet Balderrama, 25, was critically wounded in a crash caused by a drunk driver, according to El Paso police. She died on…
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Man accused of murdering 3 El Pasoans in 1994 set to go on trial June 2025
Update (March 4, 2025): The March 3 trial date was canceled. A new trial was scheduled for June 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM. That is according to court…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 21: Who Killed Kimberly? Daughter Seeks Answers
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Kimberly Esparza was walking home with her husband after watching a football game at a bar Sunday night when she was hit by…
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2024 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winner: The Final Punishment
This episode of the Borderland Crimes Podcast won a 2024 National Edward R. Murrow Award. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Dec. 4, 2001, the man…
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5 Years Later: Election outcome could change lead prosecutor in Aug. 3 shooting trial
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the Borderland nears the fifth anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in El Paso’s history, we are nowhere near the…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 23: Justice Delayed – El Paso Girl Waits 8 Years to Face Accused Rapist
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso girl has tried to move past the sexual assault she endured when she was only 5 years old. The girl is now 17,…
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Justice Delayed, Pt. 1: Trial still delayed 8 years after suspect charged with abusing four girls
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Eight years after police charged Edward Alvarado with the abuse of four young girls, Alvarado’s fate has yet to be…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 22: “Perpetually Tortured:” Family Vows Vigilance; Killers Plead Guilty
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On May 17, 2024, three murder suspects who all had once each faced a capital murder charge formally accepted their sentences…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 1 Update: El Paso man who had murder conviction overturned released on PR bond
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has confirmed that an El Paso man who had his 2019 murder conviction overturned by a state appellate court is no…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 20: Keeping a Killer Incarcerated
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jennifer Ann Crecente, 18, was a high school senior and preparing to graduate with honors. On Feb. 15, 2006, she was shot to…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 19: “I want my mother’s story known” – The murder of Mary Corral
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Maria Luisa Corral was found dead on April 29, 2005. The 20-year-old had been beaten and strangled; her lifeless…
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Suspects arrested in connection to murder cold case featured on Borderland Crimes podcast
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A once-cold case at the center of Episode Six of ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle’s Borderland Crimes podcast is one step closer to…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 17: The Wait for Justice Ends
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — At long last, there is a conclusion in the case centered around a deadly shooting outside an east El Paso bar in…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 16: Abduction at an ATM – The Murder of Sophia Martinez
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Sophia Martinez, 18, headed out on a blind date on a Friday night in March 2000. But she never made it to the dance club in…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 15: Attacker Shoots Couple, Kills Wife in Act of Suspected Political Extremism
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The peace and quiet in an affluent, historic Central El Paso neighborhood was shattered by gunfire during a violent attack…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 14: “We Want to Find Her Body:” The Disappearance and Death of Erika Gaytan
EL PASO, Texas — The date between Erika Gaytan and Ricardo Marquez to a concert ended with Gaytan not returning home. Her family immediately…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 13: “We feel victimized all over again:” Veteran’s murder unresolved after five years
EL PASO, Texas — An Army vet who survived combat in Afghanistan was murdered in El Paso. Tyler Croke was in the shower at a friend’s…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 12: A murder case, a mistrial and misconduct allegations
EL PASO, Texas — RJ Franco was shot to death outside of a bar in east El Paso on Jan. 29, 2017. The moments leading up to the shooting, as well as…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 11: Lured from the toy aisle – the kidnapping and murder of Alexandra Flores
EL PASO, Texas — A little girl got separated from her family during a holiday shopping trip to a busy retail store and seemed to vanish into thin…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 10: Blood and heartbreak as murder by the Rio Grande is unsolved after 27 years
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The murder of Robert Rocha, 43, has remained unsolved for nearly three decades. The retired U.S. Navy veteran and father of…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 9: ‘We don’t know who can have that kind of hate’ – Family torn apart after son murders mom
EL PASO, Texas — Gloria Marmolejo, a 54-year-old mom and grandmother, was found dead in the southern New Mexico desert in the summer of 2009. Her…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 8: Mass murder & cover-up – the Porvenir massacre
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso woman learned a horrible secret about her family: Her great-grandfather had been massacred, along with 14 other men and…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 7: Deaths in the desert – a serial killer’s personal graveyard
EL PASO, Texas — In the summer of 1987, a serial killer stalked the streets of El Paso. The bodies of six teenage girls and young women were found…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 6: ‘It was a set-up for my son to die’ – The unsolved murder of Terrance Kinard, Jr.
EL PASO, Texas — On Jan. 26, 2019, Terrance Kinard Jr. was shot outside a house party in northeast El Paso. The case has gone unsolved despite there…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 4: ‘This is Bizarre’: Police ask local TV news stations to broadcast a decapitated head
EL PASO, Texas — Over four days in 1995, people stumbled upon a woman’s spray-painted body parts — including her decapitated head. Police…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 3: Massacre at Las Cruces Bowl: America’s largest unsolved mass shooting
On Feb. 10, 1990, two men shot seven people while robbing a bowling alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Four of the victims died. Three of the dead were…
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