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Cinnamon Elks

Case from Albuquerque, NM dated Jun 21, 2004

Victim Details

Cinnamon Elks

Female

White / Caucasian

Albuquerque

NM

2004-06

32

Cinnamon

Elks

06/22/2026

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Cinnamon Elks, a White woman, age 32, vanished from Albuquerque on August 20, 2004. For years, her family and investigators searched, until February 2009, when a woman walking her dog on Albuquerque's West Mesa discovered a human bone and police unearthed a burial site that would become the largest crime scene in New Mexico history. Among the remains later identified was Cinnamon Elks, age 32, Female, whose disappearance had once been a missing persons case and was now a confirmed homicide. Her ...
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  • West Mesa Homicide Investigation - City of Albuquerque
  • West Mesa murders - Wikipedia
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    I've been following the West Mesa murders for quite some time, and the case of Cinnamon Elks particu... ...Read More
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    Hey everyone, I've been following the West Mesa case for a while now, and I keep thinking about the ... ...Read More
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    It's been a while since we last discussed the personal lives of the West Mesa victims, and I can't h... ...Read More
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