Detective Lauren Gonzalez

And they just had this understanding that no one was going to tell the police what really happened.

And they just had this understanding that no one was going to tell the police what really happened.

The differences could be because of the crimes themselves, but it does make me wonder if the investigation was so much smaller because they didn't have any leads to go on or it was because they didn't put in work. We could tell I maybe worked on that case a week, a week and a half, and then nothing else.

The differences could be because of the crimes themselves, but it does make me wonder if the investigation was so much smaller because they didn't have any leads to go on or it was because they didn't put in work. We could tell I maybe worked on that case a week, a week and a half, and then nothing else.

The differences could be because of the crimes themselves, but it does make me wonder if the investigation was so much smaller because they didn't have any leads to go on or it was because they didn't put in work. We could tell I maybe worked on that case a week, a week and a half, and then nothing else.

I would estimate at the time, you know, in the 80s, there were probably dozens of bars and strip clubs here. It was party town, boom town, you know, just people going out every night, partying all weekend long, blown off steam with that money that they had burning a hole in their pocket.

I would estimate at the time, you know, in the 80s, there were probably dozens of bars and strip clubs here. It was party town, boom town, you know, just people going out every night, partying all weekend long, blown off steam with that money that they had burning a hole in their pocket.

I would estimate at the time, you know, in the 80s, there were probably dozens of bars and strip clubs here. It was party town, boom town, you know, just people going out every night, partying all weekend long, blown off steam with that money that they had burning a hole in their pocket.

There was a saying back then, I think it goes something like, raise your family in Midland, raise hell in Odessa. What I hear from people that lived here at the time, worked here at the time was, oh yeah, Odessa was murder capital of the world. That's how they would describe it. People were getting stabbed and shot. You know, daily occurrences here.

There was a saying back then, I think it goes something like, raise your family in Midland, raise hell in Odessa. What I hear from people that lived here at the time, worked here at the time was, oh yeah, Odessa was murder capital of the world. That's how they would describe it. People were getting stabbed and shot. You know, daily occurrences here.

There was a saying back then, I think it goes something like, raise your family in Midland, raise hell in Odessa. What I hear from people that lived here at the time, worked here at the time was, oh yeah, Odessa was murder capital of the world. That's how they would describe it. People were getting stabbed and shot. You know, daily occurrences here.

People were being murdered at the bar every weekend in fights and things. Violent crime had skyrocketed here in Odessa and there was not enough police officers here. I've been told that rookie cops were literally pulled off the street to work a full murder investigation as if they were a homicide detective.

People were being murdered at the bar every weekend in fights and things. Violent crime had skyrocketed here in Odessa and there was not enough police officers here. I've been told that rookie cops were literally pulled off the street to work a full murder investigation as if they were a homicide detective.

People were being murdered at the bar every weekend in fights and things. Violent crime had skyrocketed here in Odessa and there was not enough police officers here. I've been told that rookie cops were literally pulled off the street to work a full murder investigation as if they were a homicide detective.

He stated he had been with Augustine at his house just before the shooting and everything seemed normal. He didn't notice anyone unfamiliar at the house when he left. Eugenio remembered him as a very hardworking man who was not involved in anything criminal.

He stated he had been with Augustine at his house just before the shooting and everything seemed normal. He didn't notice anyone unfamiliar at the house when he left. Eugenio remembered him as a very hardworking man who was not involved in anything criminal.

He stated he had been with Augustine at his house just before the shooting and everything seemed normal. He didn't notice anyone unfamiliar at the house when he left. Eugenio remembered him as a very hardworking man who was not involved in anything criminal.

She told me that Bertha had spent the day with her mother Lupe in Littlefield, Texas the day of the funeral. Socorro speculated that maybe something had gone on between Bertha and Augustine while he was in Odessa and his wife and kids were in Mexico. And Socorro wondered if maybe Bertha was married or had a boyfriend because she was also killed in Odessa three months after Augustine was killed.

She told me that Bertha had spent the day with her mother Lupe in Littlefield, Texas the day of the funeral. Socorro speculated that maybe something had gone on between Bertha and Augustine while he was in Odessa and his wife and kids were in Mexico. And Socorro wondered if maybe Bertha was married or had a boyfriend because she was also killed in Odessa three months after Augustine was killed.

She told me that Bertha had spent the day with her mother Lupe in Littlefield, Texas the day of the funeral. Socorro speculated that maybe something had gone on between Bertha and Augustine while he was in Odessa and his wife and kids were in Mexico. And Socorro wondered if maybe Bertha was married or had a boyfriend because she was also killed in Odessa three months after Augustine was killed.