Josh

And if you're listening to this, I am home with my new baby boy, enjoying some much needed time off with my family.

And so you're listening to a prerecord.

And nevertheless, same quality as you're used to, Danny and I are here to cover one of the most infamous unsolved mass shootings in US history, but definitely one of the most infamous cases in New Mexico history.

The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre.

It's always insane to me when there's a mass casualty crime that remains unsolved after so many years.

I mean, it's just hard to wrap your head around.

So today we're going to take a look at what happened.

Four people were left dead at the end of it.

Two shooters are still unknown, uncaught.

try to figure out what happened here because this case really just throws me through a loop.

I have no idea how they did not get this solved.

So let's go ahead and jump into it and take a look at what happened.

Let's begin by talking a little bit about Las Cruces, New Mexico.

It was founded in 1849 despite multiple major booms in its economy, and the area always remained a major family town with the vast majority of houses being small, single-family homes.

And along with this peaceful family atmosphere was an expected low crime rate.

In 1980, the population had reached just over 44,000, and the yearly number of murders and manslaughter was zero.

So a relatively safe place to live.

And the total number of violent crimes was around 200.

There were a few murders by 1985, but the overall violent crime rate had only risen to 250, with the population just being over 49,000 people.

Las Cruces had become a safe place to raise your family and build a life.