SANTA TERESA, New Mexico ( KTSM ) — Over a month has passed since Abbey Carpenter and James Holman from Battalion Search and Rescue (BSAR) guided KTSM and Border Report crews to two sites with skeletal remains deep into the desert west of Santa Teresa, and one of those sites remains largely unchanged.
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On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26, they took that same KTSM crew and group of over a dozen other people to one of the sites for a memorial service.
“There are no witnesses out here. But today you are another witness. And we need more eyes, Clearly, we need more witnesses,” said Holman as he addressed the group before guiding them about a mile to the site.
The same remains our crews observed a month ago were still there, seemingly untouched. This after BSAR said they continuously re-submitted detailed reports of their findings to the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator.
“It has taken a while. Today is October 26 and they’re (local authorities) not here, and we reported it another time. But I don’t want to give up on this site. This was a human life right here. And I made a promise to her (human remains),” Carpenter said.