THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS EXPANDING IT'S COLD CASE SQUAD. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO WORK FULL-TIME ON CASES, SOME OF WHICH GO BACK TO THE MID 1980'S. JAMES RIGEL'S FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER WERE MURDERED IN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN 1986. HE TELLS US THIS RENEWED EFFORT TO CATCH THE KILLER IS VERY WELCOME. HE SAYS HE'S 99-AND-9-10THS SURE OF WHO KILLED HIS FATHER, BUT CAN'T PROVE IT.
COUNTY SHERIFF DAN HOUSTON SAYS ONE THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS PRINT PLAYING CARDS FEATURING ALL THE VICTIMS. THEY'LL BE DISTRIBUTED TO INMATES IN NEW MEXICO AND ELSEWHERE IN THE HOPE THAT SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION.