Otero County

On the line is Ashley, claiming a couple had returned some tools with what appeared to be blood on them.

Moments after the call, Otero County Dispatch sends an officer to speak with Ashley, who's already waiting outside with even more disturbing details about what she just discovered.

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beginning.

i was thinking about the tools that they were trying to take and they were trying to get shoveled and i'm like dude that's crazy it's crazy i

mean it's yeah you guys are saying it's for wood i mean why would you guys need a shovel for wood i mean yeah i mean someone someone could have got hurt someone could have cut themselves but the shovel and the axe i mean the shovel i don't see why you need to show for wood

After seeing it for himself, the deputy calls in a forensic team to seize the tools and send them to a lab, while he and other Otero County detectives begin looking into the couple who borrowed them.

By now, two couples in two different counties are on investigators' radar, with both departments still oblivious to just how closely their cases are connected.

Wade Taylor was last seen in Alamogordo, New Mexico on May 6th, 2017.

When he went to the Otero County detention center to ask for help and ask for some water stating that someone was chasing him.

Now, according to authorities, he was injured at the time.

He was dressed only in his underwear and he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or maybe even something else.

She has shoulder length blonde hair, blue green eyes, and she does wear wire rimmed eyeglasses.

Vicky was last known to be wearing a pink and white tank top, pastel colored shorts, white sneakers, and a blue visor.

If you have any information on the disappearance of Vicky Lynn, you are asked to please contact the Otero County Sheriff's Department at 505-437-2210.

Thank you for listening to Vicki's story today.