AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO WAS SENTENCED LAST WEEK TO 36 YEARS IN PRISON IN A 1988 RAPE CASE HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST IN ANOTHER CASE GOING BACK MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 58 YEAR OLD JOSEPH BLEA WAS ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO ADULTS AND A CHILD IN 1990 AND 1993.
HE’LL BE SENTENCED ON JULY 30TH, AND IS EXPECTED TO GET 54 YEARS IN PRISON. BLEA HAS ALSO BEEN MENTIONED AS A SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF 11 WOMEN WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND ON THE WEST MESA IN 2009.
