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Detectives werent quite sure. daron believed the letter was intended for albert, who at the time of cathys murder was lying in a coma in the hospital after a suicide attempt. he never woke up, and died almost two years later. >> obviously you have to look at all of that, and you have to ask, "is there something thats involved in that?" >> reporter: it was almost too strange to imagine. except to police. >> there were rumors within the community that that may have been the motive for her disappea...

Evidence tying him to the murder. and he had a solid alibi on the night cathy was killed. sam was with his cousin, javier. which is why when police took their case to the d.a.s office, the d.a. refused to file charges against sam. police pursued other leads too, like a possible connection to the attempted suicide of cathys boyfriend, albert. >> did you think that cathys disappearance had anything do with albert? >> no. >> reporter: coincidence. >> yeah, just two tragedies happening at the same t...

>> exactly. >> reporter: and shes going out with sam. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you marry his older brother. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: so that house wasnt just another house on the street. >> right. >> reporter: it was family. >> right. right. >> reporter: police spoke with members of the lopez family. sam knew cathy the best. >> how long have you known cathy? >> jeez, ive known her for over five years. >> reporter: they interviewed him down at the station. >> yeah, i really had fun with her. like i...

>> reporter: daron went deeper into sam and cathys relationship. >> there were a lot of things that brought them together, they were in high school, lived across the street. cathys older sister was married to sams older brother. >> reporter: they had this long on again/off again relationship in which what, he couldnt let go of her or she couldnt let go of him? >> i think a lot of it was mutual. >> reporter: even after cathy started dating albert and sam had another girlfriend, too, they continue...

Old boyfriend and close confidant who said he saw cathy just days before she went missing. and what a story he had to tell. once again josh mankowitz. cathy torrez had been murdered and stuffed in the trunk of her car. police were considering what role her new boyfriend, albert, and his attempted suicide may have played. but for now, they were left with unanswered questions and a town shaken by her murder. >> cathy had so much to live for and was a very happy person, a peoples person. >> repor...

>> anthony: there is a long and glorious tradition of chicano rock, garage and punk boiling away under and over the surface for years, and egregiously over looked. ♪ but what is it with the morrissey thing? what is it about morrissey? the irish singer via england that sang melancholic pathos-filled ballads that were a backdrop for a million post-breakups during the 80s that so speaks to the chicano soul? i asked musicians and concert promoters oscar arguello and albert gambea. oscar thrives in...

You know, because when i go to mexico, im like a sore thumb there. you know, my spanish is horrible, the way i dress, the way i talk, but theres just something about it like morrissey really articulates that experience. in terms of an immigrant. he is irish. you know, he feels displaced. >> man wearing morrissey shirt: irish blood, english heart, this im made of. there is no one on earth im afraid of. >> albert: this is the thing about being a mexican in the states. youre never white enough for ...

Cannot calculate the level of risk currently at play nor predict the point at which the entire system will break. it is unprecedented. air-traffic controller albert navarro is with me now. albert, thank you for being with me and, gosh, the quote, that we cannot calculate the level of risk, what does that mean to you? >> we have the safest air space system in the world and we intend to keep it that way. right now air-traffic controllers throughout the country are working like we are getting paid,...

The restaurant and drove with friends to the concert. she spent the night at denas house. >> i called it hotel dena. everyone just stayed. left it unlocked for everyone. >> the next day, saturday was the lsu game, everyone was looking forward to tailgating but the next day turned sour. brooke borrowed something out of dinas closet, the two girls got into an argument. >> i found out she wore it without asking. >> it was a silly fight but it stuck with brooke. she didnt tailgate for long. >> she w...

>> i think they were talking. nothing too extreme. maybe a couple dates. >> albert knew daniel through mutual friends. >> we would hang out with daniel, i would text him and say, hey man are you coming out. hed meet up with us. >> but albert hadnt spoken to daniel that weekend and didnt know daniel and brooke had been texting each other, making plans to meet up. investigators say they called the number listed for daniel on brookes phone. he didnt answer. >> you couldnt find him? >> couldnt find ...