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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 suicide of cathys boyfriend, albert. did you think that cathys disappearance had anything to do with albert? >> no. >> reporter: coincidence. >> yeah, just two tragedies happening at the same time. >> reporter: but not connected....

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. >> reporter: that was armando lopez speaking back in 1994. armando was cathys brother-in-law, tinas then husband. but that wasnt the only connection between the ...

This saturday that im not gonna take off with him, that i will not elope." that was wednesday. and then saturday she never came home. >> reporter: sams admitted jealousy, cathys doting on albert, a rejected proposal. all of it seemed to add up to motive. but motives dont prove murder. there was still no physical evidence tying sam to the crime. all the blood on the car had been tested, and it was all cathys. but then, while combing the case file, detective daron wyatt learned something shocking....

With beto orourke. i was reminded that a lot of people in the country dont know you as well as these people know you. help introduce you to the world. your name is robert francis orourke. how come? was that bobby kennedy? was that an inspiration? robert francis? >> my grandfather on my moms side was robert lee williams. i was named after him. my dad is pat francis orourke, son of john francis orourke. rfo. my oldest born is ulysses, ufo, u lis sies frab sis orourke. i was nick named beto. if you...

Things punk. >> anthony: whats up with the morrissey thing? apparently in the chicano community morrissey is, like, huge. >> albert: its a matter of the heart, man. >> anthony: why out of all the bands in the world did morrissey and the smiths resonate in this community? >> oscar: there was a convergence of music and people that did not connect to what was being said. he connected with his lyrics and i think everything was going so pop and so mainstream and he was the alternative to that, and i ...

>> im a refugee from drc. >> anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? >> i did electrician and construction too. >> anthony: and here? >> i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. >> my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. >> anthony: where are you cooking now? >> i work at the four seasons hotel. >> anthony: oh thats not a bad gig. >> yeah, yeah. >> anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? >> gertrude: i...

That rockabilly is enjoining a resurgence of sorts in the chicano community. ♪ >> man with cowboy shirt: no one ever taught you to go, baby. someone else is always to blame, baby. chasing you is always a chase, so you played me now. >> 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...

>> elisa: i think morrissey really speaks. you know, its so odd, hes this white guy -- about displacement and this longing for a mythic home. 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 m...

Recent arrivals in houston come from places where life is unbelievably hard and often dangerous. many come from agrarian backgrounds, arriving here without the skill set needed to compete for jobs in an urban situation. plant it forward, a non-profit urban farming program, provides refugees like gertrude and albert, lombo access to land where they can make a living from the ground. so here we are, middle of houston -- a lush, fertile plot where eggplant, squash, string beans, and other produce i...

Youre still out there. whats in these boxes? whatever you can send. little things youd casually give to a loved one if you didnt live on the other side of the world. this facility alone sorts thousands of these boxes a day during the christmas season, just one of hundreds of facilities like it. some 5 to 7 million boxes a year. thats a lot of love. so how many relatives do you think you have in america? >> aurora: in america, oh my gosh. >> analyn: florida. >> aurora: california, albert. >> rubi...