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>> -- had been nothing but trouble. >> she couldnt tell me what had, happen she was so upset. >> it was about to get much worse. >> my mom would say, if you find, the car you will find kathy. he did not want to be, dark because you wanted to keep looking. >> she had been stabbed multiple times, there was blood in the interior of the car. she was a targeted victim. >> who killed kathy? >> we had no witness, no confession, no dna. >> 20 years went by. >> they still had to keep looking fo...

Were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basically no suspects. >> no, were back to sam. >> reporter: detectives had interviewed sam on two separate days, first on audiotape when cathy we...

Was that she went to valencia high school with cathy. and then upon closer examination, we were able to see that the receipts from sav-on were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basicall...

>> reporter: daron finally located the convicts wife. >> she was uncooperative at first, which again, now, this is raising suspicions again. ultimately she did come in and talk to us, and her explanation was that she went to valencia high school with cathy. and then upon closer examination, we were able to see that the receipts from sav-on were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just b...

Personally. but is he related to -- does he know? whats the connection? why is this stuff in the trunk of his car? >> reporter: when you say to him, "why would you have articles about cathy torrezs murder and receipts from sav-on in the trunk of your car," his answers what? >> "thats all my wifes stuff." he disowns it. he separates himself from it, which now raises a little bit more suspicion. >> reporter: could you tell if he was connected to anyone in the case? >> not initially. i really had t...

And this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basically no suspects. >> no, were back to sam. time on video, after her body was found.

Were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basically no suspects. >> no, were back to sam. they had to admit that sam didnt fit anyones profile of a murder profile. no history. nothing ...

Were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basically no suspects. >> no, were back to sam.

Why is this stuff in the trunk of his car? >> reporter: when you say to him, "why would you have articles about cathy torrezs murder and receipts from sav-on in the trunk of your car," his answers what? >> "thats all my wifes stuff." he disowns it. he separates himself from it, which now raises a little bit more suspicion. >> reporter: could you tell if he was connected to anyone in the case? >> not initially. i really had to dig a little bit deeper to see what the connection was. >> reporter: d...

Were from a different sav-on than the one that cathy worked at. and this was basically, like, her keepsake file. >> reporter: shed saved those articles just because she knew someone who got murdered? >> correct. >> reporter: so this had nothing to do with her husband who was in prison at all? who -- >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: so youre back to basically no suspects. >> no, were back to sam. >> but there was one big problem with sam. he didnt act like a killer. >> he voluntarily gave hair...