May 1994 News Today

>> -- 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...

>> hello. im andrea canning. and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was just like, oh my god -- this is really an answer. it may not be definitive, but this guy knows something. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a young couple vanishes. then, nearly a decade later, a discovery in their own backyard turns the mystery into a murder. >> they find a back, and inside the back is a human skull. >> detectives had a suspect. and then, he disappeared, too. >> his trailhead just stopped. >> until this -- >> please...

this is really an answer. it may not be definitive, but this guy knows something. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a young couple vanishes. then, nearly a decade later, a discovery in their own backyard turns the mystery into a murder. >> they find a back, and inside the back is a human skull. >> detectives had a suspect. and then, he disappeared, too. >> his trailhead just stopped. >> until this -- >> please, please, bring him back. >> he kidnapped his own daughter right from this boston straight, afte...

And sam was also moving on with his life. in may 1994, just months after cathys murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. >> he walked in with his friend. and i just remember thinking that he was cute. >> reporter: tina montelongo was a hostess then. >> so, i offered him some free food. and then we started talking. >> reporter: she felt the spark right away. >> i did think i would marry him when i first saw him. that was, like, the words that came out of my mouth. "im going to marry that guy."...

It too. he was still living in the same home police had searched after cathys murder. a search that had turned up nothing. and sam was also moving on with his life. in may 1994, just months after cathys murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. >> he walked in with his friend. and i just remember thinking that he was cute. >> reporter: tina montelongo was a hostess then. >> so, i offered him some free food. and then we started talking. >> reporter: she felt the spark right away. >> i did think...

That would come into the police department. we go in there. you know, "we just want to let you know that we represent cathy torrez, and we have not forgotten, and we just want to make sure that her case is still being worked on." >> reporter: "we have not forgotten and we want to make sure that you dont either." >> right, right. >> reporter: the city of placentia didnt forget. the community learning center was dedicated in cathys name. >> the cathy torrez learning center. >> yes. >> reporter: yo...

Isolated island off of the coast of georgia. >> jackie does not live to see her son married. she dies of cancer in may 1994 at the age of 64. >> the paparazzi were out there and everybody was jumping all over him. and i just remember screaming at one point, you know, get away, its his mother. you know, give the guy a break. >> jackie had married greek shipping magnate aristotle onassis and been widowed for a second time. she chose to be buried at arlington national ceremony beside her first husb...

Department. we go in there. you know, "we just want to let you know that we represent cathy torrez, and we have not forgotten, and we just want to make sure that her case is still being worked on." >> reporter: "we have not forgotten and we want to make sure that you dont either." >> right, right. >> reporter: the city of placentia didnt forget. the community learning center was dedicated in cathys name. the cathy torrez learning center. >> yes. >> reporter: youve got to leave your mark on the w...

And sam was also moving on with his life. in may 1994, just months after cathys murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. >> he walked in with his friend. and i just remember thinking that he was cute. >> reporter: tina montelongo was a hostess then. >> so, i offered him some free food. and then we started talking. >> reporter: she felt the spark right away. >> i did think i would marry him when i first saw him. that was, like, the words that came out of my mouth. "im going to marry that guy."...

A search that had turned up nothing. sam was also moving on with his life. in may, 1994, just months after cathys murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. >> with his friend. i just remembered thinking that was cute. >> tina with was a hostess then. >> so i offered him some free food, and then we started talking. >> she felt the spark right away. >> i did think i would marry him when i first saw him. those were the words that came out of my mouth. imim going to marry that guy. >> you were tak...