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Mothers body in his arms and his mother rushed to his side they knew who did it. >> she immediately started saying im sorry. i cant believe he did it. im so sorry. im so sorry. maryanne met with the cops and told them yanos did it. >> detectives pressed maryanne for more. >> she told us that her boyfriend was responsible for this. >> thats right. boyfriend. >> she had been having an affair with him. >> yes, off and on. >> originally from hungary and once the police got the gist of maryannes tear...

It was -- it was alarm. defense disgust. it was disgust. it wasnt surprise, this. ive been frustrated, i will say, by the number of members of the republican party who have -- who have adopted this line, you know, sort of watch what he does, not what he says. >> but isnt that -- youre a practicing politician, off and on. >> more off than on these days. >> survival is the first instinct of most politicians. and right now, it feels as if donald trump is -- is the dominant force within the republic...

>> he treated me so good. >> reporter: she admits she knew eric was due to collect more than $2 million in insurance money once he was cleared in his wifes disappearance. everything would work out? >> everything would work out. yep. >> reporter: you were wrong. >> i was definitely wrong. >> reporter: they had been a couple for two years. still not married but living together off and on. one night, tina was showing eric some of her old modeling shots and tv appearances. >> we were looking at my p...

Off and on. and the families lived right down the street from each other. you can see one house from the other. >> 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 ov...

Wasnt he? >> yeah, he was. >> so you werent too anxious to question him. >> no. i believed him. >> reporter: and after about six months -- >> he says, "will you marry me?" >> yes. >> and you say? >> i said yes. >> you dont say no a lot. >> yeah, i -- i mean, he treated me so good. >> reporter: she also admits she knew eric was due to collect more than $2 million in insurance money once he was cleared in his wifes disappearance. >> and everything would work out. >> everything would work out, yeah...

And his attempted suicide may have played. 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. >> 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 two families. it turned out cathy had dated his younger brother, sam, off and on, and the families lived right down the street from each other. >> you c...

This. >> thats right, boyfriend. shed been having an affair with him. >> yes, off and on. >> his full name was janos kulscar, originally from hungary. once police got the gist of mary anns tearful confession -- >> she had a picture of him, said "heres his address." >> reporter: they high-tailed it to his apartment in nearby long beach. where they found his car, just about an hour after the murder, sitting all innocent-like, not far from his door. so the officers, having had some experience with ...

Notices of peggy in every room of the house. she could not imagine that a man who had killed his wife would want to see her face everywhere. >> eric was really the answer to all your problems for a while, wasnt he? >> yeah, he was. >> so you werent too anxious to question him? >> no. i believed him. >> and after about six months -- >> says will you marry me? >> yes. zploob and you say? >> yes. >> you dont say no a lot. >> i mean, he treated me so good. >> they had been a couple for two years. st...

>> yes, off and on. >> his full name was janos kulscar, originally from hungary. once police got the gist of mary anns tearful confession -- >> she had a picture of him, said "heres his address." >> reporter: they high-tailed it to his apartment at long beach, where they found his car, just about an hour after the murder, sitting all innocent-like, not far from his door. so the officers, having had some experience with this sort of thing, performed a little test to see just how innocent that car...

Families. it turned out cathy had dated armandos younger brother, sam, off and on. and the families lived right down the street from each other. you can see one house from the other. >> 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 th...