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Rob was the manager, cathy was a trainer. and they started dating. they had a very normal relationship. he was charismatic, he was fun, everybody looked up to him. we just all wanted to be around him and we never felt like we had enough time. i always thought that later on, when things were settled down, when we had families or life wasnt traveling so fast, i really would relish when i could settle down and spend more time with rob when it wasnt such a rush, rush world. unfortunately, that didnt...

But as time passed, what i saw him doing for my sister, supporting her when she needed it most, and he was there for us. he was there for my sister after my moms death. >> my warmest memory of andrew was early on when he was 14, 15 years old, coming over for christmas morning and opening up presents with us. it was definitely not your normal dynamics of a family that you would see. but they were doing pretty well with that. >> ooze the years went on, he taught me how to drive a stick shift. he w...

>> she came home when she wanted to, barely graduated from high school. she was literally going out four, five nights a week and somehow she met robert along this process. >> cathy and rob met at the chicago health club. rob was the manager, cathy was a trainer. and they started dating. they had a very normal relationship. he was charismatic, he was fun, everybody looked up to him. we just all wanted to be around him and we never felt like we had enough time. i always thought that later on, when...

>> translator: in america, she has to take the pharmacy test again, right? but because she wasnt able to pass the pharmacy test, she ran the drycleaners. >> mom worked there six days a week. i was there with her and on sunday we went shopping for the house groceries and after that, we would go visit my father at the cemetery. it was a dark time for her. as my father passed away, she relied on me so much. >> translator: andrews mom was under a lot of stress at the time. with cathy, that was proba...

You dont talk about stuff like that. you harbor it inside. you drink a beer, you shut up and let the time pass. thats how you deal with it. or thats how i was taught to deal with things. >> translator: the older sister was, we can say, different. she played the roles of both the mother and father. >> there werent parents in the household. so rob being a little more mature than cathy, he became a little more of a father figure. rob and cathys relationship changed a bit when they started getting i...

She played the roles of both the mother and father. >> there werent parents in the household. so rob being a little more mature than cathy, he became a little more of a father figure. rob and cathys relationship changed a bit when they started getting into all these different business ventures. at one point, they were engaged but you had a sense that it was more of a business relationship. they both wanted to be successful. they both strived to get the most out of life. and their house showed th...

Thats how you deal with it. or thats how i was taught to deal with things. >> translator: the older sister was, we can say, different. she played the roles of both the mother and father. >> there werent parents in the household. so rob being a little more mature than cathy, he became a little more of a father figure. rob and cathys relationship changed a bit when they started getting into all these different business ventures. at one point, they were engaged but you had a sense that it was more ...

She played the roles of both the mother and father. >> there werent parents in the household. so rob being a little more mature than cathy, he became a little more of a father figure. rob and cathys relationship changed a bit when they started getting into all these different business ventures. at one point, they were engaged but you had a sense that it was more of a business relationship. they both wanted to be successful. they both strived to get the most out of life. and their house showed th...

Was early on when he was 14, 15 years old, coming over for christmas morning and opening up presents with us. it was definitely not your normal dynamics of a family that you would see. but they were doing pretty well with that. >> as the years went on, he was family. because he was part of the inner circle. we shared meals together. he taught me how to drive a stick shift. he was my male role model. >> rob went through phases in his life. rob would re-create himself during his early years, all t...

Burst of rage or anger or passion of some sort, there is, at least in this country, some sort of -- some sort of belief that makes the crime less heinous than if you had time to contemplate what you were doing and did it any way. and in our case, unfortunately, andrew flew home and sat in a cold, dark garage for over four hours waiting for robert odubaine so andrew could then kill him. >> my father got a phone call from the grand avenue detectives that theyre starting to think cathy had some sor...