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>> reporter: he hadnt told you that? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating somebody else. >> reporter: which was not true? >> which was not true. >> reporter: you were a little freaked out by that? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: but the spark that drew her to sam was too strong, and...

Asked her what she knew about him, what she thought about him. and thats when she told me that he -- they were -- he was the one that they suspected. >> reporter: in the murder of cathy torrez? >> yes. >> reporter: he hadnt told you that? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating som...

>> 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." >> reporter: you were taken with him right away? >> i was. uh-huh. >> reporter: sam and tina started dating. but in a small...

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." >> reporter: you were taken with him right away? >> i was. uh-huh. >> reporter: sam and tina started dating. but in a small town like placentia, it wasnt lo...

Cathy torrez? >> yes. >> reporter: he hadnt told you that? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating somebody else. >> reporter: which was not true? >> which was not true. >> reporter: you were a little freaked out by that? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: but the spark that drew her to s...

He -- they were -- he was the one that they suspected. >> reporter: in the murder of cathy torrez? >> yes. >> reporter: he hadnt told you that? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating somebody else. >> reporter: which was not true? >> which was not true. >> reporter: you were a lit...

That? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating somebody else. >> reporter: which was not true? >> which was not true. >> reporter: you were a little freaked out by that? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: but the spark that drew her to sam was too strong, and though tina had only known him...

>> reporter: in the murder of cathy torrez? >> yes. >> reporter: he hadnt told you that? >> he hadnt told me that. that was in the first couple of weeks that i was dating him. >> reporter: sam emphatically denied any involvement in cathys murder. but just the idea spooked tina. so she made up a lie. >> i met him and i told him that i was dating somebody else. >> reporter: which was not true? >> which was not true. >> reporter: you were a little freaked out by that? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: bu...