Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for more than two decades, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. Its an internal clock, permanently set to the worst day of her life. It began with a phone call, then a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. When she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was, im home. Whats for dinner . Even if somebody we just finished cleaning the kitchen, shed still ask, whats for dinner . That was cathy. Reporter cathy torrez grew up in placentia a small town nestled amongst the sprawling cities of southern california. Even as a baby she was a good baby. Reporter mary bennett is cathys mother. She was always happy, always running, and always very loud, and always smiling. Reporter that radiant smile shined everywhere she went, says cathys sister tina. Cathy was energetic. She was happy. She loved to laugh. Reporter cathy was one of four siblings. There was younger brother marty and the baby, debbie. Tina was the eldest. She watched as cathy excelled in school. Cathy was exceptional. Cathy made her own way. She didnt follow a role model. Reporter nobody guiding her and nobody pushing her. Exactly. She had her own drive. She used to tell her younger sister that she had to leave her mark. You had to leave your mark in this world so that people would remember you when you moved on. Reporter you have to leave your mark on the world. Did you teach her that . No, that was just her. Reporter seems like an admirable thing for a kid to come up with. Well, cathy was different. Reporter beautiful, smart and social. And popular. You knew more about her dating life than maybe your mom and dad did. Yes, i believe to some extent, yes. Reporter cathy dated a few guys in high school, but no one she was terribly stuck on. And then in 1994, out of high school and a young woman of 20, cathy started to see a boy named albert. A boy shed played with as a child, and was now interested in romantically. Were they boyfriend and girlfriend . She said that they were, you know, seeing each other, but it wasnt anything serious or formal that i knew of. Thats how she explained it to me, you know, he was a nice guy. Reporter cathys plate was full that february of 1994. She was an honors student at cal state fullerton, holding down two jobs one at the local drugstore and another as a teachers aide all to pay for college. And now she was also seeing a new guy. Just a few days before february 14th, cathy told sister tina what she wanted for valentines day. She said, tina, i would just like it if somebody gave me a dozen red roses for valentines day. And i said, yeah, thats all you want . She said i would just like a dozen red roses. Reporter she had never received a dozen roses from anyone, but that year she was hopeful. It was saturday, february 12th, when cathy went off to her job at the drugstore. How was she that morning . She was fine. Just routine. Nothing out of the ordinary. Reporter tina was trying to catch up with cathy that day before she went to work, but just missed her at home, only to see her moments later in traffic. We saw each other and she gave me the biggest smile that i will always remember. She saw me. We looked at each other. It was a beautiful smile. Reporter that smile, that moment, burned into her memory. Cathys shift ended at about 8 00 that night. She was supposed to come straight home. But mary didnt see her. So 9 00, 10 00 comes, youre not worried . No, i wasnt worried. Reporter saturday night she probably went out after work. Yeah. Reporter but then sunday morning came, and still no cathy. Cathys family launches a search. I drove into the parking lot, i said let me just see her car. Let me just see her car. Reporter and the fear and the frustration grow. There was no days or no nights. You didnt want it to be dark because you wanted to keep looking. Introducing the new sleep number 360™ smart bed. The only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . Right now save on sleep number 360™ smart beds. 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She was a mom who who was hurting because she was looking for her baby. She would say, just find the car. If you find the car, it was like an equation. Find the car, youll find cathy. Reporter you get any sleep sunday night . No. Just waiting. Reporter you dont wanna call the police because that makes it real . Thats right. It makes it real because youre Still Holding onto the hope that shes going to come running in through that backdoor. Reporter by monday, cathy still wasnt home. Panic was setting in and mary called the Police Department to report her daughter missing. And the police said . Well, you know, you dont know that. Maybe she went off and but i knew. Reporter that she could have met some guy and theyre in vegas right now. And youre saying no. Reporter not possible . At that point you want to yell and scream at them and tell them, thats not true. You dont know, not my cathy. Reporter the torrez family was not going to wait for police to catch up to what they already knew that cathy was not someone whod just disappear. They went to reporters. Mary spoke to knbc in los angeles. This is one thing that nobody should have to go through. Reporter and took the search into their own hands. The Police Department wasnt receptive. So i told my mom, okay, give me a picture. Reporter tina was in charge of flyers. Mary worked the phones at home. And younger brother marty kept watch in front of savon. Hi, did you guys receive a flyer . Reporter soon it wasnt just the torrez family searching for cathy. We know gods there for you. Reporter police did jump on the case, and it seemed as if all of placentia did too. We had strangers, people coming to the house asking, what can we do . Where can we take the flyers . Can we have some flyers to pass out flyers . Reporter tina drove to the school where cathy worked. All the while, marys mantra echoed thru her mind find the car and youll find cathy. When i drove into the parking lot, i said, let me just see her car. Let me just see her car. Because i knew a lot of things were going on in her life, you know you know, in that week prior. Reporter a lot of things was an understatement. Cathys family was very worried about her state of mind after a strange and terrifying series of events that had happened the week before she vanished. First, shed come home the previous saturday in a bizarre state incoherent, unable to stand up. She couldnt get out of the car. My son went out to help her. Reporter that cannot have made you happy. No, it didnt. Because i had never seen her come home like that. And she couldnt tell me what had happened. Reporter she smell like alcohol . No, she didnt. That was that was the scary part to me that, you know, that she did not smell like alcohol, yet something was wrong with her. Reporter even more alarming, mary later realized cathys underwear was missing. What youre describing is what happens when people come home after theyve been date raped. Well, yes. Reporter you know, they cant remember what happened. Theyre maybe not wearing all their clothes and they are clearly under the influence of something. Well, yes. I was afraid that maybe that had happened to her. But i didnt know for a fact. Reporter and she had no memory . And she had no memory. Reporter you think about calling the police . Sadly, no. I didnt think about that. Reporter it didnt end there. The next morning tina saw cathys car. I remember looking at the tires and saying, what happened . How could this be . The way they they were slashed. Reporter it was deliberate. I just kept saying, what happened to your tires . Who slashed your tires . Reporter and shed say . And shed say she didnt know. Reporter but the worst was yet to come. Two days after cathy came home in that strange condition, her new boyfriend Albert Rangel apparently tried to commit suicide. He even left a note that seemed to be in his own handwriting. All of this just days before cathy disappeared. Albert hanged himself at work, but he didnt die. He lingered in a coma in the hospital. And cathy was devastated. She was so upset. She was crying. She couldnt believe that someone would do Something Like that. Reporter and now the torrez family was left to wonder if and how all of this connected to cathys disappearance. Just felt like you were out in this time warp. You know, there was no days and no nights. And you didnt want it to be dark because you wanted to keep looking. Reporter the next big search was planned for saturday morning, february 19th one week since cathy had last been seen. We got all the maps ready, and we had just got another box donated of flyers. And everything was set. Reporter and then around 3 40 a. M. 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It had become practically a family motto. So when another officer arrived hours later, the torrez family was waiting for what they had dreaded all week. My mom asked him what had happened. Did you find cathy . And then he looked at my mom, and he said, im sorry. And all i remember were the flyers that were on my moms table in the living room and feeling so much pain. I was yelling, not my cathy. Not cathy. Reporter mary bennett had been right all along. Cathys Toyota Corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking lot. A plastic bag was peeking out of the trunk. Officers opened it, and cathy torrez was missing no longer. She had been stabbed multiple times. All about the upper chest and neck. Reporter detective Sergeant Daron wyatt. You know, theres no way to time the death. But i think its pretty safe to assume that she had been dead since she disappeared on that saturday night on the 12th. Reporter it was devastating not just for the torrez family but for all those in placentia whod been searching so tirelessly for cathy. She was a vibrant, very intelligent young girl. This is truly a tragedy. Reporter detectives went to work trying to find cathys killer. They set up a hotline. If you have any information regarding the homicide of cathy torrez reporter and scoured placentia for clues. By studying her car and her body, investigators got a sense of what happened. First, cathy was completely clothed. No sign of a sexual assault. And one more thing also seemed clear. Most likely the attack started in the car. There were pieces of the gearshift that were broken, pieces of the Center Console that were broken, as if a struggle had occurred. And then there was blood within the interior of the car. Reporter Orange County prosecutor matt murphy later reviewed the case. He noted blood on everything the killer must have touched the steering wheel, above the glove compartment, the drivers side armrest and, of course, the trunk release. But one noteworthy place where there was no blood . The drivers side seat lever. 411 cathy drove her car with the seat moved closest to the steering wheel. But when police found the car, the seat was racked all the way back. Suggesting that somebody taller than cathy was operating the car. Not only operating the car, but did that before the murder itself took place. Because that was touched, and that seat was moved without any transfer of blood at all. So the seat was moved back before the killing started. Reporter and, if so, perhaps it was because cathy knew her killer and opened the door for him or her. Investigators also found cathys right shoe on the floorboard of her car and her sock covered in dirt. She got out of the car . Yes, absolutely. Cathy had fled from the vehicle on foot, had most likely been caught and attacked again before she was ultimately placed in the trunk of the car and died. Reporter she fought pretty hard to get away. She did. She ran for her life. Reporter to detectives, this was not a sex crime or a robbery. More than 70 stab wounds suggested Something Else. Theres nothing random about it. She was a targeted victim. Reporter and perhaps the most chilling clue a letter in cathys own handwriting found tucked away on the passenger side of cathys car. She says in the letter its a little after 8 15. Its yeah. Its 8 15, just finished my shift. Today was crazy. Everybody was all buying v and the v was for valentines day. Reporter and thats as far as she got . Thats as far as she got. So shes interrupted midsentence. Reporter just who had done that . Detectives werent quite sure. Daron believed the letter was intended for albert, who at the time of cathys murder was lying in a coma in the hospital after a suicide attempt. He never woke up, and died almost two years later. Obviously you have to look at all of that, and you have to ask, is there something thats involved in that . Reporter it was almost too strange to imagine. Except to police. There were rumors within the community that that may have been the motive for her disappearance and murder, was that, hey you need to look at the rangel family. Reporter members of alberts family, the rumors said, were angry with cathy, thinking that she might have been the cause of his suicide attempt. Because of his relationship with cathy and the fact that she wasnt as serious about him as he was with her. So that had to be examined, it had to be looked at. Reporter so the investigation continued, as people in placentia paid final respects to the friendly cashier they knew from savon. More than a thousand people attended cathys funeral. Pretty impressive. The kind of person cathy was. She touched a lot of people, and they remembered her. Reporter she left her mark. She did. Reporter cathy had hoped for a dozen red roses that february. Instead her family remembered her with a headstone. Your smile will shine forever. That wasnt the only promise cathys mother made. I didnt know how long id be i would have to wait. But i knew that we had to do everything that we could to get the answer. Reporter because . Because she was my daughter. And someone had taken her away from me. Someone had done something horrible to her and they someone needed to be accountable. Reporter no one could have imagined at the time just how long marys quest for justice would take. Detectives have a few questions for one of cathys closest friends. The minute i said no to her, she blew up. She started cussing me out. bell rings with my moderate to severe crohns disease,. 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