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Car. >> fold up like a house of cards and say, all right, fine you got me. >> you've watched thousands of these interviews and sometimes people don't say is just as important what they do say. >> what javier either would not or could not say were these words. i did not kill cathy torrez. >> he says i don't know who did. that's not what i asked, javier. did you kill cathy torrez? i don't know who did. we played that several times to where he'd finally say i didn't do it. you doesn't what? >> can't say the words killed cathy. >> right. >> then it moved did you put her body in the trunk of the ca...

Talked about his relationship with cathy. >> she's always going out with somebody and she would call me up. we were always calling up -- nothing serious at the time. >> sam definitely was trying to limit his connection with cathy, give the impression that it's not that big of a deal. >> remember, cathy's sister tina had told detectives sam had proposed to cathy just days before she disappeared. but when police asked him about that, he denied it. >> asked her to marry you then? >> no. >> later he changed his story but seemed to say getting married was cathy's idea. >> a lot of people -- that we...

Called and told her police had once again come for sam. >> what did you think when you heard sam was arrested? >> the same that i always had. here we go again. >> he'll be out soon. >> yes. >> after all, they had detained sam once before and had to release him. but as darren wyatt now explained to sam lopez, this time was different. >> i've told you before we wouldn't give up until we were able to bring resolution to this case and that's where we're at now. >> but just when it seemed the case was buttoned up, darren got a surprising call. remember the request for touch dna darren had submitted...

Have on a guy who gets "pissed," his own word, "pissed," if she even mentions another guy? what is he gonna do when he sees a hickey? >> reporter: what he did, matt said, was slash cathy's tires. >> obviously somebody had -- would have to be very angry at her to slash her tires. if those tires were slashed, ladies and gentlemen, there's only one suspect. there's only person that did it. >> reporter: murphy said sam's anger continued to build as cathy's attention turned to albert -- the same week when sam asked her to elope. a proposal she told her sister tina she was going to reject on saturda...

Suspect for 20 years. and during that entire time, his attorney said, police had it all wrong. >> the detectives made up their mind about who did this murder within hours. "we had a bad feeling about you," they said. "we're gonna prove it." and they spent the next 21 years, over and over, trying. >> reporter: the defense argued sam's behavior didn't prove anything. not only was sam in touch with cathy's family the week she disappeared, he also participated in the search, putting up a flyer at his girlfriend's store. and that business about him not showing any emotion in his interview with poli...