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>> cathy had so much to live for and was a very happy person, a people's person. >> reporter: that was armando lopez speaking back in 1994. armando was cathy's brother-in-law, tina's then husband. but that wasn't the only connection between the two families. it turned out cathy had dated armando's 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 she's going out with sam. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you marry his older brother. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: so that house wasn't just another h...

Old boyfriend and close confidant who said he saw cathy just days before she went missing. and what a story he had to tell. once again josh mankowitz. cathy torrez had been murdered and stuffed in the trunk of her car. police were considering what role her new boyfriend, albert, and his attempted suicide may have played. but for now, 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 people's person. >> reporter: that was armando lopez speaking back in 1994. armando was cathy's brother-in-law, tina's then ...

>> reporter: she admits she knew eric was due to collect more than $2 million in insurance money once he was cleared in his wife's 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 pictures but then i put the videotape in. i'm fast forwarding it and it just stops. >> reporter: purely by chance, tina accide...

Families. it turned out cathy had dated armando's 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 she's going out with sam. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you marry his older brother. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: so that house wasn't 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, i've known her for over five years. >> reporte...

Off and on, very minor but one incident has been of interest. in april law enforcement officers were at his house, he was described as being irate. there's a law here in california called 5150 where if law enforcement officers believe someone is suffering from some type of psychiatric episode, they can commit this person for up to 72 hours and longer. it didn't appear their contact with him at that point warranted confining him, but there might have been other areas of investigation. and obviously with the department of defense, we know he was with the marine corps and served time overseas, re...