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Had worked in our little gentle town there in white county. >> reporter: had you forgotten all about that case? >> no, sir. i actually -- over the years, i've thought about that case many times. >> reporter: the case, an auto accident in the fall of 99. an accident that killed the first mrs. winkler, cathy. >> it was my father who called me that night and told me that -- that cathy was no longer with us. >> reporter: what was that like for you? >> it hurts. it still hurts. >> reporter: so many years later, charles carlisle still smarts from the loss of his big sister cathy, just never got over...

Cox were school chums. they remember what a knock-out she was but that there was more to her than just that. >> she could have her choice of young men. she was beautiful. >> inside and out. >> it wasn't just her exterior beauty. she was a beautiful girl, but she just had such a sweet, kind, caring personality that it was attractive to everybody. >> reporter: it was a small miracle, perhaps, that she turned out so well, given what was demanded of her, said her friends. >> her mother left when they were young. her grandmother lived with her for a while, but she was the caretaker of her siblings....

Tanya vanatter and julie lynn cox were school chums. they remember what a knock-out she was but that there was more to her than just that. >> she could have her choice of young men. she was beautiful. >> inside and out. >> it wasn't just her exterior beauty. she was a beautiful girl, but she just had such a sweet, kind, caring personality that it was attractive to everybody. >> reporter: it was a small miracle, perhaps, that she turned out so well, given what was demanded of her, said her friends. >> her mother left when they were young. her grandmother lived with her for a while, but she was ...

>> it was my father who called me that night and told me that -- that cathy was no longer with us. >> reporter: what was that like for you? >> it hurts. it still hurts. >> reporter: so many years later, charles carlisle still smarts from the loss of his big sister cathy, just never got over it. but then, cathy was also his mentor, his protector perhaps his only true friend. they grew up on mcdill airforce base near tampa, florida charles painfully shy, cathy, outgoing, strikingly attractive, popular. tanya vanatter and julie lynn cox were school chums. they remember what a knock-out she was bu...