Crime Beat

Southern California News Group: Keith Sharon, reporter for the Orange Count
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Crime Beat

The Crime Beat podcast digs deep into fascinating true crime stories, exploring new twists along the way with award-winning Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon’s fresh interviews of criminal masterminds, some of their victims and the detectives trying to piece together what really happened. Each season explores a different crime, beginning with the biggest bank heist in American history.

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  1. Across the Street

    EPISODE 1

    Across the Street

    We meet Cathy Torrez, Mary Bennett and the people in their neighborhood. The last person we meet is Sam Lopez, who lives across the street. About Season 2: On Feb. 12, 1994, Cal State Fullerton honor student Cathy Torrez didn't come home after working the evening shift in the photo department at Sav-On. A week later, her body was discovered stabbed to death in the trunk of her own car. “Crime Beat,” Season 2 focuses on Cathy's mother, Mary Bennett, and her extraordinary quest for justice. It took 21 years for Mary's wish to come true: The man who lived across the street was convicted of Cathy's murder. In this season, we will take you behind the scenes of the investigation, playing old interviews from cassette tapes taken from the 1994 police archives, conducting new interviews with people involved in the case and reporting new stories that have never been published.

    37 min
  2. Letters of Intent

    EPISODE 2

    Letters of Intent

    We reveal the content of 18 letters between Cathy and Sam. The letters were discovered after Cathy died.

    29 min
  3. Cathy Can't Remember

    EPISODE 3

    Cathy Can't Remember

    Sam Lopez takes Cathy on a date, and she comes home drugged with slashed tires and no panties.

    28 min
  4. What Happened to Albert

    EPISODE 4

    What Happened to Albert

    In the months before she died, Cathy was dating Albert Rangel, who wanted more from the relationship than Cathy could give him.

    33 min
  5. Find the Car

    EPISODE 5

    Find the Car

    Cathy doesn't come home after working a shift at Sav-On. People from her family and the community send out search parties trying to find her.

    33 min
  6. Probable Cause

    EPISODE 6

    Probable Cause

    WARNING: This episode includes details from Cathy Torrez's autopsy report that might disturb some listeners. Skip to 9:40 to avoid those details. Police believe Sam Lopez is lying about his movements on the night Cathy disappeared. But they can't arrest him because they don't have probable cause.

    45 min
  7. Keeping the Case Alive

    EPISODE 7

    Keeping the Case Alive

    Police finally find a fingerprint and some DNA evidence, but neither belongs to Sam Lopez.

    36 min
  8. Cold as Ice

    EPISODE 8

    Cold as Ice

    The Cathy Torrez murder investigation is dead. No one is investigating. Mary Bennett and Daron Wyatt can't seem to find anyone who cares.

    33 min
See All Season 2 (16)

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About

The Crime Beat podcast digs deep into fascinating true crime stories, exploring new twists along the way with award-winning Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon’s fresh interviews of criminal masterminds, some of their victims and the detectives trying to piece together what really happened. Each season explores a different crime, beginning with the biggest bank heist in American history.

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  • Creator
    Southern California News Group: Keith Sharon, reporter for the Orange Count
  • Episodes
    28
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Southern California News Group 2019
  • Show Website
    Crime Beat

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