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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.