michelle would turn up alive was suddenly shaken one night when the phone rang at the valdez home. the caller on the other end of the line had heard something shocking. >> we had gotten a call from a family friend of ours that i grew up with and, you know, i pick up the phone and she's, like, oh my gosh, i'm sorry about your sister. i said what are you talking about? she said michelle. michelle's -- michelle and cinnamon were stabbed and buried on the west mesa. >> did you know who that was? >> no. never heard of her. >> did you ask who she was? >> yeah. michelle had ran the streets and knew certain people and they had heard of her aunt. >> dan called detective ida lopez with the tip but she was unable to find the aunt or to pin down the source of the rumor. it was all just unverifiable street talk. the kind ida lopez had heard