in a coma in the hospital after his suicide attempt. he never woke up and died almost two years later. >> obviously you have to look at all of that and ask is there something that's involved in that? >> it was almost too strange to imagine, except to police. >> there are rumors within the community that that may have been the motive for her disappearance and murder. was that, hey, you need to look at the rangel family. >> maebz of albert's family, the rumor said, were angry with cathy, thinking that she might have been the cause of his suicide attempt. >> because of his relationship with cathy and the fact that she wasn't as serious about him as he was with her, so that had to be examined and looked at. >> so the investigation continued. as people in placentia paid final respects to the friendly cashier they knew from savon. more than 1,000 people attended cathy's funeral. >> pretty impressive. >> the kind of person cathy was.